United Arab Emirates Holds First-Ever Elections, December 18, 2006

Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border over eastern Ukraine, killing all 170 people on board. Date: August 22, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2006Somalia Transitional Government and Ethiopian Troops…

Natascha Kampusch, who had been abducted at the age of ten, escapes from her captor Wolfgang Přiklopil, after eight years of captivity. Date: August 23, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 23 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2006Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter…

Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) of the Government of the United Kingdom is enforced, but later merged into National Crime Agency on 7 October 2013. Date: April 1, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 1 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

The 6.4 Mw  Yogyakarta earthquake shakes central Java with an MSK intensity of VIII (Damaging), leaving more than 5,700 dead and 37,000 injured. Date: May 27, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2006Al Jazeera…

Twitter, later one of the largest social media platforms in the world, is launched. Date: July 15, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 15 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2006United Front Attack on N’Djamena Repelled by Chadian Army April 13,…