2006.

It was the Year of the Dog in the Chinese calendar (the next Year of the Dog will begin in the year 2018).



Here are some of the things that happened in 2006:

• January 15 - NASA's Stardust mission successfully ends, the first to return dust from a comet.
• January 22 - Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers scores 81 points in a regulation NBA game, second only to Wilt Chamberlain who scored 100 points on December 8, 1961.
• February 11 - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shoots his friend and lawyer, Harry Whittington, in the face with a shotgun on a south Texas ranch.February 22 - The 1 billionth song is purchased from the Apple iTunes Store.
• March 5 - Crash wins Best Picture, Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain) wins Best Director, Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line) wins Best Actress, and Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote) wins Best Actor during the 78th Academy Awards. Three 6 Mafia makes history as they become the first African-American hip-hop group to win an Academy Award for Best Song and also become the first hip-hop artists to ever perform at the ceremony.
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  Tropical Cyclone Larry, considered the worst tropical cyclone to hit Queensland, off the Australian coast on March 18

  
  

  
  
• March 26 - The ban on smoking in public places such as bars and restaurants comes into effect in Scotland.
• May 5 - NASA astronomers announce the discovery of a storm system in the Jovian atmosphere, dubbed the Red Spot Junior on the planet Jupiter, which has a striking similar appearance to the famous Great Red Spot.
• June 9 - The 2006 FIFA World Cup begins in Germany.
• July 9 - Italy wins the 2006 FIFA World Cup by beating France 5-3 on penalties. The score after extra time is 1-1.
• 24th July - ATI Bought By AMD
• September 4 - Steve Irwin, Australian environmentalist and television personality dies.
  
  
• September 28 - After 40 years of development, Suvarnabhumi Airport, opens in Bangkok, Thailand replacing Don Mueang International Airport as Bangkok's primary airport for commercial flights.
• October 18 - Microsoft publicly releases Windows Internet Explorer 7.
• November 17 - PlayStation 3 released in US
• November 19 - Wii released in US
• November 30 - Windows Vista, the newest version of operating system from Microsoft, released for volume license customers.
• December 30 - Saddam Hussein, former Iraq president, is executed in Baghdad.
• December 31 - At least eleven bombs go off in Bangkok hours before the new year.
• December 31 - The U. S. death toll in Iraq reaches 3,000.

What a way to end the year ...





2006 Time line,courtesy : Wikipedia.com

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