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2005 Rolex Transatlantic Challenge The 2005 Rolex Transatlantic Challenge was celebrated at the 100th anniversary of the 1905 race for the Kaiser's Cup also known as The Great Ocean Race. In this race, there was a skipper named Charlie Barr who raced the 3-masted schooner called Atlantic across the Ocean for nearly 3,000 nautical miles of the North Atlantic to set a monohull unbeaten record for the 1905 course of exactly only 12 days, 4 hours, 1 minute and 19 seconds.
2005 Sharm el-Sheikh attacks The 2005 Sharm el-Sheikh attacks were a series of bomb attacks on July 23, 2005, targeting the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, located on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula. Eighty-eight people were killed and over 150 were wounded by the blasts, making the attack the deadliest terrorist action in the country's history.
2005 Six Nations Championship The 2005 Six Nations Championship was the sixth series of the Six Nations Championship to be held since the competition expanded in 2000 to include Italy. Before 1910 the competition was the Home Nations Championship contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
2005 Songkhla bombings The 2005 Songkhla bombings were a series of three bombings that took place on April 3, 2005 in the cities of Hat Yai and Songkhla of Thailand's Songkhla Province, and are believed to be part of the on-going South Thailand insurgency. At least two people were killed and 66 were injured in the explosions.
2005 Southeast Asian Games The 23rd Southeast Asian Games (also known as the 2005 SEA Games) was a biannual multi-sport event held in the Philippines from November 27, 2005 to December 5, 2005. The games were participated by the 11 countries located in Southeast Asia.
2005 Southeast Asian Games Closing Ceremony The Closing Ceremony of the 2005 Southeast Asian Games was held at Quirino Grandstand on December 5, 2005 which marked the end of the successful hosting of the Philippines for the biennial event. The host, for the first time in the history of the Southeast Asian Games, emerged as the new Southeast Asian sports champion after 28 years of lackluster performance on the medal tally.
2005 Southeast Asian Games Opening Ceremony The 2005 Southeast Asian Games Opening Ceremony was held at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila, Philippines on November 27, 2005. For the first time in the history of the Southeast Asian Games, the opening ceremony was held in an open-air location.
2005 STCC Season The 2005 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 10th Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. In total eight racing weekends at six different circuits were held; each round comprising three races, making a twenty-four round competition in total.
2005 Sumatra earthquake The 2005 Sumatra earthquake, referred to as the Nias Earthquake by the scientific community, was a major earthquake on March 28, 2005, located off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia. Approximately 1300 people were killed by the earthquake, mostly on the island of Nias.
2005 Sunjiawan mine disaster The Sunjiawan mine disaster (ĺ™ĺ®¶ćąľçźżéšľ) was a mine disaster that occurred on February 14, 2005 in Fuxin city, Liaoning province, in the northeastern part of the People's Republic of China. Initial reports indicated that at least 210 coal miners were killed, making it the worst mining disaster in China in at least 15 years.
2005 Super 12 season The 2005 season of the rugby union competition, the Super 12 began on February 25, 2005 and ended on May 28 with the final between the Crusaders and the Waratahs which was won by the Crusaders 35–25 at Jade Stadium in Christchurch. It was the final season of the Super 12 before the expansion to Super 14 with the Western Force and Central Cheetahs.
2005 Superturismo Championship The 2005 Campionato Italiano Superturismo Season was the fourth season of the Italian touringcar championship since it's recreation in 2002. It was won by well-known former Formula One and CART driver Alessandro Zanardi.
2005 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States The table below lists the opinions delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of the United States during the 2005 Term, which lasted from October 3, 2005, until October 1, 2006. The table illustrates what opinions were filed by each justice in each case, and which justices joined each opinion.
2005 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States The Supreme Court of the United States handed down sixteen per curiam opinions during its 2005 term, which lasted from October 3, 2005 until October 1, 2006.Two decisions have been omitted despite the Court's inclusion of those decisions in its list of opinions for the term, as these are simple orders without any substantive discussion: 1) Maryland v.
2005 Texas Longhorn football team The 2005 Texas Longhorn football team (variously "Texas" or "UT" or the "Horns") represented The University of Texas at Austin in the college football season of 2005-2006, winning both the Big 12 Conference championship and the National Championship. The team was coached by head football coach Mack Brown and led on the field by quarterback Vince Young.
2005 Tim Hortons Brier [2005 Tim Hortons Brier], the [[Canada|Canadian men's curling championship was held at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta from March 5 to 13, 2005. The tournament consisted of 12 teams—one from each province, plus a team representing the Yukon and Northwest Territories, plus a team representing Northern Ontario.
2005 Toronto International Film Festival The 2005 Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 8-17 and screened 335 films from 52 countries - 109 of these films were world premieres, and 78 were North American premieres. Estimated film sales totaled more than $52-million, including approximately $29-million domestic and $23-million international.
2005 UCI ProTour The 2005 ProTour was the first year of the newly-introduced UCI ProTour system, in which the ProTour teams are guaranteed, and obliged to, participate in the series of ProTour races. In certain ways the ProTour replaced the UCI World Cup series of one-day races, which in 2004 was won by one-day specialist Paolo Bettini for the third time in a row.
2005 UEFA Women's Championship The 2005 UEFA Women's Championship, also referred to as WOMEN'S EURO 2005 (trademark of UEFA), was a football tournament for women held from June 5 to June 19 2005 in Lancashire, England. The UEFA Women's Championship is a regular tournament involving European national teams from countries affiliated to UEFA, the European governing body, who have qualified for the competition.
2005 United States Grand Prix The 2005 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on June 19, 2005 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The race was highly controversial because only six out of the normal twenty cars competed; all fourteen of the cars using Michelin tyres retired after the parade lap due to a safety issue with their tyres and the newly resurfaced speedway, leaving only the teams using Bridgestone rubber — Ferrari, Minardi and Jordan — to start.
2005 USC Trojans football team The 2005 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the college football season of 2005-2006. They were atop the AP Poll, Coaches Poll, and BCS Rankings throughout the regular season.
2005 Women's Champions Challenge (field hockey) The third edition of the Women's Champions Challenge took place at the USA Field Hockey National Training Center in Virginia Beach, United States. The event started on Friday July 8 and ended on Saturday July 16.
2005 Women's Champions Trophy (field hockey) The 13th edition of the Women's Champions Trophy took place from Saturday November 26 until Sunday December 4 2005 at the National Hockey Centre in Canberra, Australia. The participating nations were Australia, Argentina, Germany, The Netherlands, China, and Korea.
2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships The 2005 IIHF World Women Championships was held April 2-9, 2005 in Linköping, at Cloetta Center and Norrköping, at Himmelstalundshallen, in Sweden. The American national women's hockey team won their first ever gold medal at the World Championships, defeating the defending champions, the Canadian national women's hockey team in a shoot out.
2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Mianyang, People's Republic of China from November 13 to November 20. The competition was organised by the world's governing body for amateur boxing AIBA.
2005 World Aquatics Championships The 2005 World Aquatics Championships or the XI FINA Championships were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from July 16 to July 31, 2005. They took place in Parc Jean-Drapeau on Saint Helen's Island, and were sanctioned by FINA.
2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 38th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia from the 21st to the 27th November 2005. Only the all-around and event finals were contested at this meet.
2005 World Championships in Athletics The 10th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland (August 6, 2005 – August 14, 2005), the site of the first IAAF World Championships in 1983. One theme of the 2005 championships was paralympic sports, some of which were included as exhibition events.
2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2005 World Junior (Under 20) Ice Hockey Championships was held between December 25, 2004 and January 4, 2005 at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, North Dakota and at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, United States. Team Canada was the winner.
2005 World Series The 2005 World Series, the 102nd Major League Baseball championship series, saw the American League champion Chicago White Sox sweep the National League champion Houston Astros 4 games to 0 in the best-of-seven-games series, winning their third championship and first since 1917.
2005 World Series of Poker The 2005 World Series of Poker opened play on June 2, continuing through the Main Event No Limit World Championship starting on July 7. The conclusion of the Main Event on July 15 marked the close of play, and the largest prize in sports and/or television history at the time ($7,500,000) was awarded to the winner.
2005 World Summit The 2005 World Summit, 14–16 September 2005, was a follow-up summit meeting to the United Nations' 2000 Millennium Summit, which led to the Millennium Declaration of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Representatives (including many leaders) of the 191 (now 192) member states met in New York City for what the United Nations described as "a once-in-a-generation opportunity to take bold decisions in the areas of development, security, human rights and reform of the United Nations.
2005 World Women's Curling Championship The 2005 World Women's Curling Championship was held from March 19-27, 2005 at the Lagoon Leisure Centre in Paisley, Scotland. The tournament was the first since the 1988 event to be held separately from the 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship.
2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia The 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on the weekend of November 6, 2005 at the Eastern Creek Raceway circuit. Approximately 51,000 fans attended the event over the three days.
2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain The 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain was a A1 Grand Prix race, held on September 25, 2005 at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent, England. This was the first in the 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season, and the first race in the history of the A1 Grand Prix series.
2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa The 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa was a A1 Grand Prix race, held on the weekend of January 29, 2006 at a street course in Durban, South Africa. This was the only street course of the 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season.
2005-06 Cuban National Series The 45th season of the Cuban National Series ended with another title for Industriales. Though the Lions failed to win their division, they won close-fought series throughout the playoffs and won their 11th championship.
2005-06 EIHL season The 2005-06 Elite Ice Hockey League season ran from September 9, 2005, through April 9, 2006. The Edinburgh Capitals and Newcastle Vipers joined the Elite League from the British National League while the Manchester Phoenix did not participate for a second season due to a lack of suitable ice facility.
2005-06 in Greek football The 2005-06 Greek Football season saw Olympiacos claim its second consecutive and 34th Greek title in the Alpha Ethniki. However, the season has been overshadowed by the suspension of the Greek FA by UEFAhttp://www.
2005-06 in Portuguese football The 2005-06 season in Portuguese football saw FC Porto, led by Co Adriaanse, clinch their twenty-first title and win the Portuguese Cup. Sporting Lisbon secured second place, which gives them a direct entrance into next season's UEFA Champions League.
2005-06 in Portuguese rink hockey In 2005-06, FC Porto won the Championship for the 5th time in a row with a big advantage over the runner-up SL Benfica. FC Porto also won the Portuguese Cup, playing in the final with Juventude de Viana and winning 7-4 and the Portuguese SuperCup, winning against Benfica in a two-legged final.
2005-06 in Romanian football The 2005-06 Romanian first division was very good. Steaua and Dinamo were very close in the table, and teams like CFR Cluj an FCU Politehnica TimiĹźoara were competitive in their bids for a position to qualify for the European Cups.
2005-06 Los Angeles Kings season The Los Angeles Kings showed great promise in the 2005-06 NHL season. During the off-season, they acquired centers Pavol Demitra and Jeremy Roenick to help solidify their offense, as well as goaltender Jason LaBarbera.
2005-06 NHL season The 2005-06 NHL season was the 88th season of the National Hockey League. This was the season after the non-existent 2004-05 season which was cancelled due to a labour dispute with the NHL Players Association over the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the league and its players.
2005-06 NHL transactions The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that occurred in the National Hockey League during the 2005-06 NHL season. It lists what team each player has been traded to, or claimed by, and for which players or draft picks, if applicable.
2005-06 Niger food crisis The 2005-06 Niger food crisis is a severe but localized food security crisis in the regions of northern Maradi, Tahoua, Tillabéri, and Zinder of Niger. It was caused by an early end to the 2004 rains, desert locust damage to some pasture lands, high food prices, and chronic poverty.
2005-06 Vancouver Canucks season The 2005-06 Vancouver Canucks season was the 36th NHL season in Vancouver. In the first season after the lockout, the Canucks were expected to fare as well, if not better, than the previous season, where they captured the Northwest Division title.
2005-06 West Indian cricket season The 2005-06 West Indian cricket season includes all domestic cricket matches played by senior teams with first class status in the West Indies between October 2005 and March 2006, and also the international feats of the West Indies team, who is not scheduled to play any home games during this period but are to play home matches during April, May and June 2006. The season began on 2005-10-03 with the first matches of the one-day KFC Cup, and is scheduled to last until 2006-03-19 when England A depart after their tour which will include one-day and first class matches against the West Indies A team.
2005-06 World Sevens Series The 2005-06 World Sevens Series was the seventh in an annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments run by the International Rugby Board since 1999-2000. The participating teams in each World Sevens Series are full national sides.
2005-2006 Fijian political crisis The tension between Fiji's government and Military forces, which had been simmering for more than two years, appeared to escalate in late December 2005. Tension between the government and the Military had been simmering throughout the year, with Commodore Bainimarama and other Military officers making strongly worded public statements opposing certain government policies, including the early release from prison of persons implicated in the Fiji coup of 2000, and the government's promotion of controversial legislation to establish a Commission with the power to grant amnesty to perpetrators of the coup.
2005-2006 Christian Peacemaker hostage crisis The 2005-2006 Christian Peacemaker hostage crisis describes an event in which four human rights workers of Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) were held hostage in Iraq from November 26, 2005 by a group calling itself the Swords of Righteousness Brigade. One hostage was killed, and the remaining three rescued on March 23, 2006.
2006 12 Hours of Sebring The 2006 12 Hours of Sebring was the 54th running of this event, and took place on March 18, 2006. The race was sponsored by Mobil 1 and was the opening race of the 2006 American Le Mans Series season run by IMSA.
2006 Abule Egba pipeline explosion The 2006 Abule Egba pipeline explosion is a disaster that occurred in the heavily populated neighborhood of Abule Egba in Lagos, Nigeria on December 26, 2006, killing hundreds of people. There were originally believed to be around 500 deaths, but it was later confirmed that the loss was smaller.
2006 ADAC Procar-Serie Season The 2006 ADAC Procar-Serie Season was the seventh season of the ADAC Procar Series, the German championship for Super 2000 cars. The season consisted of eight separate race weekends with two races each, spread over five different tracks.
2006 Africa Cup The 2006 Africa Cup is the seventh edition of highest level rugby union tournament in Africa. In this edition, the tournament expanded from nine nations to twelve leading to a change in the format of the tournament which now includes four groups of three teams.
2006 AFC Women's Championship The 2006 AFC Women's Championship was a women's football tournament for women's national teams from countries affiliated to the Asian Football Confederation. It was the 15th instalment of the AFC Women's Championship.
2006 AFL Draft The 2006 AFL Draft is the most recent national draft of the Australian Football League. The AFL Draft is the annual draft of talented players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League.
2006 AFL finals series The Australian Football League's 2006 finals series took place between the top eight ladder positions in the 2006 AFL season. It began on the weekend of September 8 2006 and ended with the 110th AFL Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on September 30 2006.
2006 AFL Grand Final The 2006 AFL Grand Final was contested between the Sydney Swans and West Coast Eagles at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on September 30, 2006. The West Coast Eagles avenged their Finals defeat in 2005 by beating the Sydney Swans by a single point, to record only the fourth one point Grand Final margin in the competition's history.
2006 Air New Zealand Cup Final The Final of the 2006 Air New Zealand Cup season, a provincial rugby union competition in New Zealand, took place on October 21, 2006 at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton. The match was played between Waikato and Wellington.
2006 Alamo Bowl The 2006 Alamo Bowl Game was a college football bowl game, part of the 2006–2007 bowl season of the 2006 NCAA Division I-BS football season. The 2006 Alamo Bowl was played in the 65,000-seat Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas on December 30.
2006 Alaskan oil spill The 2006 Alaskan oil spill was an oil spill that was discovered on March 2, 2006 at a pipeline owned by British Petroleum in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation estimated that a minimum of 201,000 gallons (4,785 barrels) was spilt over 1.
2006 American Le Mans Series season The 2006 American Le Mans Series season was the 8th season for the IMSA American Le Mans Series. It is a series comprised of Le Mans prototypes and Grand Touring race cars divided into 4 classes: LMP1, LMP2, GT1, and GT2.
2006 American League Division Series The 2006 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the 2006 American League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 3, and ended on Saturday, October 7, with the champions of the three AL divisions – along with a "wild card" team – participating in two best-of-five series. They were:
2006 American League Championship Series The 2006 American League Championship Series (ALCS) was the second round of the 2006 American League playoffs; it began on October 10 and ended on October 14. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Oakland Athletics 4 games to 0 to advance to the 2006 World Series, and became the fourth AL team to win ten pennants, joining the New York Yankees (39), Athletics (15) and Boston Red Sox (11).
2006 Argentine restriction of beef exports Argentina is one of the world's largest producers of beef. It is also the third-largest exporter (after Brazil and Australia), and has the world's highest consumption rate (an average of 68 kg per person per year).
2006 Asian Games The 15th Asian Games, officially known as the XV Asiad, is Asia's Olympic-style sporting event that was held in Doha, Qatar from December 1 to December 15, 2006. Doha was the first city in its region and only the second in West Asia after Tehran in 1974 to host the games.
2006 Asian Games Opening Ceremony The 15th Asian Games Opening Ceremony was held in Doha, Qatar on December 1 marking the start of the 2006 Asian Games. The ceremony took place in the multi-purpose Khalifa International Stadium, the stadium was specificallly renovated for the Asian Games.
2006 Asian Tour The 2006 Asian Tour was the 12th season of the modern Asian Tour, the main men's professional golf tour in Asia excluding Japan, since it was established in 1995. Prize money for the season exceeded US$24 million dollars and Jeev Milkha Singh of India set a new season's prize money record of $591,884.
2006 Atlas Creek pipeline explosion The 2006 Atlas Creek pipeline explosion was a disaster that occurred on May 12, 2006 at Atlas Creek Island (sometimes called Isanki Island ), near Lagos, Nigeria, when a pressurised petrol pipeline that had been ruptured by thieves exploded, killing 150 people. The Nigerian Red Cross said that vandals had originally drilled holes into the pipe to steal fuel, and that local people had then come down with jerrycans to fill them with fuel.
2006 ATCC season The 2006 Asian Touring Car Championship season was the second season of the ATCC under Super 2000/BTC rules. It consisted of twelve rounds run over five weekends (the first three wekends having two rounds and the last two having three) in four countries in southeast Asia.
2006 Auburn Tigers football team The 2006 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 2006-2007 college football season. Head coach Tommy Tuberville completed his eighth season at Auburn, the third longest tenure among current SEC head coaches.
2006 Auckland Blackout The 2006 Auckland Blackout refers to a massive electrical blackout in Auckland, the largest city in New Zealand, on June 12 2006. It affected some 230,000 customers and started from 08:30 am local time, and had an impact on at least 700,000 people in and around the city.
2006 Australian Provincial Championship The 2006 Australian Provincial Championship (APC), held in September, was the inaugural season of a competition between Australia's four Super 14 rugby union sides. Following a round robin phase, a final was held between the two top sides, with the Brumbies victorious over the Queensland Reds.
2006 Australian Rugby Shield The 2006 Australian Rugby Shield is an eight team competition running through May and June 2006. The teams will compete in two pools in a three week round robin competition with the winners and runners up in each pool progressing to the Semi Finals (27 May 2006) and Final (3 June 2006).
2006 Autumn internationals During November of 2006, several rugby union nations played fixtures that were contested in the northern hemisphere nations — the Autumn internationals. These teams included Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina, Portugal, Canada, Romania, and the Pacific Islanders each playing in at least one of the northern nations, which included Wales, England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Italy, and Japan.
2006 Bahrain ferry disaster The 2006 Bahrain ferry disaster occurred on March 30, 2006, when a motorised Arabic dhow or passenger ferry, the al-Dana, sailing off of Manama, Bahrain, capsized in the Persian Gulf. As of 0100 UTC on March 31, 67 out of the 150 people onboard had been rescued, and 48 have been confirmed dead.
2006 Bangkok bombings The 2006 Bangkok bombings occurred on December 31, 2006 and January 1, 2007, during New Year's Eve festivities in Bangkok, Thailand. Four explosions went off almost simultaneously in different parts of the city at around 6:00 p.
2006 Bangkok International Film Festival The 2006 Bangkok International Film Festival was held from February 17 to February 27. The festival's events were held in the newly opened Siam Paragon, the first time all the festival's screenings, sidebar events, activities and film market were gathered under one roof.
2006 Baseball steroids investigation On March 29, 2006, ESPN learned that former Senator and Disney chairman George J. Mitchell will head an investigation into past steroid use by Major League Baseball players, including San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds.
2006 Basel Hooligan Incident The 2006 Basel Hooligan Incident (Often called "Disgrace of Basel") occurred on May 13, 2006 in Basel. On that day hooligans supporting the Swiss football club FC Basel 1893 stormed the field of the St.
2006 BCS computer rankings The 2006 BCS computer rankings are a part of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) formula that determines who plays in the BCS National Championship Game as well as several other bowl games. Each computer system was developed using different methods which attempts to rank the teams performance.
2006 Beach Handball World Championships The 2006 Beach Handball World Championships are a ten-team tournament in both men's and women's beach handball, held in the Petrobras Arena at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil between 15 November and 19 November. This is the second edition of the event.
2006 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament The 2006 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played between March 9 and March 12, 2006 at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. This is the ninth annual Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament.
2006 Boise State Broncos football team The 2006 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2006 college football season. The Broncos won the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) championship with an undefeated 12-0 regular-season record (8-0 in the WAC), their second unbeaten regular season in the past three years.
2006 Borujerd earthquake In the early morning of March 31, 2006 an earthquake occurred in the South of Borujerd with a massive destruction in Borujerd, Silakhor and Dorood areas of the Lorestan Province in Western Iran. The centre of the earthquake was in Darb-e Astaneh Village in South of the Borujerd City.
2006 Breeders' Cup Classic The 2006 Breeders' Cup Classic, Powered by Dodge was run on the November 4, 2006. The race, in its 23rd year, was contested at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky as part of the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships program.
2006 Brit Awards The 2006 Brit Awards were the 26th edition of the biggest annual pop music awards in the United Kingdom. They are run by the British Phonographic Industry and took place on 15 February 2006 in Earl's Court, London.
2006 British Touring Car Championship season The 2006 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship season was the 48th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season. As in 2005, there were ten racing weekends at nine different circuits; each round comprising three races, making a thirty round competition in total.
2006 BYU Cougars football team The 2006 BYU Cougars football team represents Brigham Young University in the 2006 college football season. The Cougars won the Mountain West Conference (MWC) championship outright with an 11-2 record (8-0 in the MWC), their first unbeaten conference play since 2001 (7-0 MWC, 12-2 Overall).
2006 civil unrest in San Salvador Atenco The civil unrest in San Salvador Atenco of 2006 began on Wednesday, May 3, when police prevented a group of 60 flower vendors from selling at the Texcoco local market in the State of MĂ©xico, about 30 km (20 miles) from Mexico City. Police used violence and arrest against resisters.
2006 California Golden Bears football team The 2006 California Golden Bears football team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the college football 2006-2007 season. They played their home games at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, California and were coached by Jeff Tedford.
2006 Canadian federal budget The Canadian federal budget for fiscal year 2006-2007 was presented to the Canadian House of Commons by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty on May 2, 2006. Among the most-discussed elements of the federal budget were its reduction of the Goods and Services Tax by one percentage point, income tax cuts for middle-income earners, and $1,200-per-child childcare payment (the "Universal Child Care Benefit") for Canadian parents.
2006 Canadian World Junior Team On Thursday, January 5, 2006, the Canadian World Junior Hockey Team successfully defended their gold medal after beating Team Russia with a 5-0 shutout. They played in front of a hometown crowd, winning the gold at GM Place in Vancouver, British Columbia.
2006 Cape Town truck-train collision The 2006 Cape Town truck-train collision was an accident that occurred on November 13 2006 when a Metrorail train collided with a truck that had stalled on an uncontrolled level crossing at Faure near Somerset West, a town outside Cape Town, South Africa, at approximately 08:00 local time (06:00 GMT). The truck was carrying at least thirty-three workers from a local vineyard, with nineteen fatalities (eleven men and eight women) and six injured people among the occupants of the truck.
2006 Caribbean Baseball World Series The 59th edition of the Caribbean Baseball World Series (Serie del Caribe) was played in 2006 in the neighboring cities of Maracay and Valencia in Venezuela, making it the first one to be played in two different cities. It was held from February 2 through February 7 featuring the champions teams from Dominican Republic (Licey), Mexico (Mazatlán), Puerto Rico (Carolina) and Venezuela (Caracas).
2006 Cincinnati Bengals season The 2006 Cincinnati Bengals season began with the team trying to improve on their 11-5 record in 2005, defending their AFC North Division Championship title, and progress further through the playoffs than they made in the 2005 season having lost to Pittsburgh in the 1st round after losing star quarterback Carson Palmer to injury on the second play of the game.
2006 College World Series The 2006 College World Series was held June 16-26 in Omaha, Nebraska; it was the 60th College World Series and the 57th series held in Omaha. Eight NCAA Division I college baseball teams met after having advanced through a 64-team bracket to play at historic Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium.
2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Australia between March 15 and March 26. It was the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.
2006 Continental Cup of Curling The 2006 Continental Cup of Curling is a curling tournament, held between November 23 and November 26 in Chilliwack, British Columbia, between six North American teams and six European teams. Europe defeated North America 229-171.
2005 Sharm el-Sheikh attacks The 2005 Sharm el-Sheikh attacks were a series of bomb attacks on July 23, 2005, targeting the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, located on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula. Eighty-eight people were killed and over 150 were wounded by the blasts, making the attack the deadliest terrorist action in the country's history.
2005 Six Nations Championship The 2005 Six Nations Championship was the sixth series of the Six Nations Championship to be held since the competition expanded in 2000 to include Italy. Before 1910 the competition was the Home Nations Championship contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
2005 Songkhla bombings The 2005 Songkhla bombings were a series of three bombings that took place on April 3, 2005 in the cities of Hat Yai and Songkhla of Thailand's Songkhla Province, and are believed to be part of the on-going South Thailand insurgency. At least two people were killed and 66 were injured in the explosions.
2005 Southeast Asian Games The 23rd Southeast Asian Games (also known as the 2005 SEA Games) was a biannual multi-sport event held in the Philippines from November 27, 2005 to December 5, 2005. The games were participated by the 11 countries located in Southeast Asia.
2005 Southeast Asian Games Closing Ceremony The Closing Ceremony of the 2005 Southeast Asian Games was held at Quirino Grandstand on December 5, 2005 which marked the end of the successful hosting of the Philippines for the biennial event. The host, for the first time in the history of the Southeast Asian Games, emerged as the new Southeast Asian sports champion after 28 years of lackluster performance on the medal tally.
2005 Southeast Asian Games Opening Ceremony The 2005 Southeast Asian Games Opening Ceremony was held at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila, Philippines on November 27, 2005. For the first time in the history of the Southeast Asian Games, the opening ceremony was held in an open-air location.
2005 STCC Season The 2005 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 10th Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. In total eight racing weekends at six different circuits were held; each round comprising three races, making a twenty-four round competition in total.
2005 Sumatra earthquake The 2005 Sumatra earthquake, referred to as the Nias Earthquake by the scientific community, was a major earthquake on March 28, 2005, located off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia. Approximately 1300 people were killed by the earthquake, mostly on the island of Nias.
2005 Sunjiawan mine disaster The Sunjiawan mine disaster (ĺ™ĺ®¶ćąľçźżéšľ) was a mine disaster that occurred on February 14, 2005 in Fuxin city, Liaoning province, in the northeastern part of the People's Republic of China. Initial reports indicated that at least 210 coal miners were killed, making it the worst mining disaster in China in at least 15 years.
2005 Super 12 season The 2005 season of the rugby union competition, the Super 12 began on February 25, 2005 and ended on May 28 with the final between the Crusaders and the Waratahs which was won by the Crusaders 35–25 at Jade Stadium in Christchurch. It was the final season of the Super 12 before the expansion to Super 14 with the Western Force and Central Cheetahs.
2005 Superturismo Championship The 2005 Campionato Italiano Superturismo Season was the fourth season of the Italian touringcar championship since it's recreation in 2002. It was won by well-known former Formula One and CART driver Alessandro Zanardi.
2005 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States The table below lists the opinions delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of the United States during the 2005 Term, which lasted from October 3, 2005, until October 1, 2006. The table illustrates what opinions were filed by each justice in each case, and which justices joined each opinion.
2005 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States The Supreme Court of the United States handed down sixteen per curiam opinions during its 2005 term, which lasted from October 3, 2005 until October 1, 2006.Two decisions have been omitted despite the Court's inclusion of those decisions in its list of opinions for the term, as these are simple orders without any substantive discussion: 1) Maryland v.
2005 Texas Longhorn football team The 2005 Texas Longhorn football team (variously "Texas" or "UT" or the "Horns") represented The University of Texas at Austin in the college football season of 2005-2006, winning both the Big 12 Conference championship and the National Championship. The team was coached by head football coach Mack Brown and led on the field by quarterback Vince Young.
2005 Tim Hortons Brier [2005 Tim Hortons Brier], the [[Canada|Canadian men's curling championship was held at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta from March 5 to 13, 2005. The tournament consisted of 12 teams—one from each province, plus a team representing the Yukon and Northwest Territories, plus a team representing Northern Ontario.
2005 Toronto International Film Festival The 2005 Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 8-17 and screened 335 films from 52 countries - 109 of these films were world premieres, and 78 were North American premieres. Estimated film sales totaled more than $52-million, including approximately $29-million domestic and $23-million international.
2005 UCI ProTour The 2005 ProTour was the first year of the newly-introduced UCI ProTour system, in which the ProTour teams are guaranteed, and obliged to, participate in the series of ProTour races. In certain ways the ProTour replaced the UCI World Cup series of one-day races, which in 2004 was won by one-day specialist Paolo Bettini for the third time in a row.
2005 UEFA Women's Championship The 2005 UEFA Women's Championship, also referred to as WOMEN'S EURO 2005 (trademark of UEFA), was a football tournament for women held from June 5 to June 19 2005 in Lancashire, England. The UEFA Women's Championship is a regular tournament involving European national teams from countries affiliated to UEFA, the European governing body, who have qualified for the competition.
2005 United States Grand Prix The 2005 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on June 19, 2005 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The race was highly controversial because only six out of the normal twenty cars competed; all fourteen of the cars using Michelin tyres retired after the parade lap due to a safety issue with their tyres and the newly resurfaced speedway, leaving only the teams using Bridgestone rubber — Ferrari, Minardi and Jordan — to start.
2005 USC Trojans football team The 2005 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the college football season of 2005-2006. They were atop the AP Poll, Coaches Poll, and BCS Rankings throughout the regular season.
2005 Women's Champions Challenge (field hockey) The third edition of the Women's Champions Challenge took place at the USA Field Hockey National Training Center in Virginia Beach, United States. The event started on Friday July 8 and ended on Saturday July 16.
2005 Women's Champions Trophy (field hockey) The 13th edition of the Women's Champions Trophy took place from Saturday November 26 until Sunday December 4 2005 at the National Hockey Centre in Canberra, Australia. The participating nations were Australia, Argentina, Germany, The Netherlands, China, and Korea.
2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships The 2005 IIHF World Women Championships was held April 2-9, 2005 in Linköping, at Cloetta Center and Norrköping, at Himmelstalundshallen, in Sweden. The American national women's hockey team won their first ever gold medal at the World Championships, defeating the defending champions, the Canadian national women's hockey team in a shoot out.
2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Mianyang, People's Republic of China from November 13 to November 20. The competition was organised by the world's governing body for amateur boxing AIBA.
2005 World Aquatics Championships The 2005 World Aquatics Championships or the XI FINA Championships were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from July 16 to July 31, 2005. They took place in Parc Jean-Drapeau on Saint Helen's Island, and were sanctioned by FINA.
2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 38th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia from the 21st to the 27th November 2005. Only the all-around and event finals were contested at this meet.
2005 World Championships in Athletics The 10th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland (August 6, 2005 – August 14, 2005), the site of the first IAAF World Championships in 1983. One theme of the 2005 championships was paralympic sports, some of which were included as exhibition events.
2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2005 World Junior (Under 20) Ice Hockey Championships was held between December 25, 2004 and January 4, 2005 at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, North Dakota and at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, United States. Team Canada was the winner.
2005 World Series The 2005 World Series, the 102nd Major League Baseball championship series, saw the American League champion Chicago White Sox sweep the National League champion Houston Astros 4 games to 0 in the best-of-seven-games series, winning their third championship and first since 1917.
2005 World Series of Poker The 2005 World Series of Poker opened play on June 2, continuing through the Main Event No Limit World Championship starting on July 7. The conclusion of the Main Event on July 15 marked the close of play, and the largest prize in sports and/or television history at the time ($7,500,000) was awarded to the winner.
2005 World Summit The 2005 World Summit, 14–16 September 2005, was a follow-up summit meeting to the United Nations' 2000 Millennium Summit, which led to the Millennium Declaration of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Representatives (including many leaders) of the 191 (now 192) member states met in New York City for what the United Nations described as "a once-in-a-generation opportunity to take bold decisions in the areas of development, security, human rights and reform of the United Nations.
2005 World Women's Curling Championship The 2005 World Women's Curling Championship was held from March 19-27, 2005 at the Lagoon Leisure Centre in Paisley, Scotland. The tournament was the first since the 1988 event to be held separately from the 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship.
2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia The 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on the weekend of November 6, 2005 at the Eastern Creek Raceway circuit. Approximately 51,000 fans attended the event over the three days.
2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain The 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain was a A1 Grand Prix race, held on September 25, 2005 at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent, England. This was the first in the 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season, and the first race in the history of the A1 Grand Prix series.
2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa The 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa was a A1 Grand Prix race, held on the weekend of January 29, 2006 at a street course in Durban, South Africa. This was the only street course of the 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season.
2005-06 Cuban National Series The 45th season of the Cuban National Series ended with another title for Industriales. Though the Lions failed to win their division, they won close-fought series throughout the playoffs and won their 11th championship.
2005-06 EIHL season The 2005-06 Elite Ice Hockey League season ran from September 9, 2005, through April 9, 2006. The Edinburgh Capitals and Newcastle Vipers joined the Elite League from the British National League while the Manchester Phoenix did not participate for a second season due to a lack of suitable ice facility.
2005-06 in Greek football The 2005-06 Greek Football season saw Olympiacos claim its second consecutive and 34th Greek title in the Alpha Ethniki. However, the season has been overshadowed by the suspension of the Greek FA by UEFAhttp://www.
2005-06 in Portuguese football The 2005-06 season in Portuguese football saw FC Porto, led by Co Adriaanse, clinch their twenty-first title and win the Portuguese Cup. Sporting Lisbon secured second place, which gives them a direct entrance into next season's UEFA Champions League.
2005-06 in Portuguese rink hockey In 2005-06, FC Porto won the Championship for the 5th time in a row with a big advantage over the runner-up SL Benfica. FC Porto also won the Portuguese Cup, playing in the final with Juventude de Viana and winning 7-4 and the Portuguese SuperCup, winning against Benfica in a two-legged final.
2005-06 in Romanian football The 2005-06 Romanian first division was very good. Steaua and Dinamo were very close in the table, and teams like CFR Cluj an FCU Politehnica TimiĹźoara were competitive in their bids for a position to qualify for the European Cups.
2005-06 Los Angeles Kings season The Los Angeles Kings showed great promise in the 2005-06 NHL season. During the off-season, they acquired centers Pavol Demitra and Jeremy Roenick to help solidify their offense, as well as goaltender Jason LaBarbera.
2005-06 NHL season The 2005-06 NHL season was the 88th season of the National Hockey League. This was the season after the non-existent 2004-05 season which was cancelled due to a labour dispute with the NHL Players Association over the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the league and its players.
2005-06 NHL transactions The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that occurred in the National Hockey League during the 2005-06 NHL season. It lists what team each player has been traded to, or claimed by, and for which players or draft picks, if applicable.
2005-06 Niger food crisis The 2005-06 Niger food crisis is a severe but localized food security crisis in the regions of northern Maradi, Tahoua, Tillabéri, and Zinder of Niger. It was caused by an early end to the 2004 rains, desert locust damage to some pasture lands, high food prices, and chronic poverty.
2005-06 Vancouver Canucks season The 2005-06 Vancouver Canucks season was the 36th NHL season in Vancouver. In the first season after the lockout, the Canucks were expected to fare as well, if not better, than the previous season, where they captured the Northwest Division title.
2005-06 West Indian cricket season The 2005-06 West Indian cricket season includes all domestic cricket matches played by senior teams with first class status in the West Indies between October 2005 and March 2006, and also the international feats of the West Indies team, who is not scheduled to play any home games during this period but are to play home matches during April, May and June 2006. The season began on 2005-10-03 with the first matches of the one-day KFC Cup, and is scheduled to last until 2006-03-19 when England A depart after their tour which will include one-day and first class matches against the West Indies A team.
2005-06 World Sevens Series The 2005-06 World Sevens Series was the seventh in an annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments run by the International Rugby Board since 1999-2000. The participating teams in each World Sevens Series are full national sides.
2005-2006 Fijian political crisis The tension between Fiji's government and Military forces, which had been simmering for more than two years, appeared to escalate in late December 2005. Tension between the government and the Military had been simmering throughout the year, with Commodore Bainimarama and other Military officers making strongly worded public statements opposing certain government policies, including the early release from prison of persons implicated in the Fiji coup of 2000, and the government's promotion of controversial legislation to establish a Commission with the power to grant amnesty to perpetrators of the coup.
2005-2006 Christian Peacemaker hostage crisis The 2005-2006 Christian Peacemaker hostage crisis describes an event in which four human rights workers of Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) were held hostage in Iraq from November 26, 2005 by a group calling itself the Swords of Righteousness Brigade. One hostage was killed, and the remaining three rescued on March 23, 2006.
2006 12 Hours of Sebring The 2006 12 Hours of Sebring was the 54th running of this event, and took place on March 18, 2006. The race was sponsored by Mobil 1 and was the opening race of the 2006 American Le Mans Series season run by IMSA.
2006 Abule Egba pipeline explosion The 2006 Abule Egba pipeline explosion is a disaster that occurred in the heavily populated neighborhood of Abule Egba in Lagos, Nigeria on December 26, 2006, killing hundreds of people. There were originally believed to be around 500 deaths, but it was later confirmed that the loss was smaller.
2006 ADAC Procar-Serie Season The 2006 ADAC Procar-Serie Season was the seventh season of the ADAC Procar Series, the German championship for Super 2000 cars. The season consisted of eight separate race weekends with two races each, spread over five different tracks.
2006 Africa Cup The 2006 Africa Cup is the seventh edition of highest level rugby union tournament in Africa. In this edition, the tournament expanded from nine nations to twelve leading to a change in the format of the tournament which now includes four groups of three teams.
2006 AFC Women's Championship The 2006 AFC Women's Championship was a women's football tournament for women's national teams from countries affiliated to the Asian Football Confederation. It was the 15th instalment of the AFC Women's Championship.
2006 AFL Draft The 2006 AFL Draft is the most recent national draft of the Australian Football League. The AFL Draft is the annual draft of talented players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League.
2006 AFL finals series The Australian Football League's 2006 finals series took place between the top eight ladder positions in the 2006 AFL season. It began on the weekend of September 8 2006 and ended with the 110th AFL Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on September 30 2006.
2006 AFL Grand Final The 2006 AFL Grand Final was contested between the Sydney Swans and West Coast Eagles at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on September 30, 2006. The West Coast Eagles avenged their Finals defeat in 2005 by beating the Sydney Swans by a single point, to record only the fourth one point Grand Final margin in the competition's history.
2006 Air New Zealand Cup Final The Final of the 2006 Air New Zealand Cup season, a provincial rugby union competition in New Zealand, took place on October 21, 2006 at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton. The match was played between Waikato and Wellington.
2006 Alamo Bowl The 2006 Alamo Bowl Game was a college football bowl game, part of the 2006–2007 bowl season of the 2006 NCAA Division I-BS football season. The 2006 Alamo Bowl was played in the 65,000-seat Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas on December 30.
2006 Alaskan oil spill The 2006 Alaskan oil spill was an oil spill that was discovered on March 2, 2006 at a pipeline owned by British Petroleum in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation estimated that a minimum of 201,000 gallons (4,785 barrels) was spilt over 1.
2006 American Le Mans Series season The 2006 American Le Mans Series season was the 8th season for the IMSA American Le Mans Series. It is a series comprised of Le Mans prototypes and Grand Touring race cars divided into 4 classes: LMP1, LMP2, GT1, and GT2.
2006 American League Division Series The 2006 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the 2006 American League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 3, and ended on Saturday, October 7, with the champions of the three AL divisions – along with a "wild card" team – participating in two best-of-five series. They were:
2006 American League Championship Series The 2006 American League Championship Series (ALCS) was the second round of the 2006 American League playoffs; it began on October 10 and ended on October 14. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Oakland Athletics 4 games to 0 to advance to the 2006 World Series, and became the fourth AL team to win ten pennants, joining the New York Yankees (39), Athletics (15) and Boston Red Sox (11).
2006 Argentine restriction of beef exports Argentina is one of the world's largest producers of beef. It is also the third-largest exporter (after Brazil and Australia), and has the world's highest consumption rate (an average of 68 kg per person per year).
2006 Asian Games The 15th Asian Games, officially known as the XV Asiad, is Asia's Olympic-style sporting event that was held in Doha, Qatar from December 1 to December 15, 2006. Doha was the first city in its region and only the second in West Asia after Tehran in 1974 to host the games.
2006 Asian Games Opening Ceremony The 15th Asian Games Opening Ceremony was held in Doha, Qatar on December 1 marking the start of the 2006 Asian Games. The ceremony took place in the multi-purpose Khalifa International Stadium, the stadium was specificallly renovated for the Asian Games.
2006 Asian Tour The 2006 Asian Tour was the 12th season of the modern Asian Tour, the main men's professional golf tour in Asia excluding Japan, since it was established in 1995. Prize money for the season exceeded US$24 million dollars and Jeev Milkha Singh of India set a new season's prize money record of $591,884.
2006 Atlas Creek pipeline explosion The 2006 Atlas Creek pipeline explosion was a disaster that occurred on May 12, 2006 at Atlas Creek Island (sometimes called Isanki Island ), near Lagos, Nigeria, when a pressurised petrol pipeline that had been ruptured by thieves exploded, killing 150 people. The Nigerian Red Cross said that vandals had originally drilled holes into the pipe to steal fuel, and that local people had then come down with jerrycans to fill them with fuel.
2006 ATCC season The 2006 Asian Touring Car Championship season was the second season of the ATCC under Super 2000/BTC rules. It consisted of twelve rounds run over five weekends (the first three wekends having two rounds and the last two having three) in four countries in southeast Asia.
2006 Auburn Tigers football team The 2006 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 2006-2007 college football season. Head coach Tommy Tuberville completed his eighth season at Auburn, the third longest tenure among current SEC head coaches.
2006 Auckland Blackout The 2006 Auckland Blackout refers to a massive electrical blackout in Auckland, the largest city in New Zealand, on June 12 2006. It affected some 230,000 customers and started from 08:30 am local time, and had an impact on at least 700,000 people in and around the city.
2006 Australian Provincial Championship The 2006 Australian Provincial Championship (APC), held in September, was the inaugural season of a competition between Australia's four Super 14 rugby union sides. Following a round robin phase, a final was held between the two top sides, with the Brumbies victorious over the Queensland Reds.
2006 Australian Rugby Shield The 2006 Australian Rugby Shield is an eight team competition running through May and June 2006. The teams will compete in two pools in a three week round robin competition with the winners and runners up in each pool progressing to the Semi Finals (27 May 2006) and Final (3 June 2006).
2006 Autumn internationals During November of 2006, several rugby union nations played fixtures that were contested in the northern hemisphere nations — the Autumn internationals. These teams included Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina, Portugal, Canada, Romania, and the Pacific Islanders each playing in at least one of the northern nations, which included Wales, England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Italy, and Japan.
2006 Bahrain ferry disaster The 2006 Bahrain ferry disaster occurred on March 30, 2006, when a motorised Arabic dhow or passenger ferry, the al-Dana, sailing off of Manama, Bahrain, capsized in the Persian Gulf. As of 0100 UTC on March 31, 67 out of the 150 people onboard had been rescued, and 48 have been confirmed dead.
2006 Bangkok bombings The 2006 Bangkok bombings occurred on December 31, 2006 and January 1, 2007, during New Year's Eve festivities in Bangkok, Thailand. Four explosions went off almost simultaneously in different parts of the city at around 6:00 p.
2006 Bangkok International Film Festival The 2006 Bangkok International Film Festival was held from February 17 to February 27. The festival's events were held in the newly opened Siam Paragon, the first time all the festival's screenings, sidebar events, activities and film market were gathered under one roof.
2006 Baseball steroids investigation On March 29, 2006, ESPN learned that former Senator and Disney chairman George J. Mitchell will head an investigation into past steroid use by Major League Baseball players, including San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds.
2006 Basel Hooligan Incident The 2006 Basel Hooligan Incident (Often called "Disgrace of Basel") occurred on May 13, 2006 in Basel. On that day hooligans supporting the Swiss football club FC Basel 1893 stormed the field of the St.
2006 BCS computer rankings The 2006 BCS computer rankings are a part of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) formula that determines who plays in the BCS National Championship Game as well as several other bowl games. Each computer system was developed using different methods which attempts to rank the teams performance.
2006 Beach Handball World Championships The 2006 Beach Handball World Championships are a ten-team tournament in both men's and women's beach handball, held in the Petrobras Arena at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil between 15 November and 19 November. This is the second edition of the event.
2006 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament The 2006 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played between March 9 and March 12, 2006 at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. This is the ninth annual Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament.
2006 Boise State Broncos football team The 2006 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2006 college football season. The Broncos won the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) championship with an undefeated 12-0 regular-season record (8-0 in the WAC), their second unbeaten regular season in the past three years.
2006 Borujerd earthquake In the early morning of March 31, 2006 an earthquake occurred in the South of Borujerd with a massive destruction in Borujerd, Silakhor and Dorood areas of the Lorestan Province in Western Iran. The centre of the earthquake was in Darb-e Astaneh Village in South of the Borujerd City.
2006 Breeders' Cup Classic The 2006 Breeders' Cup Classic, Powered by Dodge was run on the November 4, 2006. The race, in its 23rd year, was contested at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky as part of the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships program.
2006 Brit Awards The 2006 Brit Awards were the 26th edition of the biggest annual pop music awards in the United Kingdom. They are run by the British Phonographic Industry and took place on 15 February 2006 in Earl's Court, London.
2006 British Touring Car Championship season The 2006 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship season was the 48th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season. As in 2005, there were ten racing weekends at nine different circuits; each round comprising three races, making a thirty round competition in total.
2006 BYU Cougars football team The 2006 BYU Cougars football team represents Brigham Young University in the 2006 college football season. The Cougars won the Mountain West Conference (MWC) championship outright with an 11-2 record (8-0 in the MWC), their first unbeaten conference play since 2001 (7-0 MWC, 12-2 Overall).
2006 civil unrest in San Salvador Atenco The civil unrest in San Salvador Atenco of 2006 began on Wednesday, May 3, when police prevented a group of 60 flower vendors from selling at the Texcoco local market in the State of MĂ©xico, about 30 km (20 miles) from Mexico City. Police used violence and arrest against resisters.
2006 California Golden Bears football team The 2006 California Golden Bears football team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the college football 2006-2007 season. They played their home games at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, California and were coached by Jeff Tedford.
2006 Canadian federal budget The Canadian federal budget for fiscal year 2006-2007 was presented to the Canadian House of Commons by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty on May 2, 2006. Among the most-discussed elements of the federal budget were its reduction of the Goods and Services Tax by one percentage point, income tax cuts for middle-income earners, and $1,200-per-child childcare payment (the "Universal Child Care Benefit") for Canadian parents.
2006 Canadian World Junior Team On Thursday, January 5, 2006, the Canadian World Junior Hockey Team successfully defended their gold medal after beating Team Russia with a 5-0 shutout. They played in front of a hometown crowd, winning the gold at GM Place in Vancouver, British Columbia.
2006 Cape Town truck-train collision The 2006 Cape Town truck-train collision was an accident that occurred on November 13 2006 when a Metrorail train collided with a truck that had stalled on an uncontrolled level crossing at Faure near Somerset West, a town outside Cape Town, South Africa, at approximately 08:00 local time (06:00 GMT). The truck was carrying at least thirty-three workers from a local vineyard, with nineteen fatalities (eleven men and eight women) and six injured people among the occupants of the truck.
2006 Caribbean Baseball World Series The 59th edition of the Caribbean Baseball World Series (Serie del Caribe) was played in 2006 in the neighboring cities of Maracay and Valencia in Venezuela, making it the first one to be played in two different cities. It was held from February 2 through February 7 featuring the champions teams from Dominican Republic (Licey), Mexico (Mazatlán), Puerto Rico (Carolina) and Venezuela (Caracas).
2006 Cincinnati Bengals season The 2006 Cincinnati Bengals season began with the team trying to improve on their 11-5 record in 2005, defending their AFC North Division Championship title, and progress further through the playoffs than they made in the 2005 season having lost to Pittsburgh in the 1st round after losing star quarterback Carson Palmer to injury on the second play of the game.
2006 College World Series The 2006 College World Series was held June 16-26 in Omaha, Nebraska; it was the 60th College World Series and the 57th series held in Omaha. Eight NCAA Division I college baseball teams met after having advanced through a 64-team bracket to play at historic Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium.
2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Australia between March 15 and March 26. It was the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.
2006 Continental Cup of Curling The 2006 Continental Cup of Curling is a curling tournament, held between November 23 and November 26 in Chilliwack, British Columbia, between six North American teams and six European teams. Europe defeated North America 229-171.
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