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44 unusual facts about 2006


20 Years of Weird: Flaming Lips 1986–2006

20 Years of Weird: Flaming Lips 1986–2006 is an updated version of the free compilation CD given away at the SXSW Film premier of the The Flaming Lips documentary "The Fearless Freaks", a film by Bradley Beesley.

Action Man: 1993–2006

Panini Comics own the Marvel UK licence and Marvel UK had previously been responsible for the creation of an Action Force comic.

Bob Royall

Many people in the business community in South Carolina tried to pressure Royall to run for Governor in 2006.

Branko Brnović

Brnović returned to active aged nearly 40, playing one season with FK Kom in his native town, now renamed Podgorica after the Montenegro independence.

California lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2006

Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi, the Democratic nominee, narrowly defeated the Republican nominee, State Senator Tom McClintock, for the office previously held by Democrat Cruz Bustamante, who was term-limited and ran for Insurance Commissioner.

Chilean presidential election, 2005–2006

The first debate, titled Foro Presidencial: Chile 2005, organized by the Latin American station CNN en Español and the local Canal 13, took place on October 19, at 10 p.m., at Espacio Riesco in Santiago.

CNCD Decision 323/2006

These included the Pro Democratia Association, the Noesis Cultural Society, the Education 2000+ Centre, the Centre for International Studies, Accept, the Agency for Press Monitoring, the Pro Europa League, the Centre for Juridical Resources, the Centre for Independent Journalism and the Solidarity for Freedom of Conscience.

Dragan Radović

Following Montenegro's independence in 2006, Radović was the country's first football transfer (transferring to Serbian White Eagles from Mornar).

Eastleigh by-election, 2013

The Liberal Democrats' win was their first in a by-election since Dunfermline and West Fife seven years earlier.

Fernando Castro Trenti

He secured a seat in the senate during the 2006 congressional elections as the first minority senator; hence he would have served during the LX and the LXI Legislatures (2006–2012) he is considered the most productive senator in the history of Baja California .

Isaura Navarro

Navarro became involved in controversy following an official trip to Peru when she was alleged to have asked for an official car for her partner who was an international observer for the upcoming electoral process, as well as allowing him to participate in official dinners without the knowledge of the Spanish foreign ministry.

Jeffrey Piccola

In 2005, Piccola announced that he would run for Governor, seeking the Republican nomination against incumbent Democratic Governor Ed Rendell.

Mac Christensen

In 2006, Christensen co-chaired Orrin Hatch's Senate re-election campaign with Stan Parish.

Mary Starrett

Mary Starrett was the Constitution Party of Oregon nominee in the 2006 Oregon gubernatorial election.

Memory of a Free Festival

Mercury Rev played a cover of the song on their 2006 compilation Stillness Breathes

Mike Erickson

In 2006, Erickson was the Republican nominee for the United States House of Representatives seat in Oregon's 5th congressional district against incumbent Democrat Darlene Hooley, who defeated Erickson.

Mike Erlandson

Erlandson ran for Sabo's 5th Congressional District seat in 2006, but finished second in a contested primary to Keith Ellison.

Mirko Vučinić

Following the split of Serbia and Montenegro in spring of 2006, Vučinić chose to represent Montenegro.

Mordechai Eliyahu

In March 2006, three days before the 2006 Israeli legislative election, Eliyahu stated that it was forbidden to vote for any Israeli political party that had backed the disengagement, and stressed that anyone who voted for Kadima was "assisting sinners".

Mule Suttles

Best known for his power hitting, Suttles was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.

Nigel Smart

After his retirement from football, Smart was an unsuccessful candidate for the Liberal Party for the electoral district of Norwood in the 2006 South Australian state election.

Ontario March of Dimes

During the 2006 Canadian federal election, 23-year old Ontario March of Dimes intern Warren Rupnarain, a person with cerebral palsy who uses a wheelchair, visited the campaign offices of the three major political parties in all 22 Toronto ridings to raise awareness of disability issues.

Paolo Borsellino

His sister Rita ran as centre-left presidential candidate in the 2006 regional election, after having won the regional primary election, but lost to incumbent Salvatore Cuffaro, who was later sentenced to seven years in prison for collusion with the Mafia.

Paul A. Trivelli

Trivelli was the source of much controversy for his remarks about the 2006 Nicarguan presidential election and his warnings about U.S. economic retailiation if Sandinista candidate Daniel Ortega won the election.

Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district

In the 2006 election, Murtha was re-elected with 61% of the vote.

Pittsburgh Power

His father Lance, as well as former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Lynn Swann, an NFL Hall-of-Famer and Republican 2006 gubernatorial nominee, is also part of the team's ownership group.

Predrag Bulatović

He was also the leader of Montenegrin opposition since 2001, and he led the Unionist block in the Montenegro Independence Referendum on 21 May 2006.

Premier Soccer League

The Baymed Cup was open to First Division sides, but the competition was terminated after one edition in 2006 Baymed Cup.

President of the South Australian Legislative Council

The current President is Bob Sneath, who was elected after the 2006 state election, following victory for the incumbent Rann Labor government over the Kerin Liberal opposition.

Raymundo Cárdenas

In the 2006 Congressional Election he won a seat in the lower house of the Mexican Congress.

Recognition of same-sex unions in Chile

During January 2006's presidential campaign both President Michelle Bachelet and center-right candidate Sebastián Piñera voiced their support for civil unions, but the Catholic Church and many members of Congress were opposed.

Repubblica Radio TV

Born on April 10, 2006, during the Italian general election, broadcast news and weather bulletins and political programs from 10.00 AM to 12.00 AM and repeats from 9.00 PM to 12.00 PM, Monday to Friday.

Róger Calero

In 2006, Róger Calero appeared on the ballot in New York as the Socialist Workers Party candidate for US Senate.

Since We Met: The Best of 1996–2006

There are no new songs on the album, but her cover of The Beatles' "In My Life", previously only available on the Providence soundtrack, is included as a bonus track.

Socialist Party of New Jersey

:*2006: Greg Pason- 2,490 votes (0.11%)

Steve Gilliard

When Michael S. Steele announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate election of 2006, Gilliard mocked Steele's perceived subservience to the Republican Party by posting a photoshopped picture of Steele in minstrel makeup.

Tommy Irvin

He was elected to his 10th and final four-year term in November 2006.

United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, 2006

The 2006 congressional elections in Arizona were elections for Arizona's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred along with congressional elections nationwide on November 7, 2006.

United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, 2006

Republicans hoped to take the seat in the 2006 elections after redistricting made the 7th slightly more Republican, though Democrats still held the advantage.

The 2006 congressional elections in Indiana were elections for Indiana's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred along with congressional elections nationwide on November 7, 2006.

Up or down vote

Since taking control of the U.S. Senate in 2006, Democrats have accused Republicans of filibustering almost every proposal, and, hence, requiring 60 votes to pass any legislation (e.g., the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act).

Viva Terlingua

The Lost Gonzo Band in several forms and with myriad varying members continues as Walker's backing to this day.

Wind Power Production Incentive

The Canadian WPPI Program started in 2002 and ended on 31 March, 2007 after a change of government.

Yuli Tamir

She was elected to the Knesset again in the 2006 elections, and as of 4 May 2006, is the Education Minister in Ehud Olmert's Kadima-led coalition government.


1916 in Norway

17 August - Eivind Skabo, sprint canoer and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2006)

2006–07 Libyan Premier League

~ Al Charara had all matches annulled on January 8, 2007, and were relegated to the Libyan Second Division.

2006–08 Lebanese political protests

October 30, 2006 – In a televised interview on Al-Manar, Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned of "street demonstrations" to demand early elections if the National Dialogue conference failed to form a national unity government.

Akira Kikuchi

Due to the suspension length, Kikuchi fought only once more in 2006.

Alicia Leigh Willis

From December 2001 to February 2006, Willis played Courtney Matthews on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital.

Bakassi

The decision was reportedly made at a meeting on 2 July 2006 and The Vanguard newspaper of Nigeria reported the decision to secede.

Beacon Fell, Lancashire

The fell features a number of sculptures by local artist Thompson Dagnall, including Black Tiger and Kissing Seat (2006), Walking Snake (1998), Hanging Bat (1998), Spruced up Heron (1996) and Orme Sight (1996).

Ben Dunn

In 2006, Dunn worked as an animator for the science-fiction film "A Scanner Darkly."

Bethlehem College, Ashfield

Sarah Oh - Winner of the 2006 Australian Junior Golf Championship.

Breakfast with the Beatles

Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Pete Best, Olivia Harrison and Yoko Ono have all been guests on the longest-running version of the show (30 years) in Los Angeles, which was dropped in 2006 by KLSX-FM, but picked up by 95.5 KLOS in November 2006.

Butcher of the Balkans

Slobodan Milošević (1941–2006), the former president of Serbia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Dane Looker

The head coach of the Rams during 2006, 2007, and 2008 seasons was Scott Linehan, for whom Looker had previously played at the University of Washington.

Daphne Trimble

After graduating in Law from Queen's University Belfast, she married her former lecturer David Trimble in August 1978, acquiring the courtesy title of Lady on his elevation in June 2006 to the House of Lords.

Dikeou Collection

In September 2006, the exhibition space again doubled to include seven more artists: Janine Gordon, Lawrence Seward, Tracy Nakayama, Chris Gilmour, Lisa Kereszi, Serge Onnen, and Devon Dikeou herself.

Eileen Fulton

Fulton was prominently featured in a May 2000 show marking her and costar Don Hastings' fortieth anniversaries on ATWT, as well as in April 2006 during the show's 50th anniversary episode; and from January 2008 to August 2008, was seen in at least two episodes per week.

ESPN Major League Soccer

On August 4, 2006, ESPN reached a comprehensive multimedia agreement with Soccer United Marketing (SUM) for the rights to Major League Soccer through 2014.

Exercise Pitch Black

Although the 2000, 2004 and 2006 exercises were held in the Northern Territory, the 2002 exercise was scaled down and held at RAAF Bases Amberley and Williamtown, on the Australian east coast.

Experimental luthier

In 2006 Yuri Landman built his Moodswinger for the band Liars and afterwards made a large serie of alternate string instruments like the Moonlander for Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo, the Springtime for Blood Red Shoes and the Tafelberg drum guitar for The Dodos and others.

Federal Land Development Authority

In 2006, FELDA had produced its first movie, Bilut, named after the first FELDA settlement ever in Malaysia.

Francisco Azuela

:*Member of World Poets Society (WPS) A Literary Organization for Contemporary Poets from all around the World, Greco 2006.

Geno Adamia

The Georgian society, especially the IDPs from Abkhazia, marked the 70th anniversary of his birth on March 8, 2006.

Geraint Wyn Davies

On 13 June 2006 Davies became an American citizen, having been sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Henry Hewes

Henry Hewes (April 9, 1917 – July 18, 2006) was the drama critic for the Saturday Review weekly literary magazine from 1955 to 1979.

Henry Roth

In 2005, ten years after Roth’s death, the first full biography of his life, the prize-winning Redemption: The Life of Henry Roth, by literary scholar Steven G. Kellman, was published, followed in 2006 by Henry Roth’s centenary, which was marked by a literary tribute at the New York Public Library, sponsored by CCNY and organized by Lawrence I. Fox, Roth’s literary executor.

Jikawo

On 14–15 April 2006 members of the Murle attacked the Pal Buol (also called the Lare) in Jikawo, and 16 people were killed and 9 wounded.

Joel Casique

He has exhibited his work in galleries and museums in Venezuela, the United States, and Aruba; he has also participated in national and international fairs, including the sixteenth and seventeenth Ferias Iberoamericanas de Arte (FIA) in Caracas; the 2007 Latin American Art Fair in Miami; and the 2006 Feria Internacional de Arte de Bogotá (ARTBO) in Bogotá, Colombia.

Journal of Contemporary History

The winner of the first George L. Mosse Prize in 2006 was the British historian of Nazi Germany Alex J. Kay, who won for his article Germany’s Staatssekretäre, Mass Starvation and the Meeting of 2 May 1941.

Kevin Perkins

Kevin Perkins is the executive director of the Canadian not-for-profit organization Farm Radio International since May 2006.

La Dentellière

It was translated into English by George Crowther in 1976 as A Web of Lace and in 2006 by David Dugan.

Lummis Day

The first event, on Sunday, June 4, 2006, featured East L.A. rock band Quinto Sol, musician Severin Browne, Ann Likes Red, Cuban-born musician Juan Carlos Formell, Danza Azteca Cuahtlehuanitl, the Tongva-Gabrielino Native American Dancers, Pilipino folk ensemble Panama Rondalla and poets B. H. Fairchild, William Archila and Suzanne Lummis.

Lydia Leonard

On television she had an ongoing role in 1950s-set detective series Jericho starring Robert Lindsay, and appeared in True True Lie (2006) and The Long Walk to Finchley (2008), along with a cameo in Rome (2006, "The Stolen Eagle"), and as a nurse in the BBC's Casualty 1909.

M. Athalie Range

Athalie Range (Born Mary Athalie Wilkinson on November 7, 1915 in Key West, Florida- November 14, 2006 in Miami, Florida) was a civil rights activist and politician who was the first African-American to serve on the Miami, Florida City Commission, and the first African-American since Reconstruction and the first woman to head a Florida state agency, the Department of Community Affairs.

Makoto Satō

His final film, Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said (2005), was named Best Documentary at the 2006 Mainichi Film Awards.

Mona Weissmark

In 2006 Justice Matters was made into a documentary television film, aired on national German television WDR.

Newsarama

Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Joe Quesada's column "Joe Fridays" (renamed "New Joe Fridays" in 2006 as a joke regarding Marvel's penchant for relaunching titles with the prefix "new") appeared weekly until 2008, when the column moved to MySpace.

Nichola Simpson

She won Bronze at the 2nd World Cup leg in San Salvador in 2006, which was Great Britain's first Archery World Cup medal.

Olympian Publishing

The Union of Hope and Sadness: The Art of Gail Potocki (2006) (with introduction by Jim Rose of The Jim Rose Circus)

Philip Pan

Other topics covered by his book include China's shourong detention system, investigative journalism in China, and the publication and reception of An Investigation of China's Peasantry, by Chen Guidi and Wu Chuntao, which was later released as Will the Boat Sink the Water (2006) in its English translation.

Rock 'n' Roll Bolero

"Rock 'n' Roll Bolero" was later included as a bonus track on the remaster of the 1977 album Whatever Happened to Slade, the 2006 Japanese Air Mail Archive remaster of the 1979 album Return to Base, and part of the 2006 four-disc box set The Slade Box.

Seasons of Love

The Philippine Idol Top 6 performed the song as the opening number to the show's movie/musical themed performance night on November 19, 2006.

Shanghai People's Commune

MacFarquhar, R and Schoenhals, M. Mao's Last Revolution (Belknap Harvard, 2006)

Shaun Udal

With the continuing unavailability through injury of Ashley Giles, Udal started the 2006 season in contention with Monty Panesar for Englands spinning berth.

Sri Lanka Time

The Sri Lanka Time reverted on 15 April 2006 to match Indian Standard Time calculated from the Allahabad Observatory in India 82.5 ° longitude East of Greenwich, the reference point for GMT.

Stephen Revere

Revere has appeared on a number of Korean TV shows, including English Conversation (EBS, 2001–2003) and The World Is Wide (세상은 넓다, KBS1 2006-2007).

Symphonic Anime Orchestra

Founded in 2005, the orchestra has performed at the Nan Desu Kan anime convention 2005, 2006 and 2007.

Tamy Ben-Tor

Graduating from Columbia University's MFA Program in 2006, she lives and works in New York and shows with Zach Feuer Gallery.

Ten-Day War

However, the incident sparked renewed public debate after the footage was shown on Serbian TV station B92 in 2006, with many claiming that the soldiers were shot and killed by Slovenian TO troops and that Slovenia is trying to cover up the affair.

The Devil's Backbone

The response was overwhelmingly positive, though it did not receive the critical success that Pan's Labyrinth would in 2006.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis

The Kevin Kline Awards, named after Kevin Kline, an established stage and screen actor and native of St. Louis, began in 2006, to recognize outstanding achievement in professional theatre in the Greater St. Louis area.

Wendy Rae Fowler

Eagles of Death Metal - Death by Sexy (2006) "I Like to Move in the Night", "The Ballad of Queen Bee and Baby Duck", and "Poor Doggie"