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50 unusual facts about 2006


Alpha Mom

"Alpha Mom" is a 2006 television show about a working mom who is trying to balance her job, children and her stay-at-home husband.

Bob Royall

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

Bob Shamansky

In 2006, Shamansky ran for his old congressional seat.

Brown Mountain forest

In 2008, logging recommenced in the Brown Mountain forest, despite Labor Party policy statements during the 2006 Victorian election campaign that they would protect Victoria's last remaining stands of old growth forest available for logging.

C. S. Magaoay

In 2006, Magaoay started Rubber Duck Media a New Media Public Relations and Marketing company.

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.

Two candidates withdrew before the survey and gave their support to Hirsch: Tomás Moulian (Communist) and Manuel Jacques (Christian Left).

David Skrbina

He stood for the office of Lieutenant Governor for the U.S. state of Michigan as the Green Party candidate in 2006, as the running mate of Douglas Campbell.

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.

František Lipka

In 2006 Lipka became the Referendum Commission President (Chairman of the Electoral Commission) for the upcoming Montenegrin Independence Referendum and was in charge of supervision over the course of the referendum, its results and a safeguard of the adherence to correct and valid election processes.

Ghislaine Dupont

In 2006, she was expelled by the Kinshasa government of Kabila between the first and second round of the presidential election.

Hubert Vo

Talmadge Heflin was the Republican nominee again in 2006, seeking a rematch with Hubert Vo in the election of Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

Ilana Sod

Back in May and June 2006, she was the only reporter allowing the young audience to ask questions directly to all five Mexican presidential candidates, exactly one month before of the general election in Mexico, July 2.

Joan Fitz-Gerald

Fitz-Gerald was considered to be one of several possible Democratic candidates for Governor of Colorado in 2006, but chose not to run.

Juan Bueno Torio

position to which he resigned in order to pursue the position of Senator, having been elected for the LX Legislature in the 2006 Federal Election.

Mac Christensen

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

Mike Blouin

He was a candidate in the 2006 race for Governor of Iowa but lost in the primary to Chet Culver.

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.

Novak Kilibarda

On the 2006 independence referendum he was a proponent of Montenegrin bloc for independence, ending with victory.

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.

Personal Choice Party

Its most notable candidate, Roger Ira Price, who ran for the United States Senate in 2006, received 1.6% 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.

Raising Kaine

During the 2006 US election cycle, RK helped found the "Draft James Webb" movement, an effort to draft Marine Corps veteran Jim Webb to run for US Senate against George Allen.

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.

Roberto Campa

During the PRI primaries for the 2006 elections Campa joined the PRI group Unidad Democrática, also known as TUCOM (Spanish acronym for Todos Unidos Contra Madrazo, a reference to party boss and eventual candidate Roberto Madrazo).

Roberto Rafael Campa Cifrián (b. January 11, 1957 in Mexico City) is a Mexican lawyer and politician who was the New Alliance presidential candidate in the 2006 elections.

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.

Thomas M. Salmon

In the 2006 Vermont Auditor of Accounts election, Salmon challenged Republican incumbent Randolph D. "Randy" Brock.

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 California, 2006

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

United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, 2006

The United States House of Representative elections of 2006 in North Carolina were held on 7 November 2006 as part of the biennial election to the United States House of Representatives.

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).

Vermont elections, 2006

Elections included the gubernatorial, all state offices, including all state senators and representatives, the federal Congress and the US senate.

Wind Power Production Incentive

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

York Road tube station

The Islington Liberal Democrats advocated the reopening of the station in their 2006 local election manifesto, and at least one candidate for the Islington Conservative Party has similarly campaigned for the station to be reopened.

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.

Željko Ivanović

Following the referendum in May 2006 and Montenegrin independence, Vijesti became the most vicious critic of Đukanović and his administration.


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.

73079 Davidbaltimore

The asteroid was named after David Baltimore (b. 1938), renowned for his Nobel Prize-winning biological research and for his vision and leadership as the seventh president of the California Institute of Technology (1997–2006).

Aaron Heal

He established himself in Western Australia's first-class (Sheffield Shield) and limited-overs (Ford Ranger Cup) sides during the 2006–07 season, taking over from Brad Hogg as the team's primary spinner, but was selected less regularly over the following seasons.

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).

Butcher of the Balkans

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

Children 18:3

The band released the EP in 2006 and sent a copy to Tooth & Nail Records CEO Brandon Ebel.

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.

Darren Soto

In 2006, Soto ran for a seat in Florida House of Representatives from the 40th District, unsuccessfully challenging incumbent State Representative Andy Gardiner.

Dominique Fidanza

In 2006, she moved to France to participate at the French reality television show Star Academy France and she arrived at the end of the show but she lost against Cyril Cinélu.

Drop goal

The last successful drop kick in a professional American football game was when Doug Flutie successfully drop kicked a football for an extra point in the New England Patriots' regular-season finale against the Miami Dolphins on January 1, 2006; prior to that, the last successful drop kick in a regular-season game was in 1941.

Edgar Chías

He has written a number of plays including De insomnio y media noche, which was performed at the Royal Court Theatre in London in 2006 under the title On Insomnia and Midnight (English translation by David Johnston).

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.

Erwin l'Ami

During this period, he finished second equal at the Essent tournament, was co-winner of the strong Karabakh 'B' tournament and scored well at the Wijk aan Zee Corus 'C' tourney, earning an upgrade to the 'B' tournament in 2006.

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.

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.

Gordon Nuttall

In 2006 the CMC also began an investigation into a series of loans Nuttall received from Queensland mining magnate Ken Talbot.

International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference

The location of the conference switched between North America and Europe until 2006 when the venue was located in Cairns, Australia.

J. Barry Griswell

He has been inducted into the Iowa Business Hall of Fame, is a recipient of the United Way of Central Iowa Alexis de Tocqueville Society award, a 2004 recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, a 2004 recipient of the Central Iowa Philanthropic Award for Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser, and a 2006 recipient of the Business Committee for the Arts Leadership Award as well as a 2008 recipient of the American for the Arts Corporate Citizenship in the Arts Award.

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.

Laurel Hill Coláiste

It recently came seventh in the overall Irish national school league table, published in the Irish edition of The Sunday Times (5 November 2006), highlighting the high percentage of pupils who go on to university level.

Legal status of animals in Canada

When the Conservative Party came to power in 2006, MP Mark Holland tabled a private member’s bill that was virtually identical to Bill C-50, the most recent incarnation of C-17.

Live: Bad Kitty Board Mix

Live: Bad Kitty Board Mix is a 2006 live album by Sophie B. Hawkins recorded at The Triple Door (Seattle, USA) and The Basement (Sydney, Australia).

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.

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.

Osmani García

In early 2006 he joined the group Paulo FG and Elite and also performed in the Festival Internacional de Cali in Colombia, sharing the stage with Maelo Ruíz.

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.

Trendrr

Wiredset, a digital marketing agency, created the first version of Trendrr called Infofilter in 2006.

Troy Trojans

In 2006, Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year Bobby Pierce led the Trojans to a regular season conference title, conference tournament title, and an NCAA Regional appearance with an overall record of 47–16.

Tscherim Soobzokov

In 2006, declassified documents of the Central Intelligence Agency confirmed that Soobzokov had been a CIA agent in Jordan and that the agency had misled the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service on Soobzokov's Nazi past.

U.S. Route 90

The 1929 vintage bridge carrying Highway 90 over Chef Menteur Pass was repaired and opened to traffic on August 11, 2006 after it was closed after the storm.

Victoria Newton

However, it was revealed that the 2006 winners of the "Bizarre" readers' poll awards - who included Justin Timberlake and Madonna - were presented with their awards before readers had the opportunity to vote.

Zhang Jingna

She was active in the team for six years, notable achievements include breaking a record in the 10m Air Rifle event at the Commonwealth Shooting Championships 2005 in Melbourne, and a bronze in the same event at the Commonwealth Games in 2006, awarding her the title of Sports Girl of the Year for 2006 by the Singapore National Olympic Council.