Year by year · 21st century

2006

2006 in world history: 6 events, 8 deaths, 2 states founded and 1 that came to an end. 189 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 5 November

    Saddam Hussein is sentenced to death

    An Iraqi tribunal sentenced Saddam Hussein to hang for the killing of 148 Shia men and boys from Dujail after a 1982 assassination attempt. He was executed on 30 December 2006.

  2. 30 December

    Saddam Hussein is executed in Baghdad

    The former Iraqi president was hanged for crimes against humanity over the Dujail killings. A leaked mobile phone video of the jeering at his execution caused controversy.

  3. Revolution

    2006 People's Movement

    The 2006 People's Movement, also called Jana Andolan II, was a wave of general strikes and mass protests in Nepal in April 2006 against the direct rule of King Gyanendra.

ProfileState186 states with a known seat in 2006Open the atlas at 2006 →

In the profiles

  • Republic of BoliviaEvo Morales becomes Bolivia’s first indigenous president
  • LiberiaEllen Johnson Sirleaf becomes Africa’s first elected female head of state

Wars and longer events

Died in 2006 8

States founded 2

States that came to an end 1

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