The 2000s

2006 20 years ago

Typhoon Ewiniar made landfall in South Korea, causing damages across the country amounting to 2.06 trillion won…

Typhoon Ewiniar, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Ester, was the third named storm of the 2006 Pacific typhoon season that lasted for twelve days as a tropical cyclone, moving o…

Typhoon Ewiniar made landfall in South Korea, causing damages across the country amounting to 2.06 trillion won…

2006 20 years ago

Italy won their fourth FIFA World Cup title, defeating France 5–3 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time…

The Italy national football team has represented Italy in men's international football since its first match in 1910. The national team is controlled by the Italian Football Federa…

Italy won their fourth FIFA World Cup title, defeating France 5–3 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time…

2006 20 years ago

Hezbollah forces crossed the Israel–Lebanon border and attacked Israeli military positions while firing rockets and…

Hezbollah is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party with an active paramilitary wing that has been banned by the Lebanese government since March 2026, amid Israel's war on Lebano…

Hezbollah forces crossed the Israel–Lebanon border and attacked Israeli military positions while firing rockets and…

2006 20 years ago

Lebanon War: The Israeli Air Force attacked a three-story building near the Lebanese village of Qana, killing at least…

The 2006 Lebanon War was a 34-day armed conflict in Lebanon, fought between Hezbollah and Israel. The war started on 12 July 2006 and continued until a United Nations-brokered ceas…

Lebanon War: The Israeli Air Force attacked a three-story building near the Lebanese village of Qana, killing at least…

2006 20 years ago

Following intestinal surgery, Fidel Castro provisionally transferred the duties of the Cuban presidency to his brother…

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was a Cuban communist revolutionary and statesman who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2011. He served as prime minister from 1959 to 1976, president …

Following intestinal surgery, Fidel Castro provisionally transferred the duties of the Cuban presidency to his brother…

2006 20 years ago

Sri Lankan civil war: Seventeen employees of the French nongovernmental organization ACF International were massacred…

The Sri Lankan civil war was fought in Sri Lanka from 1983 to 2009. Beginning on 23 July 1983, it was an intermittent insurgency against the government by the Liberation Tigers of …

Sri Lankan civil war: Seventeen employees of the French nongovernmental organization ACF International were massacred…

2006 20 years ago

British police arrested 24 people for conspiring to detonate liquid explosives carried on board airliners travelling…

The 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot was a terrorist plot to detonate liquid explosives, carried aboard airliners travelling from the United Kingdom to the United States and Canada…

British police arrested 24 people for conspiring to detonate liquid explosives carried on board airliners travelling…

2006 20 years ago

Grigori Perelman was awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refused to…

Grigori Yakovlevich Perelman is a Russian mathematician and geometer who is known for his contributions to the fields of geometric analysis, Riemannian geometry, and geometric topo…

Grigori Perelman was awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refused to…

2006 20 years ago

Natascha Kampusch (pictured), who had been abducted at the age of ten in Vienna, escaped from her captor's house in…

Natascha Maria Kampusch is an Austrian author and former talk show host. At the age of 10, on 2 March 1998, she was abducted and held in a secret cellar by her kidnapper, Wolfgang …

Natascha Kampusch (pictured), who had been abducted at the age of ten in Vienna, escaped from her captor's house in…

2006 20 years ago

The International Astronomical Union passed a resolution redefining the term planet and classifying Pluto as a dwarf…

The International Astronomical Union is an international non-governmental organization (INGO) with the objective of advancing astronomy in all aspects, including promoting astronom…

The International Astronomical Union passed a resolution redefining the term planet and classifying Pluto as a dwarf…

2006 20 years ago

Comair Flight 5191 crashed while inadvertently attempting to take off from the wrong runway at Blue Grass Airport in…

Comair Flight 5191 was a scheduled United States domestic passenger flight from Lexington, Kentucky, to Atlanta, Georgia. On the morning of August 27, 2006, at around 06:07 EDT, th…

Comair Flight 5191 crashed while inadvertently attempting to take off from the wrong runway at Blue Grass Airport in…

2006 20 years ago

Comair Flight 5191 crashed (wreckage pictured) while inadvertently attempting to take off from the wrong runway at…

Comair Flight 5191 was a scheduled United States domestic passenger flight from Lexington, Kentucky, to Atlanta, Georgia. On the morning of August 27, 2006, at around 06:07 EDT, th…

Comair Flight 5191 crashed (wreckage pictured) while inadvertently attempting to take off from the wrong runway at…

2006 20 years ago

Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 collided in mid-air with an Embraer Legacy business jet near Peixoto de Azevedo,…

On September 29, 2006, Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907, a Boeing 737-800 on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Manaus, Brazil, to Brasília and Rio de Janeiro, collided m…

Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 collided in mid-air with an Embraer Legacy business jet near Peixoto de Azevedo,…

2006 20 years ago

A gunman killed five Amish girls before committing suicide in a one-room schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania.

On October 2, 2006, a mass shooting occurred at the West Nickel Mines School, an Amish one-room schoolhouse in the Old Order Amish community of Nickel Mines, a village in Bart Town…

A gunman killed five Amish girls before committing suicide in a one-room schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania.

2006 20 years ago

Anna Politkovskaya (pictured), a Russian journalist and human-rights activist, was assassinated in the elevator of her…

Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya was a Russian investigative journalist who reported on political and social events in Russia, in particular, the Second Chechen War (1999–2005). She w…

Anna Politkovskaya (pictured), a Russian journalist and human-rights activist, was assassinated in the elevator of her…

2006 20 years ago

An earthquake registering 6.7 Mw occurred off the northwestern coast of the island of Hawaii.

The 2006 Kīholo Bay earthquake occurred on October 15 at 07:07:49 local time with a magnitude of 6.7 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The shock was centered 21 ki…

An earthquake registering 6.7 Mw occurred off the northwestern coast of the island of Hawaii.

2005

Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record

Junichiro Koizumi is a Japanese retired politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2001 to 2006. He retired from poli…

Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record

2005

Airbus A380 aircraft has its maiden test flight

The Airbus A380 is a large wide-body airliner, developed and produced by Airbus from 2003 to 2021. It is the world's largest passenger airliner and the only full-length double-deck…

Airbus A380 aircraft has its maiden test flight

2005

Vanity Fair reveals that Mark Felt was "Deep Throat"

Vanity Fair is an American monthly magazine of popular culture, fashion, and current affairs published by Condé Nast in the United States.

Vanity Fair reveals that Mark Felt was "Deep Throat"

2005

A series of four explosions occurs on London's transport system, killing 56 people, including four suicide bombers,…

On 7 July 2005, Islamist terrorists carried out four coordinated suicide bombings targeting commuters travelling on London's public transport during the morning rush hour. The atta…

A series of four explosions occurs on London's transport system, killing 56 people, including four suicide bombers,…

2005

The Civil Marriage Act legalizes same-sex marriage in Canada.

The Civil Marriage Act is a federal statute legalizing same-sex marriage across Canada. At the time it became law, same-sex marriage had already been legalized by court decisions i…

The Civil Marriage Act legalizes same-sex marriage in Canada.

2005

President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of…

This is a list of heads of state of Mauritania since the country gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day. The head of state is also the commander-in-chief of the…

President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of…

2005

A massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java; affecting almost 100 million people, it is one of the…

The 2005 Java–Bali Blackout was a power outage across Java and Bali on 18 August 2005, affecting some 100 million people.

A massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java; affecting almost 100 million people, it is one of the…

2005

The 2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede in Baghdad kills 953 people.

The Al-Aimmah Bridge disaster occurred on August 31, 2005 when 965 people died following a panic, and subsequent crowd crush, on the Al-Aaimmah Bridge, which crosses the Tigris riv…

The 2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede in Baghdad kills 953 people.