2006

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2006 is a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar).

Predicted events

February 28 - Mardi Gras
February 9 - Independence referendum in Serbia and Montenegro
March 1 - Attack Submarines USS-Lapon to start to be deactivated. Los Angeles class submarines USS Indianapolis, USS-Birmingham, USS-New York City and USS-Atlanta to also start to be deactivated
March 29 - Total solar eclipse (Brazil, Mid Atlantic ocean, Sahara Desert, Turkey, Georgia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia)
September 24 - Sweden holds elections for the Riksdag.
September 22 - Annular solar eclipse (South America, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean)

January 9 - Planned launch date of New Horizons
I-295 is scheduled to have completed its loop around Jacksonville, FL
2006 Winter Olympics scheduled in Turin, Italy
18^th Football World Cup scheduled in Germany. Proposed dates are from June 9 to July 9.
2006 Commonwealth Games scheduled in Melbourne, Australia.
Finland plans to cease analog television broadcasts.
Airbus plans to release Airbus A380 to service, the biggest airliner of the world.
Microsoft may release Windows Longhorn, a computer operating system (although Microsoft has not stated an official release date, 2006 is a probable year)
The European Space Agency plans to launch the Keo space time capsule
Open Office.org is expected to release the Aqua version of Open Office for Mac OS X.
In Germany elections for the Bundestag are to be held in September.
December 31 The United Kingdom finally pays off US$4336Trillion to the United States Government for World War 2 war debts.
The Osaka Outer Loop Line and the eighth line of the Osaka City Subway are scheduled to open in Osaka, Japan.