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'December 31, 2006' (also known as '31 December 2006') is New Year’s Eve in the Gregorian calendar, the last day of the year 2006. It took place on a Sunday. December 31, 2006, is the 365th day of the year 2006 in the Gregorian calendar, as 2006 is a common year.
2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. It is the Year of the Dog in the Chinese calendar. The next year of the dog will begin in the year 2018. It has been designated the International Year of Deserts and Desertification by the United Nations General Assembly. ^[1] The International Asperger’s Year, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Hans Asperger, discoverer of Asperger’s syndrome. ^[2]
[3] The Year of Mozart, celebrating the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. UNESCO has formally recognized sixty-three anniversaries for 2006. ^[4]

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Holidays and observances

Other important events

See also

References

Holidays and observances

★ New Year’s Eve on the Gregorian calendar.

★ Last Day of the Year Celebration, special non-working holiday in the Philippines.

★ First day of Eid ul-Adha, the Islamic "Festival of Sacrifice."

★ The Seventh Day of Christmas, the Feast of the Holy Family, in the Catholic liturgical year.

★ Hogmanay in Scotland.

Other important events

★ Romania and Bulgaria entered the European Union. ^[5]

★ Somali clan elders urged Islamist militants to leave Somalia after the fall of Mogadishu. A large Ethiopian force assembled to aid the Somalis. ^[6]

★ Nine small bombs exploded in Bangkok, killing two and wounding thirty-four. Six foreigners were wounded, including one American. ^[7]

★ Smoking in many public places was banned in Hong Kong, which took effect on January 1, 2007. ^[8]

★ The day before, December 30, 2006, former dictator of Iraq Saddam Hussein was hanged.

★ The funerary process continued for former U.S. President Gerald Ford.

★ Centennial of when the ball signifying New Year’s Day was first dropped at Times Square on December 31, 1906.

★ Centennial of the French, British, and Italian treaty concerning rights on Ethiopia on December 31, 1906.

★ Bicentennial of the signing of the Monroe-Pinkney Treaty on December 31, 1806.

★ Sexadecamillennial of when the Vandals, Alans, and Suebians crossed the Rhine in 406, beginning an invasion of Gaul.

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References

1. http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=7589&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
2. http://www.aspires-relationships.com/Committee_for_International_Asperger's_Year.htm
3. http://dev.gentoo.org/~redhatter/iay/
4. http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001457/145755M.pdf
5. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/01/world/europe/01europe.html
6. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/01/world/africa/01somalia.html
7. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/01/world/asia/01thailand.htm
8. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/01/world/asia/01hong.html