Portal:Current events/2006 June 6
June 6, 2006 (Tuesday)
- 2006 Toronto terrorism case: Toronto police uncover an alleged subplot where Steven Vikash Chand, alias Abdul Shakur, intended to lead an invasion of the Parliament of Canada building and assassinate Prime Minister Stephen Harper. (CBC)
- Iraqi insurgency
- Iraqi Health Ministry figures show 6,025 civilian bodies were delivered to Baghdad's central mortuary in the first five months of this year. (BBC)
- The Iraqi administration has asked the United Nations to join the investigations into alleged massacres by American soldiers. (zaman)
- Chad-Sudan conflict
- The Sudanese Janjaweed steal 350 head of cattle from Goz Beida, Chad. (Voice of America)
- Rebel leader Timane Erdimi's UFDC-SCUD forces kill 32 people and wound 50 others in attacks from Sudan into the Chadian city of Tine. Rebels briefly took control of the city before the Military of Chad chased them back over the border. (Mail and Guardian)
- Australia's Howard government commissions Ziggy Switkowski to lead a commission on the introduction of nuclear energy in Australia. (Bloomberg)
- The opening date of the Doomsday-related film, The Omen, done so to collaborate to the date's religious significance (June 6th, 2006 -- 06/06/06, or 666 which is known as the number of the beast in Christianity). It is a remake of another film by the same name from 1976.
- BAA plc, the owners of London's Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted Airports, accept a £10 billion takeover bid from a consortium led by Spain's' Grupo Ferrovial and including the Quebec public employees' pension fund. (BBC)
- The trial of Tim Selwyn for sedition begins in Auckland, New Zealand. Selwyn is the first New Zealander in over 80 years to be charged with sedition. (Newswire)[permanent dead link]
- Iceland's Prime Minister Halldór Ásgrímsson resigns after poor showings in local elections. Foreign Minister Geir Haarde takes over. (BBC)
- The house of Jason Grimsley, was searched as part of the ongoing BALCO steroids probe. Grimsley, a relief pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks, asked for and received an unconditional release from the team the next day. (USA Today)
- The 40th Anniversary High Mass of the Church of Satan occurred in Los Angeles, where Satanists gathered from nine different countries to celebrate the day. (LA CityBeat)
- The Falador Massacre was an infamous glitch on Jagex's Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) RuneScape, the largest MMORPG by player base, allowing bug abusing players to slaughter other defenseless players. Known by many as one of the most egregious bugs in MMORPG history, sparking a documentary and multiple news articles. (RuneScape Wiki)