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− | 2006 | + | '''2006''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MMVI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. |
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| + | It was the ''Year of the [[dog (zodiac)|Dog]]'' in the [[Chinese calendar]]. The next year of the dog will begin in the year [[2018]]. |
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| + | It was designated the ''International Year of [[Desert]]s and [[Desertification]]'' by the [[United Nations General Assembly]]. <ref>http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=7589&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html]</ref> |
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| + | The International Asperger's Year, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dr [[Hans Asperger]], discoverer of [[Asperger's Syndrome]]. <ref>http://www.aspires-relationships.com/Committee_for_International_Asperger's_Year.htm</ref> |
| + | <ref>http://dev.gentoo.org/~redhatter/iay/</ref> |
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| + | The Year of Mozart, celebrating the 250th anniversary of the birth of [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]. |
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| + | [[UNESCO]] has formally recognized sixty-three anniversaries for 2006. <ref>http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001457/145755M.pdf</ref> |
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| + | ==Climate== |
| + | *January 1 to June 30, 2006 was predicted to have tied [[1998]] as the warmest semi-year, for any year since the 1890s. Overall, forecasters and scientists predict 2006 to be the third warmest year on record, behind [[1998]], and [[2005]]. |
| + | *In the United Kingdom, it was the hottest year on record (Hottest day was on [[July 19]], when 36.5 °C was recorded at Wisley, Surrey). |
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| + | ==References== |
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