2006

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

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Predicted events

• 2006 Winter Olympics scheduled in Turin, Italy
• 18^th Football World Cup scheduled in Germany. Proposed dates are from June 9 to July 9.
• March 29 - Total solar eclipse (Brazil, Mid Atlantic ocean, Sahara Desert, Turkey, Georgia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia
• September 22 -Annular solar eclipse (South America, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean)
• Finland plans to cease analog television broadcasts.
• Airbus plans to release Airbus A380 to service, the biggest airliner of the world.
• Microsoft plans to release Microsoft Longhorn, a computer operating system
• The European Space Agency plans to launch the Keo space time capsule