At A Glance

16 March 2006 at a glance

Day of the week
16 March 2006 was a Thursday.
Irish Chart Song in 2006
The Irish chart song for 2006 was “Chasing Cars” by Snow Patrol.
Top Film of 2006
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2006 was Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
Star sign
The star sign for 16 March is Pisces.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 16 March 2006 fell in the Year of the Dog.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 16 March 2006 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 16 March

  • 2002 Sofia Gubaidulina's Johannes-Ostern is premiered, together with her earlier Johannes-Passion, at Hamburg's Michaeliskirche, performed by soloists, choir and orchestra from the Mariinsky Theatre combined with NDR choir and orchestra, conducted by Valery Gergiev.
  • 2005 Israel officially hands over Jericho to Palestinian control.
  • 2010 The Kasubi Tombs, Uganda's only cultural World Heritage Site, are destroyed in a fire.
  • 2012 Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar becomes the first batter in history to score 100 centuries in international cricket.
  • 2014 Crimea votes in a controversial referendum to secede from Ukraine to join Russia.

Famous people born on 16 March

  • Mark Carney, Canadian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Canada (born 1965)
  • Alexandra Daddario, American actress (born 1986)
  • Lauren Graham, American actress and producer (born 1967)
  • Alan Tudyk, American actor (born 1971)

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Events of 2006 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '2006 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 9 January – Steve Staunton was appointed the new manager of the Ireland football team, to be mentored by Bobby Robson as International Football Consultantant.
  • 17 March – Over 400,000 people took to the streets of Dublin to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day as part of the world's largest Saint Patrick's Day Festival.
  • 16 April – Up to 120,000 people lined the streets of Dublin to mark the 90th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising.
More events of 2006 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Life in Ireland in 2006

Taoiseach

Bertie Ahern

Petrol (per litre)

€1.15/L

Loaf of Bread

€1.25

Average House

€350,000

Weekly Wage

€430

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