Born in 2006

£1 in 2006 would be worth approximately £1.50 in today's money.

A selection from Wikipedia's '2006 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

• 22 February – Securitas depot robbery: around £53 million (US$92 million) is stolen from a Securitas depot at Tonbridge, Kent, in the largest cash robbery in British crime history.
• 1 March – The Senedd, debating chamber of the National Assembly for Wales on Cardiff Bay, designed by Richard Rogers, is opened by the Queen.
• 28 March – Royal Regiment of Scotland created.
• 5 May – Tony Blair reshuffles his cabinet. Charles Clarke is dismissed as Home Secretary. Jack Straw is replaced as the Foreign Secretary by Margaret Beckett. John Prescott remains as Deputy Prime Minister, but loses responsibility for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
• 22 July – Arsenal Football Club move into the Emirates Stadium, named after the airline company as part of a 15-year sponsorship deal, after 93 years at nearby Highbury.
• 9–10 August – Police make many arrests in relation to a transatlantic aircraft plot, and tight security measures are instigated at airports.
• 16 November – The 21st James Bond film – Casino Royale – is released in British cinemas. Daniel Craig makes his debut as Bond in the film.
• 7 December – The London Tornado of 2006 hits.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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