Timeline March 2006

Events in March 2006 11

• 1921 – 2006 Stanisław Lem Sci-Fi Visionary Philosopher and world-renowned author of Solaris.
• 1939 – 2006 Ali Farka Touré (1939-2006) Died 6 March 2006, aged 66 Ali Farka Touré, the Malian singer and guitarist celebrated for blending traditional West African music with blues, died of bone cancer in Bamako. He won multiple Grammy Awards for his collaborative albums. He is widely regarded as one of Africa's most influential musicians.
• 1941 – 2006 Slobodan Milošević (1941-2006) Died 11 March 2006, aged 64 Slobodan Milošević, former President of Serbia and Yugoslavia, died of a heart attack in his cell at the UN detention center in The Hague. He was on trial for genocide and war crimes committed during the Yugoslav wars when he died, and the tribunal proceedings were formally terminated. No verdict was ever reached.
• 2006 Amy Winehouse records Back to Black Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi Recorded in New York and Miami with the Dap-Kings.
• 2006 Iditarod 2006 Winner: Jeff King — 9 days 11h Jeff King won his fourth and final Iditarod title in 2006, joining the elite club of four-time champions.
• 2006 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter enters orbit NASA probe begins mapping Mars NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter successfully entered orbit around Mars after a seven-month journey. It carried the highest-resolution camera yet sent to another planet. The spacecraft went on to scout landing sites and study the Martian surface for years.
• 2006 Black Sabbath inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Inducted by Metallica.
• 2006 Miles Davis inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Jazz in the Hall Inducted for his influence on rock.
• 2006 The Da Vinci Code #2 film of 2006 — $758m worldwide Directed by Ron Howard, starring Tom Hanks. A Harvard symbologist investigates a murder inside the Louvre and discovers a secret society.
• 2006 Twitter launched Microblogging transforms communication Twitter launched on March 21, 2006, with Jack Dorsey posting the first tweet. The platform grew to become a primary channel for news, politics and public discourse.
• 2006 ETA declares permanent ceasefire Basque separatist group halts violence The Basque separatist group ETA announced a "permanent" ceasefire after decades of bombings and assassinations in Spain. The Spanish government opened tentative peace talks in response. The truce broke down within the year.