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===September=== * [[September 1]] β [[Analog television|Analog]] terrestrial television is switched off in Luxembourg, being the first country to do so. * [[September 7]] ** British Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]] announces his intention to resign by the end of 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5322094.stm |title=I will quit within a year β Blair |work=BBC News |date=September 7, 2006 |access-date=November 4, 2022 |archive-date=November 17, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061117032828/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5322094.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> ** [[September 2006 lunar eclipse|Partial lunar eclipse]], visible over most of Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. * [[September 19]] β The [[Royal Thai Army]] overthrows the government of Prime Minister [[Thaksin Shinawatra]] in a ''[[2006 Thai coup d'Γ©tat|coup]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Thai military claims control after coup |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/sep/19/thailand |website=The Guardian |access-date=February 4, 2021 |language=en |date=September 19, 2006 |archive-date=October 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005050901/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/sep/19/thailand |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[September 22]] β [[Solar eclipse of September 22, 2006|Annular solar eclipse]], visible in Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, parts of Brazil, and the southern Atlantic. * [[September 28]] β [[Typhoon Xangsane]] passed [[Manila]] on its way to causing more than 300 deaths, mostly in the Philippines and Vietnam.<ref name="gp">{{cite web|author=Boyle, Kevin|title=Typhoon Xangsane: 25 September β 2 October|publisher=Typhoon2000|access-date=October 13, 2014|url=http://www.typhoon2000.ph/garyp_mgtcs/sep06sum.txt|archive-date=December 14, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214052710/http://www.typhoon2000.ph/garyp_mgtcs/sep06sum.txt|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[September 29]] β [[Gol Transportes AΓ©reos Flight 1907]], a [[Boeing 737 Next Generation|Boeing 737-800]], collides with an [[Embraer Legacy 600]] over the [[Amazon rainforest]], killing all 154 occupants on board the 737 whereas all 7 onboard the Legacy survives.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-19078146_ITM|title=Passports of Legacy jet pilots seized pending investigation in Brazil crash.|publisher=Europe Intelligence Wire|access-date=2009-10-10|date=October 4, 2006|archive-date=December 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111209210958/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-19078146_ITM|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=Accident Boeing 737-8EH PR-GTD, Friday 29 September 2006 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/322098 |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=Accident Embraer EMB-135BJ Legacy 600 N600XL, Friday 29 September 2006 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/322097 |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}</ref>
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