Editing 2006 (section)

===August===
* [[August 10]] – News was revealed of a thwarted [[2006 transatlantic aircraft plot|terrorist plot to detonate liquid explosives]] disguised as soft drinks, aboard multiple transatlantic air flights.
* [[August 14]] – [[Sri Lankan civil war]], [[Chencholai bombing]]: 61 female students in [[Mullaitivu]] are killed by the [[Sri Lanka Air force|Sri Lankan Air Force]] in an air strike.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2016/08/14/impunity-reigns-in-sri-lankas-august-14-2006-bombing-of-schoolgirls/?sh=3dfe5e1d37e1 | title=Impunity Reigns In Sri Lanka's August 14, 2006 Bombing Of Schoolgirls | publisher=Forbes | work=Anjali Manivannan | date=August 14, 2016 | accessdate=June 22, 2021 | archive-date=June 24, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204802/https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2016/08/14/impunity-reigns-in-sri-lankas-august-14-2006-bombing-of-schoolgirls/?sh=3dfe5e1d37e1 | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[August 16]] – Russian government patrol boat {{ill|31st Kisshin Maru incident|lt=shoots at a Japanese fishing boat|ja|第31吉進丸事件|ru|Инцидент с «Киссин Мару 31»}}, killing one crew member.<ref>{{Cite web| url = https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/press/release/18/rls_0816b.html | title = The shooting and seizure of a Japanese fishing boat in the waters around the Northern Territories | publisher = [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan]] |language=Japanese| date = August 16, 2006 | accessdate = September 16, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news24.jp/articles/2006/08/19/0465142.html|title=Dead body found at Nemuro Port, Ministry of Foreign Affairs protests to Russia |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140423054022/http://www.news24.jp/articles/2006/08/19/0465142.html| publisher=[[NTV News24]]|language=Japanese|date=August 19, 2006|archivedate=April 23, 2014|accessdate=September 16, 2024}}</ref>
* [[August 22]] – [[Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612]] crashes near the Russian border in Ukraine, killing all 170 people on board.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/08/22/russia.crash/|title=Russian jet crash kills all 170 on board|publisher=CNN|date=August 23, 2006|access-date=2009-10-10|first=Matthew|last=Chance|archive-date=December 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228202143/http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/08/22/russia.crash/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 24]] – The [[International Astronomical Union]] [[IAU definition of planet|defines]] '[[planet]]' at its 26th General Assembly, removing [[Pluto]]'s status as a planet and reclassifying it as a [[dwarf planet]] 76 years after its discovery. [[Irony|Ironically]], this was in the same year when [[NASA]] sent its [[New Horizons|first probe]] to the [[Astronomical object|celestial body]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9824-pluto-gets-the-boot-as-the-planet-count-drops.html|title=Pluto gets the boot as the planet count drops|work=[[New Scientist]]|access-date=2009-10-10|date=August 24, 2006|first=Stephen|last=Battersby|archive-date=June 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615004417/http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9824-pluto-gets-the-boot-as-the-planet-count-drops.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto"/>