2006 in Iceland
The following lists events that happened in 2006 in Iceland.
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Incumbents
- President – Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
- Prime Minister – Halldór Ásgrímsson (until 15 June), Geir Haarde (starting 15 June)
Events
June
- June 6 - Iceland's Prime Minister Halldór Ásgrímsson resigns after poor showings in local elections. Foreign Minister Geir Haarde takes over.
October
- October 17 - Whaling in Iceland is to resume, in contravention of a 20-year moratorium passed by the International Whaling Commission.
- October 22 - Icelandic fisherman kill a fin whale, breaking the International Whaling Commission's ban on commercial whaling.
gollark: Vaguely relatedly, TIS-3D is a pretty cool mod for simple computers for that kind of task.
gollark: (After + and -, I mean)
gollark: Maybe try division and multiplication (division is probably harder).
gollark: Yes, make binary number manipulation stuff first, should be a good idea.
gollark: It uses a mod for ICs, though.
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