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Germany in 2006

Historical records for Germany in 2006, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

7Records
7Events
4Named people
3Places
4Categories

Historical records

March

23 March 2006The Lives of OthersFlorian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Germany · Arts / Cinema

Directs The Lives of Others.

April

25 April 2006Champions League Semi-Final Penalty SaveJens Lehmann

Villarreal · Sport / Football

Saves Juan Roman Riquelme's late penalty to send Arsenal into their first Champions League final.

September

14 September 2006PerfumeTom Tykwer

Germany · Arts / Cinema

Directs Perfume: The Story of a Murderer.

November

14 November 2006Visions for Europe AwardAngela Dorothea Merkel

Luxembourg · Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Receives the Visions for Europe Award for contributions to European integration and discusses future European governance.

Other Events

2006Economy of GermanyAngela Dorothea Merkel

Government / Christian Democratic Union

Many economic commentators have referred to the Merkel factor, which has apparently caused a rapid rise in consumer confidence and market spending

2006PollAngela Dorothea Merkel

Government / Christian Democratic Union

In early 2006, polls showed that Angela Merkel, having been in office for only about 100 days, had the highest approval rate among Germans ever to be recorded for a Chancellor since 1949

2006Vision for Europe AwardAngela Dorothea Merkel

Government / Christian Democratic Union

Awarded the Vision for Europe Award for her contribution toward greater European EU integration

Names involved

Angela Dorothea MerkelFlorian Henckel von DonnersmarckJens LehmannTom Tykwer

Places involved

GermanyLuxembourgVillarreal

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.