Portal:Current events/2006 February 26
February 26, 2006 (Sunday)
- Olivier Awards: Liam Mower, James Lomas and George Maguire win an award for Best Actor in a musical for their role in Billy Elliot the Musical. They are the first to do so in a shared capacity. At 13, this makes Mower the youngest actor to ever receive this award. (BBC)
- 2006 Winter Olympics: The Olympic flag is passed to the mayor of Vancouver, home of the 2010 Winter Olympics, during the Closing Ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics. (CBC)
- Al Askari Mosque bombing: The International Crisis Group releases a report cautioning the international community to plan for the contingency of a civil war in Iraq. At least 250 people have died in violence resulting from the Al Askari Mosque bombing. (CSMonitor)
- Jamaica will have its first female Prime Minister, as Portia Simpson-Miller is elected president of the People's National Party. She will automatically replace P. J. Patterson in a few weeks. (BBC)
- The world's population hits 6.5 billion at 0016 UTC, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's World Population Clock. (Toronto Star) (US Census)
- The Cunard liner, Queen Mary 2 meets its namesake predecessor, Queen Mary for the first time in Long Beach, California, Queen Mary's permanent base.