Editing 2006 (section)

===October===
* [[October 6]] – [[Fredrik Reinfeldt]] replaces [[Göran Persson]] as [[Prime Minister of Sweden]].
* [[October 9]]
** North Korea claims to have conducted its first-ever [[2006 North Korean nuclear test|nuclear test]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/oct/09/northkorea|title=North Korea claims first nuclear test|work=The Guardian|date=October 9, 2006|access-date=2009-10-11|location=London|archive-date=February 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206020356/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/oct/09/northkorea|url-status=live}}</ref>
** Google [[History of YouTube#Purchase by Google (2006)|purchased]] YouTube for US$1.65&nbsp;billion.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theage.com.au/business/google-closes-a2b-youtube-deal-20061115-gdotv3.html |title=Google closes $A2b YouTube deal |work=The Age |date=November 15, 2006 |access-date=November 4, 2022 |archive-date=February 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209013507/http://www.theage.com.au/news/Business/Google-closes-A2b-YouTube-deal/2006/11/14/1163266548827.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[October 11]]–[[October 13|13]] – [[St Andrews Agreement]] is held in Scotland between the British and Irish governments on devolution in Northern Ireland.
* [[October 13]] – South Korean [[Ban Ki-moon]] is elected as the new Secretary-General of the United Nations, succeeding [[Kofi Annan]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/5401856.stm|title=Profile: Ban Ki-moon|publisher=BBC|date=October 13, 2006|access-date=2009-10-11|archive-date=October 2, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002213545/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/5401856.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 22]] – [[Fernando Alonso]] wins his second [[World Drivers Championship]].
* October (date unknown) – [[Marine protected area|The Offshore MPA]] project is initiated.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Offshore Marine Protected Area Project|first=Offshore Marine Protected Area Project|date=2011|title=Final Summary Report 2011|url=https://www.sanbi.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ompareportdec2011summary-report-final.pdf#:~:text=A%20collaborative%20five-year%20Offshore%20Marine%20Protected%20Area%20project,of%20potential%20offshore%20spatial%20management%20measures%20including%20MPAs. |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.sanbi.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ompareportdec2011summary-report-final.pdf#:~:text=A%20collaborative%20five-year%20Offshore%20Marine%20Protected%20Area%20project,of%20potential%20offshore%20spatial%20management%20measures%20including%20MPAs. |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|access-date=January 2, 2022|website=South African National Biodiversity Institute}}</ref>