Editing 2006 (section)

===November===
* [[November 2]] – ''[[No. 5, 1948]]'' by [[Jackson Pollock]] becomes the [[List of most expensive paintings|most expensive painting]] after it is sold privately for [[List of most expensive paintings|$140&nbsp;million]].<ref name="Artnet">{{cite web | url= http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/news/artmarketwatch/artmarketwatch11-3-06.asp | title= Art Market Watch | date= November 3, 2006 | access-date= November 8, 2006 | publisher= Artnet | archive-date= January 8, 2007 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070108223812/http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/news/artmarketwatch/artmarketwatch11-3-06.asp | url-status= live }}</ref>
* [[November 3]] – [[Microsoft]] releases [[Microsoft Office 2007|Office 2007]] for manufacturing.
* [[November 5]] – Former [[President of Iraq]] [[Saddam Hussein]] is [[Execution of Saddam Hussein|sentenced to death]] by hanging by the [[Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal|Iraqi Special Tribunal]]. He is later executed by hanging for crimes against humanity on December 30.<ref name="ap burial">{{Cite news |date=December 31, 2006 |title=Saddam buried in village of his birth |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1107AP_Saddam.html |access-date=2006-12-31 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |agency=Associated Press}}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
* [[November 8]] – Microsoft releases [[Windows Vista]] for manufacturing.
* [[November 11]] – Sony releases the [[PlayStation 3]].
* [[November 12]] – The breakaway state of South Ossetia holds a [[South Ossetian independence referendum, 2006|referendum]] on independence from Georgia.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/11/AR2006111101247.html|title=Georgia: Separatist Vote Illegitimate|agency=Associated Press|first=Maria|last=Danilova|access-date=2009-10-12|date=November 11, 2006|newspaper=The Washington Post|archive-date=January 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110162545/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/11/AR2006111101247.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[November 19]] – [[Nintendo]] releases the [[Wii]].
* [[November 22]] – [[2006 Ivory Coast toxic waste dump|A toxic waste dumping incident occurs in Côte d'Ivoire]] by [[Trafigura|a Panama ship sent by Singaporean oil company]], causing 3 deaths and the poison treatment of 1500 people.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 1, 2011|title=Ivory Coast Government Panel Releases Toxic Waste Findings {{!}} News|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/a-13-2006-11-23-voa22/319097.html|access-date=2021-03-11|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001021153/http://www.voanews.com/english/news/a-13-2006-11-23-voa22.html|archive-date=October 1, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=September 7, 2006 |title=In pictures: Ivorian toxic waste |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/5322760.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006071012/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/5322760.stm |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |access-date=2021-03-11 |work=BBC Online |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[November 23]] – A series of [[23 November 2006 Sadr City bombings|car bombs and mortar attacks]] in [[Sadr City]], [[Baghdad]], kills at least 215 people and injure 257 other people.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 25, 2006 |title=Iraqi militias take fiery revenge for slaughter |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15873863 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923220402/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/15873863 |archive-date=September 23, 2020 |access-date=2009-10-12 |work=NBC News |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>