Editing 2006 (section)

===May===
* [[May 17]] – The [[Human Genome Project]] publishes the final [[Chromosome 1 (human)|chromosome]] sequence, in ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pearson|first=Helen|date=May 17, 2006|title=Human genome completed (again)|url=https://www.nature.com/news/2006/060515/full/news060515-12.html|journal=Nature News|pages=news060515–12|language=en|doi=10.1038/news060515-12|s2cid=84880949|doi-access=free|access-date=January 29, 2018|archive-date=August 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817211404/http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060515/full/news060515-12.html|url-status=live |issn = 0028-0836}}</ref>
* [[May 18]]–[[May 20|20]] – The [[Eurovision Song Contest 2006]] takes place in [[Athens]], Greece, and is won by [[Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest|Finnish]] band entrant [[Lordi]] with the song "[[Hard Rock Hallelujah]]".
* [[May 27]] – The 6.4 {{M|w}} [[2006 Yogyakarta earthquake|Yogyakarta earthquake]] shakes central [[Java]] in Indonesia with an [[Medvedev–Sponheuer–Karnik scale|MSK]] intensity of IX (Destructive), leaving more than 5,700 dead and 37,000 injured.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000ej1c#executive|title=M 6.3 – Java, Indonesia|website=earthquake.usgs.gov|access-date=2018-01-28|archive-date=June 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611145127/https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000ej1c#executive|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/31/ap/world/mainD8HUGLJO0.shtml|title=U.S. Military Joins Indonesia Quake Relief|date=May 31, 2006|work=CBS News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060614121332/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/31/ap/world/mainD8HUGLJO0.shtml|archive-date=June 14, 2006}}</ref>