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In March 2006, a volcanic eruption at the Green Lake of Raoul Island, administered by the Department of Conservation, was believed to have killed DOC worker Mark Kearney.
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March and 2006
On March 27, 2006, the Millennium Challenge Corporation signed a five-year, $ 235. 65 million compact with the Government of Armenia.
In March 2006 Texas judges upheld the state blue law that requires car dealerships to close either Saturday or Sunday each weekend.
On March 20, 2006, Borland announced its acquisition of Gauntlet Systems, a provider of technology that screens software under development for quality and security.
On March 19, 2006, the International Herald Tribune reported that Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly planned to sue project contractors and others because of poor work on the project.
In March 2005, the British network Sky TV reported that Tom Hanks was planning to produce a biopic on the life of Bill Haley, with production tentatively scheduled to begin in 2006.
On March 30, 2006, as a response to the controversy of the use of performance-enhancing drugs and the anticipated career home run record to be set by Barry Bonds, Selig asked former senator George Mitchell to lead an independent investigation into the use of steroids in baseball's recent past.
* In March 2006 it emerged that the Labour party had borrowed millions of pounds in 2005 to help fund their general election campaign.
She was sworn in on March 11, 2006, extending the Concertación coalition governance for another four years.
In March 2006, the parliament overturned a veto by President Václav Klaus, and the Czech Republic became the first former communist country in Europe to grant legal recognition to same-sex partnerships.
* Milan Williams ( keyboards, trombone, rhythm guitar ) – born March 28, 1948, Okolona, Mississippi, died of cancer, July 9, 2006, Houston, Texas.
However, he was made a cardinal at the 24 March 2006 consistory anyway, as was announced by Pope Benedict XVI on 22 February 2006.
" I don't see it as a bad thing for a park ," the assigned National Park Service biologist told a reporter for Smithsonian Magazine ( March 2006 ).
In another testament to the coyote's habitat adaptability, a coyote nicknamed " Hal " made his way to New York City's Central Park in March 2006, wandering about the park for at least two days before being captured by officials.
The fall occurred when Yamaoka lost her balance during a basketball game between Southern Illinois University and Bradley University at the Savvis Center in St. Louis on March 5, 2006.
The use of the term censorware in editorials criticizing makers of such software is widespread and covers many different varieties and applications: Xeni Jardin used the term in a 9 March 2006 editorial in the New York Times when discussing the use of American-made filtering software to suppress content in China ; in the same month a high school student used the term to discuss the deployment of such software in his school district.
As of March 2006, many Congolese have complained that the constitution is a rather ambiguous document and are unaware of its contents.
March and volcanic
Mountainous and volcanic, Honshu has frequent earthquakes ( the Great Kantō earthquake heavily damaged Tokyo in September 1923, and the earthquake of March 2011 moved the whole island by while causing devastating tsunamis ); the highest peak is the active volcano Mount Fuji at, which makes it the world's 7th highest island.
In March – April 1982, three explosive eruptions of El Chichón Volcano in the State of Chiapas, southeastern Mexico, caused the worst volcanic disaster in that country's history.
On March 17, 2006 at 8: 21 a. m. NZDT, a 40-second long volcanic eruption occurred at the Green Lake.
In March 2007, New Zealand submitted the volcanic field, with several specifically named features, as a World Heritage Site candidate based on its unique combination of natural and cultural features.
The only observed volcanic activity was a possible steam or ash plume on March 28, 1993 seen from the village of Tolar Grande about southeast of the volcano.
On the 25th March 2010 an expedition aboard the RRS James Cook set out to study the world's deepest volcanic rift.
As late as 5 March a major eruption occurred which threw large pieces of the volcanic dome as far as three kilometres and caused a flow of pumice and rocks for a distance of 14 km, the whole being so hot as to set fire to every tree in its path.
March and eruption
* March 18 – The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy kills 26 and causes thousands to flee their homes.
Some are very short ( a week to ten days ) whereas others can stretch into months and years ( the 1947 eruption started March 29, 1947 and ended April 1948 ).
Ruiz's earliest identified Holocene eruption was about 6660 BC, and further eruptions occurred in 1245 BC ± 150 years ( dated through radiocarbon dating ), about 850 BC, 200 BC ± 100 years, 350 AD ± 300 years, 675 AD ± 50 years, in 1350, 1541 ( perhaps ), 1570, 1595, 1623, 1805, 1826, 1828 ( perhaps ), 1829, 1831, 1833 ( perhaps ), 1845, 1916, December 1984 – March 1985, September 1985 – July 1991, and possibly in April 1994.
A second eruption that produced a lava flow was reported to have occurred on March 18, 1964 ( Bulletin of Volcanic Eruptions, 1964 ).
The eruption has continued intermittently into 2008, as of the end of February it was reported that the eruption appeared to be gathering strength, with a major outburst taking place on March 5.
By March 24, volcanologists at the USGS — including Johnston — became more confident that the seismic activity was a sign of an impending eruption.
* The volcano broke the ocean's surface again during the eruption of 1952 that started around March 16.
Less than one year later, on March 31, 1948, Cerro Negro recorded another Strombolian eruption ( VEI 2 ) from its central vent.
Exactly one year later, a VEI 1 eruption occurred from the central vent of Cerro Negro on March 21, 1963.
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