Portal:Current events/2006 March 4
March 4, 2006 (Saturday)
- The central Papeete power station is damaged by a fire, resulting in limited power for some areas of Tahiti for a couple of weeks.(Pacific Magazine)
- Anti-war campaigners criticised British Prime Minister Tony Blair after he suggested his decision to go to war in Iraq would ultimately be judged by God. (BBC)
- British Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell splits from her husband, David Mills' following allegations of an alleged acceptance of money from Silvio Berlusconi. (BBC)
- A new species of shark, Mustelus hacat, is discovered in Mexico's Sea of Cortez, bringing the number of Mustelus species found in the eastern North Pacific to five.
- The Deep Space Network tries one final contact attempt to Pioneer 10. (Planetary Society)