Branson formed Virgin Comics and Virgin Animation
Time: 2006
Place: U.S. and United Kingdom
Details: In 2006, Branson formed Virgin Comics and Virgin Animation, an entertainment company focused on creating new stories and characters for a global audience. The company was founded with author Deepak Chopra, filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, and entrepreneurs Sharad Devarajan and Gotham Chopra.
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Saturday Apr 3, 1982 - New York, U.S.
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Tuesday Sep 5, 1882 - New York, U.S.
Kevin Hart-Moving to New York City
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Wednesday Jul 4, 1827 - U.S.
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1893 - New York, U.S.
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Wednesday Jun 15, 2005 - U.S.
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1929 - New York, U.S.
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Tuesday Jun 4, 2013 - U.S.
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1937 - U.S.
Robin Williams-First appearance on Time's magazine
Monday Mar 12, 1979 - New York, U.S.
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2000 - New York, U.S.
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Saturday Apr 13, 1861 - U.S.
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DC Comics-National Allied Publications
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Robin Williams-13th of "100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time"
2004 - New York, U.S.
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2006 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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2006 - Southwark, London, United Kingdom
Warren Buffett-Marriage Again
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Christopher Paul Gardner-South Africa Journey
2006 - South Africa
Stuart Long -Long was ordained a deacon
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Nike, Inc.-Nike Introduced Air Zoom Vomero Running Shoe
2006 - U.S.
Aaron Hernandez-Hernandez's father death
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DC Comics-Megatokyo
2006 - U.S.
Aaron Hernandez-Choosing University of Florida
2006 - Florida, U.S.
Google LLC-Google Moved Into about 300,000 Square Feet of Office Space In New York City
2006 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Google LLC-Google Established a New Headquarters For Its AdWords Division
2006 - Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Adidas-Reebok
Jan, 2006 - Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Kobe Bryant-Switching to 24
2006 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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2006 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Patch Adams-IHA launched the Ithaca Free Clinic
Jan, 2006 - Ithaca, New York, United States
Google LLC-The 2006 Fiscal Year
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Warren Buffett-Buffett's 2001 Lincoln Town Car
2006 - U.S.
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Google LLC-The Verb "google" Was added To The Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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Robert Fulton-National Inventors Hall of Fame
2006 - Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
Apple Inc.-First Apple computers to use Intel's Core
Tuesday Jan 10, 2006 - U.S.
Ayman al-Zawahiri-The Airstrike on Damadola
Friday Jan 13, 2006 - Damadola, Pakistan
Bank of America-Bank of America sold BankBoston's operations to Brazilian bank Banco Itaú
2006 - São Paulo, Brazil
Shaquille O'Neal-O'Neal and Bryant made headlines by engaging in handshakes and hugs before the game
Monday Jan 16, 2006 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Angelina Jolie-Shared Adoption
Thursday Jan 19, 2006 - United States
Kobe Bryant-Career-high 81 points
Sunday Jan 22, 2006 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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Monday Jan 23, 2006 - Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.
Angelina Jolie-A Big Announcement
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Tuesday Jan 31, 2006 - Volgodonsk, Russia
HTC-HTC rebranding
2006 - Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Marvel Studios-Regained the film rights to Hulk from Universal
Feb, 2006 - U.S.
Second Chechen War-Sadulayev made large-scale changes in his government, ordering all its members to move into Chechen territory
Thursday Feb 2, 2006 - Chechnya, Russia
YouTube-More than five million collective views
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Francesco Totti-He suffered a fracture of his left fibula and ligament damage
Sunday Feb 19, 2006 - Rome, Italy
Angelina Jolie-Maddox Chivan Children's Center
Feb, 2006 - Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Johann Sebastian Bach-International Music Score Library Project
Feb, 2006 - Canada
Nancy Pelosi-Pelosi voted against the Secure Fence Act
2006 - U.S.
Nintendo-Nintendo DS Lite
Wednesday Mar 1, 2006 - Kyoto, Japan
David Cameron-Cameron became a member of the Privy Council
Wednesday Mar 8, 2006 - London, England
Amazon-Amazon launches Amazon Simple Storage Service
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Slobodan Milošević-Death
Saturday Mar 11, 2006 - Hague, Netherlands
PlayStation Network-PlayStation Network Platform
Mar, 2006 - Tokyo, Japan
PlayStation-PlayStation Network
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United Nations-Human Rights Council
Wednesday Mar 15, 2006 - Geneva, Switzerland
St. Patrick's Day-Buenos Aires's party
Friday Mar 17, 2006 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lacoste-Bernard's Death
Tuesday Mar 21, 2006 - Paris, France
Desmond Doss: Hacksaw Ridge-Death
Thursday Mar 23, 2006 - Piedmont, Alabama, U.S.
Plague-100 cases of suspected pneumonic plague
2006 - Democratic Republic of the Congo
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2006 - U.S.
Papa John's Pizza-Six Flags Received an annual Sponsorship From Papa John's
Thursday Mar 30, 2006 - Grand Prairie, Texas, U.S.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan-One of The most Radical Reforms ever
Apr, 2006 - Turkey
Prince Harry-Graduation
Saturday Apr 1, 2006 - Camberley, England
Warren Buffett-Total Gain on Forward Contracts
2006 - U.S.
Marvel Studios-Thor's rights reverted to Marvel from Sony
Apr, 2006 - U.S
Marvel Studios-Thor was announced to be a Marvel Studios production
Apr, 2006 - U.S.
Lady Gaga-Gaga and Fusari relation
2006 - New Jersey, U.S.
Hurricane Katrina-Retirement of The Name Katrina
Thursday Apr 6, 2006 - Geneva, Switzerland
Kaká-First Rossoneri hat-trick
Sunday Apr 9, 2006 - Milan, Italy
Silvio Berlusconi-2006 General Election
Sunday Apr 9, 2006 - Italy
Adidas-Adidas announced an 11-year Deal To become The Official NBA Clothing Provider
Tuesday Apr 11, 2006 - Herzogenaurach, Germany
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Tuesday Apr 11, 2006 - Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Shaquille O'Neal-Second career triple-double
Tuesday Apr 11, 2006 - Miami, Florida, U.S.
Colombian conflict-Completing disarmament Process of Colombia's Paramilitary Groups
Wednesday Apr 12, 2006 - Casibare, Puerto Lleras, Meta, Colombia
September 11 (9/11) Attacks-Rebuilding of the World Trade Center
Thursday Apr 27, 2006 - Lower Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Robin Williams-Substance-abuse rehabilitation
2006 - California, U.S.
Kobe Bryant-Bryant's second child
Monday May 1, 2006 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Zinedine Zidane-Retirement
Sunday May 7, 2006 - Madrid, Spain
Francesco Totti-Returned from Injury
Thursday May 11, 2006 - Rome, Italy
Michael Ballack-Moving to Chelsea
Monday May 15, 2006 - London, England
Lionel Messi-Champions League 2006
Wednesday May 17, 2006 - Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France
Diego Maradona-Maradona agreed to take part in UK's Soccer Aid
May, 2006 - London, England, United Kingdom
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Saturday May 27, 2006 at 05:54:00 AM - Indonesia
Angelina Jolie-First Born Child
Saturday May 27, 2006 - Swakopmund, Erongo, Namibia
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Colombian conflict-The 2006 Colombian Presidential Election
Sunday May 28, 2006 - Colombia
Best Buy-Best Buy acquired a majority interest in Chinese appliance retailer Jiangsu Five Star Appliance for $180 million
May, 2006 - Jiangsu, China
Nokia-Jorma Ollila retired as CEO
Thursday Jun 1, 2006 - Espoo, Finland
Prince William-Football Association President
Jun, 2006 - London, United Kingdom
Slobodan Milošević-The Supreme Court of Serbia Ruled That Milošević Had Ordered The murder of Stambolić
Jun, 2006 - Belgrade, Serbia
Second Chechen War-Sadulayev was killed
Jun, 2006 - Chechnya, Russia
Warren Buffett-Charity
Jun, 2006 - Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Marvel Studios-Black Widow rights reverted to Marvel from Lions Gate Entertainment
Jun, 2006 - U.S.
Best Buy-The company opened Geek Squad precincts at Office Depot
Jun, 2006 - Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Second Chechen War-The military campaign lasted only 2 years
Saturday Jun 10, 2006 - Russia
Richard Branson-UK and US competition authorities to investigate price-fixing attempts between Virgin Atlantic and British Airways
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Lionel Messi-2006 World Cup
Saturday Jun 10, 2006 - Germany
Michael Jordan-Charlotte Bobcats
Thursday Jun 15, 2006 - Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Bill Gates-More time to philanthropy
Thursday Jun 15, 2006 - Washington, U.S.
Jimmy Hoffa-Detroit Free Press
Friday Jun 16, 2006 - U.S.
Sony Corporation-The Blu-ray Optical disc Format
Tuesday Jun 20, 2006 - Tokyo, Japan
Shaquille O'Neal-2006 Finals
Tuesday Jun 20, 2006 - Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Disasters with highest death tolls-2006 European Heat Wave
Monday Jun 26, 2006 - Europe
Richard Branson-Branson sold his Virgin Mobile company to NTL:Telewest
Tuesday Jul 4, 2006 - United Kingdom