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  • Jeffersontown, Kentucky, U.S.
    Nov, 2006
    Papa John's Pizza

    Papa John's Signed With ESPN Regional Television

    Jeffersontown, Kentucky, U.S.
    Nov, 2006

    In November 2006, Papa John's signed with ESPN Regional Television to become the title sponsor of the annual PapaJohns.com Bowl, a college post-season football bowl game in Birmingham, Alabama, which Papa John's continued to sponsor through 2010.




  • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    Nov, 2006
    Google LLC

    Google opened offices on Carnegie Mellon's campus

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    Nov, 2006

    In November 2006, Google opened offices on Carnegie Mellon's campus in Pittsburgh, focusing on shopping-related advertisement coding and smartphone applications and programs.




  • Milan, Italy
    Thursday Nov 2, 2006
    Kaká

    First Champions League hat-trick

    Milan, Italy
    Thursday Nov 2, 2006

    On 2 November 2006, he scored his first Champions League hat-trick in a 4–1 group stage win over the Belgian side Anderlecht.




  • U.S.
    Nov, 2006
    Shaquille O'Neal

    Injury to his left knee

    U.S.
    Nov, 2006

    In the 2006–07 season, O'Neal missed 35 games after an injury to his left knee in November required surgery.




  • England, U.K.
    Nov, 2006
    Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

    Business

    England, U.K.
    Nov, 2006

    In November 2006, Middleton worked as an accessory buyer with the clothing chain Jigsaw, where she worked part-time for a year. She also worked until January 2011 at the family business in catalogue design and production, marketing, and photography.




  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Wednesday Nov 8, 2006
    Nancy Pelosi

    Democrats took control of the House

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Wednesday Nov 8, 2006

    In the 2006 midterm elections, the Democrats took control of the House, picking up 30 seats.




  • Japan
    Saturday Nov 11, 2006
    Sony Corporation

    Releasing PlayStation 3

    Japan
    Saturday Nov 11, 2006

    Sony released the PlayStation 3, a high-definition console, in 2006. It was the first console to use the Blu-ray format, and was considerably more expensive than competitors Xbox 360 and Wii due to a Cell processor.


  • Tokyo, Japan
    Saturday Nov 11, 2006
    PlayStation

    The PlayStation 3

    Tokyo, Japan
    Saturday Nov 11, 2006

    Released on November 11, 2006 in Japan, the PlayStation 3 is a seventh generation game console from Sony. It competes with the Microsoft Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii. The PS3 is the first console in the series to introduce the use of motion-sensing technology through its Sixaxis wireless controller.


  • Tokyo, Japan
    Saturday Nov 11, 2006
    PlayStation Network

    PlayStation 3

    Tokyo, Japan
    Saturday Nov 11, 2006

    The PlayStation 3, Sony expressed their intent to build upon the functionality of its predecessor by creating a new interconnected service that keeps users constantly in touch with a "PlayStation World" network.


  • U.S.
    Nov, 2006
    Xerox

    Xerox completed the acquisition of XMPie

    U.S.
    Nov, 2006

    In November 2006, Xerox completed the acquisition of XMPie. XMPie, a provider of software for cross-media, variable data one-to-one marketing, was the first acquisition of Xerox to remain an independent entity, as a Xerox company and not a division, and to this day is led by its original founder Jacob Aizikowitz.


  • Mountain View, California, U.S.
    Monday Nov 13, 2006
    Google LLC

    Finishing the youtube's acquiring Deal

    Mountain View, California, U.S.
    Monday Nov 13, 2006

    The YouTube Deal was Finalized on November 13, 2006.


  • U.S.
    Monday Nov 13, 2006
    Java (programming language)

    Java Virtual Machine

    U.S.
    Monday Nov 13, 2006

    On 13 November 2006, Sun Microsystems released much of its Java virtual machine (JVM) as free and open-source software (FOSS), under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).


  • Mountain View, California, U.S.
    Monday Nov 13, 2006
    YouTube

    The deal with Google was finalized

    Mountain View, California, U.S.
    Monday Nov 13, 2006

    The deal with Google was finalized on November 13, 2006.


  • United Kingdom and U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 14, 2006
    James Bond

    Casino Royale (2006 film)

    United Kingdom and U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 14, 2006

    Casino Royale is a 2006 spy film, the twenty-first in the Eon Productions James Bond series, and the third screen adaptation of Ian Fleming's 1953 novel of the same name. Directed by Martin Campbell and written by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, and Paul Haggis, it is the first film to star Daniel Craig as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond, and was produced by Eon Productions for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Columbia Pictures, making it the first Eon-produced Bond film to be co-produced by the latter studio.


  • Ohio, U.S.
    Nov, 2006
    YouTube

    YouTube Vs Utube

    Ohio, U.S.
    Nov, 2006

    The choice of the name www.youtube.com led to problems for a similarly named website, www.utube.com. The site's owner, Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment, filed a lawsuit against YouTube in November 2006 after being regularly overloaded by people looking for YouTube. Universal Tube has since changed the name of its website to www.utubeonline.com.


  • U.S.
    Thursday Nov 16, 2006
    Nancy Pelosi

    Democratic candidate for speaker

    U.S.
    Thursday Nov 16, 2006

    On November 16, 2006, the Democratic caucus unanimously chose Pelosi as the Democratic candidate for speaker.


  • Kyoto, Japan
    Saturday Nov 18, 2006
    Nintendo

    The Wii release

    Kyoto, Japan
    Saturday Nov 18, 2006

    In the second half of 2006, Nintendo released the Wii as the backward-compatible successor to the GameCube. Based upon intricate Wii Remote motion controls and a balance board, the Wii inspired several new game franchises, some targeted at entirely new market segments of casual and fitness gaming. With more than 100 million units sold worldwide, the Wii is the best selling console of the seventh generation, regaining market share lost during the tenures of the Nintendo 64 and GameCube.


  • New York, U.S.
    Nov, 2006
    Popeyes

    "AFC" announced the mutual termination of their licensing contract with King Features Syndicate

    New York, U.S.
    Nov, 2006

    In late November 2006, "America's Favorite Chicken Company, Inc." "AFC" announced the mutual termination of their licensing contract with King Features Syndicate, effectively ending their association with the Popeye characters.


  • New York City, New York, U.S.
    Monday Nov 20, 2006
    Bank of America

    Bank of America announced the purchase of The United States Trust Company

    New York City, New York, U.S.
    Monday Nov 20, 2006

    On November 20, 2006, Bank of America announced the purchase of The United States Trust Company for $3.3 billion, from the Charles Schwab Corporation. US Trust had about $100 billion of assets under management and over 150 years of experience. The deal closed on July 1, 2007.


  • Cambodia
    Nov, 2006
    Angelina Jolie

    Asia's first Millennium Village

    Cambodia
    Nov, 2006

    In November 2006, Jolie expanded the scope of the project—renamed the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation (MJP)—to create Asia's first Millennium Village, in accordance with UN development goals.


  • San Francisco, California, United States
    Nov, 2006
    Reddit

    Swartz blogged complaining about the new corporate environment

    San Francisco, California, United States
    Nov, 2006

    In November 2006, Swartz blogged complaining about the new corporate environment, criticizing its level of productivity.


  • U.S.
    Nov, 2006
    Joe Biden

    Released a comprehensive strategy to end sectarian violence in Iraq

    U.S.
    Nov, 2006

    In November 2006, Biden and Leslie H. Gelb, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, released a comprehensive strategy to end sectarian violence in Iraq. Rather than continuing the present approach or withdrawing, the plan called for "a third way": federalizing Iraq and giving Kurds, Shiites, and Sunnis "breathing room" in their own regions.


  • Redmond, Washington, United States
    Thursday Nov 30, 2006
    Windows

    Windows Vista

    Redmond, Washington, United States
    Thursday Nov 30, 2006

    After a lengthy development process, Windows Vista was released on November 30, 2006, for volume licensing and January 30, 2007, for consumers. It contained a number of new features, from a redesigned shell and user interface to significant technical changes, with a particular focus on security features. It was available in a number of different editions and has been subject to some criticism, such as a drop of performance, longer boot time, criticism of new UAC, and stricter license agreement. Vista's server counterpart, Windows Server 2008 was released in early 2008.


  • Jeffersontown, Kentucky, U.S.
    Nov, 2006
    Papa John's Pizza

    Papa John's Signed With ESPN Regional Television

    Jeffersontown, Kentucky, U.S.
    Nov, 2006

    In November 2006, Papa John's signed with ESPN Regional Television to become the title sponsor of the annual PapaJohns.com Bowl, a college post-season football bowl game in Birmingham, Alabama, which Papa John's continued to sponsor through 2010.


  • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    Nov, 2006
    Google LLC

    Google opened offices on Carnegie Mellon's campus

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    Nov, 2006

    In November 2006, Google opened offices on Carnegie Mellon's campus in Pittsburgh, focusing on shopping-related advertisement coding and smartphone applications and programs.


  • Milan, Italy
    Thursday Nov 2, 2006
    Kaká

    First Champions League hat-trick

    Milan, Italy
    Thursday Nov 2, 2006

    On 2 November 2006, he scored his first Champions League hat-trick in a 4–1 group stage win over the Belgian side Anderlecht.


  • U.S.
    Nov, 2006
    Shaquille O'Neal

    Injury to his left knee

    U.S.
    Nov, 2006

    In the 2006–07 season, O'Neal missed 35 games after an injury to his left knee in November required surgery.


  • England, U.K.
    Nov, 2006
    Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

    Business

    England, U.K.
    Nov, 2006

    In November 2006, Middleton worked as an accessory buyer with the clothing chain Jigsaw, where she worked part-time for a year. She also worked until January 2011 at the family business in catalogue design and production, marketing, and photography.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Wednesday Nov 8, 2006
    Nancy Pelosi

    Democrats took control of the House

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Wednesday Nov 8, 2006

    In the 2006 midterm elections, the Democrats took control of the House, picking up 30 seats.


  • Japan
    Saturday Nov 11, 2006
    Sony Corporation

    Releasing PlayStation 3

    Japan
    Saturday Nov 11, 2006

    Sony released the PlayStation 3, a high-definition console, in 2006. It was the first console to use the Blu-ray format, and was considerably more expensive than competitors Xbox 360 and Wii due to a Cell processor.


  • Tokyo, Japan
    Saturday Nov 11, 2006
    PlayStation

    The PlayStation 3

    Tokyo, Japan
    Saturday Nov 11, 2006

    Released on November 11, 2006 in Japan, the PlayStation 3 is a seventh generation game console from Sony. It competes with the Microsoft Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii. The PS3 is the first console in the series to introduce the use of motion-sensing technology through its Sixaxis wireless controller.


  • Tokyo, Japan
    Saturday Nov 11, 2006
    PlayStation Network

    PlayStation 3

    Tokyo, Japan
    Saturday Nov 11, 2006

    The PlayStation 3, Sony expressed their intent to build upon the functionality of its predecessor by creating a new interconnected service that keeps users constantly in touch with a "PlayStation World" network.


  • U.S.
    Nov, 2006
    Xerox

    Xerox completed the acquisition of XMPie

    U.S.
    Nov, 2006

    In November 2006, Xerox completed the acquisition of XMPie. XMPie, a provider of software for cross-media, variable data one-to-one marketing, was the first acquisition of Xerox to remain an independent entity, as a Xerox company and not a division, and to this day is led by its original founder Jacob Aizikowitz.


  • Mountain View, California, U.S.
    Monday Nov 13, 2006
    Google LLC

    Finishing the youtube's acquiring Deal

    Mountain View, California, U.S.
    Monday Nov 13, 2006

    The YouTube Deal was Finalized on November 13, 2006.


  • U.S.
    Monday Nov 13, 2006
    Java (programming language)

    Java Virtual Machine

    U.S.
    Monday Nov 13, 2006

    On 13 November 2006, Sun Microsystems released much of its Java virtual machine (JVM) as free and open-source software (FOSS), under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).


  • Mountain View, California, U.S.
    Monday Nov 13, 2006
    YouTube

    The deal with Google was finalized

    Mountain View, California, U.S.
    Monday Nov 13, 2006

    The deal with Google was finalized on November 13, 2006.


  • United Kingdom and U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 14, 2006
    James Bond

    Casino Royale (2006 film)

    United Kingdom and U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 14, 2006

    Casino Royale is a 2006 spy film, the twenty-first in the Eon Productions James Bond series, and the third screen adaptation of Ian Fleming's 1953 novel of the same name. Directed by Martin Campbell and written by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, and Paul Haggis, it is the first film to star Daniel Craig as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond, and was produced by Eon Productions for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Columbia Pictures, making it the first Eon-produced Bond film to be co-produced by the latter studio.


  • Ohio, U.S.
    Nov, 2006
    YouTube

    YouTube Vs Utube

    Ohio, U.S.
    Nov, 2006

    The choice of the name www.youtube.com led to problems for a similarly named website, www.utube.com. The site's owner, Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment, filed a lawsuit against YouTube in November 2006 after being regularly overloaded by people looking for YouTube. Universal Tube has since changed the name of its website to www.utubeonline.com.


  • U.S.
    Thursday Nov 16, 2006
    Nancy Pelosi

    Democratic candidate for speaker

    U.S.
    Thursday Nov 16, 2006

    On November 16, 2006, the Democratic caucus unanimously chose Pelosi as the Democratic candidate for speaker.


  • Kyoto, Japan
    Saturday Nov 18, 2006
    Nintendo

    The Wii release

    Kyoto, Japan
    Saturday Nov 18, 2006

    In the second half of 2006, Nintendo released the Wii as the backward-compatible successor to the GameCube. Based upon intricate Wii Remote motion controls and a balance board, the Wii inspired several new game franchises, some targeted at entirely new market segments of casual and fitness gaming. With more than 100 million units sold worldwide, the Wii is the best selling console of the seventh generation, regaining market share lost during the tenures of the Nintendo 64 and GameCube.


  • New York, U.S.
    Nov, 2006
    Popeyes

    "AFC" announced the mutual termination of their licensing contract with King Features Syndicate

    New York, U.S.
    Nov, 2006

    In late November 2006, "America's Favorite Chicken Company, Inc." "AFC" announced the mutual termination of their licensing contract with King Features Syndicate, effectively ending their association with the Popeye characters.


  • New York City, New York, U.S.
    Monday Nov 20, 2006
    Bank of America

    Bank of America announced the purchase of The United States Trust Company

    New York City, New York, U.S.
    Monday Nov 20, 2006

    On November 20, 2006, Bank of America announced the purchase of The United States Trust Company for $3.3 billion, from the Charles Schwab Corporation. US Trust had about $100 billion of assets under management and over 150 years of experience. The deal closed on July 1, 2007.


  • Cambodia
    Nov, 2006
    Angelina Jolie

    Asia's first Millennium Village

    Cambodia
    Nov, 2006

    In November 2006, Jolie expanded the scope of the project—renamed the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation (MJP)—to create Asia's first Millennium Village, in accordance with UN development goals.


  • San Francisco, California, United States
    Nov, 2006
    Reddit

    Swartz blogged complaining about the new corporate environment

    San Francisco, California, United States
    Nov, 2006

    In November 2006, Swartz blogged complaining about the new corporate environment, criticizing its level of productivity.


  • U.S.
    Nov, 2006
    Joe Biden

    Released a comprehensive strategy to end sectarian violence in Iraq

    U.S.
    Nov, 2006

    In November 2006, Biden and Leslie H. Gelb, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, released a comprehensive strategy to end sectarian violence in Iraq. Rather than continuing the present approach or withdrawing, the plan called for "a third way": federalizing Iraq and giving Kurds, Shiites, and Sunnis "breathing room" in their own regions.


  • Redmond, Washington, United States
    Thursday Nov 30, 2006
    Windows

    Windows Vista

    Redmond, Washington, United States
    Thursday Nov 30, 2006

    After a lengthy development process, Windows Vista was released on November 30, 2006, for volume licensing and January 30, 2007, for consumers. It contained a number of new features, from a redesigned shell and user interface to significant technical changes, with a particular focus on security features. It was available in a number of different editions and has been subject to some criticism, such as a drop of performance, longer boot time, criticism of new UAC, and stricter license agreement. Vista's server counterpart, Windows Server 2008 was released in early 2008.


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