{"id":254532,"date":"2023-01-01T12:20:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T12:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/year\/2006\/"},"modified":"2024-09-26T15:19:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T14:19:12","slug":"2006","status":"publish","type":"otd_year","link":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/year\/2006\/","title":{"rendered":"2006: Facts & Events That Happened in This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

2006 was a year of significant change and memorable moments across various fields, marking milestones in technology, entertainment, and science.

This year saw Facebook and Twitter, two now-ubiquitous social media platforms, open their doors to the general public, revolutionizing how we connect and communicate.

In the realm of space exploration, NASA published groundbreaking photographs indicating the presence of liquid water on Mars, sparking renewed curiosity about the possibility of life beyond Earth.

The entertainment industry was abuzz with the debut of Miley Cyrus as the wholesome teenager Hannah Montana and the release of Sacha Baron Cohen’s film Borat, which brought a mix of humor and controversy to the big screen.

Tragically, 2006 was also the year we lost the beloved wildlife expert and environmentalist Steve Irwin, who died after a stingray attack.

Continue reading to uncover the remarkable events, chart-topping music hits, inspiring quotes, and influential deaths that shaped the year 2006.\r\n\r\n

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Here you’ll discover a collection of fascinating and unforgettable events that shaped the world in 2006.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Jan 8\r\n\r\n

A 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook the entire Eastern Mediterranean.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

At 13:35 (local time), the earthquake struck 120 miles south of Athens and was felt in the entire Eastern Mediterranean basin. Although there was significant damage, there were only three casualties.\r\n\r\n

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Jan 22\r\n\r\n

Evo Morales was inaugurated as Bolivia’s first indigenous President.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Jan 24\r\n\r\n

Walt Disney announced it was going to buy Pixar.\r\n\r\n
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The sale of the computer animation film studio Pixar cost Disney $7.4 billion. The deal was approved the following day.\r\n\r\n

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Feb 22\r\n\r\n

The UK’s biggest robbery happened, where at least six thieves stole £53 million.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

That’s equivalent to $92.5 million, and it was stolen from the Securitas Depot, Tonbridge, Kent, UK. The robbery took 7 hours, and more than 37 arrests were made in conjunction with the event.\r\n\r\n

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Mar 10\r\n\r\n

After seven months of travel, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrived safely to Mars.\r\n\r\n
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Mar 11\r\n\r\n

Michelle Bachelet became the first female president of Chile.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Mar 21\r\n\r\n

The first-ever Tweet was published on Twitter.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter, wrote the first tweet. His first message was posted at 09:50 on this day and said, “just setting up my twttr.”\r\n\r\n

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May 16\r\n\r\n

The Apple MacBook was released.\r\n\r\n
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May 27\r\n\r\n

The 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake occurred.\r\n\r\n
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This 6.4 magnitude earthquake killed over 5,700 people and left 200,000 people homeless. The damage effects were limited in public infrastructure and lifelines, while housing and private businesses took the most of the damage.\r\n\r\n

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Jun 5\r\n\r\n

Serbia declared its independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The decision followed a referendum in May of that year which showed that 55% of voters favored independence. The last time Serbia was an independent state was in 1918.\r\n\r\n

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Jun 21\r\n\r\n

Two newly discovered moons orbiting Pluto were named Nix and Hydra.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Nix is named after the Greek goddess of darkness and night, who also happens to be the mother of Charon. Hydra, on the other hand, is named after a mythological multi-headed serpent that Hercules defeated. Nix and Hydra were only first spotted by the Hubble Space Telescope in June 2005, partially because their orbits are much further out than Pluto’s previously known moon, Charon.\r\n\r\n

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Jun 24\r\n\r\n

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest premiered at Disneyland Resort, Anaheim, California.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The movie had a budget of $225 million but amassed $1.066 billion at the Box Office.\r\n\r\n

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Jul 11\r\n\r\n

A series of seven bomb blasts killed 209 people in Mumbai, India.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The bombings took place over a period of 11 minutes on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai.\r\n\r\n

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Jul 13\r\n\r\n

British singer-songwriter Lily Allen released her first album, “Alright, Still,” in the UK.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Jul 15\r\n\r\n

Twitter was launched to the public.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

It rapidly became one of the largest social media platforms in the world.\r\n\r\n

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Aug 6\r\n\r\n

At just 30 years old, golf professional Tiger Woods won the 50th PGA, making him the youngest person ever to win a PGA.\r\n\r\n
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Aug 25\r\n\r\n

Naturalists Chris Atkins and Michael Taylor discovered the world’s tallest tree in Redwood National Park, California.\r\n\r\n
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Atkins and Taylor named the tree Hyperion, which measured 380.1 ft (115.85 m) tall, making it the largest known tree on earth.\r\n\r\n

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Aug 31\r\n\r\n

Two of Edvard Munch’s stolen artworks were found after being missing for two years.\r\n\r\n
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In August 2004, two gunmen took the famous “Scream” and “Madonna” paintings from the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway, and got away in a third suspect’s car. The paintings were found in Norway after a police raid on this day and were still in excellent condition.\r\n\r\n

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Sep 6\r\n\r\n

Stephanie Myers published New Moon, the second novel in the Twilight series.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

At first, only 100,000 copies of New Moon were printed, which was far from enough to make up for the enormous demand for the romantic vampire fantasy novel. As a result, eager fans clamoring for the second book spent hundreds of dollars per copy on auction sites like eBay.\r\n\r\n

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Sep 7\r\n\r\n

Sacha Baron Cohen’s mockumentary “Borat” premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

However, the projector broke twenty minutes into the showing, and all attempts to fix the equipment failed. So, the film was successfully screened the following night.\r\n\r\n

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Oct 4\r\n\r\n

Julian Assange launched WikiLeaks.com.\r\n\r\n
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WikiLeaks is a website that archives documents, often of a sensitive, governmental nature.\r\n\r\n

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Oct 9\r\n\r\n

Google announced that it had acquired YouTube for $1.65 billion.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Oct 17\r\n\r\n

The US population reached 300 million people.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

When the US reached 200 million in 1967, some officials believed that 300 million people in the US would threaten the quality of life in America.\r\n\r\n

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Nov 5\r\n\r\n

Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death after being found guilty of crimes against humanity.\r\n\r\n
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It took the Iraqi Special Tribunal more than two years to lay the charges on the former Iraq President. Several incidents during the trial slowed down the process, including the attempted assassination of Saddam’s lawyers and the replacement of one of the judges.\r\n\r\n

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Nov 14\r\n\r\n

The James Bond movie “Casino Royale,” with Daniel Craig as Bond, premiered in London.\r\n\r\n
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Nov 17\r\n\r\n

Sony released the PlayStation 3 console in North America.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Nov 19\r\n\r\n

The Nintendo Wii was released in the US.\r\n\r\n
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The Wii was Nintendo’s fifth major home game console, following the GameCube.\r\n\r\n

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Dec 5\r\n\r\n

Audrey Hepburn’s dress was auctioned off at a record price.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Hepburn’s classic little black dress from “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” was auctioned for charity for $923,187. This took the world auction record for a dress made for a film.\r\n\r\n