This article is about the year 2006. For the album, see 2006 (album).
2006
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April
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October
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December
From top left, clockwise: the 2006 Winter Olympics are held in Turin, Italy; Israel and Lebanon enter conflict; train bombings in Mumbai kill 209 people; Montenegro votes to declare independence from Serbia; the 2006 FIFA World Cup is held in Germany and is won by Italy; Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 crashes in the Amazon rainforest after a mid-air collision with an Embraer Legacy 600 business jet; an earthquake in Yogyakarta kills over 5,700 people; the IAU votes on the definition of planet, which demotes Pluto and other Kuiper belt objects and redefines them as "dwarf planets".
Calendar year
Millennium:
3rd millennium
Centuries:
20th century
21st century
22nd century
Decades:
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Years:
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2006 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar
2006 MMVI
Ab urbe condita
2759
Armenian calendar
1455 ԹՎ ՌՆԾԵ
Assyrian calendar
6756
Baháʼí calendar
162–163
Balinese saka calendar
1927–1928
Bengali calendar
1413
Berber calendar
2956
British Regnal year
54 Eliz. 2 – 55 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar
2550
Burmese calendar
1368
Byzantine calendar
7514–7515
Chinese calendar
乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 4703 or 4496 — to — 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 4704 or 4497
Coptic calendar
1722–1723
Discordian calendar
3172
Ethiopian calendar
1998–1999
Hebrew calendar
5766–5767
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat
2062–2063
- Shaka Samvat
1927–1928
- Kali Yuga
5106–5107
Holocene calendar
12006
Igbo calendar
1006–1007
Iranian calendar
1384–1385
Islamic calendar
1426–1427
Japanese calendar
Heisei 18 (平成１８年)
Javanese calendar
1938–1939
Juche calendar
95
Julian calendar
Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar
4339
Minguo calendar
ROC 95 民國95年
Nanakshahi calendar
538
Thai solar calendar
2549
Tibetan calendar
阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 2132 or 1751 or 979 — to — 阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) 2133 or 1752 or 980
Unix time
1136073600 – 1167609599
2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2006th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 6th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2000s decade.
Calendar year
2006 by topic
Arts
Animation
Anime
Architecture
Comics
Film
Horror
Literature
Poetry
Radio
Science fiction
Television
Video games
esports
Music
Albums
By genre
Classical
Country
Hip hop
Jazz
Latin
Metal
Rock
By place
Africa
Asia
China
Japan
Korea
Philippines
Australia
Brazil
Canada
Europe
Ireland
Scandinavia
Norway
Sweden
United Kingdom
United States
Politics and government
Elections
International leaders
Organized crime
Religion
Religious leaders
Sovereign states
Sovereign state leaders
Territorial governors
Science and technology
Archaeology
Biotechnology
Computing
Palaeontology
Quantum computing and communication
Senescence research
Sustainable energy research
Environment
Birding and ornithology
Climate change
Weather
Transportation
Aviation
Rail transport
Spaceflight
Transportation technology
Sports
American football
Association football
Athletics (sport)
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball
Chess
Combat sports
Cricket
Cycling
Golf
Ice hockey
Pro wrestling
Rugby union
Swimming
Tennis
Volleyball
By sovereign state
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
The Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Comoros
Congo
D.R. Congo
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Eswatini
Equatorial Guinea
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
The Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Liechtenstein
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Madagascar
Marshall Islands
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Nauru
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
North Korea
North Macedonia
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Palestine
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
São Tomé and Príncipe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
Somaliland
South Africa
Solomon Islands
South Korea
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
By international organization
European Union
United Nations
Categories
Births
Deaths
Establishments
Disestablishments
Works
Introductions
Works entering the public domain
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2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.[1]
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