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For the album, see 2006 (album). 2006 January February March April May June July August September October November December From left to right, top to bottom: The 2006 Lebanon War takes place; Social media platform Twitter was launched; The 2006 Winter Olympics are held in Turin, Italy; The 2006 FIFA World Cup was held in Germany and was won by Italy against France; Multiple trains blew up as a result of bombings in India, killing 209; Montenegro declares its independence; An earthquake in Yogyakarta kills 5,700; Pluto is declared a dwarf planet; Comair Flight 5191 crashes following takeoff from the wrong runway, killing all but the pilot. Calendar year Years Millennium 3rd millennium Centuries 20th century 21st century 22nd century Decades 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Years 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 v t e 2006 in various calendarsGregorian 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 1412–1413 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 ཤིང་མོ་བྱ་ལོ་ (female Wood-Bird) 2132 or 1751 or 979     — to — མེ་ཕོ་ཁྱི་ལོ་ (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 (AI) Palaeontology Quantum computing and communication Senescence research Sustainable energy research Environment Birding and ornithology Climate change Weather Tornadoes Tropical cyclones 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 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 Timor-Leste 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 v t e 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.[1] Population [edit source] The world population on January 1, 2006, was estimated to be 6.629 billion people and increased to 6.714 billion people by January 1, 2007.[2] An estimated 138.5 million births and 53.3 million deaths took place in 2006.[2] The average global life expectancy was 68.6 years, an increase of 0.5 years from 2005.[2] The estimated number of global refugees increased from 8.65 million to 9.88 million by the end of the year, marking an end to several years of declining rates.[3] The number of refugees from Iraq increased by about 1.2 million, and the global number also increased by 464,000 after a change to how the United Nations counted refugees that resided in the United States.[3] Afghanistan remained the largest source of refugees with 2.1 million people.[4] Conflicts [edit source] Main category: 2006 conflicts There were 32 conflicts in 2006 that resulted in at least 25 fatalities, all of which were intrastate conflicts fought by violent non-state actors.[5] Five resulted in at least 1,000 fatalities: the Iraqi insurgency, Eelam War IV in Sri Lanka, the Chadian Civil War, and the Sudanese War in Darfur.[6] Peace agreements were made with at least one faction in conflicts in Angola, Burundi, Chad, Nepal, and Sudan.[7] The 2006 Lebanon War began when Hezbollah launched an attack against Israel on July 12 and continued until August 14, when the United Nations sent additional peacekeepers to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.[8] Israel also remained in conflict with Palestine, as Hamas rose to power in the latter nation.[9] The Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan intensified to its highest point since the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001,[10] and the National Liberation Front of Tripura escalated conflict in India after a brief period of relative peace the previous year.[8] Two major rebel groups entered into conflicts in 2006: the Union of Democratic Forces for Unity in the Central African Bush War and the Islamic Courts Union in the Somali Civil War. The latter prompted the Ethiopian invasion of Somalia as Ethiopia sought to prevent the creation of an Islamic state in Somalia.[11] Culture [edit source] Main articles: 2006 in film, 2006 in music, and 2006 in video games The highest-grossing film globally in 2006 was Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, followed by The …