The almanac
The 2006 Edition
Limited to about 138 million copies: the babies born worldwide in 2006. About 129 million are still in circulation.
Estimates from the UN World Population Prospects 2024. How we count
What happened in 2006
- New Horizons launched toward PlutoNASA's fast probe began a nine-year trip to the edge of the solar system.January 19 · Source: NASA
- Turin hosted the Winter OlympicsItaly's northern city held the winter games in February.February 10 · Source: Olympedia
- The first tweet was postedJack Dorsey typed the first message on the service that became Twitter.March 21 · Source: Guinness World Records
- Cars opened in theatersPixar's race car Lightning McQueen found friends in Radiator Springs.June 9 · Source: The Numbers
- Italy won the World Cup in BerlinItaly and France tied 1 to 1, and Italy won the shootout 5 to 3.July 9 · Source: RSSSF
- Pluto became a dwarf planetAstronomers voted on a new definition of planet that left Pluto out.August · Source: NASA
- SexyBack hit No. 1Justin Timberlake jumped from No. 31 to the top of the Billboard Hot 100.September 9 · Source: Billboard
Famous people born in 2006
- EndrickBrazilian footballer · born July 21
- Warren Zaïre-EmeryFrench footballer · born March 8
- Mckenna GraceAmerican actress and singer · born June 25
- Yan DiomandiIvorian footballer · born November 14
- Jacob TremblayCanadian actor · born October 5
From Wikidata, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages write about them. Spotted a mistake?
No. 1 songs of 2006
- Don't Forget About UsMariah Carey · first week at No. 1: January 7, 2006
- Laffy TaffyD4L · first week at No. 1: January 14, 2006
- GrillzNelly Featuring Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp · first week at No. 1: January 21, 2006
- Check On ItBeyonce Featuring Slim Thug · first week at No. 1: February 4, 2006
- You're BeautifulJames Blunt · first week at No. 1: March 11, 2006
- So SickNe-Yo · first week at No. 1: March 18, 2006
- TemperatureSean Paul · first week at No. 1: April 1, 2006
- Bad DayDaniel Powter · first week at No. 1: April 8, 2006
- SOSRihanna · first week at No. 1: May 13, 2006
- Ridin'Chamillionaire Featuring Krayzie Bone · first week at No. 1: June 3, 2006
- Hips Don't LieShakira Featuring Wyclef Jean · first week at No. 1: June 17, 2006
- Do I Make You ProudTaylor Hicks · first week at No. 1: July 1, 2006
- PromiscuousNelly Furtado Featuring Timbaland · first week at No. 1: July 8, 2006
- London BridgeFergie · first week at No. 1: August 19, 2006
- SexyBackJustin Timberlake · first week at No. 1: September 9, 2006
- Money MakerLudacris Featuring Pharrell · first week at No. 1: October 28, 2006
- My LoveJustin Timberlake Featuring T.I. · first week at No. 1: November 11, 2006
- I Wanna Love YouAkon Featuring Snoop Dogg · first week at No. 1: December 2, 2006
- IrreplaceableBeyonce · first week at No. 1: December 16, 2006
Billboard Hot 100, chart weeks of 2006. Spotted a mistake?
If you were born in 2006
- Older than the iPhoneThe first iPhone went on sale in the US on June 29, 2007.
- Older than the KindleAmazon introduced the Kindle e-reader and put it on sale on November 19, 2007.
- Older than Usain Bolt's 9.58 recordUsain Bolt ran 100 meters in 9.58 seconds, the world record on August 16, 2009.
- Older than the iPadThe first iPad went on sale in the US on April 3, 2010.
- Younger than GmailGoogle announced Gmail and opened a preview of the service on April 1, 2004.
- Younger than the iTunes StoreApple opened the iTunes Music Store on April 28, 2003.
- Younger than the human genome mapThe Human Genome Project was completed (month only; the day is not given by the source) on April 1, 2003.