2006
From left to right, top to bottom:
- The 2006 Lebanon War took 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;
- 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.
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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.
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2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.