2006: Year

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, the 6th year of the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2000s decade.

Millennium: 3rd millennium
Centuries: 20th century21st century22nd century
Decades: 1970s  1980s  1990s  – 2000s –  2010s  2020s  2030s
Years: 2003 2004 200520062007 2008 2009

In the Chinese calendar, 2006 was the Year of the Dog. Chinese New Year is January 29.

Events

January

January
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 
30 31

February

February
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
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6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 
27 28          

March

March
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
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6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 
27 28 29 30 31    

April

April
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
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3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 
24 25 26 27 28 29 30

May

May
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 
29 30 31        

June

June
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
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5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 
26 27 28 29 30    

July

July
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
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3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 
31  

August

August
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
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7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 
28 29 30 31      

September

September
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
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4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 
25 26 27 28 29 30  

October

October
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 
30 31
  • October 2 – Charles Carl Roberts IV, a 32-yr-old milk-truck driver, kills 5 girls at an Amish schoolhouse in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania before shooting himself.
  • October 6 – A hazardous waste plant near Apex, North Carolina explodes, releasing chlorine gas, and resulting in the evacuation of thousands and the hospitalization of over 100 residents.
2006: Events, Major religious holidays, Births 
North Korean nuclear test

November

November
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
    1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 
27 28 29 30      

December

December
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
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4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 
25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Major religious holidays

2006 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar2006
MMVI
Ab urbe condita2759
Armenian calendar1455
ԹՎ ՌՆԾԵ
Assyrian calendar6756
Bahá'í calendar162–163
Balinese saka calendar1927–1928
Bengali calendar1413
Berber calendar2956
British Regnal year54 Eliz. 2 – 55 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar2550
Burmese calendar1368
Byzantine calendar7514–7515
Chinese calendar乙酉(Wood Rooster)
4702 or 4642
    — to —
丙戌年 (Fire Dog)
4703 or 4643
Coptic calendar1722–1723
Discordian calendar3172
Ethiopian calendar1998–1999
Hebrew calendar5766–5767
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2062–2063
 - Shaka Samvat1927–1928
 - Kali Yuga5106–5107
Holocene calendar12006
Igbo calendar1006–1007
Iranian calendar1384–1385
Islamic calendar1426–1427
Japanese calendarHeisei 18
(平成18年)
Javanese calendar1938–1939
Juche calendar95
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4339
Minguo calendarROC 95
民國95年
Nanakshahi calendar538
Thai solar calendar2549
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 time1136073600 – 1167609599

Births

for more information, see Category:2006 births.

  • 2 February - Preston Oliver III, American child actor from Las Vegas.
  • 27 February - Josephina Evie, English musician (d. 2021)
  • 1 March - Sawyer Sharbino, American child vlogger, from Metropolitan Dallas.
  • 8 March - Dylan Hockley, American child student, from Newton, Connecticut
  • April 5 - Remus Covaci, Romanian bass player (Timpuri Grele)
  • April 10 - Sofia Pablo, Philippine actress
  • May 3 - Mutya Orqulia, Philippine actress
  • 6 May - Jack Pinto Jr., American child student and footballer, from Danbury, Connecticut
  • 30 June - Jesse Lewis, American child student, from Newton, Connecticut
  • 6 September - Prince Hisahito of Akishino, Japanese prince
  • 9 September - Andra Maria Leon, Romanian drummer (Timpuri Grele)
  • 12 September - Benjamin Wheeler, American child student, from Newton, Connecticut
  • 5 October - Jacob Tremblay, Canadian child actor, from Vancouver, Canada
  • 20 November - Noah Pozner, American child student, from Newton, Connecticut
    2006 births
2006 births
Jesse Lewis † 2006: Events, Major religious holidays, Births 
Noah Pozner † 2006: Events, Major religious holidays, Births 

Deaths

January

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Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
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Shelley Winters
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Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
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Johannes Rau
2006: Events, Major religious holidays, Births 
Coretta Scott King

February

2006: Events, Major religious holidays, Births 
Betty Friedan

March

2006: Events, Major religious holidays, Births 
Slobodan Milošević

April

2006: Events, Major religious holidays, Births 
John Kenneth Galbraith

May

2006: Events, Major religious holidays, Births 
Karel Appel

June

2006: Events, Major religious holidays, Births 
Billy Preston
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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
2006: Events, Major religious holidays, Births 
Charles Haughey

July

2006: Events, Major religious holidays, Births 
Ryutaro Hashimoto
2006: Events, Major religious holidays, Births 
June Allyson

August

2006: Events, Major religious holidays, Births 
Glenn Ford

September

2006: Events, Major religious holidays, Births 
Steve Irwin

October

2006: Events, Major religious holidays, Births 
Jane Wyatt
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Red Auerbach
2006: Events, Major religious holidays, Births 
P. W. Botha

November

2006: Events, Major religious holidays, Births 
Bülent Ecevit
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Jack Palance
2006: Events, Major religious holidays, Births 
Ferenc Puskás

December

2006: Events, Major religious holidays, Births 
Augusto Pinochet
2006: Events, Major religious holidays, Births 
Joseph Barbera
2006: Events, Major religious holidays, Births 
Saparmurat Niyazov
2006: Events, Major religious holidays, Births 
James Brown
2006: Events, Major religious holidays, Births 
Gerald R. Ford
2006: Events, Major religious holidays, Births 
Saddam Hussein

Nobel Prizes

2006: Events, Major religious holidays, Births 
Nobel Prize

References

Other websites

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