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2006 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.
United States housing bubble: A total of 1,259,118 foreclosures are filed during 2006, up 42 percent from 2005. [63] Subprime mortgage crisis: This summer, the housing bubble bursts, starting a chain of events that would eventually develop into a full-blown market meltdown. Mangroomer shaving product is introduced. [64]
13 October: European Home Retail plc and its subsidiary Farepak go into administration, leaving tens of thousands of people out of pocket for Christmas 2006. 26 October – The Duke of Edinburgh officially opens Arsenal's new stadium. [19] 30 October – The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change is published by the UK government.
Image credits: RebelGrin #7. TIL in 2010 a doctor and his son just happened to be walking by an apartment building in Paris when a 15-month-old boy fell 80ft (24m) from a seventh floor balcony ...
9 June–11 June – The British Grand Prix is held at the Silverstone Circuit and is won by reigning world champion Fernando Alonso ahead of Michael Schumacher and Kimi Räikkönen, while local hero Jenson Button retired earlier in the race with an engine oil leak.
The deep connection was perhaps most notable in 2006, when the traditional parades went on after 2005’s devastating Hurricane Katrina — despite the citywide and personal losses suffered by so ...
February 2006 – Wheel of Fortune returns and starts in 2006. Larry Emdur & Laura Csortan will definitely host WOF in a partnership instead of one. On the very first episode in 2006, the car was won! The final edition of the version was screened on 28 July. 9 February – It is announced that Eddie McGuire will become Channel Nine's new CEO.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 February 2025. 2005 January February March April May June July August September October November December From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina kills 1,836 people throughout the Southern United States ; the funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City ; "Me at the zoo" is the first video ...