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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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From top left, clockwise: Wii was invented a home video console. 2006 Lebanon War began in Lebanon. 2006 al-Askari mosque bombing Attack on a Shia mosque in Iraq. 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum. 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake Earthquake in Java, Indonesia. 2006 FIFA World Cup Association football tournament in Germany won by Italy. 2006 Winter Olympics Multi-sport event in Turin, Italy. 2006 Mumbai train bombings took place in Mumbai, India. Twitter was launched. IAU definition of planet introduced by International Astronomical Union definition. Typhoon Durian. MS al-Salam Boccaccio 98 Egyptian Ro/Ro passenger ferry. 2006 Ivory Coast toxic waste dump Health crisis in the Ivory Coast. Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 an aviation disaster. 2006–2007 Brazilian aviation crisis Civil aviation crisis in Brazil. 2006 Southern Leyte mudslide Major landslide in the Philippines.

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2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.[1]

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  • June 9 to July 9 – The 2006 FIFA World Cup takes place in Germany; Italy defeats France in the final.[33][34]
  • June 14 - The 2006 Kismet Train Collision occurs in California. At 5:51 AM, two BNSF Railway freight trains collided head-on at the Kismet Siding in Kismet, California near Madera, California. The southbound mixed manifest train (BNSF #4059) disregarded a red signal at East Kismet instead of stopping and crashed into the northbound grain train (BNSF #4479). The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) investigation revealed that the southbound train's conductor had traces of cocaine in his system, which likely impaired his judgement and vision. The crash was also caught on camera after railroads particularly BNSF, started installing cameras onboard locomotives to capture all sorts of events from the crew's point of view.
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