2006

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Other topics
Awards – Law – Religious leaders
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments – Disestablishments
Works and introductions categories
Works – Introductions
Works entering the public domain
2006 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar2006
MMVI
Ab urbe condita2759
Armenian calendar1455
ԹՎ ՌՆԾԵ
Assyrian calendar6756
Bahá'í calendar162–163
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 Samvat1928–1929
 - Kali Yuga5107–5108
Holocene calendar12006
Igbo calendar1006–1007
Iranian calendar1384–1385
Islamic calendar1426–1427
Japanese calendarHeisei 18
(平成18年)
Juche calendar95
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4339
Minguo calendarROC 95
民國95年
Thai solar calendar2549
Unix time1136073600–1167609599
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2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (dominical letter A) 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.

2006 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony in Germany.

2006 was designated as:

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Main article: Deaths in March 2006

April

Main article: Deaths in April 2006

May

Main article: Deaths in May 2006

June

Main article: Deaths in June 2006

July

Main article: Deaths in July 2006

August

Main article: Deaths in August 2006

September

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November

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Nobel Prizes

In fiction

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