2006: The Year in People

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The year in numbers

Gas, per gallon

$2.59

Median home

$174,700

Minimum wage

$5.15/hr

Movie ticket

$6.55

US population

6.63B

US president

George W. Bush

Top song

"Bad Day" — Daniel Powter

Top film

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Top TV show

American Idol

Best Picture

The Departed

In the news: Twitter launches; Pluto reclassified as dwarf planet

What happened in 2006

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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Born in 2006

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Cooper Flagg

b. 2006 · December 21

American basketball player

Gukesh Dommaraju

b. 2006 · May 29

Indian chess grandmaster

Jacob Tremblay

b. 2006 · October 5

Canadian actor

Alisha Palmowski

b. 2006 · September 21

British racing driver

Darja Varfolomeev

b. 2006 · November 4

German rhythmic gymnast

Callan McKenna

b. 2006 · December 22

Scottish footballer

Sára Bejlek

b. 2006 · January 31

Czech tennis player

Marc Guiu

b. 2006 · January 4

Spanish footballer

Sarah Toscano

b. 2006 · January 9

Italian singer-songwriter

Windy Zhan

b. 2006 · March 2

Hong Kong pop singer and actress

Xochitl Gomez

b. 2006 · April 29

American actress

Konsta Helenius

b. 2006 · May 11

Finnish ice hockey player

Haerin

b. 2006 · May 15

South Korean singer

Macklin Celebrini

b. 2006 · June 13

Canadian ice hockey player

Zépiqueno Redmond

b. 2006 · June 22

Dutch footballer

Sam Lavagnino

b. 2006 · June 29

American voice actor

Endrick (footballer, born 2006)

b. 2006 · July 21

Brazilian footballer

Kimi Antonelli

b. 2006 · August 25

Italian racing driver

Kang Ju-hyeok

b. 2006 · August 27

South Korean footballer

Prince Hisahito of Akishino

b. 2006 · September 6

Japanese prince

Ian Chen (actor)

b. 2006 · September 7

American actor

Priah Ferguson

b. 2006 · October 1

American actress

Yoon Do-young

b. 2006 · October 28

South Korean footballer

Mason Ramsey

b. 2006 · November 16

American singer

Died in 2006

James Brown1933–2006 · American musician
Augusto Pinochet1915–2006 · President of Chile from 1973 to 1990
Billy Preston1946–2006 · American keyboardist, singer, and songwriter
Aaron Spelling1923–2006 · American film and television producer
Glenn Ford1916–2006 · American actor
Edward Albert1951–2006 · American actor
Bruno Kirby1949–2006 · American actor
Ferenc Puskás1927–2006 · Hungarian footballer
Dennis Linde1943–2006 · American songwriter
Dana Reeve1961–2006 · American actress and singer
Dennis Weaver1924–2006 · American actor
Adrienne Shelly1966–2006 · American actress and filmmaker