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Timeline of 2006

A chronological record of notable events of the year 2006, sourced from the knowledge table in README.md and dedicated topic files.

Date Item Category Link
2006-06-03 Montenegro becomes independent History & Politics
2006-07-09 Italy wins the FIFA World Cup Arts & Culture file
2006-07-15 Twitter launched Science & Technology file
2006-08-24 Pluto reclassified as a dwarf planet Science & Technology file
2006-09-04 Steve Irwin dies People
2006-10-09 North Korea’s first nuclear test History & Politics file
2006-10-09 Google acquires YouTube Science & Technology file
2006-11-07 U.S. Democrats win midterm elections History & Politics
2006-11-17 Casino Royale released Arts & Culture file
2006-12-16 Time names “You” Person of the Year Society & Economics file
2006-12-26 Gerald Ford dies People
2006-12-30 Saddam Hussein executed History & Politics file

Generated from 12 knowledge-table rows; 8 resolve to dedicated topic files. Links update when dedicated topic files are created.