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June 21, 2006

On June 21, 2006, pluto's newly discovered moons are officially named Nix and Hydra. The year's #1 song was "Bad Day" by Daniel Powter. Xochitl Gomez, Summer McIntosh, Héctor Fort would arrive in the same year.

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The year in brief

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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What happened

On June 21, 2006

  1. 2006 Pluto's newly discovered moons are officially named Nix and Hydra.

    Largest dwarf planet

    Pluto is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is the ninth-largest and tenth-most-massive known object to directly orbit the Sun. It is the largest known trans-Neptunian object by volume by a small margin, but is less massive than Eris.

  2. 2006 A Yeti Airlines de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashes at Jumla Airport in Nepal, killing nine people.

    Nepalese airline

    Yeti Airlines Pvt. Ltd. is an airline based in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Farewells

Died on June 21, 2006

Jared C. Monti United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1975–2006)

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The class of 2006

Others born in 2006

Xochitl Gomez 2006– American actress
Summer McIntosh 2006– Canadian swimmer
Héctor Fort 2006– Spanish footballer
Kimi Antonelli 2006– Italian racing driver
Kang Ju-hyeok 2006– South Korean footballer
Cooper Flagg 2006– American basketball player

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