2006 Snapshot
""
The Vibe
Pop Culture
Twitter Launch
Slang
"Sick"
Price Check
Gas: $2.59
Notable Deaths
James Brown, Gerald Ford, Steve Irwin
Music & Style
Dance-Rock
World Affairs
Saddam Executed
Lebanon War
Yearly Summary
- Global Events: Twitter is launched. North Korea conducts its first nuclear test. Pluto is 'demoted' to a dwarf planet. The population of the US reaches 300 million.
- Culture & Mood: 'You' are named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year due to the explosion of user-generated content (YouTube, Wikipedia, Blogs).
- Fashion & Slang: Waist-belts and Crocs. 'Epic win' or 'Epic fail.'
- Fun Fact: The Nintendo Wii is released, bringing motion-controlled gaming to grandmas and kids alike, and High School Musical becomes a Disney Channel phenomenon.