2006 Fact Sheet
Database: Miss America Winners by State
| Record Name | Year | City | State |
| Jennifer Berry | 2006 | Tulsa | Oklahoma |
Database: Date of Independence for Modern Countries
| Record Name | Year | Country | Previous Ruler Country | Date |
| Serbia and Montenegro Country Formation Date | 2006 | Serbia and Montenegro | June 5, 2006 |
Database: Industrial Light & Magic Visual Effects Movies
| Record Name | Year | Studio | Release Date | Movie |
| Eight Below | 2006Disney | Feb 17, 2006Disney | Eight Below | |
| Mission: Impossible III | 2006Paramount | May 5, 2006Paramount | Mission: Impossible III | |
| Poseidon | 2006 | Warner Bros. | May 06, 2006 | Poseidon |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | 2006 | Disney | Jul 07, 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest |
| Lady in the Water | 2006 | Warner Bros. | Jul 21, 2006 | Lady in the Water |
| Nightmare Before Christmas 3D | 2006 | Disney | Oct 20, 2006 | Nightmare Before Christmas 3D |
Database: Best Selling Video Game Systems
| Record Name | Company | Console | Year Released | Type | Sales (to 2007) | Source |
| Nintendo Wii | Nintendo | Wii | 2006 | Tabletop | 13170000 | Wikipedia |
| Sony PlayStation 3 | Sony | PlayStation 3 | 2006 | Tabletop | 5590000 | Wikipedia |
Database: Hockey Stanley Cup Winners
| Record Name | Year | Winning Team | Winning Coach | Losing Team | Losing Coach | Sport | City | Note |
| 2006 Stanley Cup Winner | 2006 | Carolina Hurricanes | Peter Laviolette | Edmonton Oilers | Craig MacTavish | Hockey | Raleigh |
Database: Year and Discoverer of Chemical Elements
| Record Name | Element | Year Discovered | Discovered By | Source |
| Ununoctium | Ununoctium | 2006 | Y. T. Oganessian et. al. | Jefferson Lab |
Database: Pulitzer Prize Winning Novels By Year
| Record Name | Year | Title | Author |
| March, Geraldine Brooks | 2006 | March | Geraldine Brooks |
Database: World's longest motor luxury yachts
| Record Name | Year Completed | Length (Feet) | Owner | Source |
| Platinum/Golden Star/Dubai * | 2006 | 524 | Sheikh of Dubai | Wikipedia |
| Samar | 2006 | 252 | Unknown | Wikipedia |
| Laurel | 2006 | 240 | Unknown | Wikipedia |
Database: World's Largest Shopping Malls
| Record Name | Year Opened | City | Country | Region | State | Leasable Area (Square Feet) | Total Area (Square Feet) | Stores |
| Central World Plaza | 2006 | Bangkok | Thailand | Asia | 2.6 million | 500+ |
Database: Number of Airports in World Countries
| Record Name | Country | Year | Airports | Source |
| Number of Airports in Baker Island | Baker Island | 2006 | one abandoned World War II runway of 1,665 m covered with vegetation and unusable | CIA World Fact Book |
| Number of Airports in European Union | European Union | 2006 | 3,393 | CIA World Fact Book |
| Number of Airports in Howland Island | Howland Island | 2006 | one airstrip constructed in 1937 for scheduled refueling stop on the round-the-world flight of Amelia EARHART and Fred NOONAN - they left Lae, New Guinea, for Howland Island, but were never seen again; the airstrip is no longer serviceable | CIA World Fact Book |
| Number of Airports in Kingman Reef | Kingman Reef | 2006 | lagoon was used as a halfway station between Hawaii and American Samoa by Pan American Airways for flying boats in 1937 and 1938 | CIA World Fact Book |
Database: United Nations Presidents
| Record Name | Origin | Year | Session |
| Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa | Bahrain | 2006 | Sixty-first |
Database: Tour de France Winners
| Record Name | Year | Winning Country | Sport | Tour | Winning Name |
| Floyd Landis Tour 93 | 2006 | United States | Cycling | 93 | Floyd Landis |
Database: Council of Europe's treaties
| Record Name | Treaty | European Non-Member State | Non European Non-Member State | European Community | Number | Opening date | Entry into force date | Source |
| Additional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine concerning Transplantation of Organs and Tissues of Human Origin (186) | Additional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine concerning Transplantation of Organs and Tissues of Human Origin | Yes | Yes | Yes | 186 | 24/1/2002 | 1/5/2006 | Council of Europe |
| Additional Protocol to the Convention on cybercrime, concerning the criminalisation of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems (189) | Additional Protocol to the Convention on cybercrime, concerning the criminalisation of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems | Yes | Yes | 189 | 28/1/2003 | 1/3/2006 | Council of Europe | |
| European Convention for the Protection of Animals during International Transport (Revised) (193) | European Convention for the Protection of Animals during International Transport (Revised) | Yes | Yes | Yes | 193 | 6/11/2003 | 14/3/2006 | Council of Europe |
| Council of Europe Convention on the avoidance of statelessness in relation to State succession (200) | Council of Europe Convention on the avoidance of statelessness in relation to State succession | Yes | Yes | 200 | 19/5/2006 | Council of Europe |
Database: S&P Earnings History by Year
| Record Name | Year | Source | Earnings Yield | Dividend Yield | S & P 500 Index | Earnings | Dividends |
| 2006 Standard and Poors Performance | 2006 | Standard & Poors | 5.78% | 1.77% | 1418.3 | 81.96 | 25.05 |
Database: List of highest-grossing Bollywood films in Overseas markets
| Record Name | Country | Year | Studio | Movie | Gross (Indian Rupees) | Source |
| Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna | India | 2006 | Dharma Productions | Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna | Rs. 45,50,00,000 | Wikipedia |
| Don - The Chase Begins Again | India | 2006 | Excel Entertainment | Don - The Chase Begins Again | Rs. 32,00,00,000 | Wikipedia |
| Dhoom 2 | India | 2006 | Yashraj Films | Dhoom 2 | Rs. 31,75,00,000 | Wikipedia |
| Fanaa | India | 2006 | Yashraj Films | Fanaa | Rs. 27,75,00,000 | Wikipedia |
| Lage Raho Munnabhai | India | 2006 | Vinod Chopra Productions | Lage Raho Munnabhai | Rs. 21,50,00,000 | Wikipedia |
| Rang De Basanti | India | 2006 | UTV Motion Pictures / Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Pictures | Rang De Basanti | Rs. 20,00,00,000 | Wikipedia |
| Baabul | India | 2006 | B.R. Films | Baabul | Rs. 18,75,00,000 | Wikipedia |
| Krrish | India | 2006 | Filmkraft | Krrish | Rs. 18,50,00,000 | Wikipedia |
Database: Longest Running TV Shows
| Record Name | Start Year | End Year | Country | Genre | Total Episodes |
| Will & Grace | 1998 | 2006 | United States | Comedy | 193 |
| Charmed | 1998 | 2006 | United States | Drama | 178 |
| That 70's Show | 1998 | 2006 | United States | Comedy | 200 |
Database: Crude Oil Prices from 1949 to Present
| Record Name | Year | Nominal | 2007 Inflation Adjusted | Source |
| Crude Oil Price for 2006 | 2006 | $58.30 | $60.28 | United States Department of Energy |
Database: Formula One World Drivers Champions
| Record Name | Year | Team | Tires | Poles | Sport | Driver | Wins | Podiums | Fastest Laps | Points | Clinched | Margin (Points) | Source |
| Formula One Champion (2006) | 2006 | Renault* | M | 6 | Auto Racing | Fernando Alonso | 7 | 14 | 5 | 134 | Race 18 of 18 | 13 | Wikipedia |
Database: List of countries by train railway track length
| Record Name | Country | Year Reported | Transportation Type | Railway Length (km) | Source |
| China Railway Length | China | 2006 | Train | 76,600 | Wikipedia |
| Algeria Railway Length | Algeria | 2006 | Train | 3,572 | Wikipedia |
| Morocco Railway Length | Morocco | 2006 | Train | 1,907 | Wikipedia |
| Albania Railway Length | Albania | 2006 | Train | 423 | Wikipedia |
| Lebanon Railway Length | Lebanon | 2006 | Train | 401 | Wikipedia |
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Regionof the People's Republic of China Railway Length | Hong Kong Special Administrative Regionof the People's Republic of China | 2006[citation needed] | Train | 200 | Wikipedia |
| Singapore Railway Length | Singapore | 2006[citation needed] | Train | 177 | Wikipedia |
Database: List of longest suspension bridge spans
| Record Name | Year Constructed | Country | Bridge | Location | Length (Meters) | Length (Feet) | Note | Source |
| Feda Fjord Bridge | 2006 | Norway | Feda Fjord Bridge | Feda, Vest-Agder, Norway | 335 | 1,100 | Wikipedia |
Database: Superbowl NFL Football Result History
| Record Name | Year | Winning Team | Losing Team | City | Country | Sport | Winning City | Final Score |
| Super Bowl XL | 2006 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Seattle Seahawks | Detroit, MI | United States | Football | Pittsburgh | 21-10 |
Database: Top United States Grossing Movies
| Record Name | Movie | Studio | Year | Total Revenue |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International | 2006 | $423,315,812 |
| Night at the Museum | Night at the Museum | 20th Century Fox Distribution, Twentieth Century Fox | 2006 | $250,863,268 |
| Cars | Cars | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International | 2006 | $244,082,982 |
| X-Men: The Last Stand | X-Men: The Last Stand | 20th Century Fox, Twentieth Century Fox | 2006 | $234,362,462 |
| The Da Vinci Code | The Da Vinci Code | NA | 2006 | $217,536,138 |
| Superman Returns | Superman Returns | NA | 2006 | $200,081,192 |
| Happy Feet | Happy Feet | Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures International | 2006 | $198,000,317 |
| Ice Age: The Meltdown | Ice Age: The Meltdown | Twentieth Century Fox | 2006 | $195,330,621 |
| Casino Royale | Casino Royale | Sony Pictures Classics, Sony Pictures Releasing, Sony Pictures Releasing International | 2006 | $167,445,960 |
| The Pursuit of Happyness | The Pursuit of Happyness | Sony Pictures Releasing, Sony Pictures Releasing International | 2006 | $163,566,459 |
| Over the Hedge | Over the Hedge | Paramount Pictures, United International Pictures | 2006 | $155,019,340 |
Database: Wimbledon Tennis Men's Tournament Winners
| Record Name | Year | Sport | Winner | Loser | Score |
| 2006 Wimbledon Mens Result | 2006 | Tennis | Roger Federer | Rafael Nadal | 60 76 (5) 6-7 (2) 63 |
Database: NCAA Basketball Tournament Champions
| Record Name | Year | Sport | City Location | Winner | Champion | Opponent | In Final 4 | In Final 4 |
| NCAA Tournament Champion (2006) | 2006 | Basketball | Indianapolis | Florida | Florida (3) | UCLA (2) | George Mason (11) | LSU (4) |
Database: Gaming System Driving Simulators
| Record Name | Game | Year | Make | Model |
| 2006 Audi RS 4 | Forza Motorsport 2 | 2006 | AUDI | RS 4 |
| 2006 Maserati GranSport | Forza Motorsport 2 | 2006 | Maserati | GranSport |
| 2006 Porsche Cayman S | Forza Motorsport 2 | 2006 | PORSCHE | CAYMAN S |
| 2006 Vauxhall Astra VXR | Forza Motorsport 2 | 2006 | Vauxhall | Astra VXR |
| 2006 Volkswagen Golf GTi | Forza Motorsport 2 | 2006 | VOLKSWAGEN | Golf GTi |
Database: United States Average Annual Temperature
| Record Name | Year | Country | Temperature | Rank | Source |
| Average Annual Temperature for 2006 | 2006 | United States | 54.91 deg F | 111 | National Climatic Data Center |
Database: Yearly Total Seasonal Rainfall for Los Angeles
| Record Name | City | State | Country | Season | Total Rainfall (inches) | Inches above or below average | Source |
| Los Angeles Seasonal Rainfall for 2005-2006 | Los Angeles | CALIFORNIA | United States | 2005-2006 | 13.19 | -1.94 | National Weather Service |
Database: US Presidents
| Record Name | Birth State | Religion | Political Party | Died | Country | Term Start | Term Finish | Birthdate | Date of Death | Inauguration Age | Age at Death | Number |
| Ford | NEBRASKA | Episcopalian | Repubilican | Died after Office | United States | 1974 | 1977 | 7/14/1913 | 12/26/2006 | 61 | 38 |
Database: Wimbledon Tennis Women's Tournament Winners
| Record Name | Year | Sport | Winner | Loser | Score |
| 2006 Wimbledon Womens Result | 2006 | Tennis | Amèlie Mauresmo | Justine Henin-Hardenne | 2-6 6-3 6-4 |
Database: Space Shuttle Mission History
| Record Name | Year | Space Shuttle | Landing Site | Mission Order | Date | Mission Number | Flight Duration | Notes | Source |
| Space Shuttle Mission STS-121 (Discovery 2006) | 2006 | Discovery | Kennedy | 115 | July 4 | STS-121 | 12d 18h | ISS Flight ULF1.1: Supply, crew rotation, MPLM Leonardo | Wikipedia |
| Space Shuttle Mission STS-115 (Atlantis 2006) | 2006 | Atlantis | Kennedy | 116 | September 9 | STS-115 | 11d 19h | ISS assembly flight 12A: P3/P4 Truss, Solar Arrays | Wikipedia |
| Space Shuttle Mission STS-116 (Discovery 2006) | 2006 | Discovery | Kennedy | 117 | December 9 | STS-116 | 12d 21h | ISS assembly flight 12A.1: P5 Truss Spacehab-SM, crew rotation | Wikipedia |
Database: Best Selling Singles by Year (United Kingdom)
| Record Name | Year | Country | Song | Artist | Number Sold | Source |
| Crazy (Gnarls Barkley) | 2006 | United Kingdom | Crazy | Gnarls Barkley | 820,053 | Wikipedia |
Database: Time Magazine's Man of the Year
| Record Name | Year | Person of the Year |
| You | 2006 | You |
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