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Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country situated primarily in Central Asia, with a portion of its territory extending into Eastern Europe. It bor…
The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat-1 is launched
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 …
Pluto's newly discovered moons are officially named Nix and Hydra
Sam Lavagnino is an American actor and YouTuber. He is best known for his roles as Catbug in Bravest Warriors, young Grizz in We Bare Bears, Rolly in the first three seasons of Pup…
Sam Lavagnino, American child voice actor
Daniel Muñoz Navas is a Spanish footballer who plays as a left-back for Atlético Madrid C.
Dani Muñoz, Spanish footballer
Caleb Noah Sheldon Wilson is an American basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the North Carolina T…
Caleb Wilson, American basketball player
Endrick Felipe Moreira de Sousa Pessoa, known mononymously as Endrick, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Brazil nat…
Endrick, Brazilian footballer
Javon Anthony Walton, also known by his ring name Wanna, is an American actor and professional boxer, who is best known for his portrayal of Ashtray in the HBO series Euphoria. Aft…
Javon Walton, American actor and boxer
Yeti Airlines Pvt. Ltd. is an airline based in Kathmandu, Nepal. The airline was established in May 1998 and received its air operator's certificate on 17 August 1998. Since 2019, …
A Yeti Airlines de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashes at Jumla Airport in Nepal, killing nine people
Mari bin Amude Alkatiri is a Timorese politician. He was Prime Minister of East Timor from May 2002 until his resignation on 26 June 2006 following weeks of political unrest in the…
Mari Alkatiri, the first Prime Minister of East Timor, resigns after weeks of political unrest
The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transpor…
Space Shuttle program: Discovery launches STS-121 to the International Space Station. The event gained wide media…
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders China and …
North Korea tests four short-range missiles, one medium-range missile and a long-range Taepodong-2. The long-range…
S7 Airlines Flight 778 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Moscow to Irkutsk, Russia. On 9 July 2006, at 06:44 local time, the Airbus A310-324 aircraft operating the rou…
One hundred and twenty-five people are killed when S7 Airlines Flight 778, an Airbus A310 passenger jet, veers off the…
Héctor Fort García is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for La Liga club Barcelona.
Héctor Fort, Spanish footballer
Summer Ann McIntosh is a Canadian competitive swimmer. She is a three-time Olympic champion, eight-time World Aquatics champion, and two-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist. Not…
Summer McIntosh, Canadian swimmer
Andrea Kimi Antonelli is an Italian racing driver who competes in Formula One for Mercedes. Antonelli has won six Formula One Grands Prix since his debut in 2025.
Kimi Antonelli, Italian racing driver
Kang Ju-hyeok is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a forward for K League 1 club FC Seoul. He made his debut professional appearance in the 2024 K League 1 season…
Kang Ju-hyeok, South Korean footballer
Prince Hisahito of Akishino is a member of the Imperial House of Japan. He is the youngest child and only son of Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko, and the nephew of E…
Prince Hisahito of Akishino, Japanese prince
The Italy national football team has represented Italy in men's international football since its first match in 1910. The national team is controlled by the Italian Football Federa…
Italy win their fourth World Cup title, defeating France 5–3 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time.
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 688 was a domestic passenger flight from Multan to Islamabad with a stopover in Lahore, operated by Pakistan's flag carrier Pakistan Internat…
A Pakistan International Airlines Fokker F27 Friendship crashes near Multan International Airport, killing all 45…
The 2006 Mumbai train bombings were a series of seven bomb blasts on 11 July 2006. They took place over a period of 11 minutes on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai,the capital of the …
Mumbai train bombings: 209 people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India.
X, formerly known as Twitter, is an American microblogging and social networking service, headquartered in Bastrop, Texas. It is one of the world's largest social media platforms a…
Twitter, later one of the largest social media platforms in the world, is launched.
An earthquake occurred on July 17, 2006, at 15:19:27 local time along a subduction zone off the coast of west and central Java, a large and densely populated island in the Indonesi…
The 7.7 Mw Pangandaran tsunami earthquake severely affects the Indonesian island of Java, killing 668 people, and…
Ian Chen is a Taiwanese-American actor. He is known for his roles as Evan Huang in the ABC sitcom Fresh Off the Boat (2015–2020) and Eugene Choi in the DC Extended Universe films S…
Ian Chen, American actor
Oliver John Peake is a professional Australian cricketer who has represented Australia in One Day International cricket, and plays Australian domestic cricket for Victoria and the …
Oliver Peake, Australian cricketer