On October 30, 2006, Blendtec founder Tom Dickson uploaded a video of himself blending 50 glass marbles. 🌀 It was the beginning of Will It Blend?, one of YouTube's earliest viral marketing sensations.

In 2004, the St. Louis Cardinals won 105 games. No championship. In 2005, they won 100 games. Still no championship. In 2006, they won just 83 games…and became WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS. 🏆 After nearly throwing away their playoff chances, the Cardinals battled past the San Diego Padres and Ne

Danny Rolling, known as the Gainesville Ripper, was executed in Florida. His 1990 crimes helped inspire Kevin Williamson's screenplay for the 1996 horror classic Scream, directed by Wes Craven. From the five Gainesville student murders to his connection with Ghostface, three additional mu

The autobiographical refusal that became a global hit, won three Grammys and grew tragically more real with time. #AmyWinehouse #Rehabsong #markronson #amy #2000smusic

At the time everyone watching Drake and Josh was completely unaware that it would become one of the internet’s most recognizable reaction memes. 🥤 The moment went viral on Tumblr in late 2015, nearly a decade after it first aired, and became so iconic that Cosgrove recreated it for the iCarly re

On October 20, 2006, Christopher Nolan, Clint Eastwood and Sofia Coppola all released films in American theaters on the exact same day. 🎬 The Prestige won the opening-weekend battle. Flags of Our Fathers struggled commercially, while Marie Antoinette divided critics but went on to influence a ne

Sony exploded 70,000 litres of paint across a Glasgow housing estate to sell a television. 🎨💥 Premiering on the 17th of October 2006 on British television the commercial was Created by London advertising agency Fallon and directed by Jonathan Glazer, Paint was the spectacular follow-up to Sony B

Google announced it was buying YouTube for $1.65 billion on October 9, 2006. YouTube was barely 18 months old, unprofitable, and had generated only a few million dollars in revenue but it was already serving around 100 million video views every day and had crushed Google’s own Google Video platf

Martin Scorsese’s Boston crime epic brought together Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg, topped the box office and would finally earn Scorsese his first Best Director Oscar. Is The Departed Scorsese’s best film? #TheDeparted #MartinScorsese #LeonardoDiCaprio

Dove’s Massively Viral Commercial was Released on October 6, 2006, Evolution exposed how makeup, lighting and digital retouching could turn a real woman into an impossible beauty standard and became one of the defining early examples of viral and purpose-led marketing. The irony? Dove’s par

South Park roasted World of Warcraft players, giving us gaming’s ultimate nemesis: He Who Has No Life—and inspiring Jarod Nandin’s unforgettable BlizzCon cosplay. From the “Live to Win” montage to the Sword of a Thousand Truths, is this South Park’s greatest episode? #SouthPark #WorldOfWa

That Fall Speed Stacks went from school gyms to Christmas wish lists, earning a spot on the US Toy industry’s trade magazine “Hot Dozen” list alongside toys like the Nintendo Wii and T.M.X. Elmo. The relatively brief cup-stacking craze became a lasting competitive sport with world records meas

Though not a megahit it was critically acclaimed and had a loyal fanbase. It also boasted a cast featuring future stars Jesse Plemons, Michael B. Jordan and Taylor Kitsch. Kyle Chandler who stars as Coach Taylor is currently playing Green Lantern Hal Jordan in HBO’s Lanterns. #FridayNightLig

On October 3rd, 2006 model Kamila Wawrzyniak took two tumbles during Vivienne Westwood’s October 2006 Paris Fashion Week show. The crowd gave her a standing ovation. The contagious laughter of legendary Washington, D.C. news anchor Jim Vance and sports anchor George Michael of NBC4 (WRC-TV) t

From Dexter Morgan’s iconic breakfast to Sergeant Doakes’ suspicious stare, Michael C. Hall’s serial killer became a TV phenomenon. Did you watch back then or discover it through the memes? 👀🩸 #Dexter #DexterMorgan #MichaelCHall #Doakes #TVHistory

On August 25, 2006, two naturalists discovered Hyperion: the tallest known living tree on Earth. 🌲 Currently at around 380 feet tall, it’s higher than the Statue of Liberty but standing beneath it, you might not even realize you’re looking at a world record holder. #Hyperion #Redwood #Re

Astronomers gathered in Prague on August 24, 2006 and literally voted on what should count as a planet. The result: Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet, ending its seventy-six-year run as the ninth planet in our Solar System. #Pluto #Astronomy #SpaceHistory #OnThisDay #Dwarf

Natascha Kampusch was kidnapped as a child and held captive for eight years before escaping in Austria in 2006. In the years since, she has spoken about what happened, supported charitable causes, and taken ownership of the house where she was imprisoned but seems to have recently started to be cru

Around the launch of Paris Hilton’s debut album Banksy secretly slipped hundreds of altered copies of Paris into UK record stores, complete with fake artwork, satirical track names and a completely different CD inside. Some unsuspecting buyers essentially walked out of HMV with a Banksy. #Banksy

In August 2006, John Mark Karr confessed to being with JonBenét Ramsey when she died and for a few days it looked like one of America’s most notorious unsolved murders had finally been solved. Then the story completely fell apart. #JonBenetRamsey #JohnMarkKarr #TrueCrime #2000sthrow