Rewind to 6–12 August 2006, when airport security changed forever, Christina Aguilera went full Old Hollywood, Tiger Woods was collecting milestones like Pokémon cards and your AOL search history suddenly wasn't as private as you thought.

✈️ The plot that changed flying forever
A foiled terror plot targeting multiple transatlantic flights threw airports into chaos and introduced the liquid restrictions we're still dealing with today. If you've ever argued with security over a bottle of sunscreen, this is where it all began.

🐯 Tiger hits 50
Tiger Woods claimed his 50th PGA Tour victory while sitting firmly at the top of the sporting world. Before the scandals, before the comeback, this was Peak Tiger – so dominant that rappers were using his name as shorthand for being the best.

🔍 Oops... there goes your privacy
AOL accidentally released 20 million search queries from 500,000 users, proving that "anonymous" data wasn't nearly as anonymous as everyone thought. It became one of the internet's biggest privacy wake-up calls and still feels eerily relevant.

💋 Xtina goes Back to Basics
Christina Aguilera swapped the Dirrty era for jazz, soul and vintage Hollywood glamour. The result? One of the biggest pop reinventions of the decade, complete with Ain't No Other Man, Hurt and Candyman.

🐾 Blue finds one last clue
After ten years of Handy Dandy Notebooks and Thinking Chairs, Blue's Clues aired its final original episode. We look back at the show that quietly revolutionised children's TV and the emotional Steve Burns comeback that made millennials unexpectedly cry years later.

🏁 Shake and bake!
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby raced into cinemas, proving NASCAR, Will Ferrell and absurd one-liners were a winning combination. If you ain't first... well, you know the rest.

🎶 Don't loosen up those buttons just yet
The Pussycat Dolls' Buttons was climbing the charts, complete with the Snoop Dogg remix that became the version everyone remembers. It's pure mid-2000s pop perfection.

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Rewind to 30 July–5 August 2006, when The Terminator went green, YouTube discovered the secret to going viral and one of sport's greatest victories started falling apart almost as quickly as it happened.

🌍 The Governator goes green
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Tony Blair teamed up to tackle climate change in what might be the most unexpected political crossover of the 2000s. One brought international diplomacy, the other brought catchphrases. Together they promised to "terminate pollution" long before climate action became front-page politics.

🚴 From yellow jersey to red flag
Fresh off one of the greatest comeback rides in Tour de France history, Floyd Landis found himself facing a positive testosterone test that would eventually strip him of cycling's biggest prize. Turns out the biggest twist wasn't on the mountain stage.

🎤 Top of the Pops drops the mic
After 42 years, more than 2,200 episodes and countless mimed performances, Britain's most iconic music show aired its final regular episode. An institution that launched pop careers quietly signed off as music television began giving way to the internet.

🏃 Four treadmills changed the internet
OK Go's Here It Goes Again proved you didn't need explosions or million-dollar budgets to make history. Just one camera, perfect timing and a choreography routine that every office worker immediately overestimated their ability to recreate.

🍸 One arrest, one rant, one career-changing moment
Mel Gibson's drink-driving arrest became one of Hollywood's biggest PR disasters after his shocking comments to police made headlines around the world. Celebrity scandals would never quite be handled the same way again.

📺 Being D-list suddenly became A-list television
Kathy Griffin's My Life on the D-List premiered and turned celebrity desperation into Emmy-winning reality TV. Before influencers overshared for a living, Kathy was happily making a career out of not being quite famous enough.

🎬 Cinema served cops and couch surfers
Miami Vice brought Michael Mann's stylish reboot of the iconic TV series to cinemas, while You, Me and Dupree asked one very important question: how long before you'd kick Owen Wilson out of your spare room?

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Rewind to 23–29 July 2006, when gossip blogs could make global headlines, Australians argued over drinking recycled water and apparently every second Neighbours actor fancied themselves the next pop star.

🎤 Lance Bass tells his story
After years of rumours and relentless tabloid speculation, the *NSYNC star came out in a People magazine exclusive. We rewind to one of the defining celebrity moments of the 2000s, unpack the role Perez Hilton played and explore just how much has changed in the last 20 years.

🚰 Would you drink recycled sewage?
Toowoomba became the centre of one of Australia's most memorable public debates, with 'Poowoomba', 'toilet to tap' and plenty of fear campaigns dominating the headlines. Looking back, it's a fascinating lesson in how language can shape public opinion.

🌈 When one sporting event became two
The inaugural World Outgames kicked off in Montreal after a spectacular falling-out split the LGBTQ+ sporting movement. We revisit the history of the Gay Games, why they existed in the first place and how the conversation around inclusion in sport has evolved.

🥵 California's silent disaster
One of the deadliest heatwaves in US history claimed more than 140 lives, many of them older people living alone behind closed doors. It's a sobering reminder that the most dangerous natural disasters aren't always the loudest.

🎶 Ramsay Street's latest pop princess
Stephanie McIntosh released Mistake, giving us the perfect excuse to revisit the surprisingly long list of Neighbours stars who swapped soap scripts for recording studios. Kylie, Jason, Holly… was acting just Plan B?

👑 A crowning moment... then a collapse
Miss Puerto Rico was crowned Miss Universe before fainting on stage moments later. We revisit one of the pageant's most memorable finales and look at how beauty competitions have transformed since Donald Trump owned the Miss Universe organisation.

🎧 Pharrell steps into the spotlight
Before Happy conquered the world, Pharrell released his debut solo album In My Mind. We look back at the record that proved one of music's greatest producers was ready to become a star in his own right.

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