Rewind to 9–15 July 2006, when your Top 8 could end friendships, everyone suddenly had an opinion in 140 characters and celebrity reality TV decided skating on knives sounded like a great idea.

🌐 MySpace officially wins the internet
Move over Yahoo! Mail. MySpace became the most visited website in America, proving we'd happily spend hours tweaking glittery profiles, choosing the perfect autoplay song and stressing over who made the Top 8.

🐦 Twitter enters the chat
A tiny new website asked one simple question: ‘What are you doing?’ No hashtags. No retweets. Just 140 characters that would eventually change news, politics and how often strangers argued with each other online.

🎬 Captain Jack rules the box office
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest stayed number one, Davy Jones' CGI blew everyone's minds and that ending left an entire generation impatiently waiting for the next movie.

⛸️ Australians discovered ice is slippery
Dancing on Ice glided onto Channel Nine with celebrities, sequins and an alarming number of injuries. It was reality TV at its wonderfully unhinged mid-2000s peak and somehow ballroom dancing suddenly looked like the safer option.

💥 Mumbai rocked by coordinated bombings
One of the week's biggest news stories saw seven bombs explode across Mumbai's rail network during peak hour, killing 189 people. It was a devastating attack that reshaped railway security and remains one of modern India's defining tragedies.

🤘 Sepultura turns a page
Founding drummer Igor Cavalera was officially replaced, marking the end of one of metal's most iconic line-ups. Fans were split but the band kept marching on.

📚 Stephanie Plum was back on the case
Janet Evanovich's Twelve Sharp topped the bestseller list, serving up murder, mayhem and yet another reason readers couldn't quit Team Ranger versus Team Morelli.

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