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Cultural dates, releases and technologies with reviewable evidence and editorial oversight.

6 December 2006
PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO / MEXICO

The creation of the Museum Archive of Photography is published

The creation of Mexico City’s Museum Archive of Photography was published in the Official Gazette of the Federal District on 6 December 2006.

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  1. Censo-Guía de Archivos de España e Iberoaméricacensoarchivos.cultura.gob.es · accessed 09/28/2026
2006
COMPUTERS / NORTHERN AMERICA

The Macintosh transition to Intel processors begins

Apple began moving the Macintosh line from PowerPC to Intel processors, another technical shift in a product family that had continued since the original model.

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  1. Macintoshes.wikipedia.org · accessed 09/28/2026
2006
RESTORATION / ITALY

The Museo della Figurina in Modena opens

The Museo della Figurina in Modena, formed from Giuseppe Panini’s private collection, opened in 2006 and preserves a large collection of printed images.

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  1. Una historia de cromos | Pixartprintingwww.pixartprinting.es · accessed 09/28/2026
2006
TOYS / JAPAN

Launch of the Bakugan Battle Brawlers series

Start of the broadcast of the Japanese-Canadian anime series that popularized the Bakugan toy, produced by TMS Entertainment.

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  1. Bakugan Battle Brawlerstranslate.google.com · accessed 10/18/2026
  2. Bakugan Battle Brawlersdbpedia.org · accessed 10/18/2026
2006
RESTORATION / EUROPE

“Restauración e Historia: ¿Conflicto de intereses?” is published

Crossref records this article by Paolo B. Torsello in the journal Loggia, Arquitectura & Restauración, in 2006. The available evidence does not specify the publication day or month.

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  1. Restauración e Historia: ¿Conflicto de intereses?doi.org · accessed 09/30/2026
2006
SOFTWARE / SPAIN

Photoshop appears as a tool in a study of institutional documentation

An academic paper published in 2006 mentions Photoshop among the tools used to process texts, edit images and design websites. It documents the software’s role in an institutional workflow, not the program’s broader history or a specific version.

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  1. INICIATIVAS INSTITUCIONALES DEe-archivo.uc3m.es · accessed 10/08/2026
19 August 2005
ANIMATION / MEXICO

Imaginum opens in Mexican cinemas

After its first screening in March, Imaginum received its nationwide release in Mexico on August 19, 2005.

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  1. Imaginumes.wikipedia.org · accessed 11/04/2026
11 March 2005
ANIMATION / MEXICO

Imaginum is screened for the first time at the Guadalajara Film Festival

The film received its first screening on March 11, 2005, during the 20th Guadalajara International Film Festival.

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  1. Imaginumes.wikipedia.org · accessed 11/04/2026
15 April 2004
INTERNET / UNITED STATES

IMVU is founded

IMVU is founded in the United States as a 3D chat and social platform, enabling users to customize avatars and digital spaces.

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  1. IMVUes.wikipedia.org · accessed 11/05/2026
2004
RESTORATION / LATIN AMERICA

Publication of a Study on a Chancay Funerary Mask

The *Boletín Museo Nacional de Historia Natural* published a work titled “A Chancay Funerary Mask: Restoration and Cultural Context.” The evidence identifies the year 2004, but not a publication month or day.

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  1. Una máscara funeraria Chancay: restauración y contexto culturaldoi.org · accessed 11/10/2026
2004
RESTORATION / GLOBAL

FIAT/IFTA issues a worldwide call to preserve audiovisual archives

In 2004, the International Federation of Television Archives issued a worldwide call to preserve radio and television archives, emphasizing their value as expressions of cultural identity and historical testimony.

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  1. Preservación del patrimonio audiovisual de televisión El archivo de Televisión Española (TVE): de los orígenes a la digitalización - Dialnetdialnet.unirioja.es · accessed 09/25/2026
19 November 2003
ANIMATION / LATIN AMERICA

Magos y gigantes, Ánima Estudios’ first feature film, is released

The source identifies Magos y gigantes as the studio’s first film and dates its release to 19 November 2003. It does not specify where it premiered.

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  1. Con la animación en las venas: Ánima Estudioslideresmexicanos.com · accessed 10/19/2026
  2. Ánima (empresa)translate.google.com · accessed 10/19/2026
  3. Ánima Estudioses.wikipedia.org · accessed 11/04/2026
1 October 2003
INTERNET / GLOBAL

4chan launches

4chan, an English-language anonymous imageboard website, was launched by Christopher “moot” Poole.

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  1. 4chanes.wikipedia.org · accessed 10/09/2026
15 March 2003
TELEVISION / CHILE

31 Minutos premieres on Chilean television

The Chilean children’s series 31 Minutos premiered on Televisión Nacional de Chile on 15 March 2003. With a satirical news bulletin performed by puppets, the programme became one of Chile’s best-known children’s productions and reached audiences in other Spanish-speaking Latin American countries.

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  1. El mundo según 31 Minutosmascultura.mx · accessed 10/25/2026
  2. Origen de 31 Minutos, el programa infantil chileno de títeres y sátira - Espectáculoswww.milenio.com · accessed 11/06/2026
  3. 31 minutos: un especial show infantil que regresó al ruedo gracias a un Tiny Desk, que se volvió viral - El programa de marionetas es uno de los mayores íconos televisivos del siglo XXIwww.lanacion.com.ar · accessed 11/06/2026
  4. ESPECIAL: Exposición repasa 20 años de historia de "31 Minutos", los títeres chilenos estrellas en América Latinaspanish.news.cn · accessed 11/06/2026
  5. Televisión Nacional de Chilees.wikipedia.org · accessed 11/06/2026
2003
PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO / UNITED STATES

Founding of Shutterstock

Jon Oringer founds Shutterstock in New York, a platform that will later become a key catalyst for the convergence of photography and video under a single licensing model.

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  1. Shutterstockes.wikipedia.org · accessed 10/18/2026
2002
RESTORATION / SPAIN

A technical history of mortars for conservation and restoration is published

In 2002, the University of Seville published *Historia, caracterización y restauración de morteros* by Francisco Javier Alejandre Sánchez. The book examines mortars historically and through material-characterisation methods, and discusses their replacement, repair and conservation, emphasizing the value of understanding materials before intervening in architectural heritage.

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  1. Historia, caracterización y restauración de morterosdoi.org · accessed 10/25/2026
2002
FILM / SPAIN

Cinema and video in the “Cine y casi cine 2002” programme

The Museo Reina Sofía’s “Cine y casi cine 2002” programme included an activity titled “Cinema and Video”.

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  1. Cine y casi cine 2002www.museoreinasofia.es · accessed 10/02/2026
2002
ANIMATION / MEXICO

Founding of Ánima Estudios in Mexico City

In 2002, Fernando de Fuentes Sainz and José Carlos García de Letona founded Ánima Estudios in Mexico City, marking the beginning of a digital animation production stage that would influence the Mexican industry.

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  1. Historia de la animación mexicana - Vinoglaucovinoglauco.wordpress.com · accessed 10/19/2026
  2. 'Hacer animación en México no es imposible' - 20 de mayo 2015www.chilango.com · accessed 11/04/2026
  3. Ánima Estudios - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia librees.wikipedia.org · accessed 10/27/2026
  4. Con la animación en las venas: Ánima Estudioslideresmexicanos.com · accessed 10/27/2026
  5. Datos de Ánima Estudios en México | PDFwww.scribd.com · accessed 10/23/2026
  6. Datos de Ánima Estudios en México | PDFes.scribd.com · accessed 10/19/2026
  7. Ánima Estudioses.wikipedia.org · accessed 11/04/2026
2001
INTERNET / UNITED STATES

Consolidation of Internet Archive as a virtual library

In 2001, Internet Archive achieved one of its original goals: becoming a virtual library tasked with safeguarding the ephemeral memory of the web. This milestone marks the beginning of an era in which the preservation of websites became a systematic practice, allowing the reconstruction of vanished digital services and the documentation of the cultural context of the first decade of the internet.

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  1. (PDF) Internet Archive": la conservación de lo efímerowww.academia.edu · accessed 10/24/2026