About the day » Friday January 6, 1905Calender converter

• Adriana Crijntje Holswilder, Schiedam
• Alexander Harold (Shaddock) JONES, Pope County, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten († 1989)
• Agatha Johanna Smit, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Visser, Kollum/Munnekezijl († 1953)
• Aldegonda Adriana Achten, Vlijmen († 1974)
• Adolf (Avraham) Baumwoll, Poland († 1995)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Johanna van Meel, Halsteren, N-Br, NL († 1905)
• Alfons Camps, Heist-op-den-Berg, België († 1999)
• Adriana Josina Scheepers, Bethlehem, Orange Free State, South Africa († 1985)
• Albert Johannes Hartman, Emmen (Drenthe)

• Anna Maria Braam (0), Drempt, Nederland
• Anthonius Zevenhoven (85), Ter Aar
• Agnes Anna Maria Jeanette Coumans (0), Nederweert,, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana Hendrika Johanna Gruijls, Rotterdam
• Adriana van Westen (87), Zierikzee
• Agnes Anna Maria Jeanette Coumans (0), Nederweert
• Alberdina Johanna Heijnen (68), Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Annetje Gielen (84)
• Alegonda van Hoorn (69), Loon op Zand
• Aloys Lamote (33), Klerken

• 1898 » James Fitzmaurice, Irish soldier and pilot († 1965)
• 1899 » Heinrich Nordhoff, German engineer († 1968)
• 1900 » Maria of Yugoslavia, Queen of Yugoslavia from 1922 to 1934 († 1961)
• 1903 » Maurice Abravanel, Greek-American pianist and conductor († 1993)
• 1910 » Wright Morris, American author and photographer († 1998)
• 1910 » Yiannis Papaioannou, Greek composer and educator († 1989)
• 1912 » Danny Thomas, American actor, comedian, producer and humanitarian († 1991)
• 1912 » Jacques Ellul, French philosopher and critic († 1994)
• 1913 » Edward Gierek, Polish lawyer and politician († 2001)
• 1913 » Loretta Young, American actress († 2000)

• 1884 » Gregor Mendel, Czech geneticist and botanist (b. 1822)
• 1885 » Bharatendu Harishchandra, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1850)
• 1896 » Thomas W. Knox, American journalist and author (b. 1835)
• 1902 » Lars Hertervig, Norwegian painter (b. 1830)
• 1913 » Frederick Hitch, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack, Dutch economist and historian (b. 1834)
• 1918 » Georg Cantor, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1845)
• 1919 » Theodore Roosevelt, American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States (b. 1858)
• 1921 » Devil Anse Hatfield, American guerrilla leader (b. 1839)
• 1922 » Jakob Rosanes, Ukrainian-German mathematician and chess player (b. 1842)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Wilhelmus
14. Arie
15. Hendrikus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Trijntje
16. Helena

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
• May 5 » The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
• August 13 » Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
• September 8 » The 7.2 M_w  Calabria earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 557 and 2,500 people.
• September 11 » The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.
• September 23 » Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
• November 21 » Albert Einstein's paper that leads to the mass–energy equivalence formula, E=mc², is published in the journal Annalen der Physik.

The temperature on January 6, 1905 was between 3.1 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.