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Born on Wednesday January 4, 2006
- Jorrit Victor Hoek, Midlum, Friesland, Nederland
Died on Wednesday January 4, 2006
- Cornelia Anna van Klaveren (82), ROTTERDAM, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
- Bart Jans KOENS (76), Christchurch New Zealand
- Bart Koens (76), Christchurch, Nieuw Zeeland
- Alberdina Bezema (94), Hengelo
- Bertha Aloysia Antonia Janssen (91), Zeist
- Arie in't Veld (91), Klaaswaal
- Akke Feites Terpstra (91), Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
- Aaltje Verstoep (98), Brunssum
- Bertha Bosma (94), Grand Rapids (Kent, Michigan, USA)
- Antje de Groot (93), Ermelo
Born on January 4
- 1985 » Gökhan Gönül, Turkish footballer
- 1985 » Kari Aalvik Grimsbø, Norwegian handball player
- 1986 » James Milner, English footballer
- 1986 » Younès Kaboul, French footballer
- 1989 » Graham Rahal, American race car driver
- 1990 » Toni Kroos, German footballer
- 1992 » Kris Bryant, American baseball player
- 1994 » Derrick Henry, American football player
- 1997 » Ante Žižić, Croatian basketball player
- 1998 » Liza Soberano, Filipina actress
Died on January 4
- 2005 » Bud Poile, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1924)
- 2005 » Frank Harary, American mathematician and academic (b. 1921)
- 2005 » Humphrey Carpenter, English radio host and author (b. 1946)
- 2005 » Robert Heilbroner, American economist and historian (b. 1919)
- 2006 » Irving Layton, Romanian-Canadian poet and academic (b. 1912)
- 2006 » Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Emirati politician, 1st Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (b. 1946)
- 2006 » Milton Himmelfarb, American sociographer, author, and academic (b. 1918)
- 2007 » Helen Hill, American director and producer (b. 1970)
- 2007 » Marais Viljoen, South African politician, 5th State President of South Africa (b. 1915)
- 2007 » Steve Krantz, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1923)
Names that were popular for boys in 2006
- Jop
- Thijs
- Thomas
- Sem
- Daan
- Lucas
- Stijn
- Lars
- Tim
- Milan
- Jesse
- Jan
- Ruben
- Sam
- Niels
- Miquel
Names that were popular for girls in 2006
- Emma
- Fleur
- Sanne
- Anna
- Joanna
- Sophie
- Marit
- Julia
- Arieanna
- Anouk
- Maria
- Lotte
- Leonore
- Anne
- Iris
- Eva
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 2006
- Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
- The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
- February 19 » A methane explosion in a coal mine near Nueva Rosita, Mexico, kills 65 miners.
- June 5 » Serbia declares independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.
- August 31 » Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream, stolen on August 22, 2004, is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police.
- October 2 » Five Amish girls are murdered in a shooting at a school in Pennsylvania, United States.
- November 10 » Sri Lankan Tamil politician Nadarajah Raviraj is assassinated in Colombo.
- November 21 » Anti-Syrian Lebanese politician and government minister Pierre Gemayel is assassinated in suburban Beirut.
Weather January 4, 2006
The temperature on January 4, 2006 was between -0.5 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.