About the day » Tuesday January 2, 1906Calender converter

• Alida Bouwman, Haarzuilens, Vleuten-de Meern, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje KRANT, Hilversum, NH, Nederland († 1943)
• Adriana Johanna Baaij, Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1906)
• Albert Boer, Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1935)
• Ali Diego Julien Woerdings († 1976)
• Aaltje Krant, Hilversum,Gemeente Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• adrianus kraal, alphen aan den rijn
• Adriaan Leendert Leendertse, Wissenkerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Hubert, Assen
• Albertus Flikkema, Krewerd, Bierum, Groningen, Nederland († 1979)

• Anna Maria van Lamoen (71), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Elisabeth Lambertusd van Balkom (65), Utrecht, ut.nld
• Adriana Bekkers (75), Tilburg
• Antje Jans Veenstra (63)
• Woerden, van (0), Deft
• Aantje Scheurwater (38), Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred de Degenfeld-Schonbourg (79)
• Adrianus Gagesteijn (Gagestein) (62), Overschie
• Anna Elisabeth Bosch (56), Deventer
• Anna Adriana Reinders (0), Warmenhuizen, Harenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1900 » Una Ledingham, British physician, known for research on diabetes in pregnancy († 1965)
• 1901 » Bob Marshall, American activist, co-founded The Wilderness Society († 1939)
• 1902 » Dan Keating, Irish Republican Army volunteer († 2007)
• 1903 » Kane Tanaka, Japanese supercentenarian, oldest verified living person
• 1904 » Walter Heitler, German physicist and chemist († 1981)
• 1905 » Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter († 1991)
• 1905 » Michael Tippett, English composer and conductor († 1998)
• 1909 » Barry Goldwater, American politician, businessman, and author († 1998)
• 1909 » Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer and author († 2009)
• 1913 » Anna Lee, English-American actress († 2004)

• 1892 » George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
• 1904 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
• 1913 » Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
• 1915 » Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
• 1920 » Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
• 1939 » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1941 » Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
• 1946 » Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (b. 1870)

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

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

• 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 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 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
• September 12 » The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.
• September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
• December 10 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.
• December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
• December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

The temperature on January 2, 1906 was between -4.4 °C and -0.8 °C and averaged -2.3 °C. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.