About the day » Tuesday February 6, 1906Calender converter

• Alida Frieser, rotterdam († 1994)
• Alida Hijna, Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Nederland
• Albertus Snel, Willeskop († 1911)
• Albertus Snel, Willeskop († 1911)
• Albertus Evert Hasselaar, Veenendaal
• Alfred Goldsteen, Kohlscheid DE († 1945)
• Alida Boukes († 2004)
• Abraham Pieter Dijkman, Hillegersberg (Rotterdam)
• Aletta Teuntje Vogelaar, Nieuwer Amstel (Amstelveen) († 1973)
• Clara Maria Zijlmans, Raamsdonkveer († 1906)

• Anna Gesina Klene (74), Steinbild, Kluse
• Andrew Jackson Wells (87), Breckenridge, Wilkin, Minnesota, United States
• Aart Rikkers (1), Alblasserdam
• Albertus Scheffer (77), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hubertina Beckers (2), Wijlre, Gulpen-Wittem, Limburg, Niederlande
• Adam Leopold Kuehlthau (65), West Bend, Washington
• Anna Maria van Nuland (0), Zevenaar, Nederland
• Antoinette Jacoba Hoynck van Papendrecht (52), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Aaltje Mensink (59), Rectum (Wierden)
• Aloijsius Petrus Willebrordus Sanders (61), Leiden

• 1902 » George Brunies, American trombonist († 1974)
• 1903 » Claudio Arrau, Chilean pianist and composer († 1991)
• 1905 » Jan Werich, Czech actor and playwright († 1980)
• 1905 » Władysław Gomułka, Polish politician († 1982)
• 1906 » Joseph Schull, Canadian playwright and historian († 1980)
• 1908 » Amintore Fanfani, Italian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Italy († 1999)
• 1908 » Edward Lansdale, American general and CIA agent († 1987)
• 1908 » Geo Bogza, Romanian poet and journalist († 1993)
• 1908 » Michael Maltese, American actor, screenwriter, and composer († 1981)
• 1910 » Roman Czerniawski, Polish air force officer and spy († 1985)

• 1899 » Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1874)
• 1899 » Leo von Caprivi, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1831)
• 1902 » John Colton, English-Australian politician, 13th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)
• 1916 » Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat (b. 1867)
• 1918 » Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter and illustrator (b. 1862)
• 1929 » Maria Christina of Austria (b. 1858)
• 1931 » Motilal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (b. 1861)
• 1932 » John Earle, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1865)
• 1938 » Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Jaan Soots, Estonian general and politician, 7th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1880)

• 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.
• March 15 » Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
• April 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
• April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
• June 8 » Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
• August 13 » The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
• November 24 » A 13–6 victory by the Massillon Tigers over their rivals, the Canton Bulldogs, for the "Ohio League" Championship, leads to accusations that the championship series was fixed and results in the first major scandal in professional American football.

The average temperature on February 6, 1906 was -0.6 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.