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Born on Tuesday April 4, 2006
Died on Tuesday April 4, 2006



Born on April 4

Died on April 4
  • 2001 » Ed Roth, American illustrator and engineer (b. 1932)
  • 2001 » Liisi Oterma, Finnish astronomer (b. 1915)
  • 2001 » Maury Van Vliet, American-Canadian academic (b. 1913)
  • 2003 » Anthony Caruso, American actor (b. 1916)
  • 2004 » Briek Schotte, Belgian cyclist and coach (b. 1919)
  • 2005 » Edward Bronfman, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1924)
  • 2007 » Bob Clark, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1941)
  • 2007 » Karen Spärck Jones, English computer scientist and academic (b. 1935)
  • 2008 » Francis Tucker, South African race car driver (b. 1923)
  • 2009 » Maxine Cooper, American actress, activist and photographer (b. 1924)

Names that were popular for boys in 2006
  1. Jop
  2. Thijs
  3. Thomas
  4. Sem
  5. Lucas
  6. Daan
  7. Stijn
  8. Lars
  9. Tim
  10. Milan
  11. Jesse
  12. Jan
  13. Ruben
  14. Sam
  15. Niels
  16. Miquel
Names that were popular for girls in 2006
  1. Emma
  2. Fleur
  3. Sanne
  4. Anna
  5. Joanna
  6. Sophie
  7. Marit
  8. Julia
  9. Arieanna
  10. Maria
  11. Anouk
  12. Lotte
  13. Leonore
  14. Anne
  15. Iris
  16. 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.
  • March 10 » The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.
  • May 21 » The Republic of Montenegro holds a referendum proposing independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro; 55% of Montenegrins vote for independence.
  • May 23 » Alaskan stratovolcano Mount Cleveland erupts.
  • May 27 » The 6.4 Mw  Yogyakarta earthquake shakes central Java with an MSK intensity of VIII (Damaging), leaving more than 5,700 dead and 37,000 injured.
  • August 4 » A massacre is carried out by Sri Lankan government forces, killing 17 employees of the French INGO Action Against Hunger (known internationally as Action Contre la Faim, or ACF).
  • October 28 » A funeral service takes place at the Bykivnia graves for those Ukrainians who were killed by the Soviet secret police.
Weather April 4, 2006

The temperature on April 4, 2006 was between 2.1 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.

Source: KNMI