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January 19, 2006
Died on Friday January 20, 2006
- Cornelia (Nel) Conijn (74), Lutjebroek
- Antonius Petrus Josephus Moelands (68), Breda
- Eileen Evelyn Kosters (78), Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado
- Anna Breed (67)
- Antonia Juffer (84), Amerongen
- Ferdinand Tjerk Muskee (78), Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland
- Arend Wijn (86)
- Ferdinand Joukes van der Werff (90), Haren, Nederland
- Cornelia Maria Hodde (77), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
- Adriana Cornelia Leunis (85)
Born on January 20
- 1991 » Ciara Hanna, American actress and model
- 1991 » Jolyon Palmer, English racing driver
- 1991 » Polona Hercog, Slovenian tennis player
- 1991 » Tom Cairney, Scottish footballer, midfielder
- 1992 » Jorge Zárate, Mexican footballer
- 1993 » Lorenzo Crisetig, Italian footballer
- 1994 » Lucas Piazon, Brazilian footballer
- 1994 » Seán Kavanagh, Irish footballer, defender
- 1995 » Calum Chambers, English footballer, defender
- 1995 » Joey Badass, American rapper and actor
Died on January 20
- 2002 » Carrie Hamilton, American actress and singer (b. 1963)
- 2003 » Al Hirschfeld, American painter and illustrator (b. 1903)
- 2003 » Nedra Volz, American actress (b. 1908)
- 2004 » Alan Brown, English racing driver (b. 1919)
- 2004 » T. Nadaraja, Sri Lankan lawyer and academic (b. 1917)
- 2005 » Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Polish journalist and politician (b. 1913)
- 2005 » Miriam Rothschild, English zoologist, entomologist, and author (b. 1908)
- 2005 » Per Borten, Norwegian lawyer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1913)
- 2009 » Stéphanos II Ghattas, Egyptian patriarch (b. 1920)
- 2012 » Etta James, American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
Names that were popular for boys in 2006
- Jop
- Thijs
- Thomas
- Sem
- Lucas
- Daan
- Stijn
- Lars
- Tim
- Milan
- Jan
- Jesse
- Ruben
- Niels
- Miquel
- Gerrit
Names that were popular for girls in 2006
- Emma
- Fleur
- Sanne
- Anna
- Joanna
- Sophie
- Marit
- Julia
- Maria
- Arieanna
- Anouk
- Leonore
- Lotte
- 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.
- March 21 » The social media site Twitter is founded.
- June 18 » The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat-1 is launched.
- August 22 » Grigori Perelman is awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refuses to accept the medal.
- October 9 » North Korea conducts its first nuclear test.
- November 15 » Al Jazeera English launches worldwide.
- December 4 » Six black youths assault a white teenager in Jena, Louisiana.
Weather January 20, 2006
The temperature on January 20, 2006 was between 5.0 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.