About the day » Tuesday December 5, 2006Calender converter

• Samuel G Boender († 2006)

• Alan Richard Butts (56), Palmer, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States of America
• Albert Hidding (93), Blijham (gem. Westerwolde)
• Alexandra Pavlovna Galitzine (101)
• Catharina Kaandorp (76), Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adolf Antoon Berden (71), Tongeren, België
• Francina Teuntje (Sieni) Stouthart (76), Eindhoven
• Frederik Willem Kooiman (76), Purmerend
• Gabriël Cornelis Visser (62), Hippolytushoef (Wieringen)
• Aleksandra Pavlovna GALITZINE (101), Lake Forest Lake County Illinois U.S.A
• Charles Willebrordus Brons (47), Heerhugowaard, Nederland

• 1990 » Montee Ball, American football player
• 1991 » Jacopo Sala, Italian footballer
• 1992 » Ilja Antonov, Estonian footballer
• 1992 » Natalie Sourisseau, Canadian field hockey player
• 1993 » Ross Barkley, English footballer
• 1994 » Grant Ward, English footballer
• 1994 » Ondrej Duda, Slovak footballer
• 1995 » Anthony Martial, French footballer
• 1995 » Danny Levi, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1995 » Kaetlyn Osmond, Canadian figure skater

• 2005 » Edward L. Masry, American lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
• 2006 » David Bronstein, Ukrainian-Belarusian chess player and theoretician (b. 1924)
• 2007 » Andrew Imbrie, American composer and academic (b. 1921)
• 2007 » George Paraskevaides, Greek-Cypriot businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Joannou & Paraskevaides (b. 1916)
• 2007 » Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer and academic (b. 1928)
• 2008 » Anca Parghel, Romanian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1957)
• 2008 » Beverly Garland, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1926)
• 2008 » George Brecht, American chemist and composer (b. 1926)
• 2008 » Nina Foch, Dutch-American actress (b. 1924)
• 2008 » Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow (b. 1929)

• 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.
• May 12 » Iranian Azeris interpret a cartoon published in an Iranian magazine as insulting, resulting in massive riots throughout the country.
• July 6 » The Nathu La pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.
• August 22 » Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border over eastern Ukraine, killing all 170 people on board.
• December 18 » United Arab Emirates holds its first-ever elections.
• December 28 » War in Somalia: The militaries of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopian troops capture Mogadishu unopposed.
• December 29 » The UK settles its Anglo-American loan, post-WWII loan debt.

The temperature on December 5, 2006 was between 10.8 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.