About the day » Monday February 6, 2006Calender converter

February 7, 2006 Next pagePrevious page February 5, 2006


Died on Monday February 6, 2006



Born on February 6

Died on February 6
  • 2001 » Filemon Lagman, Filipino theoretician and activist (b. 1953)
  • 2002 » Max Perutz, Austrian-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)
  • 2004 » Gerald Bouey, Canadian lieutenant and economist (b. 1920)
  • 2005 » Karl Haas, German-American pianist, conductor, and radio host (b. 1913)
  • 2007 » Frankie Laine, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1913)
  • 2007 » Lew Burdette, American baseball player and coach (b. 1926)
  • 2007 » Willye White, American runner and long jumper (b. 1939)
  • 2008 » Tony Rolt, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1918)
  • 2009 » James Whitmore, American actor (b. 1921)
  • 2009 » Philip Carey, American actor (b. 1925)

Names that were popular for boys in 2006
  1. Jop
  2. Thijs
  3. Thomas
  4. Sem
  5. Lucas
  6. Daan
  7. Lars
  8. Stijn
  9. Tim
  10. Milan
  11. Jesse
  12. Jan
  13. Ruben
  14. Niels
  15. Miquel
  16. Sam
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.
  • May 12 » Mass unrest by the Primeiro Comando da Capital begins in São Paulo (Brazil), leaving at least 150 dead.
  • May 23 » Alaskan stratovolcano Mount Cleveland erupts.
  • July 31 » Fidel Castro hands over power to his brother, Raúl.
  • August 11 » The oil tanker MT Solar 1 sinks off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Islands in the Philippines, causing the country's worst oil spill.
  • August 24 » The International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefines the term "planet" such that Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet.
  • October 4 » WikiLeaks is launched.
Weather February 6, 2006

The temperature on February 6, 2006 was between 3.2 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.

Source: KNMI