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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)

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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.
  • February 22 » At least six men stage Britain's biggest robbery, stealing £53m (about $92.5 million or €78 million) from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent.
  • July 11 » Mumbai train bombings: Two hundred nine people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India.
  • August 22 » Grigori Perelman is awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refuses to accept the medal.
  • November 10 » The National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia is opened and dedicated by U.S. President George W. Bush, who announces that Marine Corporal Jason Dunham will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor.
  • December 5 » Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrows the government in Fiji.
  • December 11 » The International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust is opened in Tehran, Iran, by then-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; nations such as Israel and the United States express concern.
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