About the day » Sunday March 5, 2006Calender converter

• Rachel Kezia Patty, Jakarta, Indonesië († 2006)

• Artje Scheffers (84)
• Aafke Visser (82), Sneek
• Catharina Johanna van Warmerdam (84), Nice, Frankr
• Catharina Maria Langeveld (88), Baarn
• Dorothy Adrienne Bodden (91), Clearwater, Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Audrey Olivia Cooper (103), Canton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Agacira Sebastiana de Arruda (80), Porangaba, São Paulo, Brasil
• Catharina Maria Langeveld (88), Baarn, Nederland
• Fenna Vasse (81), Heemse
• Beverly J. Sonderegger (75), Oskaloosa, Mahaska Co., Iowa

• 1993 » El Hadji Ba, French footballer
• 1993 » Joshua Coyne, American violinist and composer
• 1994 » Daria Gavrilova, Russian-Australian tennis player
• 1994 » Kyle Schwarber, American baseball player
• 1996 » Emmanuel Mudiay, Congolese basketball player
• 1996 » Taylor Hill, American model
• 1997 » Milena Venega, Cuban rower
• 1998 » Bo Bichette, American baseball player
• 1999 » Madison Beer, American singer, songwriter and producer.
• 2007 » Roman Griffin Davis, British actor, second youngest Golden Globe recipient.

• 2000 » Lolo Ferrari, French dancer, actress and singer (b. 1963)
• 2005 » David Sheppard, English cricketer and bishop (b. 1929)
• 2008 » Joseph Weizenbaum, German computer scientist and author (b. 1923)
• 2010 » Charles B. Pierce, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)
• 2010 » Richard Stapley, British actor and writer (b. 1923)
• 2011 » Manolis Rasoulis, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
• 2012 » Paul Haines, New Zealand-Australian author (b. 1970)
• 2012 » Philip Madoc, Welsh-English actor (b. 1934)
• 2012 » Robert B. Sherman, American songwriter and screenwriter (b. 1925)
• 2012 » William O. Wooldridge, American sergeant (b. 1922)

• 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.
• January 22 » Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country's first indigenous president.
• February 24 » Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declares Proclamation 1017 placing the country in a state of emergency in attempt to subdue a possible military coup.
• April 27 » Construction begins on the Freedom Tower (later renamed One World Trade Center) in New York City.
• July 5 » North Korea tests four short-range missiles, one medium-range missile and a long-range Taepodong-2. The long-range Taepodong-2 reportedly fails in mid-air over the Sea of Japan.
• July 11 » Mumbai train bombings: Two hundred nine people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India.
• October 4 » WikiLeaks is launched.

The temperature on March 5, 2006 was between -4.0 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.