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March 7, 2006Died on Wednesday March 8, 2006
- Cornelia Maria Zoet (86), Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland
- Coenraad_Gerrit Luttge (76), Purmerend
- Clarence Slager (79), Waupun, Dodge County, Wisconsin
- Auke Kok (91), Hurdegaryp
- Annie Denissen (63), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Arita Janna de Jongh (95), Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Nederland
- Albert Zwiers (86)
- Cornelis (kees) Kroon (78)
- Annechien Nijborg (94), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
- Albert (Ab) ZWIERS (86), Hardenberg (NL/OV)
Born on March 8
- 1990 » Asier Illarramendi, Spanish footballer
- 1990 » Petra Kvitová, Czech tennis player
- 1991 » Miriam Bryant, Swedish-Finnish singer-songwriter
- 1991 » Tom English, Australian rugby player
- 1992 » Uki Satake, Japanese singer, actress, and radio host
- 1994 » Claire Emslie, Scottish footballer
- 1994 » Dylan Tombides, Australian footballer († 2014)
- 1994 » Pablo Dyego, Brazilian footballer
- 1996 » Matthew Hammelmann, Australian rules footballer
- 1998 » Tali Darsigny, Canadian weightlifter
Died on March 8
- 2001 » Edward Winter, American actor (b. 1937)
- 2003 » Adam Faith, English singer (b. 1940)
- 2003 » Karen Morley, American actress (b. 1909)
- 2004 » Muhammad Zaidan, Syrian terrorist, founded the Palestine Liberation Front (b. 1948)
- 2005 » Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen commander and politician, 3rd President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (b. 1951)
- 2005 » César Lattes, Brazilian physicist and academic (b. 1924)
- 2007 » John Inman, English actor (b. 1935)
- 2007 » John Vukovich, American baseball player and coach (b. 1947)
- 2009 » Hank Locklin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1918)
- 2009 » Zbigniew Religa, Polish surgeon and politician, Polish Minister of Health (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.
- January 22 » Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country's first indigenous president.
- February 17 » A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines; the official death toll is set at 1,126.
- March 1 » English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station.
- July 17 » The 7.7 Mw Pangandaran tsunami earthquake severely affects the Indonesian island of Java, killing 668 people, and leaving more than 9,000 injured.
- December 4 » Six black youths assault a white teenager in Jena, Louisiana.
- December 18 » United Arab Emirates holds its first-ever elections.
Weather March 8, 2006
The temperature on March 8, 2006 was between 1.7 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 19.0 mm of rain during 13.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.