About the day » Thursday April 13, 2006Calender converter

• August Lambert Steinmeyer (79), Grundy Center, Grundy County, Iowa
• Aaltje Stoter (82), Roosendaal
• Arthur Fremont Wright (93), Everett, Snohomish, Washington, United States
• Dieuwertje van Twuyver (92), Den Helder
• Aafke Poortinga (75), Annen, Aa en Hunze, Drenthe, Nederland
• Cornelis Ouwehand (75), Katwijk
• Anne Tjallings de Boer (78), Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Edward Harry Reuther (78), Wentzville, St. Charles, MISSOURI
• Clarence Tyll (86)
• Antonius Petrus van Gompel (77), Veldhoven (Maxima Ziekenhuis)

• 1990 » Anastasija Sevastova, a professional tennis player from Latvia
• 1991 » Akeem Adams, Trinidadian footballer († 2013)
• 1991 » Josh Gordon, American football player
• 1991 » Ulises Dávila, Mexican footballer
• 1992 » Denis Kudryavtsev, Russian hurdler
• 1992 » Jordan Silk, Australian cricketer
• 1993 » Tony Wroten, American basketball player
• 1994 » Ángelo Henríquez, Chilean footballer
• 1994 » Elvis Merzļikins, Latvian ice hockey player
• 1997 » Kyle Walker-Peters, English footballer

• 2004 » Caron Keating, Northern Irish television host (b. 1962)
• 2005 » Don Blasingame, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1932)
• 2005 » Johnnie Johnson, American pianist and songwriter (b. 1924)
• 2005 » Philippe Volter, Belgian actor and director (b. 1959)
• 2005 » Phillip Pavia, American painter and sculptor (b. 1912)
• 2006 » Bill Baker, American baseball player, coach, and umpire (b. 1911)
• 2006 » Muriel Spark, Scottish novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1918)
• 2008 » John Archibald Wheeler, American physicist and academic (b. 1911)
• 2009 » Bruce Snyder, American football player and coach (b. 1940)
• 2009 » Mark Fidrych, American baseball player (b. 1954)

• 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.
• April 11 » Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces Iran's claim to have successfully enriched uranium.
• May 5 » The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army.
• September 17 » An audio tape of a private speech by Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány is leaked to the public, in which he confessed that his Hungarian Socialist Party had lied to win the 2006 election, sparking widespread protests across the country.
• October 4 » WikiLeaks is launched.
• October 15 » The 6.7 M_w Kiholo Bay earthquake rocks Hawaii, causing property damage, injuries, landslides, power outages, and the closure of Honolulu International Airport.
• December 29 » The UK settles its Anglo-American loan, post-WWII loan debt.

The temperature on April 13, 2006 was between 7.4 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (6%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.