About the day » Saturday September 23, 2006Calender converter

• George van Eden, Grand Rapids-Michigan (USA)
• Amber Michelle-Marie Ras, Aruba

• Bo Signar Kaare Bjørklund (81), Moss (Per Gynt Sykehjem)
• Alberdina Bos (92)
• Antonia van Dort (82), Bergen op Zoom, N-Br, NL
• Charles Howard (Chuck) JAGER (73), Johannesburg Otsego County Michigan U.S.A
• Catharina Maria Krassenburg (90), Wieringerwerf, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia van DORT (82), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Elisabeth Drion (95), Blaricum
• Cornelia Maria van den Akkerveken (93), Roosendaal
• Cornelia Neeltje Burger (86), Delft
• Annie Franken (70), Geleen,, Limburg, Nederland

• 1986 » Martin Cranie, English footballer
• 1988 » Anthony Straker, English footballer
• 1988 » Juan Martín del Potro, Argentinian tennis player
• 1988 » Yannick Weber, Swiss ice hockey player
• 1989 » Brandon Jennings, American basketball player
• 1989 » Taniela Lasalo, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 » Lee Alexander, Scottish footballer
• 1991 » Melanie Oudin, American tennis player
• 1993 » Duke Johnson, American football player
• 1994 » John Folau, Australian-Tongan rugby league player

• 2001 » Ron Hewitt, Welsh footballer (b. 1928)
• 2003 » Yuri Senkevich, Russian physician and journalist (b. 1937)
• 2004 » Billy Reay, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1918)
• 2005 » Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, Puerto Rican activist (b. 1933)
• 2006 » Etta Baker, American singer and guitarist (b. 1913)
• 2006 » Malcolm Arnold, English trumpet player and composer (b. 1921)
• 2008 » Loren Pope, American journalist and author (b. 1910)
• 2008 » Peter Leonard, Australian journalist (b. 1942)
• 2009 » Paul B. Fay, American sailor and politician, United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1918)
• 2010 » Malcolm Douglas, Australian hunter and television host (b. 1941)

• 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 12 » A stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslim pilgrims.
• March 25 » Capitol Hill massacre: A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.
• May 5 » The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army.
• May 23 » Alaskan stratovolcano Mount Cleveland erupts.
• October 2 » Five Amish girls are murdered in a shooting at a school in Pennsylvania, United States.
• November 8 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the Israeli Defense Force kill 19 Palestinian civilians in their homes during the shelling of Beit Hanoun.

The temperature on September 23, 2006 was between 14.7 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.