About the day » Friday September 8, 2006Calender converter

• Eline Ploegman, Hardenberg
• Phoebe Michaela Grace Zeyl, Sacramento, CA
• Aimée Hendriks, Tilburg († 2006)
• Mette Ida SMITHUIS, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Francine Vermant (86), Antwerpen, RVT Vinck Heymans, 2018, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Alberdien Hubert (99), Genemuiden
• Eibert van Pijkeren (79), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Brigitte BEX (44), Leuven (B) Hospital
• Flordina Elisabeth Wintermans (86), Eersel
• Antonia Johanna Spekschate (90), Boskamp (Olst)
• Arnold Benjamin Huisken (83), Foley, Baldwin County, Alabama, Verenigde Staten
• Rechters (77), Australië
• Adrianus Liduinis Maria (Aad) Rechters (77), Melbourne, Australie
• Beertje van den Berg (82), Putten

• 1991 » Ignacio González, Mexican footballer
• 1992 » Kilian Pruschke, German footballer
• 1992 » Nino Niederreiter, Swiss ice hockey player
• 1993 » Will Bosisto, Australian cricketer
• 1993 » Yoshikazu Fujita, Japanese rugby union player
• 1994 » Cameron Dallas, American Internet personality
• 1994 » Marco Benassi, Italian footballer
• 1995 » Ellie Black, Canadian gymnast
• 1998 » Matheus Leist, Brazilian race car driver
• 2000 » Brennan Malone, American baseball pitcher

• 2003 » Leni Riefenstahl, German actress, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 2004 » Frank Thomas, American animator, voice actor, and screenwriter (b. 1913)
• 2005 » Donald Horne, Australian journalist, author, and critic (b. 1921)
• 2005 » Noel Cantwell, Irish cricketer, footballer, and manager (b. 1932)
• 2006 » Hilda Bernstein, English-South African author and activist (b. 1915)
• 2006 » Peter Brock, Australian race car driver and sportscaster (b. 1945)
• 2007 » Vincent Serventy, Australian ornithologist, conservationist, and author (b. 1916)
• 2008 » Ralph Plaisted, American explorer (b. 1927)
• 2009 » Aage Bohr, Danish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922)
• 2009 » Mike Bongiorno, American-Italian television host (b. 1924)

1. Jop
2. Thijs
3. Thomas
4. Sem
5. Lucas
6. Daan
7. Lars
8. Stijn
9. Tim
10. Milan
11. Jesse
12. Jan
13. Ruben
14. Niels
15. Miquel
16. Sam

1. Emma
2. Fleur
3. Sanne
4. Anna
5. Joanna
6. Sophie
7. Marit
8. Julia
9. Arieanna
10. Maria
11. Anouk
12. Lotte
13. Leonore
14. Anne
15. Iris
16. Eva

• 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.
• March 1 » English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station.
• March 25 » Capitol Hill massacre: A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.
• April 11 » Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces Iran's claim to have successfully enriched uranium.
• June 29 » Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law.
• July 15 » Twitter, later one of the largest social media platforms in the world, is launched.
• December 5 » Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrows the government in Fiji.

The temperature on September 8, 2006 was between 9.8 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (84%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.