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February 6 Gregorian calendar . There are 328 days remaining until the end of the year (329 in leap years ).
Events [ ] 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio and Juba at Thapsus .337 - Julius I is elected pope .1685 - James II of England and VII of Scotland becomes King upon the death of his brother Charles II .1778 - American Revolutionary War : In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic.1788 - Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution .1815 - New Jersey grants the first American railroad charter to a John Stevens .1817 - The Argentinian San Martín crosses the Andes with an army in order to liberate Chile from Spanish rule.1819 - Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore .1820 - The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society started a settlement in present-day Liberia .1840 - Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi , founding document of New Zealand .1843 - The first minstrel show in the United States The Virginia Minstrels opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City ).1862 - American Civil War : Ulysses S. Grant gives the United States its first victory of the war, by capturing Fort Henry , known as the Battle of Fort Henry .1899 - Spanish-American War : The Treaty of Paris , a peace treaty between the United States and Spain is ratified by the United States Senate .1900 - The international arbitration court at The Hague is created when the Netherlands ' Senate ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.1922 - Achille Ratti becomes Pope Pius XI .1922 - The Washington Naval Treaty was signed in Washington , limiting the naval armaments of United States , Britain , Japan , France , and Italy .
1933 - The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution goes into effect.1934 - February 6, 1934 political crisis in France . The far right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon , an attempted coup against the Third Republic .1936 - Olympic Games : Winter Olympic Games - IV Olympic Winter Games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , Germany .1951 - The Broker , a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township . The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in American history.1952 - Elizabeth II becomes Queen upon the death of her father George VI . At the exact moment of succession , she was in a treehouse at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya .1952 - Elizabeth II is proclaimed Queen of Canada at Rideau Hall , Ottawa , Ontario .1958 - Eight players of Manchester United were killed in the Munich air disaster .1959 - Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments filed the first patent for an integrated circuit .1959 - At Cape Canaveral , Florida , the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished.
1971 - Apollo program : Apollo 14 Mission - Alan Shepard becomes the first person to hit a golf ball on the Moon.1978 - The Blizzard of 1978 , one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of 4" an hour.1992 - The Saami people of the Nordic countries have an official day celebrating their existence.1996 - A Birgen Air Boeing 757 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean , off the coast of Dominican killing 189.1998 - Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport .1998 - In Corsica , the prefect Claude Erignac is assassinated in Ajaccio , presumably by Yvan Colonna .2004 - In Russia , a suicide-attack in a Moscow metro kills 40 commuters, and injures a hundred and twenty-nine. The blast is blamed on Chechen separatist groups.2006 - The Conservative Party of Canada becomes a minority government in Canada's Parliament, replacing the Liberals after 13 years in power. Stephen Harper becomes the 22nd Prime Minister of Canada .2007 - One of the two Denial-of-service attacks in history is mounted against the DNS Backbone servers .Births [ ] 1577 - Beatrice Cenci , Italian noblewoman (d. 1599 )1608 - Antonio Vieira , Portuguese writer (d. 1697 )1611 - Chongzhen Emperor , Emperor of China (d. 1644 )1639 - Daniel Georg Morhof , German writer and scholar (d. 1691 )1664 - Mustafa II , Ottoman Sultan (d, 1703 )1665 - Queen Anne of England (d. 1714 )1695 - Nicolaus II Bernoulli , Swiss mathematician (d. 1726 )1732 - Charles Lee , General in the American Revolution (d. 1782 )1744 - Pierre-Joseph Desault , French anatomist and surgeon (d. 1795 )1748 - Adam Weishaupt , founder of the Bavarian Illuminati (d. 1811 )1756 - Aaron Burr , 3rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1836 )1757 - Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz , Polish scholar and statesman. (d. 1841 )1811 - Henry George Liddell , father of the Alice in Alice in Wonderland 1898 )1833 - James Ewell Brown Stuart , American Confederate general (d. 1864 )1833 - José María de Pereda , Spanish novelist (b. 1906 )
1834 - Ema Puksec , Croatian singer (d. 1889 )1838 - Sir Henry Irving , British actor (d. 1905 )1838 - Yisrael Meir Kagan , Chofetz Chayim (d. 1933 )
1853 - Ignacij Klemenčič , Slovenian physicist (d. 1901 )1887 - Josef Frings , German Archbishop of Cologne (d. 1978 )1875 - Leonid Gobyato , Russian general (d. 1915 )1892 - William Parry Murphy , American physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1987 )1894 - Eric Partridge , New Zealand lexicographer (d. 1979 )1895 - Babe Ruth , American baseball player (d. 1948 )1897 - Louis Buchalter , Jewish American mobster (d. 1944 )1899 - Ramón Novarro , Mexican actor (d. 1968 )1901 - Ben Lyon , American actor (d. 1979 )1902 - George Brunies , American musician (d. 1974 )1903 - Claudio Arrau , Chilean-born pianist (d. 1991 )1905 - Władysław Gomułka , Polish leader (d. 1982 )1908 - Amintore Fanfani , Italian politician (d. 1999 )1910 - Irmgard Keun , German author (d. 1982 )1910 - Carlos Marcello , Tunisian-born gangster (d. 1993 )
1911 - Ronald Reagan , 40th President of the United States (d. 2004 )1912 - Eva Braun , German mistress of Adolf Hitler (d. 1945 )1913 - Mary Leakey , British anthropologist (d. 1996 )1914 - Thurl Ravenscroft , American voice actor (d. 2005 )1916 - John Crank , British mathematician (d. 2006 )1917 - Zsa Zsa Gabor , Hungarian-born actress1918 - Lothar-Günther Buchheim , German author (d. 2007 )1922 - Bill Johnston , Australian cricketer1922 - Patrick Macnee , British actor
1922 - Denis Norden , British television personality
1924 - Billy Wright , English former footballer (d. 1994 )1925 - Pramoedya Ananta Toer , Indonesian author (d. 2006 )1926 - Haskell Wexler , American cinematographer1926 - Walker Edmiston , American actor (d. 2007 )
1929 - Pierre Brice , French actor1931 - Rip Torn , American actor1931 - Mamie Van Doren , American actress
1932 - Camilo Cienfuegos , Cuban revolutionary (d. 1959 )1932 - François Truffaut , French film director (d. 1984 )
1933 - Leslie Crowther , British comedian (d. 1996 )1934 - Bernard Erhard , American voice actor (d. 2000 )1936 - Kent Douglas , Canadian ice hockey player1936 - J. Howard Marshall III , American businessman
1939 - Mike Farrell , American actor1939 - Orlando Parga , Vice President of the Puerto Rico Senate
1940 - Tom Brokaw , American news anchorman1940 - Jimmy Tarbuck , British comedian
1941 - Gigi Perreau , American actress1942 - Sarah Brady , American gun-control activist1943 - Fabian , American singer1943 - Gayle Hunnicutt , American actress
1944 - Michael Tucker , American actor1944 - Christine Boutin , French politician
1944 - Willie Tee , American singer and songwriter (d. 2007 ))
1945 - Bob Marley , Jamaican musician (d. 1981 )1946 - Jim Turner , American politician1946 - Kate McGarrigle , Canadian singer and songwriter
1949 - Jim Sheridan , Irish film director1950 - Natalie Cole , American singer1951 - Marco Antônio , Brazilian footballer1951 - Jacques Villeret , French film actor (d. 2005 )
1952 - Ricardo Lavolpe , Argentine football coach1955 - Michael Pollan , American journalist1957 - Kathy Najimy , American actress and comedienne1957 - Robert Townsend , American actor
1958 - Barry Miller , American actor1958 - Cecily Adams , American actress (d. 2004 )
1959 - Ken Nelson , English record producer1960 - Megan Gallagher , American actress1961 - Bill Lester , American racecar driver1962 - Axl Rose , American singer (Guns N' Roses )1963 - Kevin Trudeau , American entrepreneur1966 - Rick Astley , British singer1967 - Izumi Sakai , Japanese singer (Zard ) (d. 2007 )1967 - Anita Cochran , American singer
1968 - Akira Yamaoka , Japanese composer1968 - Adolfo Valencia , Colombian footballer
1970 - Per Frandsen , Danish footballer1970 - Kitty Yung , American pornographic actress
1971 - Dana Eskelson , American actress1971 - Brad Hogg , Australian cricket player
1971 - Brian Stepanek , American actor
1972 - David Binn , American football player1975 - Svend-Allan Sørensen , Danish artist1975 - Tomoko Kawase , Japanese singer
1975 - Brett Hawke , Australian swimmer
1976 - Kim Zmeskal , American gymnast1976 - Colin Teo , Singaporean Grand Prix driver
1976 - Tanja Frieden , Swiss snowboarder
1977 - Jason Euell , English-born footballer1979 - Dan Bălan , Moldovan singer and musician O-Zone 1980 - Mamiko Noto , Japanese seiyu 1980 - Kim Poirier , Canadian actress
1980 - Luke Ravenstahl , American politician
1981 - Jens Lekman , Swedish musician1981 - Calum Best , American model
1982 - Alice Eve , English actress1983 - Brodie Croyle , American football player1983 - Myron Wolf Child , Canadian politician
1983 - Jamie Whincup , Australian racing driver
1984 - Darren Bent , English footballer1984 - Daisy Marie , American pornographic actress
1984 - Piret Järvis , Estonian singer
1985 - Kris Humphries , American basketball player1985 - Yang Yu , Chinese swimmer
1986 - Brendan Taylor , Zimbabwean cricketer1986 - Alice Greczyn , American actress
1988 - Allison Holker , American dancer1989 - Craig Cathcart , Irish football2004 - Princess Louise of Belgium Deaths [ ] 891 - Photius , Patriarch of Constantinople1378 - Jeanne de Bourbon , wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338 )1497 - Johannes Ockeghem , Flemish composer (b. c. 1410 )1515 - Aldus Manutius , Italian printer1585 - Edmund Plowden , English legal scholar (b. 1518 )1593 - Jacques Amyot , French writer (b. 1513 )1593 - Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517 )
1617 - Prospero Alpini , Italian scientist (b. 1553 )1685 - King Charles II of England (b. 1630 )1740 - Pope Clement XII (b. 1652 )1775 - William Dowdeswell , English politician (b. 1721 )1783 - Capability Brown , English landscape gardener (b. 1716 )1793 - Carlo Goldoni , Italian playwright (b. 1707 )1807 - John Reid , British army general and composer (b. 1721 )1816 - Maria Ludwika Rzewuska , Polish szlachcianka (b. 1744 )1833 - Pierre André Latreille , French entomologist (b. 1762 )1834 - Richard Lemon Lander , British explorer (b. 1804 )1855 - Josef Munzinger , Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791 )1899 - Leo von Caprivi , Chancellor of Germany (b. 1831 )1899 - Prince Alfred of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (b. 1874 )
1916 - Rubén Darío , Nicaraguan writer (b. 1867 )1918 - Gustav Klimt , Austrian painter (b. 1862 )1927 - Sam Maguire , Irish Republican and Gaelic footballer (b. 1879 )1938 - Marianne von Werefkin , Russian-Swiss painter (b. 1860 )1950 - Georges Imbert , Alsatian chemist (b. 1884 )1952 - George VI of the United Kingdom (b. 1895 )1958 - David Pegg , English footballer (b. 1935 )1958 - Tommy Taylor , English footballer (b. 1932 )
1958 - Geoff Bent , English footballer (b. 1932 )
1958 - Roger Byrne , English footballer (b. 1929 )
1958 - Eddie Colman , English footballer (b. 1936 )
1958 - Mark Jones , English footballer (b. 1933 )
1958 - Frank Swift , English footballer and journalist (b. 1913 )
1958 - Walter Crickmer , Manchester United club secretary
1963 - Abd el-Krim , Moroccan politician1964 - Emilio Aguinaldo , First President of the 1st Philippines Republic (b. 1869 )1967 - Martine Carol , French film actress (b. 1920 )1976 - Vince Guaraldi , American musician (b. 1928 )1981 - Hugo Montenegro , American film music composer and orchestra leader (b. 1925 )1981 - Frederika of Hanover , Queen Consort of Greece (b. 1917 )
1985 - James Hadley Chase , English writer (b. 1906 )1986 - Frederick Coutts , Salvation Army general (b. 1899 )1986 - Minoru Yamasaki , American architect (b. 1912 )
1989 - Chris Gueffroy , last person killed escaping over the Berlin wall (b. 1968 )1989 - Barbara Tuchman , American historian (b. 1912 )
1989 - André Cayatte , French filmmaker (b. 1909 )
1991 - Salvador Luria , Italian-born biologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1912 )1991 - Danny Thomas , American singer, comedian, and actor (b. 1914 )
1993 - Arthur Ashe , American tennis player (b. 1943 )1994 - Joseph Cotten , American actor (b. 1905 )1994 - Jack Kirby , American comic book writer (b. 1917 )
1995 - James Merrill , American poet (b. 1926 )1996 - Guy Madison , American actor (b. 1922 )1997 - Roger Laurent , Belgian racing driver (b. 1913 )1998 - Falco , Austrian singer (b. 1957 )1998 - Carl Wilson , American musician (The Beach Boys ) (b. 1946 )
1998 - Haroun Tazieff , French vulcanologist and geologist (b. 1914 )
2001 - Filemon Lagman , Filipino Communist revolutionary (b. 1953 )2001 - Fulgence Charpentier , Quebec journalist, editor and publisher (b. 1897 )
2002 - Max Perutz , Austrian-born molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1914 )2005 - Lazar Berman , Russian pianist (b. 1930 )2005 - Karl Haas , American radio presenter (b. 1913 )
2007 - Lew Burdette , American baseball player (b. 1926 )2007 - Len Hopkins , Canadian politician (b. 1930 )
2007 - Frankie Laine , American singer (b. 1913 )
2007 - Willye White , American athlete (b. 1939 ) Holidays and observances [ ] Liturgical feasts [ ] External links [ ]
136 Familypedia people were born on February 6
133 Familypedia people died on February 6
83 Familypedia people were first married on February 6