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February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . There are 328 days remaining, 329 in leap years .
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1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances
5 External links
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 .
1806 - Royal Navy victory off Santo Domingo - Action of 6 February 1806 .
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, Tennessee , known as the Battle of Fort Henry .
1899 - Spanish-American War : The Treaty of Paris (1898) , 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, DC , 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, New Jersey . 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 .
1958 - Bobby Charlton survived the Munich air disaster in Germany , which killed eight of his teammates with Manchester United F.C. .
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.
1968 - Olympic Games : Winter Olympic Games - X Olympic Winter Games open in Grenoble , France .
1971 - Project Apollo : Apollo 14 Mission - Alan Shepherd 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.
1985 - Steve Wozniak leaves Apple Computer .
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 Republic killing 189.
1998 - Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport .
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 - Suicide bombing kills 2 at airport in Islamabad, Pakistan .
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 )
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 , 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 and prime minister (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 (Princess Von Anhalt, Duchess of Saxony) Hungarian actress
1918 - Lothar-Günther Buchheim , German author
1922 - Bill Johnston , Australian cricketer
1922 - Patrick Macnee , British actor
1922 - Denis Norden , British television personality
1925 - Pramoedya Ananta Toer , Indonesian author (d. 2006 )
1926 - Haskell Wexler , American cinematographer
1926 - Walker Edmiston , American actor (d. 2007 )
1929 - Pierre Brice , French actor
1931 - Rip Torn , American actor
1931 - 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 )
1936 - Kent Douglas , Canadian ice hockey player
1939 - Mike Farrell , American actor
1939 - Orlando Parga , Vice President of the Puerto Rico Senate
1940 - Tom Brokaw , American news anchorman
1940 - Jimmy Tarbuck , British comedian
1941 - Gigi Perreau , American actress
1942 - Sarah Brady , American gun-control activist
1943 - Fabian , American singer
1943 - Gayle Hunnicutt , American actress
1944 - Michael Tucker , American actor
1944 - Christine Boutin , French politician
1945 - Bob Marley , Musician (d. 1981 )
1946 - Jim Turner , American politician
1946 - Kate McGarrigle , Canadian folk music singer and songwriter
1949 - Jim Sheridan , Irish film director
1950 - Natalie Cole , American singer
1951 - Marco Antônio , Brazilian footballer
1951 - Jacques Villeret , French film actor (d. 2005 )
1952 - Ricardo Lavolpe , Argentine football coach
1955 - Michael Pollan , American journalist
1957 - Kathy Najimy , American actress and comedian
1957 - Robert Townsend , American actor
1958 - Barry Miller , American actor
1958 - Cecily Adams , American actress (d. 2004 )
1959 - Ken Nelson , English record producer
1960 - Megan Gallagher , American actress
1961 - Bill Lester , American racecar driver
1962 - Axl Rose , American singer (Guns N' Roses )
1963 - Kevin Trudeau , American entrepreneur
1966 - Rick Astley , British singer
1968 - Akira Yamaoka , Japanese composer
1968 - Adolfo Valencia , Colombian footballer
1970 - Per Frandsen , Danish footballer
1970 - Kitty Yung , American pornographic actress
1971 - Brian Stepanek , American actor
1972 - David Binn , American football player
1975 - Svend-Allan Sørensen , Danish artist
1975 - Tomoko Kawase , Japanese singer
1976 - Kim Zmeskal , American gymnast
1976 - Colin Teo , Singaporean D1 Professional Grand Prix driver
1976 - Tanja Frieden , Swiss snowboarder
1979 - Dan Bălan , Founder of European Pop Band O-Zone
1980 - Mamiko Noto , Japanese seiyu
1980 - Ryan O'Reilly , American wrestler
1981 - Jens Lekman , Swedish musician
1981 - Calum Best , American model
1983 - Brodie Croyle , American football player
1983 - Myron Wolf Child , Canadian politician
1984 - Darren Bent , English footballer
1984 - Daisy Marie , American pornographic actress
1984 - Piret Järvis , Estonian singer
1985 - Kris Humphries , American basketball player
1986 - Brendan Taylor , Zimbabwean wicket-keeper
1986 - Alice Greczyn , American actress
1988 - Allison Holker , American dancer
Deaths 891 - Photius , Patriarch of Constantinople
1378 - Jeanne de Bourbon , wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338 )
1497 - Johannes Ockeghem , Flemish composer (b. c. 1410 )
1515 - Aldus Manutius , Italian printer
1585 - 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 )
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 )
1963 - Abd el-Krim , Moroccan politician
1964 - 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 )
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 )
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 Prize 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 - Frankie Laine , American singer (b. 1913 )
2007 - Willye White , African-American first 5-time U.S. track and field Olympian (b. 1939 )
2007 - Len Hopkins , Canadian politician (b. 1930 )
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