February 6

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Events

46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompey followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio and Juba I of Numidia at Battle of Thapsus.
337 - Pope Julius I is elected pope.
1685 - James II of England and VII of Scotland becomes British monarchy upon the death of his brother Charles II of England.
1778 - American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce (USA-France) 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 United States railroad charter to a John Stevens (inventor).
1817 - The Argentina José de San Martín Crossing of 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 colonization in present-day History of 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 navy of United States, British Empire, Japan, France, and Italy.
1933 - The Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution goes into effect.
1934 - February 6, 1934 crisis. The far right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon, an attempted coup d'état against the French Third Republic.
1936 - Olympic Games: Winter Olympic Games - 1936 Winter Olympics 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 of the United Kingdom becomes Queen regnant upon the death of her father George VI of the United Kingdom. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a treehouse at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
1952 - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Proclamation of accession of Elizabeth II Monarchy in Canada at Rideau Hall, Ottawa, Ontario.
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.
1971 - Apollo program: Apollo 14 Mission - Alan Shepard becomes the first person to hit a golf ball on the Moon.
1978 - The Northeastern United States 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 Sami people 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.
1998 - In Corsica, the prefect Claude Erignac is assasinated 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 people separatist groups.
2006 - The Conservative Party of Canada becomes a minority Government of Canada in Canada's Parliament, replacing the Liberal Party of Canada after 13 years in power. Stephen Harper becomes the 22nd Prime Minister of Canada.

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), 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, Poland scholar and statesman. (d. 1841)
1811 - Henry George Liddell, father of the Alice Liddell in Alice in Wonderland (d. 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 Murphy (scientist), American physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (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 actress
1918 - Lothar-Günther Buchheim, German author (d. 2007)
1922 - Bill Johnston (cricketer), Australian cricketer
1922 - Patrick Macnee, British actor
1922 - Denis Norden, British television personality
1924 - Billy Wright (footballer), English former footballer (d. 1994)
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
1936 - J. Howard Marshall III, American businessman
1939 - Mike Farrell, American actor
1939 - Orlando Parga, Vice President of the Senate of Puerto Rico
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 (entertainer), American singer
1943 - Gayle Hunnicutt, American actress
1944 - Michael Tucker (actor), American actor
1944 - Christine Boutin, French politician
1944 - Willie Tee, American singer, songwriter and producer (d. 2007))
1945 - Bob Marley, Jamaican musician (d. 1981)
1946 - Jim Turner (Congressman), 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 comedienne
1957 - Robert Townsend, American actor
1958 - Barry Miller (actor), 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
1967 - Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (Zard) (d. 2007)
1967 - Anita Cochran, American singer
1968 - Akira Yamaoka, Japanese composer
1968 - Adolfo Valencia, Colombian footballer
1970 - Per Frandsen, Danish footballer
1970 - Kitty Yung, American pornographic actress
1971 - Brad Hogg, Australian cricket player
1971 - Brian Stepanek, American actor
1972 - David Binn, American football player
1975 - Svend-Allan Sørensen, Danish artist
1975 - Tomoko Kawase, Japanese singer
1975 - Brett Hawke, Australian swimmer
1976 - Kim Zmeskal, American gymnast
1976 - Colin Teo, Singaporean Grand Prix driver
1976 - Tanja Frieden, Swiss snowboarder
1977 - Jason Euell, English-born footballer
1979 - 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 musician
1981 - Calum Best, American model
1982 - Alice Eve, English actress
1983 - Brodie Croyle, American football player
1983 - Myron Wolf Child, Canadian politician
1983 - Jamie Whincup, Australian racing driver
1984 - Darren Bent, English footballer
1984 - Daisy Marie, American pornographic actress
1984 - Piret Järvis, Estonian singer
1985 - Kris Humphries, American basketball player
1985 - Yang Yu, Chinese swimmer
1986 - Brendan Taylor, Zimbabwean cricketer
1986 - Alice Greczyn, American actress
1988 - Allison Holker, American dancer
1989 - Craig Cathcart, Irish football player
2004 - Princess Louise of Belgium

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 Prince Alfred of Edinburgh (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 (footballer), 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 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)
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 Prize in Physiology or Medicine (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 (musician), 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 in Chemistry (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

Bob Marley in Rastafari movement (Jamaica and Ethiopia)
Waitangi Day (National Holiday) in New Zealand
Sami National Day (in Finland and Scandinavia)

Liturgical feasts

Feast day of the following saints in the Roman Catholic Church (per the Roman Catholic Calendar of Saints):

Saint Amand, Apostle of the Franks
Saint Vedastus
Dorothea, patron saint of florists
Saint Paul Miki

In the Traditional Catholic Calendar it is the Feast day of:

Saint Titus

February 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

External links

BBC: On This Day
On This Day in Canada

February 6 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 328 days remaining until the end of the year (329 in leap years).

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February 6, 2007: Band. Had band tonight with Stewart and Leanne. The songs are coming along nicely.