February 6

February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are
328 days remaining, 329 in leap years.

Events

   * 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.
   * 1819 - Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore
   * 1820 - 86 free African American colonists sail from New York City to
     Freeport, Sierra Leone
   * 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
   * 1899 - Spanish-American War: 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.
   * 1933 - The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution goes into
     effect.
   * 1936 - 1936 Winter Olympic Games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen,
     Germany
   * 1952 - Elizabeth II becomes Queen upon the death of her father George
     VI.
   * 1958 - Munich Air Disaster
   * 1959 - At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of
     a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished.
   * 1968 - 1968 Winter Olympic Games open in Grenoble, France
   * 1985 - Steve Wozniak leaves Apple Computer
   * 1998 - Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National
     Airport.
   * 1998 - Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the ruler of Jordan by decree of
     his father, King Hussein.

Births

   * 1564 - Christopher Marlowe, playwright
   * 1665 - Queen Anne (+ 1714)
   * 1756 - Aaron Burr, Vice President of the United States (+ 1836)
   * 1887 - Josef Frings, archbishop of Cologne (+ 1978)
   * 1889 - Elmo Lincoln, actor (+ 1952)
   * 1895 - Babe Ruth, Baseball Hall of Famer (+ 1948)
   * 1899 - Ramon Novarro, actor (+ 1968)
   * 1903 - Claudio Arrau, pianist (+ 1991)
   * 1910 - Irmgard Keun, author (+ 1982)
   * 1911 - Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States
   * 1912 - Eva Braun, Adolf Hitler's mistress (+ 1945)
   * 1913 - Mary Leakey, anthropologist (+ 1996)
   * 1914 - Thurl Ravenscroft, voice-over actor ("Tony the Tiger")
   * 1917 - Zsa Zsa Gabor, actress
   * 1918 - Lothar-G�nther Buchheim, author of Das Boot
   * 1922 - Patrick Macnee, actor
   * 1926 - Haskell Wexler, cinematographer
   * 1929 - Pierre Brice, actor
   * 1931 - Rip Torn, actor, director
   * 1932 - Fran�ois Truffaut, film director (+ 1984)
   * 1939 - Mike Farrell, actor
   * 1940 - Tom Brokaw, news anchorman
   * 1943 - Fabian Forte, singer
   * 1945 - Bob Marley, reggae musician (+ 1981)
   * 1950 - Natalie Cole, singer
   * 1951 - Princess Daphn� of Belgium
   * 1954 - Argusto Emfazie, occultist, author
   * 1957 - Kathy Najimy, actress, comedian
   * 1957 - Robert Townsend, comedian, actor, director, producer
   * 1962 - Axl Rose, musician ("Guns N'Roses")

Deaths

   * 1685 - King Charles II of England
   * 1793 - Carlo Goldoni, playwright
   * 1916 - Rub�n Dar�o, writer
   * 1918 - Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter
   * 1952 - King George VI of the United Kingdom
   * 1976 - Vince Guaraldi, musician
   * 1989 - Barbara Tuchman, historian
   * 1991 - Danny Thomas, singer, comedia, actor
   * 1993 - Arthur Ashe, tennis star
   * 1993 - Joseph Mankiewicz, director, producer, writer
   * 1994 - Jack Kirby, comic book writer
   * 1994 - Joseph Cotten, actor
   * 1996 - Guy Madison, actor
   * 1998 - Carl Wilson, musician ("The Beach Boys")
   * 1998 - Falco, singer
   * 2002 - Guy Stockwell, actor

Holidays and observances

   * Catholicism - Feast day of St Paul Miki and his companions.
   * National holiday for the Saami people.
   * Waitangi day - New Zealand

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