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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).

Events

• 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 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, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
• 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, 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 – The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy.
• 1933 – The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution, establishing the beginning and ending of the terms of the elected federal offices, goes into effect.
• 1934 – Far right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon in an attempted coup against the French Third Republic, creating a political crisis in France.
• 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 – Eight Manchester United F.C. players are killed in the Munich air disaster.
• 1959 – Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files 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.
• 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.
• 1987 – Justice Mary Gaudron is appointed to the High Court of Australia, the first woman to be appointed.
• 1989 – The Roundtable talks start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe.
• 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.

Births

• 1347 – Dorothea of Montau, Catholic saint (d. 1394)
• 1461 – Džore Držić, Croatian poet and playwright (d. 1501)
• 1465 – Scipione del Ferro, Italian mathematician (d. 1526)
• 1577 – Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599)
• 1582 – Mario Bettinus, Italian philosopher, mathematician and astronomer (d. 1657)
• 1605 – Bernard of Corleone, Catholic saint (d. 1667)
• 1608 – Antonio Vieira, Portuguese writer (d. 1697)
• 1611 – Chongzhen Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1644)
• 1612 – Antoine Arnauld, French theologian, philosopher and mathematician (d. 1694)
• 1639 – Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691)
• 1664 – Mustafa II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1703)
• 1665 – Anne of Great Britain, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland (d. 1714)
• 1695 – Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1726)
• 1721 – Christian Friedrich Heinecken, "the Infant of Lübeck" (d. 1725)
• 1726 – Patrick Russell, Scottish surgeon and naturalist (d. 1805)
• 1732 – Charles Lee, General in the American Revolution (d. 1782)
• 1736 – Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, German-Austrian sculptor (d. 1783)
• 1744 – Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (d. 1795)
• 1748 – Adam Weishaupt, German philosopher, founder of the Bavarian Illuminati (d. 1811)
• 1753 – Évariste de Parny, French poet (d. 1814)
• 1756 – Aaron Burr, 3rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1836)
• 1757 – Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Polish scholar and statesman. (d. 1841)
• 1769 – Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn, Austrian general. (d. 1862)
• 1772 – Karl von Kügelgen, German landscape and history painter (d. 1832)
• 1778 – Ugo Foscolo, Italian writer, revolutionary and poet (d. 1827)
• 1796 – John Stevens Henslow, English botanist and geologist (d. 1861)
• 1797 – Joseph von Radowitz, Prussian statesman and general (d. 1853)
• 1799 – Imre Frivaldszky, Hungarian botanist and entomologist (d. 1870)
• 1800 – Achille Devéria, French painter and lithographer (d. 1857)
• 1802 – Charles Wheatstone, English scientist and inventor (d. 1875)
• 1811 – Henry George Liddell, father of the Alice in Alice in Wonderland (d. 1898)
• 1818 – William M. Evarts, American lawyer and statesman (d. 1901)
• 1818 – Jenaro Quesada y Matheus, Spanish nobleman, soldier and politician (d. 1889)
• 1818 – Henry Charles Litolff, keyboard virtuoso and composer (d. 1891)
• 1829 – Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer, French architect (d. 1914)
• 1830 – Daniel Oliver, British botanist (d. 1916)
• 1832 – John Brown Gordon, general, U.S. Senator from Georgia, and 53rd Governor of Georgia (d. 1904)
• 1833 – James Ewell Brown Stuart, American Confederate cavalry general (d. 1864)
• 1833 – José María de Pereda, Spanish novelist (d. 1906)
• 1834 – Edwin Klebs, German-Swiss pathologist (d. 1913)
• 1834 – Ema Puksec, Croatian singer (d. 1889)
• 1834 – Wilhelm von Scherff, German general and military writer (d. 1911)
• 1838 – Sir Henry Irving, British actor (d. 1905)
• 1838 – Yisrael Meir Kagan, Chofetz Chayim (d. 1933)
• 1839 – Eduard Hitzig, German neurologist and neuropsychiatrist (d. 1907)
• 1842 – Mary Rudge, English female chess master (d. 1919)
• 1843 – Frederic William Henry Myers, English poet, essayist and psychical researcher (d. 1901)
• 1843 – Inoue Kowashi, Japanese statesman (d. 1895)
• 1847 – Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect (d. 1918)
• 1852 – C. Lloyd Morgan, British zoologist and psychologist (d. 1936)
• 1852 – Vasily Safonov, Russian pianist, teacher, conductor and composer (d. 1918)
• 1853 – Ignacij Klemenčič, Slovenian physicist (d. 1901)
• 1859 – Wilhelm Cohn, German chess master (d. 1913)
• 1861 – Nikolay Zelinsky, Russian chemist (d. 1953)
• 1864 – John Henry Mackay, Scottish individualist anarchist, thinker and writer (d. 1933)
• 1866 – Karl Sapper, German traveller, explorer, antiquarian and linguist (d. 1945)
• 1872 – Robert Maillart, Swiss bridge engineer (d. 1940)
• 1875 – Leonid Gobyato, Russian general (d. 1915)
• 1878 – Walter B. Pitkin, American lecturer in philosophy and psychology (d. 1953)
• 1879 – Othon Friesz French artist of the Fauvist movement (d. 1949)
• 1879 – Magnús Guðmundsson, Icelandic politician (d. 1937)
• 1879 – Carl Ramsauer, German physicist (d. 1955)
• 1883 – Dmitry Pavlovich Grigorovich, Russian aircraft designer (d. 1938)
• 1887 – Josef Frings, German Archbishop of Cologne (d. 1978)
• 1892 – William Parry Murphy, American physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1987)
• 1893 – Muhammad Zafrulla Khan, Pakistani diplomat, (d. 1985)
• 1894 – Eric Partridge, New Zealand lexicographer (d. 1979)
• 1894 – Kirpal Singh, spiritual teacher ("Sant") (d. 1974)
• 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 and wife of Adolf Hitler (d. 1945)
• 1912 – Christopher Hill, English Marxist historian (d. 2003)
• 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 Gábor, Hungarian-born actress
• 1918 – Lothar-Günther Buchheim, German author (d. 2007)
• 1922 – Bill Johnston, Australian cricketer (d. 2007)
• 1922 – Patrick Macnee, British actor
• 1922 – Denis Norden, British television personality
• 1922 – Haskell Wexler, American cinematographer
• 1923 – Gyula Lóránt, Hungarian football player and manager (d. 1981)
• 1924 – Billy Wright, English footballer (d. 1994)
• 1924 – Jin Yong, Chinese-language novelist
• 1925 – Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesian author (d. 2006)
• 1926 – Walker Edmiston, American actor (d. 2007)
• 1927 – Gerard K. O'Neill, American physicist (d. 1992)
• 1929 – Pierre Brice, French actor
• 1929 – Oscar Sambrano Urdaneta, Venezuelan writer
• 1929 – Valentin Yanin, Russian historian
• 1930 – Jun Kondo, Japanese theoretical physicist
• 1931 – Rip Torn, American actor
• 1931 – Mamie Van Doren, American actress
• 1931 – Ricardo Vidal, Filipino Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Cebu
• 1932 – Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban revolutionary (d. 1959)
• 1932 – François Truffaut, French film director (d. 1984)
• 1932 – Heinz-Klaus Metzger, German music critic and theorist (d. 2009)
• 1933 – Leslie Crowther, British comedian (d. 1996)
• 1934 – Bernard Erhard, American voice actor (d. 2000)
• 1936 – Kent Douglas, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2009)
• 1936 – J. Howard Marshall III, American businessman
• 1939 – Mike Farrell, American actor
• 1939 – Orlando Parga, Puerto Rican politician
• 1940 – Tom Brokaw, American news anchorman
• 1940 – Jimmy Tarbuck, British comedian
• 1940 – Petr Hájek, Czech mathematician
• 1941 – Gigi Perreau, American actress
• 1941 – Spencer Silver, American chemist, co-creator of the Post-it note
• 1942 – Sarah Brady, American gun-control activist
• 1942 – James Loewen, American sociologist and historian
• 1943 – Fabian Forte, American singer
• 1943 – Gayle Hunnicutt, American actress
• 1944 – Christine Boutin, French politician
• 1944 – Willie Tee, American singer and songwriter (d. 2007))
• 1944 – Michael Tucker, American actor
• 1945 – Bob Marley, Jamaican musician (d. 1981)
• 1946 – Jim Turner, American politician
• 1946 – Kate McGarrigle, Canadian singer and songwriter (d. 2010)
• 1947 – Bill Staines, American singer and songwroter
• 1949 – Jim Sheridan, Irish film director
• 1949 – Mike Batt, British composer
• 1950 – Natalie Cole, American singer
• 1951 – Marco Antônio, Brazilian footballer
• 1951 – Margo O'Donnell, Irish singer
• 1951 – Jacques Villeret, French film actor (d. 2005)
• 1951-- Kevin Whately, English actor
• 1952 – Ricardo Lavolpe, Argentine football coach
• 1952 – Viktor Giacobbo, Swiss writer, comedian, moderator and actor
• 1955 – Michael Pollan, American journalist
• 1957 – Kathy Najimy, American actress and comedienne
• 1957 – Simon Phillips. Drummer of Toto
• 1957 – Robert Townsend, American actor
• 1958 – Cecily Adams, American actress (d. 2004)
• 1958 – Barry Miller, American actor
• 1959 – Ken Nelson, English record producer
• 1960 – Megan Gallagher, American actress
• 1961 – Bill Lester, American racecar driver
• 1962 – Stavros Lambrinidis, Greek politician
• 1962 – W. Axl Rose, American singer (Guns N' Roses)
• 1963 – Kevin Trudeau, American entrepreneur
• 1964 – Gordon Downie, Canadian musician (The Tragically Hip)
• 1964 – Andrey Zvyagintsev, Russian film director and actor
• 1965 – Jan Svěrák, Czech film director
• 1966 – Rick Astley, British singer
• 1967 – Anita Cochran, American singer
• 1967 – Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (Zard) (d. 2007)
• 1968 – Adolfo Valencia, Colombian footballer
• 1968 – Akira Yamaoka, Japanese composer
• 1969 – David Hayter, American voice actor
• 1969 – Masaharu Fukuyama, Japanese singer
• 1969 – Tim Sherwood, English footballer
• 1970 – Per Frandsen, Danish footballer
• 1971 – Dana Eskelson, American actress
• 1971 – Brad Hogg, Australian cricket player
• 1971 – Brian Stepanek, American actor
• 1972 – David Binn, American football player
• 1975 – Orkut Büyükkökten, Turkish software engineer who developed the social networking service Orkut
• 1975 – Brett Hawke, Australian swimmer
• 1975 – Tomoko Kawase, Japanese singer
• 1975 – Svend-Allan Sørensen, Danish artist
• 1976 – Tanja Frieden, Swiss snowboarder
• 1976 – Colin Teo, Singaporean Grand Prix driver
• 1976 – Kim Zmeskal, American gymnast
• 1976 – Kasper Hvidt, Danish handball goalkeeper
• 1976 – Princess Marie of Denmark
• 1977 – Jason Euell, English-born footballer
• 1977 – Josh Stewart, American actor
• 1979 – Dan Bălan, Moldovan singer (O-Zone)
• 1980 – Mamiko Noto, Japanese seiyu
• 1980 – Kim Poirier, Canadian actress
• 1980 – Luke Ravenstahl, American politician
• 1981 – Calum Best, American model
• 1981 – Jens Lekman, Swedish musician
• 1981 – Ty Warren, American football player
• 1981 – Alison Haislip, Attack of the Show! correspondent
• 1981 – Shim Eun Jin, former leader of Baby V.O.X.
• 1982 – Alice Eve, English actress
• 1982 – Tank Lu, Mandopop singer
• 1983 – Brodie Croyle, American football player
• 1983 – Dimas Delgado, Spanish footballer
• 1983 – S. Sreesanth, Indian cricketer
• 1983 – Jamie Whincup, Australian racing driver
• 1983 – Myron Wolf Child, Canadian politician (d. 2007)
• 1983 – Melrose Bickerstaff, American fashion model
• 1984 – Darren Bent, English footballer
• 1984 – Piret Järvis, Estonian singer
• 1984 – Antoine Wright, American basketball player
• 1985 – Kris Humphries, American basketball player
• 1985 – Yang Yu, Chinese swimmer
• 1985 – Joji Kato, Japanese speedskater
• 1986 – Alice Greczyn, American actress
• 1986 – Brendan Taylor, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1986 – U-Know, leader of Korean group TVXQ
• 1988 – Allison Holker, American dancer
• 1988 – Bailey Hanks, American actress
• 1989 – Craig Cathcart, Irish footballer
• 1992 – Víctor Mañon, Mexican u-17s footballer
• 2004 – Princess Louise of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Princess of Belgium

Deaths

• 891 – St. Photius I the Great, 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)
• 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 Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Prince of Edinburgh (b. 1874)
• 1910 – Alfonso Maria Fusco. Beatified Italian Roman Catholic priest and founder (b. 1839)
• 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)
• 1951 – Gabby Street, former MLB player (b. 1882)
• 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, English football club secretary and manager
• 1963 – Abd el-Krim, Moroccan politician
• 1964 – Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and President (b. 1869)
• 1966 – Narcisa de Leon, Filipino film mogul (b. 1877)
• 1967 – Martine Carol, French film actress (b. 1920)
• 1976 – Vince Guaraldi, American musician (b. 1928)
• 1976 – Ritwik Ghatak, Bengali Indian film maker and scriptwriter (b. 1925)
• 1981 – Hugo Montenegro, American film music composer (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)
• 1986 – Dandy Nichols, English actress (b. 1907)
• 1988 – Nuno Oliveira, Bass Player (b. 1925)
• 1989 – André Cayatte, French filmmaker (b. 1909)
• 1989 – Barbara Tuchman, American historian (b. 1912)
• 1989 – Chris Gueffroy, East German attempted defector (b. 1968)
• 1989 – Osbourne Ruddock, Jamaican Dub music performer (b. 1941)
• 1991 – Salvador Luria, Italian 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 (b. 1897)
• 2002 – Max Perutz, Austrian 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 – Lee Hoffman, American author (b. 1932)
• 2007 – Len Hopkins, Canadian politician (b. 1930)
• 2007 – Frankie Laine, American singer (b. 1913)
• 2007 – Willye White, American athlete (b. 1939)
• 2008 – John McWethy, American journalist (b. 1947)
• 2008 – Tony Rolt, English racing driver (b. 1918)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast day
  • Amand
  • Dorothea of Caesarea, patron saint of florists
  • Paul Miki
  • Titus
  • Vedastus
  • February 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (United Nation)
• Sami National Day (Finland and Scandinavia)
• Waitangi Day, also called New Zealand Day; a National Holiday and main holiday in New Zealand.

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

From Wikiquote

Quotes of the day from previous years:

2004

To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age. 'Tis much better to do a little with certainty, and leave the rest for others that come after you, than to explain all things. ~ Isaac Newton

• selected by Kalki

2005, 2006

You and I are told increasingly that we have to choose between a left or right, but I would like to suggest that there is no such thing as a left or right. There is only an up or down — up to a man's age-old dream; the ultimate in individual freedom consistent with law and order — or down to the ant heap totalitarianism, and regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would trade our freedom for security have embarked on this downward course. ~ Ronald Reagan (born 6 February 1911)

• selected by Kalki (who erroneously selected it for both 2005 and 2006 because of a failure to check the existing records)

2007

I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can. ~ Babe Ruth (born 6 February 1895)

• proposed by Kalki

2008

I do not believe in a fate that will fall on us no matter what we do. I do believe in a fate that will fall on us if we do nothing. So, with all the creative energy at our command, let us begin an era of national renewal. Let us renew our determination, our courage, and our strength. And let us renew our faith and our hope. We have every right to dream heroic dreams. Those who say that we're in a time when there are no heroes, they just don't know where to look. ~ Ronald Reagan

• proposed by Kalki

2009

One love,
One heart,
Let's get together
And feel alright.
~ Bob Marley ~

• proposed by Kalki

2010

Quotes by people born this day, already used as QOTD:

• History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. ~ Ronald Reagan
  • Used 10 June 2004, selected by Kalki

• Whatever else history may say about me when I’m gone, I hope it will record that I appealed to your best hopes, not your worst fears; to your confidence rather than your doubts. My dream is that you will travel the road ahead with liberty’s lamp guiding your steps and opportunity’s arm steadying your way. ~ Ronald Reagan
  • Used 11 June 2004, selected by Kalki

Suggestions

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. ~ Babe Ruth

• 3 Kalki 15:35, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 21:53, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 23:24, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

It's hard to beat a person who never gives up. ~ Babe Ruth

• 3 Kalki 15:35, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
• 2 Zarbon 21:53, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 23:24, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same... ~ Ronald Reagan

• 3 Kalki 04:44, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 21:53, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 23:24, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

I believe with all my heart that our first priority must be world peace, and that use of force is always and only a last resort, when everything else has failed, and then only with regard to our national security. ~ Ronald Reagan

• 3 Kalki 00:42, 20 January 2009 (UTC) 4 Kalki 04:44, 5 February 2008 (UTC) preferring the Bob Marley quote below for this year. ~ Kalki 00:42, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 21:53, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 23:24, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure and pleasure my business. ~ Aaron Burr (born February 6)

• 3 because enrichment of one's daily routine requires one to work when unnecessary and relax when work is being done. Sometimes, the shift in vice versa balances a stabilized regime. Zarbon 04:43, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 00:42, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Delay may give clearer light as to what is best to be done. ~ Aaron Burr (born February 6)

• 3 because making a mistake can cost dearly in an upcoming date. Thinking, rationalizing, and delaying before taking action will play a better role. A mistake can, after all, damage more than one's reputation. Zarbon 04:43, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 00:42, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 23:24, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

From StrategyWiki, the free strategy guide and walkthrough wiki

Games released on February 6.

From Wikia Gaming, your source for walkthroughs, games, guides, and more!

Game releases

• 2006
  • Chibi-Robo! for the GameCube in North America
  • Drill Dozer for the GBA in North America

From Familypedia

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).

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 (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 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 actress
• 1918 - Lothar-Günther Buchheim, German author (d. 2007)
• 1922 - Bill Johnston, Australian cricketer
• 1922 - 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 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)
• 1934 - Bernard Erhard, American voice actor (d. 2000)
• 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 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
• 1944 - Willie Tee, American singer and songwriter (d. 2007))
• 1945 - Bob Marley, Jamaican musician (d. 1981)
• 1946 - Jim Turner, American politician
• 1946 - Kate McGarrigle, Canadian 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, 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 - Dana Eskelson, American 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
• 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)
• 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 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 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

• Bob Marley Day in Rastafarianism (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
  • Saint Dorothea, patron saint of florists
  • Saint Paul Miki

• In the Traditional Catholic Calendar it is the Feast day of:
  • Saint Titus
• February 6

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day

• On This Day in Canada