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February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. PortalCurrent events International holidays January 1 - New Year's Day January 1 - Independence PortalCurrent events International holidays February 2 - Candlemas February 5 - Shrove International holidays March 2 - Mothering Sunday (Britain March 7 - Nyepi (Indonesia Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Leap years Although the modern calendar counts a year as 365 days a complete revolution around the sun takes approximately 365 days and 6 hours 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common PortalCurrent events International holidays February 2 - Candlemas February 5 - Shrove February 2007 is the second month of the year It began on a Thursday and 28 days later ended on a Wednesday. Stories without links will be removed. News stories must be in English February 2005: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August February 2004 was the second month of 2004 in the Gregorian calendar. February 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - February 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - February 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September February 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 328 days remaining until the end of the year (329 in leap years). A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the

Contents 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. Year 46 BC was the last year of the pre-Julian calendar. This year had 445 days due to the errors that had accumulated in the pre-Julian calendar Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, commonly known as Pompey /'pɑmpi/ Pompey the Great or Pompey the Triumvir ( Classical Latin abbreviation Numidia (202 BC – 46 BC was an ancient Berber kingdom in present-day Algeria and part of Tunisia ( North Africa) that later alternated The Caecilii Metelli were one of the most important and wealthiest families in the Roman Republic. Juba I of Numidia or Juba I (c 85 BC-46 BC reigned 60 BC-46 BC was a King of Numidia. The Battle of Thapsus took place on April 6 46 BC near Thapsus (modern Ras Dimas, Tunisia)
• 1685 - James II of England and VII of Scotland becomes King upon the death of his brother Charles II. James II of England and Ireland James VII of Scotland (14 October 1633 &ndash 16 September 1701 was King of England, King of Scots, Later that same year James TalkCommonewalth realm.--> The monarchy Charles II (Charles Stuart 29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685 was the King of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
• 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. Year 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city The Franco-American Alliance (also called the Treaty of Alliance) was a pact between France and the Second Continental Congress, representing The Treaty of Amity and Commerce (also known as the Treaty of Amity and Commerce Between the United States and France) along with its sister document the Treaty of Alliance The United States of America —commonly referred to as the This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
• 1788 - Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution. Year 1788 ( MDCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme Law of the United States.
• 1815 - New Jersey grants the first American railroad charter to a John Stevens. Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Col John Stevens III ( 1749 - March 6 1838) was an American lawyer engineer and an inventor
• 1817 - The Argentinian San Martín crosses the Andes with an army in order to liberate Chile from Spanish rule. Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. José Francisco de San Martín Matorras, also known as José de San Martín ( 25 February 1778 – 17 August 1850) was an Argentine The Crossing of the Andes was one of the most important feats in the Argentine and Chilean wars of independence, in which a combined army of Argentine Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the
• 1819 - Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore. Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Singapore
• 1820 - The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society started a settlement in present-day Liberia. Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa Immigration refers to the movement of people among countries While the movement of people has existed throughout human history at various levels modern immigration implies long-term The American Colonization Society (in full The Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America was an organization that helped in founding Liberia, a Colony Colonisation (also known as Colonization) occurs whenever any one or more species populates a new area Liberia was set up by citizens of the United States as a Colony for former African-American Slaves from the U
• 1840 - Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, founding document of New Zealand. Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The Treaty of Waitangi ( Māori: Tiriti o Waitangi) is a Treaty first signed on February 6, 1840, by representatives of the British New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island
• 1843 - The first minstrel show in the United States The Virginia Minstrels opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City). Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common minstrel was a medieval European Bard who performed songs whose lyrics told stories about distant places or about real or imaginary historical events The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Virginia Minstrels or Virginia Serenaders was a group of 19th century American Entertainers known for helping to invent the entertainment form known The Bowery Amphitheatre was a building in the Bowery neighborhood of New York City. The City of New York
• 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. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Ulysses S Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27 1822 &ndash July 23 1885 was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Background In early 1861 the critical border state of Kentucky had declared neutrality in the fight to maintain the Union Background In early 1861 the critical border state of Kentucky had declared neutrality in the fight to maintain the Union
• 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. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Treaty of Paris of 1898, signed on December 10, 1898, ended the Spanish-American War. A peace treaty is an agreement between two hostile parties usually countries or governments that formally ends an armed conflict The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives
• 1900 - The international arbitration court at The Hague is created when the Netherlands' Senate ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands A senate is a Deliberative body, often the Upper house or chamber of a Legislature or Parliament. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common A peace conference is a Diplomatic meeting where representatives of certain States Armies, or other Warring parties converge to end wow
• 1922 - Achille Ratti becomes Pope Pius XI. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Pope Pius XI ( Latin: Pius PP XI; Italian: Pio XI; May 31 1857 &ndash February 10 1939) born
• 1922 - The Washington Naval Treaty was signed in Washington, DC, limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy. The Washington Naval Treaty, also known as the Five-Power Treaty, limited the naval armaments of its five signatories the United States of America, the Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The British Empire was the largest empire in history and for over a century was the foremost global power. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest
• 1933 - The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution goes into effect. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Twentieth Amendment ( Amendment XX) of the United States Constitution establishes some of the details dealing with the beginning and ending of the terms of
• 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. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Far right, extreme right, ultra-right, or radical right are terms used to discuss the qualitative or quantitative position a group Palais Bourbon, a Palace located on the left bank of the Seine, across from the Place de la Concorde, Paris (which is on the right bank is The French Third Republic (in French, La Troisième République, sometimes written as La IIIe The 6 February 1934 crisis refers to an Anti-parliamentarist demonstration organised in Paris by Far-right leagues (antiparliamentarian
• 1936 - Olympic Games: Winter Olympic Games - IV Olympic Winter Games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games The Winter Olympic Games are a winter Multi-sport event held every four years The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games, were a Winter Multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a Market town in Bavaria, southern Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
• 1951 - The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January The Pennsylvania Railroad was an American Railroad, founded in 1846 Woodbridge Township is a Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. 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. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II List of current queens regnant A queen regnant (plural "queens regnant" is qualifying reference to a female Monarch possessing and exercising all of the monarchal At the exact moment of succession, she was in a treehouse at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya. Tree houses, treehouses, or tree forts, are buildings constructed among the Branches around or next to the trunk of one or more mature Treetops Hotel is a hotel in Aberdare National Park in Kenya near the township of Nyeri, 1966 m (6450 ft above sea level on the Aberdare Range The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south
• 1958 - Eight Manchester United players are killed in the Munich air disaster. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Munich air disaster took place on 6 February 1958 when British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off from a Slush -covered runway at Munich-Riem
• 1959 - Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments filed the first patent for an integrated circuit. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jack St Clair Kilby ( November 8, 1923 - June 20, 2005) was a Nobel Prize laureate in Physics in 2000 for his invention Texas Instruments ( better known in the electronics industry (and popularly as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, USA A patent is a set of Exclusive rights granted by a State to an inventor or his assignee for a fixed period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an Microchipsjpg|right|thumb|200px|Microchips ( EPROM memory with a transparent window showing the integrated circuit inside
• 1959 - At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished. Cape Canaveral from the Spanish Cabo Cañaveral, is a headland in Brevard County Florida, United States, near the center of that Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the Titan was a family of US expendable Rockets used between 1959 and 2005
• 1971 - Apollo program: Apollo 14 Mission - Alan Shepard becomes the first person to hit a golf ball on the Moon. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr (November 18 1923 &ndash July 21 1998 ( Rear Admiral, USN Ret
• 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. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) The Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978 was a severe Nor'easter that brought Blizzard conditions to the New England region of the United A nor'easter (also northeaster; see below is a macro-scale Storm along the East Coast of the United States and Atlantic Canada. History See also History of New England New England's earliest inhabitants were Algonquian -speaking Native Americans including the
• 1992 - The Saami people of the Nordic countries have an official day celebrating their existence. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) The Sami people are the Indigenous people of northern Europe inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of northern Sweden, Norway The Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe called the Nordic region, consisting of Denmark, Finland, Iceland,
• 1996 - A Birgen Air Boeing 757 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Dominican Republic killing 189. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Dominican Republic ( Spanish: República Dominicana;) is a nation located in the Caribbean region and shares the island of Hispaniola with
• 1998 - Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is a public Airport located three miles (5 km) south of the Central business district of Washington
• 1998 - In Corsica, the prefect Claude Erignac is assassinated in Ajaccio, presumably by Yvan Colonna. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Corsica (Corse Corsican and Italian: Corsica) is the fourth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily Claude Erignac was born on the October 15 1937 in Mende, France. Ajaccio ( Adiacium Ajaccio; Aiacciu; Aiaccio) is a commune in France. Yvan Colonna is a Corsican nationalist convicted of assassinating the prefect of Corsica Claude Erignac on the February 6 1998.
• 2004 - In Russia, a suicide-attack in a Moscow metro kills 40 commuters, and injures a hundred and twenty-nine. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of The blast is blamed on Chechen separatist groups. Chechens ( Chechen: Hохчи / Noxçi) constitute the largest native Ethnic group originating in the North Caucasus region

Births

• 1577 - Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599)
• 1608 - Antonio Vieira, Portuguese writer (d. Father António Vieira, pron. ɐ̃'tɔniu vi'ɐiɾɐ ( February 6, 1608, Lisbon, Portugal - July 18, 1697, 1697)
• 1611 - Chongzhen Emperor, Emperor of China (d. The Chongzhen Emperor ( Pinyin: Chóngzhēn WG: Ch'ung-chen ( February 6, 1611 - April 25, 1644) was the 16th and 1644)
• 1639 - Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. Daniel Georg Morhof ( February 6, 1639 - July 30, 1691) was a German writer and scholar 1691)
• 1664 - Mustafa II, Ottoman Sultan (d, 1703)
• 1665 - Anne of Great Britain (d. Mustafa II ( Ottoman Turkish: مصطفى ثانى Muṣṭafā-yi sānī) ( February 6, 1664 December The Ottoman Dynasty (or the Imperial House of Osman) ( Turkish: Osmanlı Hanedanı) ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 to 1922 beginning with Year 1703 ( MDCCIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714 became Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland on 8 March 1702 succeeding William III of England and II of 1714)
• 1695 - Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. Year 1714 ( MDCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Nicolaus II Bernoulli, aka Niklaus Bernoulli, Nikolaus Bernoulli, ( February 6 1695, Basel, Switzerland – July 1726)
• 1732 - Charles Lee, General in the American Revolution (d. Year 1726 ( MDCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1732 ( MDCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Charles Lee ( February 6 1732 &ndash October 2, 1782) was a British soldier turned Virginia planter who was a 1782)
• 1744 - Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (d. Year 1782 ( MDCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1744 ( MDCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Pierre-Joseph Desault ( Magny-Vernois ( Haute-Saône) February 6, 1744, &ndash June 1 1795, Paris) was 1795)
• 1748 - Adam Weishaupt, founder of the Bavarian Illuminati (d. Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1748 ( MDCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Johann Adam Weishaupt ( February 6, 1748 in Ingolstadt – November 18, 1830 in Gotha) was a German philosopher "Illuminata" redirects here For the 1998 John Turturro film see Illuminata (film. 1811)
• 1756 - Aaron Burr, 3rd Vice President of the United States (d. Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1756 ( MDCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a This article discusses Aaron Burr (1756-1836 the US politician The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death 1836)
• 1757 - Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Polish scholar and statesman. Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1757 ( MDCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a FourthAve 1253 24 July 2005 Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland (d. 1841)
• 1811 - Henry George Liddell, father of the Alice in Alice in Wonderland (d. For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Henry George Liddell ( February 6, 1811 – January 18, 1898) was Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, Dean (1855-91 of Christ Alice Pleasance Liddell (May 4 1852 &ndash November 16 1934 was the inspiration for the children's classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865 is a novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson better known under the Pseudonym Lewis 1898)
• 1832 - John Brown Gordon, general, U.S. Senator, and Governor of Georgia
• 1833 - James Ewell Brown Stuart, American Confederate cavalry general (d. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian John Brown Gordon ( February 6, 1832 January 9, 1904) was one of Robert E The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Colonial governors James Oglethorpe, Resident Trustee, 1733 - 1743 ( Oglethorpe County) William Stephens, Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart ( February 6, 1833 &ndash May 12, 1864) was an American soldier from Virginia and a The War Department was established by the Confederate Congress in an act on February 21, 1861. The Cavalry (from French cavalerie) is the second oldest of the Combat Arms, and as Soldiers or Warriors who fought mounted on 1864)
• 1833 - José María de Pereda, Spanish novelist (d. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year José María de Pereda ( February 6 1833, Polanco &mdash March 1 1906, Polanco was one of the most distinguished of modern Spanish 1906)
• 1834 - Ema Puksec, Croatian singer (d. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Ema Pukšec (1834-1889 also known as Ilma De Murska, was a famous 19th century Soprano Opera singer from Croatia. 1889)
• 1838 - Sir Henry Irving, British actor (d. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Sir Henry Irving ( February 6 1838 &ndash October 13 1905) born John Henry Brodribb was an English stage actor in the Victorian era 1905)
• 1838 - Yisrael Meir Kagan, Chofetz Chayim (d. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Rabbi Yisrael Meir (HaCohen Kagan ( Dzyatlava, February 6, 1838 - Raduń, September 15, 1933) also known popularly 1933)
• 1853 - Ignacij Klemenčič, Slovenian physicist (d. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Ignacij Klemenčič ( February 6, 1853 - September 5, 1901) was a Slovene Physicist. 1901)
• 1887 - Josef Frings, German Archbishop of Cologne (d. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Josef Richard Cardinal Frings ( February 6, 1887 &mdash December 17, 1978) was a German Prelate of the 1978)
• 1875 - Leonid Gobyato, Russian general (d. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Leonid Nikolaevich Gobyato (Леонид Николаевич Гобято ( 6 February 1875 &ndash 21 May 1915) was a Russian 1915)
• 1892 - William Parry Murphy, American physician, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1987)
• 1894 - Eric Partridge, New Zealand lexicographer (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Eric Honeywood Partridge ( February 6, 1894 – June 1, 1979) was a noted New Zealand / British lexicographer of 1979)
• 1895 - Babe Ruth, American baseball player (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year George Herman Ruth Jr (February 6 1895 &ndash August 16 1948 also popularly known as " Babe " " The Bambino " and " The Sultan of 1948)
• 1897 - Louis Buchalter, Jewish American mobster (d. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Louis "Lepke" Buchalter ( 6 February 1897 &ndash 4 March 1944) was a Jewish-American mobster of the 1930s 1944)
• 1899 - Ramón Novarro, Mexican actor (d. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ramón Novarro ( February 2, 1899 - October 30, 1968) was a Mexican Actor who achieved fame as a " Latin lover 1968)
• 1901 - Ben Lyon, American actor (d. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Ben Lyon ( February 6, 1901 – March 22, 1979) was an American Film Actor and a 20th Century Fox studio executive 1979)
• 1902 - George Brunies, American musician (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting George Brunies, aka Georg Brunis, ( February 6, 1902 &ndash November 19, 1974) was a well-known early Jazz Trombonist 1974)
• 1903 - Claudio Arrau, Chilean-born pianist (d. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Claudio Arrau León ( February 6, 1903 &ndash June 9, 1991) was a Chilean Pianist of world fame for his deep interpretations 1991)
• 1905 - Władysław Gomułka, Polish leader (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Władysław Gomułka ( February 6, 1905, Krosno - September 1, 1982) was a Polish Communist leader 1982)
• 1908 - Amintore Fanfani, Italian politician (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Amintore Fanfani ( February 6 1908 - November 20, 1999) was an Italian career Politician and former interim President 1999)
• 1910 - Irmgard Keun, German author (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Irmgard Keun ( February 6, 1905 - May 5, 1982) was a German author noteworthy both for her portrayals of life in the Weimar Republic 1982)
• 1910 - Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-born gangster (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Carlos Marcello (b February 6, 1910 &ndash March 3, 1993) was a New Orleans Mobster who became the boss of the 1993)
• 1911 - Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by 2004)
• 1912 - Eva Braun, German mistress and wife of Adolf Hitler (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Eva Anna Paula Braun, died Eva Anna Paula Hitler ( 6 February 1912 – 30 April 1945) was the longtime companion of Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately 1945)
• 1913 - Mary Leakey, British anthropologist (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Mary Leakey ( February 6 1913 &ndash December 9 1996) was a British Archaeologist and Anthropologist, who 1996)
• 1914 - Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Thurl Arthur Ravenscroft ( February 6, 1914 &ndash May 22, 2005) was an American Voice actor and Singer 2005)
• 1916 - John Crank, British mathematician (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year John Crank ( 6 February 1916 - 3 October 2006) was a mathematical physicist best known for his work on the numerical solution of Partial 2006)
• 1917 - Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-born actress
• 1918 - Lothar-Günther Buchheim, German author (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Zsa Zsa Gabor ( born February 6 1917) is a Hungarian -born American Actress and Socialite. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Lothar-Günther Buchheim ( ( 6 February 1918 &ndash 22 February 2007) was a German Author, painter, and art 2007)
• 1922 - Bill Johnston, Australian cricketer
• 1922 - Patrick Macnee, British actor
• 1922 - Denis Norden, British television personality
• 1924 - Billy Wright, English former footballer (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. William Arras Johnston (26 February 1922&ndash24 May 2007 was an Australian Cricketer who played in forty Test matches from 1947 to 1955 Patrick Macnee (born 6 February 1922) is an English Actor, best known for his role as the secret agent John Steed Denis Mostyn Norden (born 6th February 1922 in Hackney, London) is an English Comedy writer and Television presenter. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William Ambrose "Billy" Wright, CBE (6 February 1924 – 3 September 1994 was an English footballer, who spent his whole career at Wolverhampton 1994)
• 1925 - Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesian author (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pramoedya Ananta Toer (6 February 1925 – 30 April 2006 was an Indonesian author of novels short stories essays polemics and histories of his homeland and its people 2006)
• 1926 - Haskell Wexler, American cinematographer
• 1926 - Walker Edmiston, American actor (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Haskell Wexler, ASC (born February 6, 1922 in Chicago Illinois) is an Academy Award -winning American Cinematographer Walker Edmiston ( February 6, 1925 &ndash February 15, 2007) was an American Actor and Voice-over artist who 2007)
• 1929 - Pierre Brice, French actor
• 1931 - Rip Torn, American actor
• 1931 - Mamie Van Doren, American actress
• 1932 - Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban revolutionary (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pierre Brice (born 6 February 1929 in Brest, France) birth name Baron Pierre Louis de Bris, is a French Actor, mainly known for his Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rip Torn (born February 6, 1931) is an American Television and Film Actor, who is perhaps best known for his role as Artie Mamie Van Doren (born February 6, 1931 some sources say 1933 is an American actress and Sex symbol. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Camilo Cienfuegos Gorriarán ( February 6, 1932 – October 28, 1959) was a Cuban Revolutionary born in Lawton Havana 1959)
• 1932 - François Truffaut, French film director (d. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. François Roland Truffaut ( February 6 1932 – October 21 1984) was one of the founders of the French New Wave in filmmaking 1984)
• 1933 - Leslie Crowther, British comedian (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Leslie Crowther, CBE ( 6 February 1933, Nottingham &ndash 29 September 1996, Bath) was an English 1996)
• 1934 - Bernard Erhard, American voice actor (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bernard Erhard ( 6 February 1934 - 1 November 2000) was an American Voice actor. 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
• 1942 - James Loewen, American sociologist and historian
• 1943 - Fabian, American singer
• 1943 - Gayle Hunnicutt, American actress
• 1944 - Christine Boutin, French politician
• 1944 - Willie Tee, American singer and songwriter (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kent Douglas (born 6 February, 1936 in Cobalt Ontario) is a retired professional Ice hockey defenceman and coach. James Howard Marshall III (born February 6, 1936 in San Francisco, California) is an American businessman Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. } Mike Farrell (born February 6 1939 is an American actor best known for his role as Captain B Early life Orlando Parga-Figueroa (born on February 6, 1939) is a Senator of Puerto Rico born in Mayaguez and currently resides The Senate of Puerto Rico is the Upper house of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico, smaller than the House of Representatives. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Thomas John "Tom" Brokaw (born February 6, 1940) is an American Television Journalist and Author, and Jimmy Tarbuck OBE is an English comedian and the father of actress and television presenter Liza Tarbuck. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gigi Perreau, born February 6, 1941 in Los Angeles California as Ghislaine Elizabeth Marie Thérèse Perreau-Saussine, had great success as Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sarah Brady (born Sarah Jane Kemp on February 6, 1942) is the wife of former White House Press Secretary James Brady. James (Jim W Loewen (b February 6, 1942) is a sociologist Professor, and author whose best known work is Lies My Teacher Told Me Everything Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Fabiano Anthony Forte (born February 6, 1943) better known as Fabian, is a former American Teen idol of the late 1950s and early Gayle Lady Jenkins (born February 6, 1943) known by her maiden name Gayle Hunnicutt, is an American actress. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Christine Boutin (born in Levroux, Indre, France on February 6, 1944) is a French politician Willie Tee ( February 6 1944 - September 11 2007) was a keyboardist songwriter singer producer and notable early architect of New Orleans 2007))
• 1944 - Michael Tucker, American actor
• 1945 - Bob Marley, Jamaican musician (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Michael Tucker (born February 6, 1945) is an American Actor, most widely known for his role in L Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Robert "Bob" Nesta Marley OM (February 6 1945 – May 11 1981 was a Jamaican Musician, Singer-songwriter and Rastafarian 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 - Margo, Irish singer
• 1951 - Jacques Villeret, French film actor (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James "Jim" Turner (born February 6, 1946) American Politician, was the Democratic representative for the Texas Kate and Anna McGarrigle Kate McGarrigle (born February 6 1946, Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the film director For the UK Labour politician see James Sheridan. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Natalie Cole (born Natalie Maria Cole on February 6 1950) is an influential American Singer-songwriter and performer who has Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Marco Antônio, real name Marco Antônio Feliciano, (born February 6, 1951 in Santos) was a Football (soccer player from Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Margo (born Margeret Catherine O'Donnell on February 6, 1951) is an Irish female singer from Kincasslagh, County Donegal Jacques Villeret ( February 6, 1951 &ndash January 28, 2005) was a French Actor. 2005)
• 1952 - Ricardo Lavolpe, Argentine football coach
• 1955 - Michael Pollan, American journalist
• 1957 - Kathy Najimy, American actress and comedienne
• 1957 - Simon Phillips. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ricardo Antonio Lavolpe Guarchoni, born February 6, 1952 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football manager Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Michael Pollan (born February 6, 1955) is an American author columnist activist and professor of Journalism and director of the Knight Program in Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Kathy Ann Najimy (born February 6, 1957) is an American actress known as Olive Massery on the television series Veronica's Closet Simon Phillips (born 6 February 1957 in London) is a prolific English Jazz and rock Drummer. Drummer of Toto (band)
• 1957 - Robert Townsend, American actor
• 1958 - Cecily Adams, American actress (d. Toto was a Grammy Award winning American rock band founded in 1977 by some of the most popular and experienced Session musicians of There have been several well-known people known as Robert Townsend, including Robert Townsend (Captain (1819-1866 US Navy Civil War era Ship captain Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cecily April Adams ( February 6, 1958 – March 3, 2004) was born in Jamaica Queens New York, the daughter of comic actor Don 2004)
• 1958 - Barry Miller, American actor
• 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 - Anita Cochran, American singer
• 1967 - Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (Zard) (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Barry Miller (born February 6, 1958) is an American Actor. He won Broadway's 1985 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ken Nelson (born 6 February 1959 in Liverpool) is an English Record producer. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Megan Gallagher (born February 6, 1960) is an American actress Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William Alexander Lester III (born February 6, 1961) is a racing driver who competes in the Daytona Prototype category in the Rolex Sports Car Series Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. W Axl Rose (born William Bruce Rose Jr; February 6 1962 frequently called Axl Rose, is an American Musician, best known as the Frontman Guns N' Roses is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985 Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kevin Mark Trudeau (born February 6, 1963) is an American Author, Pocket billiards promoter (founder of the International Pool Tour salesman Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Richard Paul Astley (born February 6, 1966) is an English Singer, Songwriter and Musician. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Anita Renee Cockerham (born February 6, 1967 in South Lyon Michigan) known by her stage name Anita Cochran is an American Country (born was a J-pop singer song writer and member of the group Zard. was a Japanese pop group Originally a group of five members with lead vocalist Izumi Sakai as group leader 2007)
• 1968 - Adolfo Valencia, Colombian footballer
• 1968 - Akira Yamaoka, Japanese composer
• 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 - 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
• 1977 - Jason Euell, English-born footballer
• 1979 - Dan Bălan, Moldovan singer and former member of the band 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, National Football League defensive lineman
• 1982 - Alice Eve, English actress
• 1982 - Tank, Mandopop singer. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Adolfo José Valencia Mosquera (born February 6, 1968 in Buenaventura, Colombia) is a Soccer Striker who has played all Akira Yamaoka (山岡 晃 Yamaoka Akira, born February 6 1968 in Niigata, Japan Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Per Frandsen (born February 6, 1970) is a Danish former professional Football (soccer player who won the 1995 Danish Cup with Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Dana Erika Eskelson (born February 6, 1971) is an American Television, Film, and Theatre Actress. George Bradley Hogg (born 6 February 1971 in Narrogin Western Australia) known as Brad Hogg, is a retired Australian Cricketer He is primarily Brian Stepanek ( February 6, 1970 in Cleveland Ohio) is an American actor Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Aaron Binn (born February 6, 1972) is a National Football League Long snapper for the San Diego Chargers. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brett Hawke (born 6 February 1975 in Sydney New South Wales) is a former Australian Record holder and Australian Olympian in swimming is a Japanese female singer and vocalist of musical group The brilliant green. Svend-Allan Sørensen (born 1975) is a conceptual artist from Kjellerup, Denmark. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tanja Frieden (born 6 February 1976 in Berne) is a Swiss Snowboarder. Colin Teo, born February 6, 1976, is a drifting driver from Singapore. Kimberly Lynn Zmeskal Burdette (born February 6, 1976 in Houston Texas) is a retired American gymnast, having held the titles of world Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Jason Joseph Euell (born February 6, 1977 in Lambeth, London) is a Jamaican English football player Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) For the football (soccer player see Daniel Bălan. Dan Mihai Bălan (born February 6, 1979 in Chişinău, O-Zone was a Moldovan Pop music trio that gained global popularity for their song Dragostea din tei. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) is a prolific Seiyū working under. She was born in the city of Kanazawa Ishikawa, and graduated from. A is a Japanese vocal actor Seiyū work in Radio, Television, and movies; they perform voice-overs for non-Japanese movies they provide narration and they Kim Poirier (born February 6, 1980) is a Canadian TV and movie Actress, Film producer and television host Luke Ravenstahl (b February 6 1980 Troy Hill, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) is the current Mayor of Pittsburgh. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Calum Milan Best (born 6 February 1981 in San Jose California) is a Northern Irish / American former Fashion model Jens Martin Lekman (pronounced "Yens" born February 6 1981 in Angered, Sweden) is a Swedish Indie pop Ty'ron Markeith Warren (born February 6, 1981 in Bryan Texas) is an American football Defensive lineman for the New England Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Alice Eve (born 6 February 1982 is a British actress. Biography Early life Eve is the daughter of actors Trevor Eve and Tank (born February 6, 1982) is a Taiwanese singer/songwriter Mandopop ( is a colloquial abbreviation for " Mandarin Popular music ".
• 1983 - Brodie Croyle, American football player
• 1983 - S Sreesanth, Indian cricketer
• 1983 - Jamie Whincup, Australian racing driver
• 1983 - Myron Wolf Child, Canadian politician
• 1984 - Darren Bent, English footballer
• 1984 - Piret Järvis, Estonian singer
• 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
• 1988 - Allison Holker, American dancer
• 1989 - Craig Cathcart, Irish footballer
• 2004 - Princess Louise of Belgium

Deaths

• 891 - Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople
• 1378 - Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (b. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) John Brodie Croyle (kroy-uhl (born February 6 1983 in Rainbow City Alabama) Early years The son of John Croyle a former Defensive end for the Shanthakumaran Sreesanth (born 6 February 1983 in Kothamangalam, Kerala, India also known as S Jamie Whincup (born February 6, 1983 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a V8 Supercar driver for TeamVodafone. Myron John (MJ Wolf Child ( 6 February, 1983 &ndash 27 February, 2007) was a youth activist public speaker and Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Darren Ashley Bent (born 6 February 1984 in Tooting, London, England is an English footballer, currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur. Piret Järvis (born February 6, 1984 in Tallinn, Estonian SSR) is an Estonian musician and member of the popular Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Kris Nathan Humphries (born February 6, 1985 in Minneapolis Minnesota) is an American professional Basketball player for the Yang Yu ( born February 6, 1985 in Hangzhou) is a female Olympic medal-winning Swimmer from the People's Republic of China. (born February 6, 1985 in Yamagata) is a Japanese speedskater specialised in the sprinting distance 500 metres Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Alice Greczyn (born February 6, 1986 in Walnut Creek California) is an American actress who starred in the 2006 NBC television series Brendan Ross Murray Taylor (born February 6, 1986 in Harare) is a Zimbabwean Cricketer Taylor made his debut for Zimbabwe at a Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Allison Renee Holker (born February 6 1988, Orem Utah) is a Contemporary jazz Dancer. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Craig George Cathcart (born 6 February 1989 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish footballer. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Princess Louise of Belgium ( Louise Sophie Mary) born Woluwé-Saint-Lambert, February 6, 2004, is the first child of Prince Laurent Events By Place Europe Arnulf of Carinthia defeats the Normans at the Battle of Leuven. Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις Konstantinoúpolis, or gr ἡ Πόλις hē Polis, Latin: la CONSTANTINOPOLIS Joanna of Bourbon (Jeanne de Bourbon Vincennes, February 3, 1338 &ndash Paris, February 6, 1378) was consort Charles V ( 21 January 1338 – 16 September 1380) called the Wise, was King of France from 1364 to his death and a member 1338)
• 1497 - Johannes Ockeghem, Flemish composer (b. Johannes Ockeghem (also Jean de; surname Okeghem, Ogkegum, Okchem, Hocquegam, Ockegham; other variant spellings are also c. 1410)
• 1515 - Aldus Manutius, Italian printer
• 1585 - Edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. Aldus Manutius (1449/1450 – February 6, 1515) the Latinized name of Teobaldo Mannucci, sometimes called Aldus Manutius the Elder to distinguish Edmund Plowden (1518 Plowden Hall Lydbury, Shropshire, England - 6 February 1585 London, England) was 1518)
• 1593 - Jacques Amyot, French writer (b. Jacques Amyot ( October 30, 1513 - February 6, 1593) French Renaissance writer and translator was born of poor parents at Melun 1513)
• 1593 - Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. Emperor Ōgimachi (正親町天皇 Ōgimachi-tennō) ( June 18, 1517 - February 6, 1593) was the 106th emperor 1517)
• 1617 - Prospero Alpini, Italian scientist (b. Prospero Alpini (also known as Prosper Alpinus, Prospero Alpinio and Prosper Alpin) ( November 23, 1553 - February 6 1553)
• 1685 - King Charles II of England (b. Charles II (Charles Stuart 29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685 was the King of England, Scotland, and Ireland. 1630)
• 1740 - Pope Clement XII (b. Year 1740 ( MDCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap See Corsini for other uses of that name Pope Clement XII ( April 7, 1652 &ndash February 6, 1652)
• 1775 - William Dowdeswell, English politician (b. Year 1775 ( MDCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a William Dowdeswell (1721 &ndash February 6, 1775) was an English Politician. 1721)
• 1783 - Capability Brown, English landscape gardener (b. Year 1721 ( MDCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or 1716)
• 1793 - Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright (b. Year 1716 ( MDCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1793 ( MDCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni (25 February 1707 – 6 February 1793 was a celebrated Venetian Playwright and Librettist, whom critics today rank among the European 1707)
• 1807 - John Reid, British army general and composer (b. Year 1707 ( MDCCVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1807 ( MDCCCVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1721)
• 1816 - Maria Ludwika Rzewuska, Polish szlachcianka (b. Year 1721 ( MDCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year 1744)
• 1833 - Pierre André Latreille, French entomologist (b. Year 1744 ( MDCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Pierre André Latreille ( November 20, 1762 - February 6, 1833) was a French entomologist. 1762)
• 1834 - Richard Lemon Lander, British explorer (b. Year 1762 ( MDCCLXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Richard Lemon Lander ( February 8, 1804 &ndash February 6, 1834) was a Cornish explorer of Western Africa. 1804)
• 1855 - Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. Year 1804 ( MDCCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Martin Josef Munzinger ( November 11, 1791 - February 6, 1855) was a Swiss politician 1791)
• 1899 - Leo von Caprivi, Chancellor of Germany (b. Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Georg Leo Graf von Caprivi de Caprera de Montecuccoli ( English: Count George Leo of Caprivi Caprera and Montecuccoli, born Georg Leo von Caprivi; The Head of government of Germany is called Chancellor (Kanzler 1831)
• 1899 - Prince Prince Alfred of Edinburgh (b. Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Hereditary Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Alfred Alexander William Ernest Albert 15 October 1874 – 6 February 1899) was born 1874)
• 1910 - Alfonso Maria Fusco. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Blessed Alfonso Maria Fusco ( March 23, 1839 - February 6, 1910) was a Roman Catholic priest and founder of the Congregation of the Sisters Beatified Italian Roman Catholic priest and founder (b. 1839)
• 1916 - Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan writer (b. Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Félix Rubén García Sarmiento also known as Rubén Darío (Metapa January 18, 1867 &ndash Leon February 6, 1916) was a 1867)
• 1918 - Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter (b. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Gustav Klimt (July 14 1862 – February 6 1918 was an Austrian Symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Art Nouveau 1862)
• 1927 - Sam Maguire, Irish Republican and Gaelic footballer (b. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Samuel ("Sam" Maguire ( 1879 - February 6, 1927) an Irish Republican and Gaelic footballer is chiefly remembered as the 1879)
• 1938 - Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (b. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Marianne von Werefkin ( Russian Мариамна / Марианна Владимировна Веревкина) ( Tula, Russia &ndash 1860)
• 1950 - Georges Imbert, Alsatian chemist (b. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Georges Christian Peter Imbert born March 25, 1884 in Niederstinzel, Lorraine died February 6, 1950 in Saar Union 1884)
• 1952 - George VI of the United Kingdom (b. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1895)
• 1958 - David Pegg, English footballer (b. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year David Pegg, ( September 20 1935 &ndash February 6 1958) was an English footballer and one of the eight Manchester 1935)
• 1958 - Tommy Taylor, English footballer (b. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Thomas "Tommy" Taylor ( 29 January 1932 &ndash 6 February 1958) was an English footballer who was known for his 1932)
• 1958 - Geoff Bent, English footballer (b. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Geoffrey "Geoff" Bent ( 27 September 1932 &ndash 6 February 1958) was an English footballer and one of the eight 1932)
• 1958 - Roger Byrne, English footballer (b. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Roger William Byrne ( 8 February 1929 &ndash 6 February 1958) was an English footballer and a captain of 1929)
• 1958 - Eddie Colman, English footballer (b. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edward "Eddie" Colman ( 1 November 1936 &ndash 6 February 1958) was an English football player and one of the 1936)
• 1958 - Mark Jones, English footballer (b. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See Mark Jones (Welsh footballer for the Welsh footballer currently playing for Wrexham A 1933)
• 1958 - Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist (b. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frank Victor Swift (26 December 1913 - 6 February 1958 was a football goalkeeper for Manchester City and England, born in Blackpool 1913)
• 1958 - Walter Crickmer, English football club secretary and manager
• 1963 - Abd el-Krim, Moroccan politician
• 1964 - Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and President (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Walter Crickmer (? - 6 February 1958) was an English football club secretary and manager Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Abd el-Krim (c1882 Ajdir &ndash February 6, 1963, Cairo) ( Mulay Abdelkrim, full name Muhammad Ibn 'Abd El-Karim El-Khattabi Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. For the municipality see Gen Emilio Aguinaldo Cavite General Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy ( March 22, 1869 &ndash February 6 1869)
• 1966 - Narcisa de Leon, Filipino film mogul (b. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Narcisa B Vda de Leon ( October 29, 1877 &ndash February 6, 1966) was a Filipino Film producer. 1877)
• 1967 - Martine Carol, French film actress (b. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Martine Carol ( May 16, 1920 &ndash February 6, 1967) was a French film actress. 1920)
• 1976 - Vince Guaraldi, American musician (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Vince Guaraldi ( July 17, 1928 – February 6, 1976) was an American Jazz Musician and Pianist 1928)
• 1981 - Hugo Montenegro, American film music composer (b. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Hugo Montenegro ( September 2, 1925 - February 6, 1981) was an American orchestra leader and Composer of Film 1925)
• 1981 - Frederika of Hanover, Queen Consort of Greece (b. 1917)
• 1985 - James Hadley Chase, English writer (b. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) NoOrchidsForMissBlandishFjpg|thumb| Book Cover Chase's first novel No Orchids for Miss Blandish published 1939]] James Hadley Chase 1906)
• 1986 - Frederick Coutts, Salvation Army general (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Frederick Coutts, CBE ( September 21, 1899 &ndash February 6, 1986) was the 8th General of The Salvation Army 1899)
• 1986 - Minoru Yamasaki, American architect (b. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common was an American Architect best known for his design of the twin towers of the World Trade Center buildings 1 and 2 1912)
• 1988 - Nuno Oliveira, Bass Player (b. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Nuno Oliveira (1925-1989 is widely acknowledged as a master of the art of Dressage. 1925)
• 1989 - André Cayatte, French filmmaker (b. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) André Cayatte ( February 3, 1909, Carcassonne &ndash February 6, 1989, Paris) was a French New Wave filmmaker 1909)
• 1989 - Barbara Tuchman, American historian (b. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Barbara Wertheim Tuchman ( January 30, 1912 &ndash February 6, 1989) was an American self-trained Historian and author 1912)
• 1989 - Chris Gueffroy, East German attempted defector (b. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Chris Gueffroy ( June 21, 1968 &ndash February 6, 1989) was the last person to be shot while trying to escape to West Berlin across the 1968)
• 1989 - Osbourne Ruddock, Jamaican Dub music performer (b. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. King Tubby (born Osbourne Ruddock, January 28, 1941 – February 6, 1989) was a Jamaican electronics and sound engineer 1941)
• 1991 - Salvador Luria, Italian biologist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Salvador Edward Luria ( August 13, 1912 &ndash February 6, 1991) was an Italian -born American microbiologist The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1912)
• 1991 - Danny Thomas, American singer, comedian, and actor (b. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Danny Thomas ( January 6, 1912 - February 6, 1991) was an American nightclub Comedian and television and film 1914)
• 1993 - Arthur Ashe, American tennis player (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Arthur Robert Ashe Jr ( July 10, 1943 – February 6, 1993) was an African American Tennis player who was born and raised 1943)
• 1994 - Joseph Cotten, American actor (b. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Joseph Cheshire Cotten ( May 15, 1905 – February 6, 1994) was an American Actor of stage and Film 1905)
• 1994 - Jack Kirby, American comic book writer (b. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Jack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg, August 28, 1917 &ndash February 6, 1994) was an American Comic book 1917)
• 1995 - James Merrill, American poet (b. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 James Ingram Merrill ( March 3, 1926 &ndash February 6, 1995) was a Pulitzer Prize winning 1926)
• 1996 - Guy Madison, American actor (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Guy Madison ( January 19, 1922 – February 6, 1996) was an American Film and Television Actor. 1922)
• 1997 - Roger Laurent, Belgian racing driver (b. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Roger Laurent ( February 21, 1913 – February 6, 1997) was a Racing driver from Belgium. 1913)
• 1998 - Falco, Austrian singer (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Johann (Hans Hölzel ( February 19, 1957 &ndash February 6, 1998) better known by his stage name Falco, was an Austrian 1957)
• 1998 - Carl Wilson, American musician (The Beach Boys) (b. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Carl Dean Wilson ( December 21, 1946 – February 6, 1998) was an American Rock and roll Singer and Guitarist The Beach Boys is an American rock band Formed in 1961 the group gained popularity for its close vocal harmonies and lyrics reflecting a California Youth culture 1946)
• 1998 - Haroun Tazieff, French vulcanologist and geologist (b. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Haroun Tazieff (Warszawa 11 May 1914 &mdash Paris 6 February 1998) was a French Volcanologist and Geologist 1914)
• 2001 - Filemon Lagman, Filipino Communist revolutionary (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Filemon Lagman ( March 17, 1953 &mdash February 6, 2001) popularly known as Ka Popoy was a revolutionary socialist and workers' 1953)
• 2001 - Fulgence Charpentier, Quebec journalist (b. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Fulgence Charpentier ( June 29, 1897 &ndash February 6, 2001) was a French - Canadian journalist editor and publisher 1897)
• 2002 - Max Perutz, Austrian molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Max Ferdinand Perutz, OM ( May 19 1914, Vienna, Austria – February 6 2002, Cambridge, The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1914)
• 2005 - Lazar Berman, Russian pianist (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lazar Naumovich Berman (Ла́зарь Нау́мович Бе́рман Lazarʹ Naumovič Berman; February 26, 1930 &ndash February 6, 1930)
• 2005 - Karl Haas, American radio presenter (b. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Karl Haas ( December 6, 1913 – February 6, 2005) was a German-American classical music Radio show host whose distinctively 1913)
• 2007 - Lew Burdette, American baseball player (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Selva Lewis Burdette Jr ( November 22 1926 – February 6 2007) was an American right-handed Starting pitcher in 1926)
• 2007 - Lee Hoffman, American author (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lee Hoffman, born Shirley Bell Hoffman, ( August 14, 1932, Chicago Illinois - February 6, 2007, Port Charlotte Florida 1932)
• 2007 - Len Hopkins, Canadian politician (b. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Leonard Donald "Len" Hopkins ( June 12, 1930 - February 6, 2007) was a Canadian politician and member of the Liberal 1930)
• 2007 - Frankie Laine, American singer (b. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frankie Laine, born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio ( Chicago, March 30, 1913 – San Diego, February 6, 2007) 1913)
• 2007 - Willye White, American athlete (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Willye White ( January 1 1939 &ndash February 6 2007) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the Long 1939)
• 2008 - John McWethy, American journalist (b. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common John Fleetwood McWethy ( 23 February 1947 &ndash 6 February 2008) was an American journalist. 1947)
• 2008 - Tony Rolt, English racing driver (b. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Major Anthony Peter Roylance "Tony" Rolt, MC & Bar, ( October 16, 1918 – February 6, 2008) was a 1918)

Holidays and observances

• International Day Against Female Genital Mutilation
• Bob Marley Day in Rastafarianism (Jamaica and Ethiopia)
• Waitangi Day (National Holiday) in New Zealand
• Sami National Day (in Finland and Scandinavia)
• 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
  • Saint Titus
• February 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

External links

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

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Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common International Day Against Female Genital Mutilation is a UNICEF -sponsored Awareness day that takes place February 6 each year Robert "Bob" Nesta Marley OM (February 6 1945 – May 11 1981 was a Jamaican Musician, Singer-songwriter and Rastafarian The Rastafari movement (also known as Rastafari, Rastafarianism or simply Rasta) is a monotheistic, Abrahamic, New Testament Jamaica (ˈdʒəˈmeɪkə} is an Island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page Waitangi Day is the National day of New Zealand. It is a public holiday held each year on February 6 to celebrate the signing of the Treaty New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island The Sami National Day falls on February 6 as this date was when the first Sámi congress was held in 1917 in Trondheim, Norway. The Calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a Liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more Saints A saint (from the Latin sanctus) is a human being to whom has been attributed (and who has generally demonstrated a high level of Holiness and Sanctity For earlier forms of the General Roman Calendar see the Tridentine Calendar, the General Roman Calendar as in 1954, General Roman Calendar of Pope Pius For places named after Saint Amandus see Saint-Amand. For the leaders of the Gallic rebellion under Diocletian, including Amandus see Aelianus (rebel For places named after Saint Amandus see Saint-Amand. For the leaders of the Gallic rebellion under Diocletian, including Amandus see Aelianus (rebel Saint Vedast or Vedastus, also known as Saint Vaast or Saint Waast (in Dutch) (died c Saint Dorothea ( Dorothy Dora) (Santa Dorotea Santa Dorotea (d Floristry is the general term used to describe the professional floral trade Paul Miki (1562 – 1597 was a Japanese Roman Catholic martyr and saint one of the Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan. In the Christian New Testament, Saint Titus, (a common Roman first name) was a companion of Paul of Tarsus, mentioned in several of Feb 5 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb 7 Fixed commemorations All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 19 (new

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