February 6
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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).
[change] Events
- 1788 - Massachusetts becomes a U.S. state
- 1819 - Singapore is founded
- 1820 - Liberia is founded
- 1860 - New Zealand is founded with the Treaty of Waitangi.
- 1952 - Accession Council of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
- 1968 - The 1968 Winter Olympics began in Grenoble, France
- 1973 - Construction begins on the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada
- 1989 - Berlin Wall: Chris Gueffroy becomes the last person to die while trying to escape from East Berlin to West Berlin over the Berlin Wall.
- 2005 - Super Bowl XXXIX: The New England Patriots beat the Philadelphia Eagles 24-21.
[change] Births
- 1665 - Anne, Queen of England, Ireland and Scotland (d. 1714)
- 1756 - Aaron Burr, 3rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1836)
- 1895 - Babe Ruth, American baseball player (d. 1948)
- 1903 - Claudio Arrau, Chilean pianist (d. 1991)
- 1911 - Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States (d. 2004)
- 1912 - Eva Braun, wife of Adolf Hitler (d. 1945)
- 1917 - Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-American actress
- 1932 - François Truffaut French film director (d. 1984)
- 1939 - Mike Farrell, American actor
- 1940 - Tom Brokaw American television journalist
- 1945 - Bob Marley
- 1962 - Axl Rose, American singer (Guns N' Roses)
- 1982 - Tank, Taiwanese singer
[change] Deaths
- 1497 - Johannes Ockeghem, Belgian composer (b. 1410)
- 1685 - Charles II, King of England, Ireland and Scotland (b. 1630)
- 1899 - Leo von Caprivi, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1831)
- 1952 - George VI, King of the United Kingdom (b. 1895)
- 1984 - Jorge Guillen, Spanish poet (b. 1893)
- 1989 - Chris Gueffroy, German, last person to die crossing the Berlin Wall (b. 1968)
