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What happend on 6. February in History
In our data base we found 399 events happened on 6. February:
• 891: St. Photius I the Great, Patriarch of Constantinople [category: Deaths]
• 1215: Hōjō Tokimasa, Head of the Hōjō clan and shikken of the Kamakura bakufu (b. 1138) [category: Deaths]
• 1347: Dorothea of Montau, Catholic saint (d. 1394) [category: Births]
• 1378: Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338) [category: Deaths]
• 1452: Joan, Princess of Portugal (d. 1490) [category: Births]
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• 1461: Džore Držić, Croatian poet and playwright (d. 1501) [category: Births]
• 1465: Scipione del Ferro, Italian mathematician (d. 1526) [category: Births]
• 1497: Johannes Ockeghem, Flemish composer (b. c.1410) [category: Deaths]
• 1515: Aldus Manutius, Italian printer [category: Deaths]
• 1536: Sassa Narimasa, Japanese samurai and Oda clan retainer (d. 1588) [category: Births]
• 1577: Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599) [category: Births]
• 1582: Mario Bettinus, Italian philosopher, mathematician and astronomer (d. 1657) [category: Births]
• 1585: Edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518) [category: Deaths]
• 1593: Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517) [category: Deaths]
• 1593: Jacques Amyot, French writer (b. 1513) [category: Deaths]
• 1605: Bernard of Corleone, Catholic saint (d. 1667) [category: Births]
• 1608: Antonio Vieira, Portuguese writer (d. 1697) [category: Births]
• 1611: Chongzhen Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1644) [category: Births]
• 1612: Antoine Arnauld, French theologian, philosopher and mathematician (d. 1694) [category: Births]
• 1617: Prospero Alpini, Italian scientist (b. 1553) [category: Deaths]
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• 1639: Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691) [category: Births]
• 1643: Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg, first Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1712) [category: Births]
• 1649: The claimant King Charles II of England and Scotland is declared King of Great Britain, by the Parliament of Scotland. This move was not followed by the Parliament of England nor the Parliament of Ireland. [category: Events]
• 1664: Mustafa II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1703) [category: Births]
• 1665: Anne of Great Britain, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland (d. 1714) [category: Births]
• 1685: King Charles II of England (b. 1630) [category: Deaths]
• 1685: James II of England and VII of Scotland becomes King upon the death of his brother Charles II. [category: Events]
• 1695: Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1726) [category: Births]
• 1721: Christian Friedrich Heinecken, German child prodigy (d. 1725) [category: Births]
• 1726: Patrick Russell, Scottish surgeon and naturalist (d. 1805) [category: Births]
• 1732: Charles Lee, British-born American Revolutionary War figure (d. 1782) [category: Births]
• 1736: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, German-Austrian sculptor (d. 1783) [category: Births]
• 1740: Pope Clement XII (b. 1652) [category: Deaths]
• 1744: Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (d. 1795) [category: Births]
• 1748: Adam Weishaupt, German philosopher (d. 1830) [category: Births]
• 1753: Évariste de Parny, French poet (d. 1814) [category: Births]
• 1756: Aaron Burr, American politician and 3rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1836) [category: Births]
• 1757: Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Polish scholar and statesman. (d. 1841) [category: Births]
• 1769: Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn, Austrian general (d. 1862) [category: Births]
• 1772: Karl von Kügelgen, German landscape and history painter (d. 1832) [category: Births]
• 1772: Sir George Murray, Scottish soldier and politician (d. 1830) [category: Births]
• 1775: William Dowdeswell, English politician (b. 1721) [category: Deaths]
• 1778: Ugo Foscolo, Italian writer and poet (d. 1827) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1781: John Keane, 1st Baron Keane, British noble and officer (d. 1844) [category: Births]
• 1783: Capability Brown, English landscape gardener (b. 1716) [category: Deaths]
• 1788: Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution. [category: Events]
• 1793: Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright (b. 1707) [category: Deaths]
• 1796: John Stevens Henslow, English botanist and geologist (d. 1861) [category: Births]
• 1797: Joseph von Radowitz, Prussian statesman and general (d. 1853) [category: Births]
• 1799: Imre Frivaldszky, Hungarian botanist and entomologist (d. 1870) [category: Births]
• 1800: Achille Devéria, French painter and lithographer (d. 1857) [category: Births]
• 1802: Charles Wheatstone, English scientist and inventor (d. 1875) [category: Births]
• 1806: Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, French general and father of author Alexandre Dumas, père (b. 1762) [category: Deaths]
• 1806: Battle of San Domingo: British naval victory against the French in the Caribbean. [category: Events]
• 1807: John Reid, British army general and composer (b. 1721) [category: Deaths]
• 1811: Henry George Liddell, father of Alice Liddell (d. 1898) [category: Births]
• 1815: New Jersey grants the first American railroad charter to John Stevens. [category: Events]
• 1816: Maria Ludwika Rzewuska, Polish szlachcianka (b. 1744) [category: Deaths]
• 1818: Henry Litolff, British musician and composer (d. 1891) [category: Births]
• 1818: Jenaro Quesada y Matheus, Spanish nobleman and politician (d. 1889) [category: Births]
• 1818: William M. Evarts, American lawyer and statesman (d. 1901) [category: Births]
• 1819: Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore. [category: Events]
• 1820: The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society started a settlement in present-day Liberia. [category: Events]
• 1829: Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer, French architect (d. 1914) [category: Births]
• 1830: Daniel Oliver, British botanist (d. 1916) [category: Births]
• 1832: John Brown Gordon, American politician (d. 1904) [category: Births]
• 1833: James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart, American Civil War figure (d. 1864) [category: Births]
• 1833: José María de Pereda, Spanish novelist (d. 1906) [category: Births]
• 1833: Pierre André Latreille, French entomologist (b. 1762) [category: Deaths]
• 1833: Otto becomes the first modern King of Greece. [category: Events]
• 1834: Edwin Klebs, German-born Swiss pathologist (d. 1913) [category: Births]
• 1834: Ema Puksec, Croatian singer (d. 1889) [category: Births]
• 1834: Wilhelm von Scherff, German general and military writer (d. 1911) [category: Births]
• 1834: Richard Lemon Lander, British explorer (b. 1804) [category: Deaths]
• 1838: Sir Henry Irving, British actor (d. 1905) [category: Births]
• 1838: Yisrael Meir Kagan, Chofetz Chayim (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1839: Eduard Hitzig, German neurologist and neuropsychiatrist (d. 1907) [category: Births]
• 1840: Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony. [category: Events]
• 1842: Mary Rudge, English chess master (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1843: Frederic William Henry Myers, English poet and essayist (d. 1901) [category: Births]
• 1843: Inoue Kowashi, Japanese statesman (d. 1895) [category: Births]
• 1843: The first minstrel show in the United States, The Virginia Minstrels, opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City). [category: Events]
• 1845: Isidor Straus, co-owner of Macy's department store and former Congressman from New York (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1847: Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1849: Ida Straus, American passenger aboard the Titanic (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1851: The largest Australian bushfires in a populous region in recorded history take place in the state of Victoria. [category: Events]
• 1852: C. Lloyd Morgan, British zoologist and psychologist (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1852: Vasily Safonov, Russian pianist, teacher, conductor and composer (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1853: Ignacij Klemenčič, Slovenian physicist (d. 1901) [category: Births]
• 1854: Tommaso Alberto Vittorio of Savoy-Genoa, Italian prince (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1855: Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791) [category: Deaths]
• 1859: Wilhelm Cohn, German chess master (d. 1913) [category: Births]
• 1861: Nikolay Zelinsky, Russian chemist (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1862: American Civil War: The U.S. Navy gives the Union its first victory of the war, capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee in the Battle of Fort Henry. [category: Events]
• 1864: John Henry Mackay, Scottish individualist anarchist, thinker and writer (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1866: Karl Sapper, German explorer and linguist (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1872: Robert Maillart, Swiss bridge engineer (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1875: Leonid Gobyato, Russian general (d. 1915) [category: Births]
• 1876: Eugène-Henri Gravelotte, French fencer (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1876: Henry Blogg, English lifeboatman, George Cross and British Empire Medal recipient (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1878: Walter B. Pitkin, American lecturer (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1879: Carl Ramsauer, German physicist (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1879: Edwin Samuel Montagu, British statesman (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1879: Magnús Guðmundsson, Icelandic politician (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1879: Othon Friesz, French artist (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1880: Nishinoumi Kajirō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1883: Dmitry Pavlovich Grigorovich, Russian aircraft designer (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1884: Marcel Cohen, French linguist (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1887: Josef Frings, German Archbishop of Cologne (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1892: Maximilian Fretter-Pico, German general (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1892: William Parry Murphy, American physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1893: Muhammad Zafrulla Khan, Pakistani diplomat (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1894: Eric Partridge, New Zealand lexicographer (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1894: Kirpal Singh, Indian religious figure (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1895: Babe Ruth, American baseball player (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1897: Louis Buchalter, American organized crime figure (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1898: Alla Tarasova, Soviet actress (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1899: Ramón Novarro, Mexican actor (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1899: Leo von Caprivi, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1831) [category: Deaths]
• 1899: Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Prince of Edinburgh (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1899: Spanish-American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate. [category: Events]
• 1900: The international arbitration court at The Hague is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree. [category: Events]
• 1901: Ben Lyon, American actor (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1902: George Brunies, American musician (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1903: Claudio Arrau, Chilean-born pianist (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1905: Jan Werich, Czech actor, playwright and writer (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1905: Władysław Gomułka, Polish leader (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1906: Joseph Schull, Canadian playwright and historian (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1908: Amintore Fanfani, Italian politician (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1908: Edward Lansdale, American United States Air Force, CIA and OSS officer (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1908: Michael Maltese, American screenwriter (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1910: Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-born gangster (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1910: Irmgard Keun, German author (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1910: Alfonso Maria Fusco. Beatified Italian Roman Catholic priest and founder (b. 1839) [category: Deaths]
• 1911: Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1912: Eva Braun, German mistress and wife of Adolf Hitler (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1912: John Edward Christopher Hill, English historian (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1913: Mary Leakey, British anthropologist (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1914: Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1914: The Bondetåget, a peasant uprising in support of the monarchy, takes place in Sweden [category: Events]
• 1916: John Crank, British mathematician (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1916: Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan writer (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: Louis-Philippe de Grandpré, Canadian lawyer and justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1917: Zsa Zsa Gábor, Hungarian-born actress [category: Births]
• 1918: Lothar-Günther Buchheim, German author (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1918: Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: British women over the age of 30 get the right to vote. [category: Events]
• 1919: Takashi Yanase, Japanese manga artist [category: Births]
• 1922: Bill Johnston, Australian cricketer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1922: Denis Norden, British television personality [category: Births]
• 1922: Haskell Wexler, American cinematographer [category: Births]
• 1922: Patrick Macnee, British actor [category: Births]
• 1922: The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy. [category: Events]
• 1923: Gyula Lóránt, Hungarian football player and manager (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1924: Billy Wright, English footballer (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1924: Jin Yong, Chinese-language novelist [category: Births]
• 1925: Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesian author (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1926: Eugene E. Covert, American aeronautics specialist [category: Births]
• 1926: Walker Edmiston, American actor (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1927: Gerard K. O'Neill, American physicist (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1927: Sam Maguire, Irish Republican and Gaelic footballer (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1928: Allan Meltzer, American economist [category: Births]
• 1929: Colin Murdoch, New Zealand pharmacist, inventor of the tranquilliser gun (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1929: Oscar Sambrano Urdaneta, Venezuelan writer [category: Births]
• 1929: Pierre Brice, French actor [category: Births]
• 1929: Valentin Yanin, Russian historian [category: Births]
• 1929: Maria Christina of Austria, Queen Regent of Spain (b. 1858) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: Jun Kondo, Japanese theoretical physicist [category: Births]
• 1931: Mamie Van Doren, American actress [category: Births]
• 1931: Ricardo Vidal, Filipino Roman Catholic Cardinal [category: Births]
• 1931: Rip Torn, American actor [category: Births]
• 1931: Motilal Nehru, Indian Leader(b.1861) [category: Deaths]
• 1932: Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban revolutionary (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1932: François Truffaut, French film director (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1932: Heinz-Klaus Metzger, German music critic and theorist (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1933: Leslie Crowther, British comedian (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1934: Bernard Erhard, American voice actor (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1936: Donnie Brooks, American pop singer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1936: J. Howard Marshall III, American businessman [category: Births]
• 1936: Kent Douglas, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1938: Fred Mifflin, Canadian Rear Admiral and politician [category: Births]
• 1938: Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (b. 1860) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: Jean Beaudin, Canadian film director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1939: Mike Farrell, American actor [category: Births]
• 1939: Orlando Parga, Puerto Rican politician [category: Births]
• 1940: Jimmy Tarbuck, British comedian [category: Births]
• 1940: Petr Hájek, Czech mathematician [category: Births]
• 1940: Tom Brokaw, American news anchorman [category: Births]
• 1941: Gigi Perreau, American actress [category: Births]
• 1941: Spencer Silver, American chemist [category: Births]
• 1941: Stephen Albert, American composer (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1942: James Loewen, American sociologist and historian [category: Births]
• 1942: Sarah Brady, American gun-control activist [category: Births]
• 1942: Tommy Roberts, English fashion designer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1942: Valentina Titova, Russian actress [category: Births]
• 1942: World War II: The United Kingdom declares war on Thailand. [category: Events]
• 1943: Fabian Forte, American singer [category: Births]
• 1943: Gayle Hunnicutt, American actress [category: Births]
• 1943: Georgeanna Tillman, American singer (The Marvelettes) (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1944: Christine Boutin, French politician [category: Births]
• 1944: Michael Tucker, American actor [category: Births]
• 1944: Willie Tee, American singer and songwriter (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1945: Bob Marley, Jamaican musician (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1946: Jim Turner, American politician [category: Births]
• 1946: Kate McGarrigle, Canadian singer and songwriter (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1946: Richie Hayward, American musician (Little Feat) (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1947: Bill Staines, American singer and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1949: Jim Sheridan, Irish film director [category: Births]
• 1949: Mike Batt, British composer [category: Births]
• 1950: Jane Gordon-Cumming, British writer [category: Births]
• 1950: Natalie Cole, American singer [category: Births]
• 1950: Georges Imbert, Alsatian chemist (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: Huw Lloyd-Langton, English guitarist (Hawkwind and Widowmaker) (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1951: Jacques Villeret, French actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1951: Kevin Whately, English actor [category: Births]
• 1951: Marco Antônio, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1951: Margo O'Donnell, Irish singer [category: Births]
• 1951: Gabby Street, former MLB player (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1952: Ricardo Lavolpe, Argentine football coach [category: Births]
• 1952: Viktor Giacobbo, Swiss writer, comedian, moderator and actor [category: Births]
• 1952: George VI of the United Kingdom (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Elizabeth II becomes the first queen regnant of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth Realms since Queen Victoria 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. [category: Events]
• 1954: Bob Sirois, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1955: Bruno Stolorz, French rugby coach [category: Births]
• 1955: Michael Pollan, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1957: Kathy Najimy, American actress and comedienne [category: Births]
• 1957: Robert Townsend, American actor [category: Births]
• 1957: Simon Phillips, Drummer (Toto) [category: Births]
• 1958: Barry Miller, American actor [category: Births]
• 1958: Cecily Adams, American actress (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1958: David Pegg, English footballer (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Eddie Colman, English footballer (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Geoff Bent, English footballer (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Mark Jones, English footballer (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Roger Byrne, English footballer (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Tommy Taylor, English footballer (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Walter Crickmer, English football club secretary and manager [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Eight Manchester United F.C. players and 15 other passengers killed in the Munich air disaster. [category: Events]
• 1959: Ken Nelson, English record producer [category: Births]
• 1959: At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished. [category: Events]
• 1959: Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit. [category: Events]
• 1960: Frank Jeske, East German footballer (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1960: Megan Gallagher, American actress [category: Births]
• 1961: Cam Cameron, American football coach [category: Births]
• 1961: Yuri Onufriyenko, Ukrainian-Russian cosmonaut [category: Births]
• 1962: Stavros Lambrinidis, Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1962: W. Axl Rose, American singer (Guns N' Roses) [category: Births]
• 1963: Kevin Trudeau, American entrepreneur [category: Births]
• 1963: Mike Hough, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1963: Quentin Letts, British journalist [category: Births]
• 1963: Scott Gordon, American ice hockey player and coach [category: Births]
• 1963: Muhammad Ibn 'Abd al-Karim al-Khattabi, Moroccan politician (b. 1880s) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Andrey Zvyagintsev, Russian film director and actor [category: Births]
• 1964: Gordon Downie, Canadian musician (The Tragically Hip) [category: Births]
• 1964: Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and President (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Jan Svěrák, Czech film director [category: Births]
• 1966: Rick Astley, British singer [category: Births]
• 1966: Narcisa de Leon, Filipino film mogul (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Anita Cochran, American singer [category: Births]
• 1967: Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (Zard) (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1967: Martine Carol, French film actress (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Adolfo Valencia, Colombian footballer [category: Births]
• 1968: Akira Yamaoka, Japanese composer [category: Births]
• 1969: David Hayter, American voice actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Masaharu Fukuyama, Japanese singer [category: Births]
• 1969: Tim Sherwood, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1970: Per Frandsen, Danish footballer [category: Births]
• 1970: Zhou Kehua, Chinese criminal and murderer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1971: Brad Hogg, Australian cricket player [category: Births]
• 1971: Brian Stepanek, American actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Carlos Rogers, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1971: Dana Eskelson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1972: David Binn, American football player [category: Births]
• 1972: Stefano Bettarini, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Jeff B. Davis, actor, comedian, singer [category: Births]
• 1975: Brett Hawke, Australian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1975: Chad Allen, American retired baseball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Orkut Büyükkökten, Turkish software engineer [category: Births]
• 1975: Svend-Allan Sørensen, Danish artist [category: Births]
• 1975: Tomoko Kawase, Japanese singer (The Brilliant Green) [category: Births]
• 1976: Kasper Hvidt, Danish handball goalkeeper [category: Births]
• 1976: Kim Zmeskal, American gymnast [category: Births]
• 1976: Princess Marie of Denmark [category: Births]
• 1976: Tanja Frieden, Swiss snowboarder [category: Births]
• 1976: Ritwik Ghatak, Bengali Indian film maker and scriptwriter (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Vince Guaraldi, American musician (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: In testimony before a United States Senate subcommittee, Lockheed Corporation president Carl Kotchian admits that the company had paid out approximately $3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka. [category: Events]
• 1977: Jason Euell, English-born footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Josh Stewart, American actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Yael Naim, French-Israeli singer and songwriter [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1979: Dan Bălan, Moldovan singer (O-Zone) [category: Births]
• 1980: Conor O'Brian, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1980: Kim Poirier, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Luke Ravenstahl, American politician [category: Births]
• 1980: Mamiko Noto, Japanese voice actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Alison Haislip, American actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Calum Best, American model [category: Births]
• 1981: Jens Lekman, Swedish musician [category: Births]
• 1981: Ricky Barnes, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1981: Shim Eun Jin, South Korean singer (Baby V.O.X.) [category: Births]
• 1981: Ty Warren, American football player [category: Births]
• 1981: Frederika of Hanover, Queen Consort of Greece (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Hugo Montenegro, American film music composer (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: The National Resistance Army of Uganda launches an attack on a Ugandan Army installation in the central Mubende District to begin the Ugandan Bush War. [category: Events]
• 1982: Alice Eve, English actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Elise Ray, American gymnast [category: Births]
• 1982: Jade Edmistone, Australian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1982: Tank, Taiwanese singer (Mandopop) [category: Births]
• 1983: Brodie Croyle, American football player [category: Births]
• 1983: Dimas Delgado, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Jamie Whincup, Australian racing driver [category: Births]
• 1983: Melrose Bickerstaff, American fashion model [category: Births]
• 1983: Myron Wolf Child, Canadian politician (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1983: Sreesanth, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1984: Antoine Wright, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Darren Bent, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Piret Järvis, Estonian singer (Vanilla Ninja) [category: Births]
• 1985: Joji Kato, Japanese speedskater [category: Births]
• 1985: Kris Humphries, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Yang Yu, Chinese swimmer [category: Births]
• 1985: James Hadley Chase, English writer (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Alice Greczyn, American actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Brendan Taylor, Zimbabwean cricketer [category: Births]
• 1986: Yunho, South Korean singer (TVXQ) [category: Births]
• 1986: Dandy Nichols, English actress (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Frederick Coutts, Salvation Army general (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Georges Cabana, Canadian Roman Catholic Archbishop (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Minoru Yamasaki, American architect (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Julien Chouinard, Canadian civil servant, Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Justice Mary Gaudron is appointed to the High Court of Australia, the first woman to be appointed. [category: Events]
• 1988: Allison Holker, American dancer [category: Births]
• 1988: Bailey Hanks, American actress [category: Births]
• 1988: Nuno Oliveira, Bass Player (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Craig Cathcart, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: André Cayatte, French filmmaker (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Barbara W. Tuchman, American historian (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Chris Gueffroy, East German attempted defector (b. 1968) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Joe Raposo, American composer (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Osbourne 'King Tubby' Ruddock, Jamaican Dub music performer (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: The Round Table Talks start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe. [category: Events]
• 1990: Adam Henrique, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1991: Danny Thomas, American singer, comedian, and actor (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Salvador Luria, Italian biologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Víctor Mañon, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1993: Teresa Scanlan, Miss America 2011 [category: Births]
• 1993: Arthur Ashe, American tennis player (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Jack Kirby, American comic book writer (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Joseph Cotten, American actor (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: American pop rock band Maroon 5 was formed. (as Kara's Flowers) [category: Events]
• 1995: James Merrill, American poet (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Justina Mikulskytė, Lithuanian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1996: Guy Madison, American actor (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Birgenair flight 301 crashed off the coast of the Dominican Republic, all 189 people inside the airplane are killed. This is the worst accident/incident involving a Boeing 757. [category: Events]
• 1996: Willamette Valley Flood of 1996: Floods in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, United States, causes over US$500 million in property damage throughout the Pacific Northwest. [category: Events]
• 1997: Roger Laurent, Belgian racing driver (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Carl Wilson, American musician (The Beach Boys) (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Falco, Austrian singer (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Haroun Tazieff, French vulcanologist and geologist (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: José Marroquín Leal (better known as Pipo), Mexican actor and performer (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport. [category: Events]
• 1999: Danny Dayton, American actor (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Don Dunstan, Australian politician (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Jimmy Roberts, American singer (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Fernando Sornoso, American Student [category: Births]
• 2000: Second Chechen War: Russia captures Grozny, Chechnya, forcing the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria government into exile. [category: Events]
• 2001: Filemon Lagman, Filipino Communist revolutionary (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Fulgence Charpentier, Canadian journalist (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Max Perutz, Austrian molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Gerald Bouey, Canadian civil servant, governor of the Bank of Canada (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Karl Haas, German-American music educator (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Lazar Berman, Russian pianist (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Frankie Laine, American singer (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Lee Hoffman, American author (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Len Hopkins, Canadian politician (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Lew Burdette, American baseball player (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Willye White, American athlete (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: John McWethy, American journalist (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Tony Rolt, English racing driver (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: James Whitmore, American actor (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Philip Carey, American actor (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Gary Moore, Irish musician (Skid Row and Thin Lizzy) (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Sharada Dwivedi, Indian historian [category: Deaths]
• _: Amand [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Dorothea of Caesarea [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: February 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (United Nations) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Paul Miki [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Ronald Reagan Day (California) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Sami National Day (Russia, Finland, Norway and Sweden) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Titus [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Vedastus [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Waitangi Day, celebrates the founding of New Zealand in 1840. [category: Holidays and observances]