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).
46:Julius Caesar's forces delivered the final blow against supporters of Pompey the Great at the Battle of Thapsus.
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.
1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland becomes King upon the death of his brother Charles II.
1778 – American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of
the new republic.
1611: Chongzhen, the 16th and last emperor (1627–44) of the Ming dynasty, was born in Beijing.
1820 - 1st organized emigration of blacks back to Africa (New York to Sierra Leone)
1820 - US population announced at 9,638,453 (1,771,656 blacks (18.4%))
1820 - The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society started a settlement in present-day Liberia.
1832 - 1st appearance of cholera in Edinburgh, Scotland
1840:Maori tribes of New Zealand signed the Treaty of Waitangi with Great Britain, a historic agreement purported to protect Maori rights that was the immediate basis of the British annexation of New Zealand.
1862:Union naval commodore Andrew Foote, leading a flotilla of ironclads, captured Fort Henry, Tennessee, a strategic Confederate position during the American Civil War.
1911- President Ronald Wilson Reagan is born in
Tampico, Illinois. Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, served for two terms from 1981 to 1989. Known as The Great Communicator, he was the first actor to be elected president after two centuries of mainly lawyers and soldiers.
1919:A German constitutional assembly met to form the Weimar Republic.
1932:French film director François Truffaut, whose attacks on established film making techniques paved the way for the movement known as New Wave, was born.
1942 – World War II: The United Kingdom declares war on Thailand.
1945:Jamaican singer & songwriter, Nesta Robert Marley,popularly known as Bob Marley was born. He achieved stardom by blending early ska, rock steady, and reggae forms into an electrifying rock-influenced hybrid, he died on 11th May 1981 (aged 36) in Miami, Florida. He was a committed Rastafarian who infused his music with a profound sense of spirituality.
1951 – The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one
of the worst rail disasters in American history.
1952: Accession of Elizabeth II.
Elizabeth II, who celebrated her Golden Jubilee in 2002, ascended the throne of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland this day in 1952, following the death of her father, King George VI.
1958- A British European Airways flight crashes
just after takeoff from the Munich Airport. Twenty-three people died in the crash, including eight players from the Manchester United soccer team, which had just qualified for the semifinals
of the European Cup.
1970- Israelis sink a 700 ton Egyptian minelayer in the Gulf of Suez in reprisal for the sinking of two Israeli ships at Elath.
1978- Chad breaks links to Libya in protest to their support of Muslim guerrillas currently fighting in northern Chad.
1987- Ten French aid workers, kidnapped 13 days earlier from a Somali refugee camp, are handed over to Ethiopian authorities by Somali rebels.
1988 – Michael Jordan makes his signature slam dunk from the free throw line inspiring Air Jordan and the Jumpman logo.
1996 – Birgenair Flight 301 crashed off the coast of the Dominican Republic, all 189 people inside the air plane are killed. This is the worst accident/incident involving a Boeing
2007 – Nigeria lost 1:4 to Ghana in a ‘friendly’ football (soccer) match that was played in London. This was the 28th friendly played between both countries since 1960 and Ghana increased its win percentage over Nigeria, having won
13 of the contests, to Nigeria’s 6 wins. There had been nine ties (or draws) prior to this match.
1998 – Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.
2012 - 6.9 magnitude quake hits near the central Philipines with 43 confirmed deaths
2012 - Queen Elizabeth II marks her 60th anniversary of becoming British monarch, becoming only the second to do so
46:Julius Caesar's forces delivered the final blow against supporters of Pompey the Great at the Battle of Thapsus.
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.
1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland becomes King upon the death of his brother Charles II.
1778 – American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of
the new republic.
1611: Chongzhen, the 16th and last emperor (1627–44) of the Ming dynasty, was born in Beijing.
1820 - 1st organized emigration of blacks back to Africa (New York to Sierra Leone)
1820 - US population announced at 9,638,453 (1,771,656 blacks (18.4%))
1820 - The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society started a settlement in present-day Liberia.
1832 - 1st appearance of cholera in Edinburgh, Scotland
1840:Maori tribes of New Zealand signed the Treaty of Waitangi with Great Britain, a historic agreement purported to protect Maori rights that was the immediate basis of the British annexation of New Zealand.
1862:Union naval commodore Andrew Foote, leading a flotilla of ironclads, captured Fort Henry, Tennessee, a strategic Confederate position during the American Civil War.
1911- President Ronald Wilson Reagan is born in
Tampico, Illinois. Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, served for two terms from 1981 to 1989. Known as The Great Communicator, he was the first actor to be elected president after two centuries of mainly lawyers and soldiers.
1919:A German constitutional assembly met to form the Weimar Republic.
1932:French film director François Truffaut, whose attacks on established film making techniques paved the way for the movement known as New Wave, was born.
1942 – World War II: The United Kingdom declares war on Thailand.
1945:Jamaican singer & songwriter, Nesta Robert Marley,popularly known as Bob Marley was born. He achieved stardom by blending early ska, rock steady, and reggae forms into an electrifying rock-influenced hybrid, he died on 11th May 1981 (aged 36) in Miami, Florida. He was a committed Rastafarian who infused his music with a profound sense of spirituality.
1951 – The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one
of the worst rail disasters in American history.
1952: Accession of Elizabeth II.
Elizabeth II, who celebrated her Golden Jubilee in 2002, ascended the throne of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland this day in 1952, following the death of her father, King George VI.
1958- A British European Airways flight crashes
just after takeoff from the Munich Airport. Twenty-three people died in the crash, including eight players from the Manchester United soccer team, which had just qualified for the semifinals
of the European Cup.
1970- Israelis sink a 700 ton Egyptian minelayer in the Gulf of Suez in reprisal for the sinking of two Israeli ships at Elath.
1978- Chad breaks links to Libya in protest to their support of Muslim guerrillas currently fighting in northern Chad.
1987- Ten French aid workers, kidnapped 13 days earlier from a Somali refugee camp, are handed over to Ethiopian authorities by Somali rebels.
1988 – Michael Jordan makes his signature slam dunk from the free throw line inspiring Air Jordan and the Jumpman logo.
1996 – Birgenair Flight 301 crashed off the coast of the Dominican Republic, all 189 people inside the air plane are killed. This is the worst accident/incident involving a Boeing
2007 – Nigeria lost 1:4 to Ghana in a ‘friendly’ football (soccer) match that was played in London. This was the 28th friendly played between both countries since 1960 and Ghana increased its win percentage over Nigeria, having won
13 of the contests, to Nigeria’s 6 wins. There had been nine ties (or draws) prior to this match.
1998 – Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.
2012 - 6.9 magnitude quake hits near the central Philipines with 43 confirmed deaths
2012 - Queen Elizabeth II marks her 60th anniversary of becoming British monarch, becoming only the second to do so
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