Birthdates Which Occur on February 6:
1461 Dzore Drzic Croatian poet
1564 Christopher Marlowe English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus)
1608 Antonio Vieira Portuguese Jesuit preacher
1612 Antoine Arnauld [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist
1637 Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified Japan
1665 Anne Stuart queen of England (1702-14)
1673 Maximilian Dietrich Freisslich composer
1695 Andre Cheron composer
1705 Johann Matthias Leffloth composer
1724 Paul-Louis Cyffl‚ Flemish sculptor (Terre de Lorraine)
1756 Aaron Burr Newark, NJ (D-R), 3rd US VP (1801-05), dueler
1778 Ugo Foscolo Italy, poet (Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis)
1793 Pietro Rovelli composer
1798 Th‚odore Caruelle d'Aligny French painter/etcher
1804 Ragnerus L van Andringa de Kempenaer Dutch officer/swindler
1807 Hans Matthison-Hansen composer
1818 William Maxwell Evarts (Union), died in 1901
1830 Marcellus Monroe Crocker Brig gen (Union volunteers), died in 1865)
1832 John Brown Gordon Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1904
1833 James Ewell Brown "JEB" Stuart Major General (Confederate Army)
and Jos‚ M de Pereda y S nchez the Porr£a Spanish writer (Sotileza)
1834 William Dorsey Pender Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1838 Henry Irving [John H Brodribb], Engld, knighted 1895/actor (Hamlet)
1848 Luigi Mancinelli composer
1860 Johan [Eliza J] de Meester Dutch journalist/writer (Geertje)
1864 John Henry Mackay Scottish/German author/poet (Anarchists)
1866 Karl T Sapper German geography/geologist (Vulkankunde)
1874 Milton Bennett Medary US, architect (Washington Chapel)
1878 Waclaw Gieburowski composer
1881 Karl Weigl composer
1886 Louis Pi‚rard Belgian journalist/writer (Great Germany)
1888 Ljudmil Stojanow Bulgaria poet (Metsh i Slowo, Cholera)
1889 Karel Wellens Flemish painter
1890 Anton Hermann Fokker avation pioneer
1893 Muhammad Zafrulla Khan pres of UN General Assembly (1962-63)
1895 George Herman (Babe) Ruth Baltimore, baseball great (Yankees)
1897 Alberto [de Almeida] Cavalcanti Brazil, director (Nicholas Nickleby)
1899 Ramon Novarro [Jos‚ RG Samaniegos], Durango Mexico, actor (Ben Hur)
19-- John Sanderford actor (Ryan's Hope)
1900 Rudolf V„rnlund Swedish playwright (Heliga Family)
1901 Ben Lyon Atlanta GA, actor (I Cover the Waterfront, Night Nurse)
1902 Louis Nizer lawyer (defended blacklisted stars in '50s, Catspaw)
1903 Pieter G Buckinx Flemish writer (Temptation of Poverty)
1904 Claudio Arrau Chile, composer/pianist (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
1905 Wladislaw Gomulka premier of Poland
1908 Amintore Fanfani premier of Italy
and Edward Lansdale general/model (Quiet American, Ugly American)
1909 Israel Citkowitz composer
1910 George H Poyser English soccer player/manager (Brentford)
and Irmgard Keun West German writer (Das kunstseidene M„dchen)
1911 Ronald Reagan IL, actor (Bedtime for Bonzo)/40th pres (R) (1981-89)
1912 Eva Braun mistress of Adolph Hitler
1913 John Lund Rochester NY, actor (Wackiest Ship in the Army)
1915 Derk Roemers Dutch politician (Soc-Dem)
1916 Bill Doggett rocker
1917 Arthur Gold Toronto, Canada, pianist
and Liberato Firmino Sifonia composer
1919 Louis Heren journalist/writer (China's Three Thousand Years)
1920 James H Scheuer (Rep-D-NY, 1965-73, 75- )
1922 Patrick MacNee London England, actor (Jonathan Steed-Avengers)
1923 Maurice Le Roux composer
1924 Billy Wright English soccer player
and Paolo Volponi Italian communist/author (La Strada per Rome)
1927 Smokey Burgess baseball catcher
1929 Keith Waterhouse writer (Billy Liar, Say Who Are You?)
and Sixten Jernberg Sweden, skier (Olympic-gold-1956/60/64)
1931 Rip Torn Tx, actor (Coma, Summer Rental, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)
1932 Fran‡ois Truffaut Paris, director (Jules & Jim, Fahrenheit 451)
1933 Mamie Van Doren Rowena SD, actress (Navy vs Night Monsters) [or 2/2]
and Walter E Fauntroy (Rep-D-DC, 1971- )
1936 Otis Williams rocker (Charms)
and Wies Andersen [Alo‹s de Bois], Belgian actor/producer (Maigret)
1938 Ellsworth Milburn composer
1939 Mike Farrell St Paul Minn, actor (BJ Honeycutt-M*A*S*H, Battered)
1940 Tom Brokaw Yankton SD, news anchor (NBC Nightly News 1982- )
1941 Gigi Perreau LA Calif, actress (Journey to Center of Time)
and Stephen Albert composer
1943 Fabian Forte Phila Pa, vocalist (Turn Me Loose, Tiger)
and Gayle Hunnicutt Ft Worth Tx, actress (Legend of Hell House, Dallas)
1944 Michael Tucker Balt MD, actor (Stuart Markowitz-LA Law)
1945 Bob Marley Jamacian reggae vocalist (& Wailers-Roots Rock Reggae)
1947 Charles Hickcox US, 200m/400m medley swimmer (Olympic-3 gold-1968)
1949 Frank Rich US politician (?)
and Manuel Orantes tennis champ (US Open-1975)
and Richie Zisk baseball player
1950 Mike Batt composer/arranger
and Natalie Cole LA Calif, vocalist (Pink Cadillac, Miss You Like Crazy)
and Punky Meadows Washington DC, rock guitarist (Angel)
1951 Maria Christina Belgian princess/daughter of Leopold III/Lilian Baels
1954 Scott Kempner "Top Ten" rocker
1956 Jon Walmsley Lancashire England, actor (Jason-Waltons)
and Linda Grovenor Baltimore MD, actress (Die Laughing, Wheels of Fire)
1957 Jerry Marotta rocker (Orleans-Love Takes Time)
and Robert Townsend Chicago, comedian/actor (Hollywood Shuffle, Ratboy)
1958 Barry Miller LA Calif, actor (Fame, Peggy Sue Got Married)
and Bill Dawley baseball player
1960 Megan Gallagher Reading PA, actress (Slap Maxwell)
1961 Yuri Ivanovich Onufriyenko Russian major/cosmonaut
1962 Axl Rose [William Bailey], Lafayette In, vocalist (Guns & Roses)
1964 Skip Ewing Redlands Calif, country vocalist (Coast of Colorado)
1966 Rick Astley rock vocalist (Never Gonna Give You Up)
1967 Bennie Dekker soccer player (NEC)
1969 April Lerman Chicago Ill, actress (Lila-Charles in Charge)
and Bob Wickman baseball pitcher (NY Yankees)
1970 Jeff Rouse US backstroke swimmer (world record 1992)
1971 Mana Endo Hiroshima Japan, tennis star
1973 Arie Obdam soccer player (FC Volendam)
1974 Olaf Lindenbergh soccer player (Ajax)
1976 Kim Zmeskal Houston TX, US gymnist (Olympic-92)
Deaths Which Occured February 6:
743 Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik 10th Moslem caliph, dies at about 52
891 Photius Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies
1140 Thurstan archbishop of York, dies
1497 John Ockeghem Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79
1612 Christopher Clavius calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown)
1617 Prosper Alpinus Italian physician/botanist, dies at 63
1695 Ahmed II 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95), dies
1699 Jozef Ferdinand van Bavarian heir of Spanish king Carlos II, dies
1725 Johann Philipp Krieger composer, dies at 75
1783 Lancelot "Capability" Brown English architect (Kew), dies at 67?
1785 Iman Willem Falck Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83), dies at 48
1793 Carlo Goldoni Italian author (L'avaro), dies at 85
1798 Niels Schiorring composer, dies at 55
1804 Joseph Priestley English theologist/philosopher/chemist, dies at 70
1807 John Reid composer, dies at 85
1859 Johannes Josephus Viotta composer, dies at 45
1865 John Pegram US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33
1881 Pieter Mijer Gov-Gen of Neth Indies (1866-72), dies at 68
1896 Abraham Czn van Stolk art collector, dies at 82
1897 Ebenezer C Brewer British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies
1899 Georg Leo earl von Caprivi German chancellor, dies at 67
1914 J Albert Neuhuys painter (Hague school), dies
1916 Anne C A I van Diest Belgian physician/feminist, dies
1917 Edouard A Drumont French anti-semite journalist, dies
1918 Gustav Klimt Austrian painter/cartoonist, dies
1919 Friedrich W Mengelberg German sculptor/painter, dies
1923 Edward E Barnard US astronomer (discovered 5th moon Jupiter), dies
1927 Dani‰l F Scheurleer musicologist/banker, dies at 71
1938 Marianne V von Werefkin Russian/German house painter, dies at 77
1941 Maximilien Luce French painter, dies at 82
1942 Wobbe de Vries linguist, dies at 78
1943 HA Seyffardt Dutch lt-gen/NSB "minister", dies at 71
1945 Jan Bos resistance fighter, executed
Paul Bos resistance fighter, executed
1947 Albert JM Bakker actor (Teun the night watch), dies at 82
Luigi Russolo composer, dies at 61
1948 Robert Brasillach French author/nazi collaborator, dies at 38
1952 George VI King of Britain (1936-52), dies, succeeded by Elizabeth II
1958 7 soccer players of Manchester United die in an aircrash at Munich
1960 Jesse Belvin rocker, dies at 26 in a car crash
1961 Archibald T Davison composer, dies at 77
1963 Mohammed ibn al-Chattabi Abd el-Krim Marocco opposition leader, die
Werner Erich Josten composer, dies at 78
1964 Sophocles Venizelos premier of Greece (1944, 50-51), dies
1965 Jack Wagner actor (Jive Junction), dies at 68
1966 Johan Algot Haquinius composer, dies at 79
1967 Martine Carol French actress (Nana), dies of heart attack at 46
1968 C Montague Shaw actor (Buck Rogers, Planet Outlaws), dies at 85
1970 Roscoe Karns actor (Capt Shafer-Hennesey), dies at 78
1972 Julian H Steward US anthropologist (South American), dies at 70
1973 Ira S Bowen US physicist/astronomer (Mt Wilson/Palomar), dies
1979 Alain Ravages artist/writer, dies at 47
Arthur van Schendel art historian, dies at 68
1982 Ben Nicholson England, painter/sculptor (Circle), dies
1985 Charles Briggs actor (13 Frightened Girls, Capt Newman), dies at 53
Dandy Nichols actress (Confessions of a Window Cleaner), dies at 78
1986 William Collier actor (Up the River, She's My Weakness), dies
1988 Lee Goodman actor (Imitation of Life), dies of TB at 64
Marghanita Laski English author (Victorian chaise-lounge), dies
1989 Barbara Tuchman US historian (Guns of August, Pulitzer Prize), dies
1990 Jane Novak silent screen actress (Ghost Town), dies of stroke at 94
John Merivale actor (Caltiki), dies
1991 Danny Thomas comedian (Jazz Singer), dies at 76 of a heart attack
Marten Levendig Dutch TV correspondent to Moscow, dies
1992 Frank Wilson actor (Beware, Sunday Sinners, Club), dies at 37
Wade Preston actor (Man Called Sledge), dies at 62
1993 Frances Hunt actress (You're a Sweetheart), dies of stroke at 77
1994 Ignace Strasfogel Polish/US pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 84
Jack Kirby US comic artist (Hulk, Spiderman), dies at 76
Joseph Cotten actor (Citizen Kane), dies at 88
Norman Del Mar conductor/writer (Conducting Brahms)
1995 Arthur S Taylor Jr US drummer/author (Notes on notes), dies at 65
James Ingram Merrill US poet (Braving the elements), dies at 68
Holidays Which Occur February 6:
Great Britain Queen's Accession
Massachusetts Ratification Day (1788)
New Zealand Waitangi Day-New Zealand Day (1840)
2000 China New Years-Year of Dragon (4698)
Religious Observances on February 6:
Christian Commemoration of St Vedastus (Gaston), bishop of Arras
RC Amandus, apostle of the Belgians
RC Guarino/Warinus, bishop of Palestrina
RC Silvanus, bishop of Emesa/martyr
RC Theodora, martyr to Caesarea
RC Titus, 1st bishop of Kreta
96 old RC Commemoration of St Titus, bishop of Crete, confessor
300 RC Commemoration of St Dorothea, virgin/martyr
676 Ang, RC Commemoration of Ss Amandus [Apostle of Belgium] & Vedastus
1597 RC Commem of St Philip of Jesus, 1st Christian martyr in Japan
RC Memorial of St Paul Miki & his companions, martyrs
Things to Remember for February 6:
Biorhythm Health Month-National Meat Month
Flowers-violet & primrose Gem-amethyst
National Cherry-American Heart-TV Sweeps & Black History Month
[Ancient Rome] Kalend‘ Februarius; Kalend Feb
[Plains Indians] Hunger Moon month
13 Days Astrological sign: Aquarius
4 Days Alpha Aurigid meteor shower, radiant near î Aurigae
[Ancient Rome] Caput Iduum (a d viij Id Feb)
8 Days Theta Centaurid meteor shower, radiant in Lupus near Centaurus
40 Days Delta Leonid meteor shower, radiant between ç & ë Leonis
Highlights in History Which Occur February 6:
337 St Julius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1508 Maximilian I becomes emperor of Roman Empire
1626 Huguenot rebels & French sign Peace of La Rochelle
1693 Royal charter granted College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Va
1778 England declares war on France
and France recognizes US, signs treaty of aid in Paris; 1st US treaty
1788 Mass becomes 6th state to ratify constitution
1815 NJ issues 1st US railroad charter
1819 Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds free harbor Singapore
1820 1st organized emigration of blacks back to Africa (NY to Sierra Leone)
and US population announced at 9,638,453 (1,771,656 blacks (18.4%))
1832 1st appearance of cholera at Edinburgh, Scotland
and US ship destroys Sumatran village in retaliation for piracy
1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reach Diemen's Country (Tasmania)
1840 Waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain & Maoris of New Zealand
1854 Composer R Schumann is saved from suicide attempt into the Rhine
1861 1st meeting of Provisional Congress of Confederate States of America
and English Adm Robert Ritzroy issues 1st storm warnings for ships
1862 General Grant initiates a campaign in Mississippi Valley
and Naval Engagement at Tenn River-USS Conestago vs CSS Appleton Belle
1864 -7] Skirmish at Barnett's Ford Virginia
1865 2nd day of battle at Dabney's Mills (Hatcher's Run)
and Robert E Lee appointed Confederate General in Chief
1867 Peabody Fund forms to promote Black education in South
1880 J Palisa discovers asteroid #212 Medea
1885 N R Pogson discovers asteroid #245 Vera
1891 1st great train robber by Dalton Gang (Southern Pacific #17)
1899 Spanish-American War ends, peace treaty ratified by Senate
1900 Battle at Vaalkrans, South-Africa (Boers vs British army)
1902 Young Women's Hebrew Association organized in NYC
1911 Great fire in Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey
1916 M Wolf discovers asteroid #817 Annika
1918 Britain grants women (30 & over) vote
1919 1st day of 5-day Seattle general strike
1920 Saarland administrated by League of Nations
1922 Cardinal Achille Ratti elected Pope Pius XI
and US, UK, France, Italy & Japan sign Washington naval arms limitation
1932 1st Olympic dog sled race, Lake Placid, NY (demonstration sport)
and Fascist coup in the Memel territory
and M Wolf discovers asteroid #1219 Britta
1933 -90øF (-68øC), Oymyakon, USSR (Asian record)
and 112' ocean wave observed near Manila
and Highest recorded sea wave (not tsunami), 34 m, in Pacific hurricane
1935 1st election to allow women to vote in Turkey
and Board game "Monopoly" goes on sale for 1st time
1936 4th Winter Olympic games opens in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
and Pravda criticizes Sjostakovitsj' ballet "The bright brook"
1938 A Bohrmann discovers asteroid #2350 von Lude
and Y Vaisala discovers asteroids #1462 Zamenhof, #1463 Nordenmarkia,
#1477 Bonsdorffia & #1478 Vihuri
1939 Spanish govt flees to France
1941 Auke Adema wins 7th Dutch 11 Cities Skating Race (9:19)
and Battle of Beda Fomm: Italian 10th army destroyed
and British troops conquer Bengazi, Libya
1942 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2479 Sodankyla
1945 Russian Red Army crosses the river Oder
1948 KNXT (now KCBS) TV channel 2 in Los Angeles, CA (CBS) 1st broadcast
1951 "Broker Special" train crashes in Woodbridge NJ, killing 84
and Radio commentator Paul Harvey arrested for trying to sneak into
Argonne Atomic Lab (Ill), to demonstrate lax in security
1952 England replaces King George VI stamp series with Queen Elizabeth II
1956 Chicago's Daily Defender, begins publishing
and U of Alabama refuses admission to Autherine Lucy (because he's black)
1958 7 members on Manchester United football team die in an air crash
1959 Fidel Castro is interviewed by Edward R Murrow
and US 1st successful Titan intercontinental ballistic missile
1961 "Jail, No Bail" Jail-in movement starts in Rock Hill SC
and KOAP TV channel 10 in Portland, OR (PBS) begins broadcasting
1962 Schoolman Athletic Field in the Bronx named
1964 France & Great-Britain sign accord over building channel tunnel
and WCIU TV channel 26 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting
1967 Cultural Revolution in Albania
and Heavyweight Cassius Clay beats Ernie Terrell in Houston
and P Wild discovers asteroid #1803 Zwicky & #3021
1968 10th Winter Olympic games opens in Grenoble, France
and Dutch 2nd Chamber condemns US bombing of North Vietnam
and Former Pres Dwight Eisenhower shot a hole-in-one
and KESD TV channel 8 in Brookings, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting
and L Chernykh discovers asteroids #1772 Gagarin & #1890 Konoshenkova
1971 1st time a golf ball is hit on Moon (by Alan Shepard)
1973 40,000 civil servants demonstrate against higher pension contribution
and Bernice Fekete skips her curling rink to 2nd straight 8-ender, Edm
and P Wild discovers asteroid #2033 Basilea
1974 3rd time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0
and Dutch speed limit set at 100km due to oil crisis
1976 George Harrison releases "This Guitar (Can't Keep From Crying)"
1977 4th time Rangers shut-out Islanders 4-0
and Alain Prieur jumps his motorcycle 65 m over 16 buses, near Paris
and Harley Race beats Terry Funk in Toronto, to become NWA wrestling champ
1978 Muriel, wife of late Hubert Humphrey (Sen-D-Minn) takes his office
and Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #3301
and Snowstorm hits New England, parts of RI (54" (137cm))
1979 Supreme court of Lahore affirms death sentence against premier Bhutto
1981 N Thomas discovers asteroids #2779 Mary, #2999 Dante & #3352 McAuliffe
and Suleiman Nyambui runs world record 5000 m indoor (13:20.4)
1983 13th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 20-19
1984 E Bowell discovers asteroids #3316 Herzberg & #3506 French
and Moslem militiamen take over West Beirut from Lebanese army
1986 NJ Devil Peter McNab becomes 42nd NHLer to score 350 goals
1987 No-smoking rules take effect in federal buildings
1989 Lech Walesa begins negotiating with Polish govt
1990 Brett Hull becomes 1st son of NHL 50 goal scorer (Bobby) to score 50
and Ground breaking begins on Baltimore Orioles' new $102 million stadium
1991 Mousey Davis becomes 1st coach of NY-NJ Knights
1993 Wales Conference beats Campbell 16-6, in NHL All Star Game
1994 Jos‚ Maria Figueres elected president of Costa Rica
and Leonid Voloshin jumps world record 17.77m
and Martti Ahtisaari elect president of Finland
1951 'Broker Special' train crashed through temporary wooden overpass
at Woodbridge, New Jersey, killing 84.
Your Special Reminders for February 6:
1895 -4øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1991 58øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 37th day of the year with 328 days left (Numerology = 8)
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