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06 Feb 1189
Riots in Lynn Norfolk (England) spread to Norwich
06 Feb 1508
Maximilian I proclaimed Holy Roman Emperor 1st Emperor in centuries not to be crowned by the Pope
06 Feb 1577
King Henri de Bourbon of Navarra becomes leader of the Huguenots
06 Feb 1626
Huguenot rebels & French sign Peace of La Rochelle
06 Feb 1685
Duke of York becomes King James II of England and VII of Scotland upon the death of his brother Charles II
06 Feb 1778
France recognizes USA signs Treaty of Alliance in Paris 1st US treaty
06 Feb 1788
Massachusetts becomes 6th state to ratify constitution
06 Feb 1815
New Jersey issues 1st US railroad charter (John Stevens)
06 Feb 1820
1st organized emigration of blacks back to Africa (NY to Sierra Leone)
06 Feb 1820
US population announced at 9638453 African Americans 1771656 (18.4%)
06 Feb 1820
First 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society start a settlement in present-day Liberia
06 Feb 1832
1st appearance of cholera in Edinburgh Scotland
06 Feb 1832
US ship destroys Sumatran village in retaliation for piracy
06 Feb 1843
The first minstrel show in the United States The Virginia Minstrels opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City).
06 Feb 1851
Robert Schumanns 3rd Symphony Rhenisch premieres in Dusseldorf
06 Feb 1854
Composer Robert Schumann is saved from suicide attempt into the Rhine
06 Feb 1861
1st meeting of Provisional Congress of Confederate States of America (US Civil War)
06 Feb 1861
British Vice-Admiral Robert Fitzroy issues first storm warnings for ships
06 Feb 1862
American Civil War Naval engagement on Tennessee River USS Conestago vs CSS Appleton Belle
06 Feb 1862
Ulysses S. Grant begins military campaign in Mississippi
06 Feb 1865
2nd day of battle at Dabneys Mills (Hatchers Run)
06 Feb 1867
Peabody Fund forms to promote Black education in southern USA
06 Feb 1869
Harpers Weekly publishes 1st picture of Uncle Sam with chin whiskers
06 Feb 1882
The society of the Knights of Columbus forms in New Haven Connecticut
06 Feb 1891
1st great train robbery by Dalton Gang (Southern Pacific 17)
06 Feb 1899
Spanish-American War ends peace treaty ratified by Senate
06 Feb 1900
The Battle of Vaal Krantz South Africa (Boers vs British army)
06 Feb 1902
Young Womens Hebrew Association organizes in NYC
06 Feb 1904
Japan notifies Russia that in view of Russias delaying tactics and provocative military action Japan is ending negotiations and recalling its members from Moscow
06 Feb 1911
Great fire destroys downtown Constantinople (Istanbul Turkey)
06 Feb 1918
Great Britain grants women (30 & over) the vote
06 Feb 1919
The first day of the Weimar Republic which because of its support of the Treaty of Versailles does not receive proper allegiance from the German nation
06 Feb 1922
US UK France Italy & Japan sign Washington naval arms limitation
06 Feb 1926
NFL rules college students ineligible until college classes graduates
06 Feb 1926
St Louis Browns acquire catcher Wally Schang from NY Yankees
06 Feb 1928
A woman dubbed Anna Anderson [possibly Franziska Schanzkowska] arrives in NYC using the alias Anastasia Tschaikovsky claims to be Grand Duchess Anastasia daughter of Tsar Nicholas II
06 Feb 1932
1st Olympic dog sled race at Lake Placid New York (demonstration sport)
06 Feb 1933
-90F (-68C) Oymyakon USSR (Asian record)
06 Feb 1933
Highest recorded sea wave (not tsunami) 34 m in North Pacific hurricane by USS Ramapo
06 Feb 1934
Reds purchase 43-year-old Dazzy Vance from the Cards for 7500
06 Feb 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
06 Feb 1935
Monopoly board game goes on sale for 1st time
06 Feb 1936
IVWinter Olympic Games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany
06 Feb 1936
IV Winter Olympic Games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany
06 Feb 1937
K Elizabeth Ohi becomes 1st Japanese-US female lawyer
06 Feb 1941
Auke Adema wins 6th official Dutch 11 Cities Skating Race (919)
06 Feb 1941
Battle of Beda Fomm Italian 10th army destroyed
06 Feb 1943
1st Spitfire in action above Darwin Australia Mu Ki-46 shot down
06 Feb 1946
Lute Song opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 142 performances
06 Feb 1947
Compton & Arthur Morris both complete dual tons in same Test Cricket
06 Feb 1948
KNXT (now KCBS) TV channel 2 in Los Angeles CA (CBS) 1st broadcast
06 Feb 1948
World & European champion Barbara Ann Scott becomes the first Canadian to win a womens figure skating Olympic gold medal at the St. Moritz Winter Games
06 Feb 1948
Nils Karlsson wins the 50k cross country gold medal at the St. Moritz Winter Olympics Swedish skiers win all 3 cross-country events at the Games
06 Feb 1951
Broker Special train crashes in Woodbridge NJ killing 84
06 Feb 1951
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site Argonne Atomic Lab (Ill) to demonstrate lax in security
06 Feb 1953
Ian Craig makes Test Cricket debut at 17 yrs 239 days youngest Aussie
06 Feb 1953
US controls on wages & some consumer goods lifted
06 Feb 1956
French Prime Minister Guy Mollet pelted with tomatoes in Algiers
06 Feb 1956
University of Alabama suspends African-American student Autherine Lucy claiming that it can no longer provide for her safety
06 Feb 1958
21 dead in air crash in Munich 7 of those are from the Manchester United football team
06 Feb 1961
Jail No Bail Jail-in movement starts in Rock Hill South Carolina
06 Feb 1961
KOAP TV channel 10 in Portland OR (PBS) begins broadcasting
06 Feb 1964
Rugantino opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 28 performances
06 Feb 1964
France & Great-Britain sign accord over building channel tunnel
06 Feb 1964
WCIU TV channel 26 in Chicago IL (IND) begins broadcasting
06 Feb 1965
Kelly opens & closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC
06 Feb 1965
Righteous Brothers Youve Lost That Lovin Feelin hits 1
06 Feb 1968
X Winter Olympic Games opens in Grenoble France
06 Feb 1968
Dutch 2nd Chamber condemns US bombing of North Vietnam
06 Feb 1968
KESD TV channel 8 in Brookings SD (PBS) begins broadcasting
06 Feb 1969
Jerry Hermans Dear World opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 132 performances
06 Feb 1969
The New Ulster Movement forms promoting moderate and non-sectarian policies and to assist those candidates who support Northern Ireland Prime MinisterTerence ONeill
06 Feb 1970
Graeme Pollock completes 274 v Australia at Durban
06 Feb 1970
NBA expands to 18 teams with Buffalo Cleveland Houston & Portland
06 Feb 1971
1st time a golf ball is hit on Moon (by Alan Shepard)
06 Feb 1971
The Irish Republican Army shoots and kills Gunner Robert Curtis the first British soldier to die during the Troubles
06 Feb 1971
Bernard Watt (28) a Catholic civilian is shot and killed by the British Army (BA) during street disturbances in Ardoyne Belfast
06 Feb 1971
James Saunders (22) a member of the IRA is shot and killed by the British Army during a gun battle near the Oldpark Road Belfast
06 Feb 1972
A Civil Rights march held in Newry County Down very large turn-out with many people attending to protest at the killings in Derry the previous Sunday
06 Feb 1973
Shelter opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 31 performances
06 Feb 1973
40000 civil servants demonstrate against higher pension contribution
06 Feb 1973
6th ABA All-Star Game West 123 beats East 111 at Utah
06 Feb 1973
Bernice Fekete skips her curling rink to 2nd straight 8-ender Edm
06 Feb 1974
Dutch speed limit set at 100km due to oil crisis
06 Feb 1977
Alain Prieur jumps his motorcycle 65 m over 16 buses near Paris
06 Feb 1979
Supreme court of Lahore affirms death sentence against Premier Bhutto
06 Feb 1981
Suleiman Nyambui runs world record 5k indoor (1320.4)
06 Feb 1982
Centerfold by J. Geils Band hits 1 on pop chart
06 Feb 1983
NFL Pro Bowl Aloha Stadium Honolulu HI NFC beats AFC 20-19 MVPs Dan Fouts San Diego Chargers QB John Jefferson Green Bay Packers WR
06 Feb 1983
Trial of former Gestapo commandant Klaus Barbie begins in France for war crimes during World War II
06 Feb 1984
Muslim militiamen take over West Beirut from Lebanese army
06 Feb 1986
NJ Devil Peter McNab becomes 42nd NHLer to score 350 goals
06 Feb 1987
No-smoking rules take effect in US federal buildings
06 Feb 1987
US female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary
06 Feb 1990
Groundbreaking begins on Baltimore Orioles new 102 million stadium
06 Feb 1990
Steve Briers of Wales recites entire lyrics of Queens album A Night At The Opera in 9 minutes 58.44 seconds backwards
06 Feb 1991
Mousey Davis becomes 1st coach of NY-NJ Knights
06 Feb 1992
Late Nights 10th Anniversary Show At Radio City Music Hall on NBC
06 Feb 1992
The Smi people of the far northern Nordic countries have an official day celebrating their existence
06 Feb 1977
Harley Race beats Terry Funk in Toronto to become NWA wrestling champ
06 Feb 1978
Muriel wife of late Hubert Humphrey (Sen-D-Minn) takes his office
06 Feb 1978
Snowstorm hits New England parts of Rhode Island (54 137cm)
06 Feb 1994
Government Inspector closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 37 performances
06 Feb 1994
Jose Maria Figueres elected President of Costa Rica
06 Feb 1994
NFL Pro Bowl Aloha Stadium Honolulu HI NFC beats AFC 17-3 MVP Andre Rison Atlanta Falcons WR
06 Feb 1995
Greg Blewett scores his 2nd century in his 2nd Test Cricket
06 Feb 1996
Heidi Fleiss scheduled to begin her 7 year jail sentence
06 Feb 1997
Diane Blood 32 in England won right to use her dead husbands sperm
06 Feb 1998
Twins trade Chuck Knoblauch to NY Yankees for 3M & 4 minor leaguers
06 Feb 1998
Mary Kay LeTourneau 36 former teacher who violated probation by seeing 14 year old father of her baby sentenced to 7 years
06 Feb 1998
In Corsica the prefect Claude Erignac is assassinated in Ajaccio presumably by Yvan Colonna.
06 Feb 2000
NFL Pro Bowl Aloha Stadium Honolulu HI NFC beats AFC 51-31 MVP Randy Moss Minnesota Vikings WR HI
06 Feb 2002
52nd Berlin International Film Festival Spirited Away and Bloody Sunday win the Golden Bear (tie)
06 Feb 2003
53rd Berlin International Film Festival In This World wins the Golden Bear
06 Feb 2003
50 Cent releases his album Get Rich or Die Trying ( Billboard Album of the Year)
06 Feb 2005
Super Bowl XXXIX Alltel Stadium Jacksonville FL New England Patriots beat Philadelphia Eagles 24-21 MVP Deion Branch New England WR
06 Feb 2012
6.9 magnitude quake hits near the central Philipines with 43 confirmed deaths
06 Feb 2012
Queen Elizabeth II marks the 60th anniversary of becoming British monarch becoming only the second to do so
06 Feb 2013
A magnitude 8.0 earthquake occurs off the Solomon Islands coast causing the death of nine people
06 Feb 2014
The Taliban and Pakistani government begin peace negotiations
06 Feb 2014
64th Berlin International Film Festival Black Coal Thin Ice wins the Golden Bear
06 Feb 2015
46th NAACP Image Awards Selma wins Outstanding Motion Picture
06 Feb 2016
Eighth Republican presidential candidates debate hosted by ABC held in Goffstown New Hampshire
06 Feb 2017
Qatar Airways achieves the longest-ever commercial flight in service when its B777 aircraft lands in Auckland after a 16 hour and 23 minutes flight from Doha
06 Feb 2018
Maldives President Abdulla Yameen declares state of emergency ordering arrest of two judges
06 Feb 2018
Brazilian jockey Jorge Ricardo equals world record number of victories for a jockey - 12844 in Rio de Janeiro
06 Feb 2018
UN calls for ceasefire in rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area by Syrian government troops after 40 people reportedly killed
06 Feb 2018
Polish president Andrzej Duda signs controversial Holocaust law outlaws accusing Poles of complicity under Nazis
06 Feb 2018
6.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Hualien County Taiwan leaving 10 dead and over 50 missing
06 Feb 1958
21 dead in air crash at Munich-Riem Airport 8 players and 3 staff are from the Manchester United football team
06 Feb 1972
Dutch speed skater Ard Schenk follows his win in the 5000m with victory in the 1500m on his way to 3 gold medals at the Sapporo Winter Olympics also wins 10000m
06 Feb 2019
Quadriga Canadas biggest cryptocurrency exchange is unable to get to 145 million of bitcoin assests after its CEO dies with its access passwords
06 Feb 2019
Honeybees are able to add and substract and understand concept of zero according to research from RMIT University in Australia
06 Feb 2019
Davidos Fall becomes longest-charting Nigerian pop song in US Billboard history
06 Feb 2019
2018 named the 4th warmest year on record according to NOAA and NASA after 2016 2015 and 2017
06 Feb 2012
6.9 magnitude quake hits near the central Philippines with 43 confirmed deaths
06 Feb 2019
Quadriga Canadas biggest cryptocurrency exchange is unable to get to 145 million of bitcoin assets after its CEO dies with its access passwords
06 Feb 2019
Honeybees are able to add and subtract and understand concept of zero according to research from RMIT University in Australia
06 Feb 2020
US astronaut Christina Koch completes the longest continuous spaceflight by a female astronaut after 328 days on the International Space Station landing in Kazakhstan
06 Feb 1867
American financier and philanthropist George Peabody establishes the Peabody Education Fund to provide improvements to existing schools in poor areas of the southern USA
06 Feb 1971
American astronaut Alan Shepard is 1st to hit a golf ball on the moon [1]
06 Feb 1760
Niccol Piccinnis opera buffa La buona figliuola (The Good-Natured Girl) first performed at the Teatro delle Dame Rome Italy with an all-male cast
06 Feb 1891
1st great train robbery by the Dalton Gang Southern Pacific 17 near Alila (now Earlimart) California
06 Feb 1945
WWII Russian Red Army crosses the Oder River between Poland and Germany
06 Feb 1945
WWII US 8th Air Force bombs oil facilities in Magdeburg and Chemnitz Germany
06 Feb 2013
9 people are killed as an 8.0 magnitude 8.0 earthquake strikes off the Solomon Islands coast
06 Feb 2020
Antarctica records high temperature of 64.9 F 18.2 C at Esperanza Argentinas research station
06 Feb 1973
Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryers musical Shelter opens at John Golden Theater NYC runs for 31 performances
06 Feb 1977
4th time New York Rangers shut-out New York Islanders 4-0
06 Feb 1977
Harley Race beats Terry Funk in Toronto Ontario to become NWA wrestling champ
06 Feb 1981
TV sitcom The Brady Brides a sequel to The Brady Brunch debuts on NBC TV runs for 10 episodes
06 Feb 1998
Mary Kay LeTourneau 36 former teacher who violated probation by seeing 14-year-old father of her baby sentenced to 7 years
06 Feb 2020
Date of the 1st COVID-19 related death in the US (confirmed by the CDC April 21)
06 Feb 1628
Shah Jahan ascends to the Mughal throne in Agra after securing it by ordering the murder of his half brother and nephews
06 Feb 1651
French Chief Minister Cardinal Mazarin flees Paris
06 Feb 1778
Treaty of Amity and Commerce and the Treaty of Alliance signed in Paris between the United States and France the first negotiated by the United States. The first established formal diplomatic and commercial relations and the second formed a defensive alliance.
06 Feb 1820
First 86 African American migrs sponsored by the American Colonization Society set sail from New York City to Sierra Leone to start a settlement (present-day Liberia)
06 Feb 1865
US Civil War Second day of battle at Dabneys Mills (Hatchers Run)
06 Feb 1894
Bottle opener patented by American inventor William Painter
06 Feb 1898
Concert debut of Romanian composer George Enescu (16) as the Orchestre de douard Colonne premieres his Poema Romn in Paris France
06 Feb 1926
MLB St Louis Browns acquire catcher Wally Schang from New York Yankees for cash and pitcher George Mogridge
06 Feb 1926
NFL rules college students are ineligible until they complete their college careers
06 Feb 1934
MLB Cincinnati Reds purchase contract of 43-year-old pitcher Dazzy Vance from St. Louis Cardinals for 7500
06 Feb 1973
40000 civil servants demonstrate at Binnenhof in The Hague Netherlands against higher pension contribution
06 Feb 1973
Bernice Fekete skips her curling rink to 2nd straight 8-ender Edmonton Alberta
06 Feb 1979
Pakistan Supreme Court affirms the Lahore High Courts death sentence against former Former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
06 Feb 1996
American prostitution madam Heidi Fleiss scheduled to begin her 7-year jail sentence for tax evasion
06 Feb 1998
Former teacher Mary Kay LeTourneau (36) who violated probation by seeing the 14-year-old father of her baby sentenced to 7 years
06 Feb 1998
Sierra Leone military junta is removed and President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah is restored to office after 9 months in exile
06 Feb 2017
Qatar Airways achieves the longest-ever scheduled commercial flight when its B777 aircraft lands in Auckland after a 16 hour and 23 minutes flight from Doha surpassed in 2020
06 Feb 2022
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson declares a state of emergency over a trucker protest against a covid vaccination mandate on the US-Canada border [1]
06 Feb 2022
Queen Elizabeth II becomes the first British monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee marking seventy years on the throne [1]
06 Feb 2024
Jennifer Crumbley is the first American parent of a school shooter to be found guilty of manslaughter held responsible for her teenager killing four at Oxford High School (2021) [1]
06 Feb 2023
Powerful earthquakes strike Turkey and Syria first 7.8 magnitude at 4.15am 23 kilometers east of Nurdagi second 7.5 magnitude at 124pm with many strong aftershocks causing buildings to collapse. Death toll 59000 in Turkey 8000 Syria [1]
06 Feb 2024
Godfathers of Wind Henrik Stiesdal and Andrew Garrad awarded QEPrize the Noble of Engineering for pioneering wind energy [1]
06 Feb 2024
Landslide kills at least 68 with more missing amid torrential rain in Maco town Davao de Oro southern Philippines [1]
06 Feb 2024
Swedish automaker Polestar introduces its Polestar 4 - first mass-market car with no rear window an electric SUV coup with a rear-mounted camera instead [1]
06 Feb 1626
Huguenot rebels and the French sign the Peace of La Rochelle
06 Feb 1778
Treaty of Amity and Commerce and the Treaty of Alliance are signed in Paris between the United States and France the first treaties negotiated by the United States. The first treaty establishes formal diplomatic and commercial relations and the second forms a defensive alliance.
06 Feb 1843
First minstrel show in the United States The Virginia Minstrels opens at the Bowery Amphitheatre in NYC
06 Feb 1869
Harpers Weekly publishes the first picture of Uncle Sam with chin whiskers
06 Feb 1918
Great Britain grants women aged 30 and over the right to vote
06 Feb 1919
First day of the five-day Seattle General Strike
06 Feb 1922
US UK France Italy and Japan sign the Washington Naval Arms Limitation Treaty
06 Feb 1932
First Olympic dog sled race is held at Lake Placid New York as a demonstration sport
06 Feb 1935
Board game Monopoly goes on sale for the first time
06 Feb 1935
First election allowing women to vote in Turkey
06 Feb 1965
Righteous Brothers music single Youve Lost That Lovin Feelin hits 1
06 Feb 1969
A&M Records releases The Gilded Palace of Sin the debut studio album by American country-rock band The Flying Burrito Brothers Gram Parsons and Chris Hillmans fusion of modern country psychedelic rock and folk music was a favorite of critics but not a commercial success
06 Feb 1991
Mousey Davis becomes the first coach of the NYNJ Knights
06 Feb 1992
The Smi people of the far northern Nordic countries have an official day to celebrate their culture
06 Feb 1998
French Prefect Claude rignac is assassinated by Yvan Colonna in Ajaccio Corsica
06 Feb 1998
Twins trade Chuck Knoblauch to the NY Yankees for 3 million and four minor-league players
06 Feb 2018
Brazilian jockey Jorge Ricardo equals the world record for the number of victories by a jockey with 12844 in Rio de Janeiro
06 Feb 2019
2018 named the 4th warmest year on record at the time according to NOAA and NASA ranking behind 2016 2015 and 2017 [1]
06 Feb 2023
Powerful earthquakes strike Turkey and Syria first with a 7.8 magnitude at 415 am 23 kilometers east of Nurdagi and second with a 7.5 magnitude at 124 pm with many strong aftershocks causing buildings to collapse. The death toll is 53537 in Turkey and 8000 in Syria [1]
06 Feb 2025
Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini is named Aga Khan V spiritual leader of millions of Shia Ismaili Muslims in the will of his father Aga Khan IV [1]
06 Feb 2025
US President Donald Trump reiterates that Gaza could be developed into a Riviera of the Middle East by the US with its population moved elsewhere [1]