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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) 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, writer (Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis) 1788 K roly Kisfaludy, Hungary, romantic poet (Tartars in Hungary-1819) 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) 1833 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) 1860 Johan, [Eliza J] de Meester, journalist/writer (Geertje) 1874 Milton Bennett Medary, US, architect (Washington Chapel) 1886 Louis Pi‚rard, Belgian journalist/writer (Gross Germany) 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], Mexican/US actor (Ben Hur) 19-- Axl Rose, rocker (Guns & Roses-Sweet Child of Mine) 19-- John Sanderford, actor (Ryan's Hope) 1902 Louis Nizer, lawyer (defended blacklisted stars in '50s, Catspaw) 1904 Claudio Arrau, Chile, pianist (Boston Symphony Orchestra) 1905 Wladislaw Gomulka, premier Poland 1908 Amintore Fanfani, premier Italy 1908 Gen Edward Lansdale, model for "Quiet American" & "Ugly American" 1910 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) 1917 Arthur Gold, Toronto, Canada, pianist 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) 1924 Billy Wright, English soccer player 1924 Paolo Volponi, Italian poet 1929 Keith Waterhouse, writer (Billy Liar, Say Who Are You?) 1929 Sixten Jernberg, Sweden, skiier (Olympic-gold-1956/60/64) 1931 Rip Torn, Tx, actor (Coma, Summer Rental, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) 1932 Fran‡ois Truffaut, France, director (Jules & Jim, Fahrenheit 451) 1933 Mamie Van Doren, Rowena SD, actress (Navy vs Night Monsters) (or 0202) 1933 Walter E Fauntroy, (Rep-D-DC, 1971- ) 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) 1943 Fabian Forte, Phila Pa, singer (Turn Me Loose, Tiger) 1943 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 singer (& Wailers-Roots Rock Reggae) 1947 Charles Hickcox, US, 200m/400m medley swimmer (Olympic-3 gold-1968) 1949 Frank Rich, US politician (?) 1949 Manuel Orantes, tennis star 1950 Mike Batt, composer/arranger 1950 Natalie Cole, LA, singer (Pink Cadillac, Miss You Like Crazy) 1950 Punky Meadows, rocker (Angel) 1956 Jon Walmsley, Lancashire England, actor (Jason-Waltons) 1957 Jerry Marotta, rocker (Orleans-Love Takes Time) 1957 Robert Townsend, actor (Hollywood Shuffle, Ratboy) 1958 Barry Miller, LA Calif, actor (Fame, Peggy Sue Got Married) 1960 Megan Gallagher, actress (Slap Maxwell) 1961 Yuri Ivanovich Onufriyenko, Russia, major/cosmonaut 1962 Axl Rose's date of birth is 1962. His real name is William Bruce Bailey. He legally changed his name to W. Axl Rose later on. - Kim, Sarnia Ontario 1966 Rick Astley, rock vocalist (Never Gonna Give You Up) 1969 April Lerman, Chicago Ill, actress (Lila-Charles in Charge) 1976 Kim Zmeskal, Houston TX, US gymnist (Olympic-92) Back to GREGSITE Passings for February 06743 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 1612 Christopher Clavius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown) 1695 Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95), dies 1793 Carlo Goldoni, Italian author (L'avaro), dies at 85 1897 Ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable, dies 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 1942 Wobbe de Vries, linguist, dies at 78 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 1964 Sophocles Venizelos, premier of Greece (1944, 50-51), dies 1970 Roscoe Karns, actor (Capt Shafer-Hennesey), dies at 78 1973 Ira S Bowen, US physicist/astronomer (Mt Wilson/Palomar), dies 1982 Ben Nicholson, England, painter/sculptor (Circle), dies 1985 Charles Briggs, actor, dies at 53 1985 Dandy Nichols, actress, dies at 78 1989 Barbara Tuchman, US historian (Guns of August, Pulitzer Prize), dies 1991 Danny Thomas, comedian/actor, dies at 76 of a heart attack 1991 Marten Levendig, Dutch TV correspondent to Moscow, dies 1993 Arthur Ashe, tennis star (Wimbledon 1975), dies from Aids at 49 Back to GREGSITE Holidays for February 06[Massachusetts] Ratification Day (1788) [New Zealand] Waitangi Day-New Zealand Day (1840) [Switzerland] Homstrom-celebrates end of winter [World] Boy Scouts Day (1910) 2000 [China] New Years-Year of Dragon (4698) Back to GREGSITE Interest events for February 06[Christian] Commemoration of St Vedastus [Christian] Feast of St Vaast (St Gaston) 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 1597 [RC] Memorial of St Paul Miki & his companions, martyrs 1993 [Jewish] Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day) (Shevat 15, 5753 AM) Back to GREGSITE Special events for February 06 [Ancient Rome] Caput Iduum (a d viij Id Feb) NFL Pro Ball (Aloha Bowl, Honolulu Hawaii) 0214 Theta Centaurid meteor shower, radiant in Lupus near Centaurus 0318 Delta Leonid meteor shower, radiant between ç & ë Leonis 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 1778 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 1820 1st organized emigration of blacks back to Africa (NY to Sierra Leone) 1820 86 free black colonists sail from NYC to Sierra Leone, Africa 1820 US population announced at 9,638,453 (1,771,656 blacks (18.4%)) 1832 1st appearance of cholera at Edinburgh, Scotland 1832 US ship destroys Sumatran village in retaliation for piracy 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 1861 English Adm Robert Ritzroy issues 1st storm warnings for ships 1862 General Grant initiates a campaign in Mississippi Valley 1862 Naval Engagement at Tenn River-USS Conestago vs CSS Appleton Belle 1865 Robert E Lee appointed Confederate General in Chief 1867 Peabody Fund established 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 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 1922 US, UK, France, Italy & Japan sign Washington naval arms limitation 1932 1st Olympic dog sled race, Lake Placid, NY (demonstration sport) 1932 Fascist coup in the Memel territory 1932 M Wolf discovers asteroid #1219 Britta 1933 -90ø F (-68ø C), Oymyakon, USSR (Asian record) 1933 112' ocean wave observed near Manila 1933 Highest recorded sea wave (not tsunami), 34 m, in Pacific hurricane 1935 1st election to allow women to vote in Turkey 1935 Board game "Monopoly" goes on sale for 1st time 1936 4th Winter Olympic games opens in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany 1938 A Bohrmann discovers asteroid #2350 von Lude 1939 Spanish govt flees to France 1941 Auke Adema wins 7th Dutch Elfstedentocht skate 1941 Battle of Beda Fomm: Italian 10th army destroyed 1941 British troops conquer Bengazi, Libya 1942 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2479 Sodankyla 1948 KNXT (now KCBS) TV channel 2 in Los Angeles, CA (CBS) 1st broadcast 1951 "Broker Special" train crashs in Woodbridge NJ, killing 84 1952 England replaces King George VI stamp series with Queen Elizabeth II 1956 Chicago's Daily Defender, begins publishing 1956 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 1959 US 1st successful Titan intercontinental ballistic missile 1961 "Jail, No Bail" Jail-in movement starts in Rock Hill SC 1961 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 1964 WCIU TV channel 26 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting 1967 Cultural Revolution in Albania 1967 Heavyweight Cassius Clay beats Ernie Terrell in Houston 1967 P Wild discovers asteroid #1803 Zwicky & #3021 1968 10th Winter Olympic games opens in Grenoble, France 1968 Former Pres Dwight Eisenhower shot a hole-in-one 1968 KESD TV channel 8 in Brookings, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 L Chernykh discovers asteroids #1772 Gagarin & #1890 Konoshenkova 1971 1st time a golf ball is hit on Moon (by Alan Shepard) 1973 Bernice Fekete skips her curling rink to 2nd straight 8-ender, Edm 1973 P Wild discovers asteroid #2033 Basilea 1974 3rd time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0 1976 George Harrison releases "This Guitar (Can't Keep From Crying)" 1977 4th time Rangers shut-out Islanders 4-0 1977 Alain Prieur jumps his motorcycle 65 m over 16 buses, near Paris 1978 Muriel, wife of late Hubert Humphrey (Sen-D-Minn) takes his office 1978 Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #3301 1978 Snowstorm hits New England, parts of RI (54" (137cm)) 1981 N Thomas discovers asteroids #2779 Mary, #2999 Dante & #3352 McAuliffe 1981 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 1984 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 1990 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 Back to GREGSITE Facts for February 0637th day of the year with 328 days left (Numerology = 8) 1895 -4øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1991 58øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on February 0602/06/42 --- Deep In The Heart Of Texas --- Rey, Alvino 02/06/48 --- Now Is The Hour --- Howard, Eddy 02/06/61 --- Dedicated To The One I Love --- Shirelles 02/06/65 --- Birds And The Bees, The --- Akens, Jewel 02/06/65 --- Boy From New York City, The --- Ad Libs 02/06/65 --- King Of The Road --- Miller, Roger 02/06/71 --- Have You Ever Seen The Rain --- Creedence Clearwater Revival 02/06/71 --- Mama's Pearl --- Jacksons 02/06/88 --- Out Of The Blue --- Gibson, Debbie 02/06/88 --- I Want Her --- Sweat, Keith 02/06/93 --- Bed Of Roses --- Bon Jovi 02/06/93 --- Hip Hop Hooray --- Naughty 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