February 6th, 1843

Born on February 6th, 1843

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on February 6th, 1843?

February 6th, 1843

The first minstrel show in the United States, The Virginia Minstrels, opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minstrel_show

What else happened on February 6th?

February 6th, 2018

The SpaceX launch vehicle Falcon Heavy made its first flight (launch pictured).

February 6th, 1987

Mary Gaudron became the first woman to be appointed a justice of the High Court of Australia.

February 6th, 1976

Lockheed Corporation president Carl Kotchian admitted that the company had paid out approximately US$3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese prime minister Kakuei Tanaka.

February 6th, 1958

The aircraft carrying the Manchester United football team crashed while attempting to take off from Munich-Riem Airport in West Germany, killing 8 players and 23 people in total (news reel featured).

February 6th, 1951

A train derailed while crossing a temporary wooden trestle in Woodbridge, New Jersey, causing 85 deaths.

February 6th, 1919

More than 65,000 workers in Seattle began a five-day general strike to gain higher wages after two years of U.S. World War I wage controls.

February 6th, 1862

Union forces earned one of their first important victories in the American Civil War at the Battle of Fort Henry in western Tennessee.

February 6th, 1840

British representatives and Māori chiefs first signed the Treaty of Waitangi, widely regarded to be the founding document of New Zealand.

February 6th, 1820

The first ship of the American Colonization Society departed from New York for West Africa with 86 African-American emigrants aboard to found the colony of Liberia.

February 6th, 1819

British official Stamford Raffles signed a treaty with Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor, establishing Singapore as a trading post for the East India Company.

February 6th, 1806

Napoleonic Wars: A British naval squadron captured or destroyed five French ships of the line at the Battle of San Domingo in the Caribbean Sea.

February 6th, 1778

France and the United States signed the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and the Treaty of Alliance, respectively establishing commercial and military ties between the two nations.

February 6th, 1788

Massachusetts became the sixth state to ratify the constitution of the United States.

February 6th, 2023

Two earthquakes measuring Mww 7.8 and 7.5 struck near the border between Turkey and Syria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XII (Extreme). The earthquakes resulted in numerous aftershocks and a death toll of 57,658 people.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 6th

Born on February 6th, 1843

57

Frederic William Henry Myers

English poet and essayist

*February 6th, 1843, Keswick †January 17th, 1901, Rome

52

Inoue Kowashi

Japanese noble (1843-1895)

*February 6th, 1843, Kumamoto †March 15th, 1895, Tokyo

75

Paul Sébillot

French folklorist, painter, and writer (1843-1918)

*February 6th, 1843, Matignon †April 23rd, 1918, Paris

70

Georg Arnould

German artist, 1843-

*February 6th, 1843, Hamburg †August 13th, 1913, Hamburg

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 6th?

40

Duanganong Aroonkesorn

Thai badminton player

*February 6th, 1984, Bangkok

93

Ronald Reagan

President of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor

*February 6th, 1911, Tampico †June 5th, 2004, Bel Air

76

Wilhelm von Finck

German entrepreneur and banker

*February 6th, 1848, Bad Vilbel †April 8th, 1924, Munich

42

Inez Bjørg David

German actress

*February 6th, 1982, Aarhus

36

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

*February 6th, 1945, Nine Mile †May 11th, 1981, Jackson Memorial Hospital

56

Monica Mæland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*February 6th, 1968, Bergen

29

Leon Goretzka

German association football player

*February 6th, 1995, Bochum

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

88

Rip Torn

American actor (1931–2019)

*February 6th, 1931, Temple †July 9th, 2019, Lakeville

93

Patrick Macnee

English actor (1922–2015)

*February 6th, 1922, Paddington †June 25th, 2015, Rancho Mirage

91

Amintore Fanfani

Italian politician statesman (1908–1999)

*February 6th, 1908, Pieve Santo Stefano †November 20th, 1999, Rome

67

Isidor Straus

Retailing magnate victim of the Titanic sinking (1845–1912)

*February 6th, 1845, Otterberg †April 15th, 1912, North Atlantic Ocean

38

Jens Sætter-Lassen

Danish actor

*February 6th, 1986, Denmark

91

Ivo Garrani

Italian actor (1924-2015)

*February 6th, 1924, Introdacqua †March 25th, 2015, Rome

38

Dane DeHaan

American actor

*February 6th, 1986, Allentown

67

Robert Townsend

American actor

*February 6th, 1957, Chicago

66

Karl Haider

German painter (1846-1912)

*February 6th, 1846, Munich †October 29th, 1912, Schliersee

52

François Truffaut

French film director (1932–1984)

*February 6th, 1932, Paris †October 21st, 1984, Neuilly-sur-Seine

64

Megan Gallagher

American theater and television actor

*February 6th, 1960, Reading

53

Babe Ruth

American baseball player (1895–1948)

*February 6th, 1895, Baltimore †August 16th, 1948, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Same year
Born in 1843

75

Hermann Hitzig

Swiss classical philologist (1843-1918)

*May 9th, 1843, Zürich †August 27th, 1918, Zürich

72

Henry James

American and British writer (1843–1916)

*April 15th, 1843, New York City †February 28th, 1916, Chelsea

58

William McKinley

President of the United States from 1897 to 1901

*January 29th, 1843, Niles †September 14th, 1901, Buffalo

66

Robert Koch

German physician, bacteriologist

*December 11th, 1843, Clausthal †May 27th, 1910, Baden-Baden

64

Edvard Grieg

Norwegian composer and pianist (1843–1907)

*June 15th, 1843, Bergen †September 4th, 1907, Bergen

82

Camillo Golgi

Italian physician, pathologist, scientist, and Nobel laureate (1843-1926)

*July 7th, 1843, Corteno Golgi †January 21st, 1926, Pavia

71

Bertha von Suttner

Austrian novelist, radical (organizational) pacifist, editor

*June 9th, 1843, Prague †June 21st, 1914, Vienna

94

Stefan Drzewiecki

Polish inventor and engineer

*July 26th, 1843, Kunka †April 23rd, 1938, Paris

76

Benito Pérez Galdós

Spanish realist novelist (1843–1920)

*May 10th, 1843, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria †January 4th, 1920, calle de Hilarión Eslava

70

Charles Albert Gobat

Swiss politician and lawyer (1843-1914)

*May 21st, 1843, Tramelan †March 16th, 1914, Bern

74

Louis Renault

French jurist (1843–1918)

*May 21st, 1843, Autun †February 8th, 1918, Barbizon

52

Richard Avenarius

German philosopher (1843-1896)

*November 19th, 1843, Paris †August 18th, 1896, Zürich

62

Victor Schlegel

German mathematician (1843-1905)

*March 4th, 1843, Frankfurt (Oder) †November 22nd, 1905, Hagen

42

Lydia Koidula

Estonian poet

*December 12th, 1843, Vändra †July 30th, 1886, Kronstadt

78

Georg Treu

German archaeologist (1843-1921)

*March 29th, 1843, Saint Petersburg †October 5th, 1921, Dresden

62

William Forbes Gatacre

British Army general (1843–1906)

*December 3rd, 1843, Herbertshire Castle †January 18th, 1906, Gambela

87

Amédée Bienaimé

French politician

*February 22nd, 1843, Paris †March 16th, 1930, Paris

73

Carl Leonhard Becker

German painter (1843-1917)

*May 5th, 1843, Bonn †January 6th, 1917, Bonn

60

Karl Koester

German pathologist

*April 2nd, 1843, Bad Dürkheim †November 30th, 1903, Bonn

73

Hans Richter

Austrian-Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor (1843-1916)

*April 4th, 1843, Győr †December 5th, 1916, Bayreuth

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Leap year

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