February 6th, 1882

Born on February 6th, 1882

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What 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.

February 6th, 2021

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken suspends agreements with Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras to send asylum seekers back to their home countries.

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

Born on February 6th, 1882

93

Anne Spencer

American poet

*February 6th, 1882, Henry County †July 27th, 1975, Lynchburg

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Who's birthday is on February 6th?

93

Ronald Reagan

President of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor

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

42

Inez Bjørg David

German actress

*February 6th, 1982, Aarhus

40

Duanganong Aroonkesorn

Thai badminton player

*February 6th, 1984, Bangkok

36

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

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

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

56

Monica Mæland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*February 6th, 1968, Bergen

29

Leon Goretzka

German association football player

*February 6th, 1995, Bochum

91

Amintore Fanfani

Italian politician statesman (1908–1999)

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

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

53

Babe Ruth

American baseball player (1895–1948)

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

38

Jens Sætter-Lassen

Danish actor

*February 6th, 1986, Denmark

76

Wilhelm von Finck

German entrepreneur and banker

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

67

Robert Townsend

American actor

*February 6th, 1957, Chicago

52

François Truffaut

French film director (1932–1984)

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

38

Russell Gleason

American actor (1907-1945)

*February 6th, 1907, Portland †December 26th, 1945, New York City

92

Rolf Eden

German businessman and nightclub owner

*February 6th, 1930, Berlin †August 11th, 2022, Berlin

64

Megan Gallagher

American theater and television actor

*February 6th, 1960, Reading

68

Rich Buckler

American comic book artist and penciller (1949-2017)

*February 6th, 1949, Detroit †May 19th, 2017, The Bronx

82

Hans Haberhauffe

East German handball player (1933-2015)

*February 6th, 1933, Schönebeck †February 11th, 2015, Berlin

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Born in 1882

63

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

President of the United States from 1933 to 1945

*January 30th, 1882, Hyde Park †April 12th, 1945, Warm Springs

58

James Joyce

Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)

*February 2nd, 1882, Rathgar †January 13th, 1941, Zürich

78

Sylvia Pankhurst

English feminist and socialist (1882–1960)

*May 5th, 1882, Manchester †September 27th, 1960, Addis Ababa

88

Igor Stravinsky

Russian composer (1882–1971)

*June 18th, 1882, Lomonosov †April 6th, 1971, New York City

90

Gisela Richter

British-American art historian and archaeologist (1882–1972)

*August 14th, 1882, London †December 24th, 1972, Rome

59

Virginia Woolf

English modernist writer (1882–1941)

*January 25th, 1882, Hyde Park Gate †March 28th, 1941, Lewes

87

Max Born

German-Jewish physicist and mathematician (1882-1970)

*December 11th, 1882, Wrocław †January 5th, 1970, Göttingen

61

Jean Giraudoux

French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright (1882–1944)

*October 29th, 1882, Bellac †January 31st, 1944, Paris

67

Sigrid Undset

Norwegian writer (1882-1949)

*May 20th, 1882, Kalundborg †June 10th, 1949, Lillehammer Municipality

71

Emmerich Kálmán

Hungarian-born composer of operettas

*October 24th, 1882, Siófok †October 30th, 1953, Paris

60

Yanka Kupala

Belarusian writer (1882–1942)

*June 25th, 1882, Viazynka †June 28th, 1942, Moscow

93

Sybil Thorndike

British actress (1882-1976)

*October 24th, 1882, Gainsborough †June 9th, 1976, Chelsea

78

Leonhard Frank

German writer

*September 4th, 1882, Würzburg †August 18th, 1961, Munich

89

James F. Byrnes

American politician

*May 2nd, 1882, Charleston †April 9th, 1972, Columbia

64

Noah Beery, Sr.

American actor (1882–1946)

*January 17th, 1882, Kansas City †April 1st, 1946, Los Angeles

82

Franz Kruckenberg

German engineer (1882-1965)

*August 21st, 1882, Uetersen †June 19th, 1965, Heidelberg

81

James Franck

German physicist

*August 26th, 1882, Hamburg †May 21st, 1964, Göttingen

32

Elmer Booth

American actor (1882-1915)

*December 9th, 1882, Los Angeles †June 16th, 1915, Los Angeles

47

Alfred Wegener

German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930)

*November 1st, 1882, Berlin †October 31st, 1930, Greenland

73

Bela Lugosi

Hungarian-American actor (1882–1956)

*October 20th, 1882, Lugoj †August 16th, 1956, Los Angeles

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1882 is a normal year and no leap year.

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