February 6th, 1915

Born on February 6th, 1915

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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, 1915

102

Danuta Szaflarska

Polish actress (1915–2017)

*February 6th, 1915, Piwniczna-Zdrój †February 19th, 2017, Warsaw

76

John Bartha

Hungarian actor

*February 6th, 1915, Budapest †March 7th, 1991

73

Jorge Salcedo

Argentine actor

*February 6th, 1915, Buenos Aires †April 12th, 1988, Buenos Aires

97

León Benarós

Argentinian lawyer and poet

*February 6th, 1915, Villa Mercedes †August 25th, 2012, Buenos Aires

83

Kavi Pradeep

Indian singer (1915-1998)

*February 6th, 1915, Badnagar †December 11th, 1998, Mumbai

74

Ingeborg Vahle-Giessler

German painter (1915-1989)

*February 6th, 1915, Krevese †November 26th, 1989, Lüneburg

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93

Ronald Reagan

President of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor

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

93

Patrick Macnee

English actor (1922–2015)

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

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

91

Amintore Fanfani

Italian politician statesman (1908–1999)

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

42

Inez Bjørg David

German actress

*February 6th, 1982, Aarhus

40

Duanganong Aroonkesorn

Thai badminton player

*February 6th, 1984, Bangkok

99

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Hungarian-American socialite and actress (1916–2016)

*February 6th, 1917, Budapest †December 18th, 2016, Los Angeles

56

Monica Mæland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*February 6th, 1968, Bergen

88

Rip Torn

American actor (1931–2019)

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

29

Leon Goretzka

German association football player

*February 6th, 1995, Bochum

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

33

Eva Braun

Longtime companion and later wife of Adolf Hitler (1912-1945)

*February 6th, 1912, Munich †April 30th, 1945, Führerbunker

67

Robert Townsend

American actor

*February 6th, 1957, Chicago

38

Jens Sætter-Lassen

Danish actor

*February 6th, 1986, Denmark

82

Hans Haberhauffe

East German handball player (1933-2015)

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

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

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96

Harry Morgan

American actor (1915–2011)

*April 10th, 1915, Detroit †December 7th, 2011, Los Angeles

47

Édith Piaf

French singer (1915–1963)

*December 19th, 1915, Paris †October 10th, 1963, Grasse

90

Jean Parker

American actress

*August 11th, 1915, Deer Lodge †November 30th, 2005, Woodland Hills

89

Wee Kim Wee

4th President of Singapore (1915–2005)

*November 4th, 1915, Singapore †May 2nd, 2005, Siglap

82

Frank Sinatra

American singer and actor (1915–1998)

*December 12th, 1915, Hoboken †May 14th, 1998, Los Angeles

91

Augusto Pinochet

Dictator of Chile from 1973 to 1990

*November 25th, 1915, Valparaíso †December 10th, 2006, Santiago

67

Ingrid Bergman

Swedish actress (1915–1982)

*August 29th, 1915, Hedvig Eleonora parish †August 29th, 1982, London

98

Eli Wallach

American actor (1915–2014)

*December 7th, 1915, Brooklyn †June 24th, 2014, New York City

80

Jo Van Fleet

American actress (1915-1996)

*December 29th, 1915, Oakland †June 10th, 1996, Queens

85

Jacques Chaban-Delmas

82nd Prime Minister of France

*March 7th, 1915, 13th arrondissement of Paris †November 10th, 2000, 7th arrondissement of Paris

44

Billie Holiday

American jazz singer (1915–1959)

*April 7th, 1915, Philadelphia †July 17th, 1959, New York City

67

Fernando Lamas

Argentine-born actor

*January 9th, 1915, Buenos Aires †October 8th, 1982, Los Angeles

101

Ren Xinmin

Chinese scientist

*December 5th, 1915, Ningguo †February 12th, 2017, Beijing

86

Anthony Quinn

Mexican and American actor (1915–2001)

*April 21st, 1915, Chihuahua City †June 3rd, 2001, Boston

94

Paul Samuelson

American economist

*May 15th, 1915, Gary †December 13th, 2009, Belmont

86

Fred Hoyle

British astronomer

*June 24th, 1915, Bingley †August 20th, 2001, Bournemouth

90

Barnard Hughes

American actor (1915–2006)

*July 16th, 1915, Westchester County †July 11th, 2006, New York City

99

Charles Hard Townes

20th-century American physicist

*July 28th, 1915, Greenville †January 27th, 2015, Oakland

89

Saul Bellow

Canadian-American writer

*June 10th, 1915, Lachine †April 5th, 2005, Brookline

81

Lars Ahlin

Swedish author and aesthetiian

*April 4th, 1915, Sundsvall †March 11th, 1997, Stockholm

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1915 is a normal year and no leap year.

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