February 6th, 1944

Born on February 6th, 1944

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What happened on February 6th, 1944?

February 6th, 1944

World War II: The Great Raids Against Helsinki begins.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II

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, 1944

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

73

Giorgio Guazzaloca

Italian politician (1944-2017)

*February 6th, 1944, Bazzano †April 26th, 2017, Bologna

80

Christine Boutin

French politician

*February 6th, 1944, Levroux

63

Willie Tee

American musician (1944-2007)

*February 6th, 1944, New Orleans †September 11th, 2007

80

Per Øhrgaard

Danish translator

*February 6th, 1944, Copenhagen

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Who's birthday is on February 6th?

36

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

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

93

Ronald Reagan

President of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor

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

56

Monica Mæland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*February 6th, 1968, Bergen

42

Inez Bjørg David

German actress

*February 6th, 1982, Aarhus

40

Duanganong Aroonkesorn

Thai badminton player

*February 6th, 1984, Bangkok

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

68

Rich Buckler

American comic book artist and penciller (1949-2017)

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

79

Elba Esther Gordillo

Mexican politician

*February 6th, 1945, Comitán de Domínguez

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

93

Patrick Macnee

English actor (1922–2015)

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

64

Megan Gallagher

American theater and television actor

*February 6th, 1960, Reading

38

Jens Sætter-Lassen

Danish actor

*February 6th, 1986, Denmark

92

Rolf Eden

German businessman and nightclub owner

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

82

Hans Haberhauffe

East German handball player (1933-2015)

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

65

Natalie Cole

American singer (1950–2015)

*February 6th, 1950, Los Angeles †December 31st, 2015, Los Angeles

79

Michael Tucker

American actor, author, producer

*February 6th, 1945, Baltimore

68

Jeff King

American dog musher

*February 6th, 1956, North Fork

51

Stephen Albert

American composer (1941-1992)

*February 6th, 1941, New York City †December 27th, 1992, Cape Cod

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Born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

79

Mary Robinson

Former President of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

*May 21st, 1944, Ballina

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Yes: 1944 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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