February 6th, 1949

Born on February 6th, 1949

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1949

68

Rich Buckler

American comic book artist and penciller (1949-2017)

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

73

Michael Fuchs

German politician (1949–2022)

*February 6th, 1949, Koblenz †December 25th, 2022

75

Jim Sheridan

Irish playwright and filmmaker

*February 6th, 1949, Dublin

75

Mike Batt

British songwriter, musician and record producer

*February 6th, 1949, Southampton

75

Karin Roth

German politician

*February 6th, 1949, Erkenbrechtsweiler

68

Babatunde Osotimehin

Health minister of Nigeria (1949-2017)

*February 6th, 1949, Ogun State †June 4th, 2017, London

75

Eliot Weinberger

American writer

*February 6th, 1949, New York City

75

Manuel Orantes

Spanish tennis player

*February 6th, 1949, Granada

75

Adrian Alston

Australian soccer player

*February 6th, 1949, Preston

56

Kazimierz Lipień

Olympic wrestler

*February 6th, 1949, Jaczków †November 12th, 2005, New York City

52

Bent Tomtum

Ski jumper

*February 6th, 1949, Gjøvik Municipality †October 15th, 2001, Gjøvik Municipality

67

Reinhard Fißler

German musician and singer (1949-2016)

*February 6th, 1949, Güstrow †February 13th, 2016, Berlin

75

Susan Grace

Actress

*February 6th, 1949, White Plains

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36

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

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

40

Duanganong Aroonkesorn

Thai badminton player

*February 6th, 1984, Bangkok

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

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

65

Natalie Cole

American singer (1950–2015)

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

29

Leon Goretzka

German association football player

*February 6th, 1995, Bochum

67

Robert Townsend

American actor

*February 6th, 1957, Chicago

88

Rip Torn

American actor (1931–2019)

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

64

Megan Gallagher

American theater and television actor

*February 6th, 1960, Reading

73

Giorgio Guazzaloca

Italian politician (1944-2017)

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

68

Jeff King

American dog musher

*February 6th, 1956, North Fork

38

Jens Sætter-Lassen

Danish actor

*February 6th, 1986, Denmark

93

Patrick Macnee

English actor (1922–2015)

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

52

François Truffaut

French film director (1932–1984)

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

69

Michael Pollan

American author, journalist, activist, and professor of journalism

*February 6th, 1955, Long Island

91

Ivo Garrani

Italian actor (1924-2015)

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

38

Dane DeHaan

American actor

*February 6th, 1986, Allentown

72

Ángeles Maestro

Spanish politician

*February 6th, 1952, Medina del Campo

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75

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

70

Jahn Teigen

Norwegian singer, musician, and comedian (1949–2020)

*September 27th, 1949, Tønsberg Municipality †February 24th, 2020, Ystad

74

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

74

Sherman Howard

American actor

*June 11th, 1949, Chicago

74

Egon Flaig

German university teacher, Historian of classical antiquity and writer

*May 16th, 1949, Oberstenfeld

74

Meryl Streep

American actress (born 1949)

*June 22nd, 1949, Summit

74

Odaline de la Martinez

American conductor and composer

*October 31st, 1949, Matanzas

74

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

66

Papa Wemba

Congolese singer and musician

*June 14th, 1949, Lubefu †April 24th, 2016, Abidjan

67

Denis Johnson

American writer (novel, drama, poetry, essay) (1949-2017)

*July 1st, 1949, Munich †May 24th, 2017, Sea Ranch

40

Stiv Bators

American punk rock vocalist and guitarist

*October 22nd, 1949, Youngstown †June 3rd, 1990, 1st arrondissement of Paris

74

Hans Michelbach

German politician

*May 3rd, 1949, Gemünden am Main

74

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

74

Gloria Gaynor

American singer

*September 7th, 1949, Newark

75

Jessica Lange

American actress

*April 20th, 1949, Cloquet

74

Bruce Springsteen

American rock singer (born 1949)

*September 23rd, 1949, Long Branch

67

Carlos Slepoy

Argentinian lawyer (1949-2017)

*October 2nd, 1949, Buenos Aires †April 17th, 2017, Madrid

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

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No: With 365 days 1949 is a normal year and no leap year.

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