February 6th, 1976

Born on February 6th, 1976

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What happened on February 6th, 1976?

February 6th, 1976

In testimony before a United States Senate subcommittee, Lockheed Corporation president Carl Kotchian admits that the company had paid out approximately $3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Corporation

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, 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, 1922

Representatives from France, Italy, Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom signed the Washington Naval Treaty (pictured), agreeing to limits on naval construction in the hopes of preventing an arms race.

February 6th, 1919

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

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, 1865

Finland established its modern system of secular municipalities, separate from church parishes.

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 (pictured) 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.

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

Born on February 6th, 1976

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Tanja Frieden

Snowboarder

*February 6th, 1976, Bern

50

Annelies Verbeke

Belgian author

*February 6th, 1976, Londerzeel

50

Princess Marie of Denmark

Second wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark

*February 6th, 1976, Paris

50

Kim Zmeskal

American gymnast

*February 6th, 1976, Houston

50

Kasper Hvidt

Danish handball player

*February 6th, 1976, Frederiksberg

50

Maria Simon

German actress and musician

*February 6th, 1976, Leipzig

50

Drita D'Avanzo

American reality television personality

*February 6th, 1976, Albania

Same year
Born in 1976

49

Abiy Ahmed Ali

Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018

*August 15th, 1976, Beshasha

49

Anna Friel

British actress

*July 12th, 1976, Rochdale

50

Damien Leith

Irish-Australian singer–songwriter

*January 18th, 1976, Dublin

50

Carrie Henn

American actress

*May 7th, 1976, Panama City

49

Inga Marte Thorkildsen

Norwegian politician

*July 2nd, 1976, Oslo

50

Robert Mateusiak

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1976, Wołomin

50

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

49

Regina Halmich

German boxer

*November 22nd, 1976, Karlsruhe

40

Ueli Steck

Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (1976-2017)

*October 4th, 1976, Langnau im Emmental †April 30th, 2017, Nuptse

50

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

49

Giorgio Galimberti

Italian tennis player

*September 5th, 1976, Milan

50

Daniel Ernemann

German association football player and manager

*February 18th, 1976, Amberg

49

Benedict Cumberbatch

English actor (born 1976)

*July 19th, 1976, Hammersmith

49

Lars Ricken

German footballer

*July 10th, 1976, Dortmund

50

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Castleknock

49

Francesco Totti

Italian association football player

*September 27th, 1976, Rome

50

Yuval Noah Harari

Israeli historian and author of popular science bestsellers

*February 24th, 1976, Kiryat Ata

49

Ryan Kwanten

Australian actor and comedian (born 1976)

*November 28th, 1976, Sydney

49

Ronaldo

Brazilian former association football player (born 1976)

*September 22nd, 1976, Itaguaí

50

Patrick Vieira

French association football manager (born 1976)

*June 23rd, 1976, Dakar

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Leap year

Yes: 1976 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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