• On Feb. 6, 1952, Britain's King George VI died; he was succeeded by his daughter, Elizabeth II.
• In 1756, America's third vice president, Aaron Burr, was born in Newark, N.J.
• In 1778, the United States won official recognition from France with the signing of a Treaty of Alliance in Paris.
• In 1788, Massachusetts became the sixth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
• In 1911, Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, was born in Tampico, Ill.
• In 1933, the 20th Amendment to the Constitution, the so-called lame-duck amendment, was proclaimed in effect by Secretary of State Henry Stimson.
• In 1959, the United States successfully test-fired a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile from Cape Canaveral.
• In 1978, Muriel Humphrey took the oath of office as a U.S. senator from Minnesota, filling the seat of her late husband, former Vice President Hubert Humphrey.
• In 1992, 16 people were killed when a C-130 military transport plane crashed in Evansville, Ind.
• Ten years ago: Hillary Clinton launched her U.S. Senate bid. An Ariana Airlines Boeing 727 was hijacked after leaving Kabul, Afghanistan, making stops in Central Asia and Russia before arriving at Stansted airport outside London the next day. Nine people were killed when a train derailed south of Cologne, Germany. Social Democrat Tarja Halonen edged out her rival in a run-off to become Finland's first female president. The NFC defeated the AFC 51-31 in the Pro Bowl.
• Five years ago: The New England Patriots won their third NFL championship in four years, defeating the Philadelphia Eagles 24-21 in the Super Bowl. Fans of the late reggae singer Bob Marley celebrated his 60th birthday in his birthplace of Jamaica as well as the Rastafarian holy land of Ethiopia. Eighteen people were found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in a mountain hostel in eastern Spain. Acclaimed Russian pianist Lazar Berman died in Florence, Italy, at age 74.
• One year ago: Key senators and the White House reached a tentative agreement on an economic stimulus measure at the heart of President Barack Obama's recovery plan. One year ago: Key senators and the White House reached tentative agreement on an economic stimulus measure at the heart of President Barack Obama's recovery plan. Federal health officials said Peanut Corp. of America, a Georgia peanut processor, knowingly shipped salmonella-laced products as far back as 2007. Death claimed actors James Whitmore at age 87 and Philip Carey at age 83.
Thought for Today: "The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone -- even to himself." -- Andre Malraux, French author (1901-76)
1756 Aaron Burr, America's third vice president, was born in Newark, N.J.
1895 Baseball Hall of Famer George Herman "Babe" Ruth was born in Baltimore.
1899 A peace treaty between the United States and Spain was ratified by the U.S. Senate.
1911 Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, was born in Tampico, Ill.
1943 U.S. Army Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was named commander of Allied expeditionary forces in North Africa. He later became World War II Supreme Allied Commander in Europe.
1945 Reggae musician Bob Marley was born in St. Ann parish in Jamaica.
1993 Tennis Hall of Famer Arthur Ashe died at age 49.
1998 President Bill Clinton signed a bill changing the name of Washington National Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
1999 Excerpts of former White House intern Monica Lewinsky's videotaped testimony were shown at President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial.
2000 First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton launched her successful candidacy for the U.S. Senate.
2003 ABC's "20/20" aired a British documentary on Michael Jackson in which the singer revealed he sometimes let children sleep in his bed.
2003 Rapper 50 Cent's debut CD, "Get Rich or Die Tryin'," was released.
2004 An explosion ripped through a Moscow subway car during rush hour, killing 41 people in a terrorist attack blamed on Chechen separatists.
Today In Entertainment History February 6
In 1943, a Los Angeles jury acquitted actor Errol Flynn of three counts of statutory rape.
In 1970, "Instant Karma" by John Lennon was released as a single.
In 1989, actor Todd Bridges was ordered held without bond on an attempted murder charge. He pleaded not guilty in connection with a shooting.
In 1990, singer Billy Idol shattered a leg and broke an arm when his motorcyle hit a car in Los Angeles. Police said Idol ran a stop sign and wasn't wearing a helmet at the time of the accident.
In 1991, actor Danny Thomas died after suffering a heart attack at his Los Angeles home. He was 79. He was buried in Memphis a few days later.
In 1995, rapper Tupac Shakur was sentenced to one-and-a-half to four-and-a-half years in prison on a sexual assault charge.
In 1998, singer-guitarist Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys died of complications from lung cancer in Los Angeles. He was 51. Also in 1998, singer Falco was killed in a traffic accident in the Dominican Republic. He was 40. Falco was probably best known for his song "Rock Me Amadeus."
In 2003, ABC aired the British documentary "Living With Michael Jackson." Jackson's comments about allowing kids to spend the night in his bedroom prompted authorities to look into his relationships with children. Jackson was arrested the following November on child molestation charges.
Today's Birthdays February 6 Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor is 93. Actor Patrick Macnee is 88. Actor Rip Torn is 79. Actress Mamie Van Doren is 79. Actor Mike Farrell is 71. Former NBC News anchorman Tom Brokaw is 70. Singer Fabian is 67. Actress Gayle Hunnicutt is 67. Actor Michael Tucker is 66. Producer-director-writer Jim Sheridan is 61. Singer Natalie Cole is 60. Actor Jon Walmsley is 54. Actress Kathy Najimy is 53. Rock musician Simon Phillips (Toto) is 53. Actor-director Robert Townsend is 53. Actor Barry Miller is 52. Actress Megan Gallagher is 50. Rock singer Axl Rose (Guns N' Roses) is 48. Country singer Richie McDonald is 48. Singer Rick Astley is 44. Rock musician Tim Brown (Boo Radleys) is 41.
Those Born On This Date Include: England's Queen Anne (1665); Eva Braun, mistress and wife of Adolf Hitler (1912) & French film director Francois Truffaut (1932).
In 337, Saint Julius I began his reign as the new Catholic Pope.
In 1685, James II was crowned the next King of England, on this day, after the death of his brother Charles II.
The year 1716 saw the renewed friendship of England and the Netherlands. On this day, in 1716, both the countries had signed a treaty whereby trade in order to boost up the trade and commerce between the two countries.
England declared war on France on this day in 1778. And on the very same day and very same year, France gave recognition to the United States and also signed the first treaty in the history of the United States. The treaty was called the Treaty of Aid and was signed in Paris.
Cholera first appeared in Edinburgh, Scotland on this day, in 1832. Till then this disease was unknown to Great Britain. But with the increase in immigration, many foreign diseases also entered Great Britain, cholera being one of them.
Charles Darwin on the HMS Beagle reached Diemen's Island in Tasmania on February 6, 1836.
February 6 is also remembered for the first great train robbery that took place in the year 1891. The robbery was carried out by the infamous Dalton Gang in the Southern Pacific region. In 1899, the Spanish- American war came to an end by the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty was ratified by the United State Senate by one vote, on this day.
In 1911, on February 6, the first Old Age Home was opened in Prescott, Arizona.
1958 was a very unfortunate year, especially for the football fraternity. On this day, in 1958 a plane carrying the Manchester United football team crashed at the Munich Airport. In that accident 7 members of the football team were killed and many more sustained severe injuries.
In 1959, Indira Gandhi was elected as the leader of the Indian National Congress on February 6. She went on to become the first woman Prime Minister of India.
In 1991, the Soviet Space Station named Salyut 7 was destroyed in an accident. The debris of the space station started falling into the Atlantic Ocean on February 6, as the space station disintegrated.
February 6 is also the birthday of Christopher Marlowe, a famous English poet and playwright. He was born in the year 1461. Famous Indian cricketer S Sreenath was also born on this day in 1983.
This Day in History
AP
Saturday, February 06, 2010
Today's Highlight: 1997 -- Marking his first year as president of Haiti, René Préval distributes land to peasants.
Other Notable Events:
1643 -- Dutch mariner Abel Tasman discovers Fiji Islands in the Pacific.
1701 -- War of Spanish Succession begins.
1715 -- Peace of Utrecht ends war between Spain and Portugal.
1778 -- Britain declares war on France.
1819 -- British East India Company, represented by Stamford Raffles, establishes settlement at Singapore.
1840 -- Treaty of Waitangi is signed, guaranteeing Maori tribal chiefs their lands and certain other rights in return for British sovereignty over New Zealand.
1869 -- Greece agrees to leave Crete following Turkish ultimatum.
1897 -- Crete proclaims union with Greece.
1899 -- Treaty of Paris is ratified, whereby Spain cedes Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines to the United States for $20 million.
1902 - French agreement with Ethiopia to finance railway construction provokes protests from Britain and Italy.
1952 -- Britain's King George VI dies and is succeeded by his daughter, Elizabeth II.
1959 -- The United States successfully test-fires a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile.
1964 -- England and France agree on constructing English Channel rail tunnel.
1971 -- US Apollo 14 astronauts prepare to head back to earth after spending 33 hours on the moon.
1975 -- Three paintings -- one by Raphael and two by Piero della Francesca -- are stolen from National Gallery in Urbino, Italy.
1983 -- US Chief Justice Warren Burger asks Congress to ease the Supreme Court's load by creating a court of federal judges.
1990 -- West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl says he favours immediate talks with East Germany on introducing the Deutsche mark there.
1991 -- Colombian President Cesar Gaviria pleads for peace after a two-day rebel offensive that leaves at least 47 people dead.
1992 -- Three days of clashes between Islamist protesters and security forces kill 12 and injure dozens in Batna, Algeria.
1993 -- Armenian forces capture 12 settlements in a major offensive in the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave in Azerbaijan.
1994 -- Martti Ahtisaari wins Finland's first direct presidential election.
1995 -- Two 100-ton spaceships -- the biggest ever to converge in space -- fly in formation in the first US-Russian rendezvous in 20 years.
1996 -- More than 1,000 Palestinians challenge Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem by filing claims for property they once owned in the Jewish part of the disputed city.
1998 -- A Tamil separatist rebel suicide bombing kills nine people at a military checkpoint in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
1999 -- The first peace talks between Kosovo Albanians and Yugoslavia open in Rambouillet, France.
2000 -- Hillary Rodham Clinton announces her candidacy for US Senate in New York. She later defeats the Republican candidate in November, becoming the only US first lady ever elected to public office.
2001 -- Ariel Sharon is elected Israeli prime minister in a landslide win over Ehud Barak.
2002 -- Athanase Seromba, a Roman Catholic priest accused of participating in the 1994 slaughter of Tutsis by ethnic Hutus in Rwanda, surrenders to the UN tribunal in Arusha, Tanzania.
2005 --- The African Union says the military in Togo has conducted a virtual coup by ignoring the constitution and appointing the son of Africa's longest ruling leader, Gnassingbe Eyadema, to take over as the country's new leader just hours after his father died of a heart attack.
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