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February 6th


- Christian Feast Day:
- International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (United Nations)
- Ronald Reagan Day (California)
- Sami National Day (Finland and Scandinavia)
- Waitangi Day, celebrates the founding of New Zealand in 1840.

February 6th


- 1998 - Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.
- 1998 - In Corsica, the prefect Claude Erignac is assassinated in Ajaccio, presumably by Yvan Colonna.
- 1989 - The Round Table Talks start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe.
- 1987 - Justice Mary Gaudron is appointed to the High Court of Australia, the first woman to be appointed.
- 1978 - The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of 4" an hour.
- 1959 - Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.
- 1959 - At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished.
- 1958 - Eight Manchester United F.C. players are killed in the Munich air disaster.
- 1952 - Elizabeth II becomes Queen upon the death of her father George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a treehouse at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
- 1951 - The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in American history.
- 1942 - World War II: The United Kingdom declares war on Thailand.
- 1934 - Far right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon in an attempted coup against the French Third Republic, creating a political crisis in France.
- 1933 - The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution, establishing the beginning and ending of the terms of the elected federal offices, goes into effect.
- 1922 - The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy.
- 1900 - The international arbitration court at The Hague is created when the Netherlands' Senate ratifies an peace conference decree.
- 1899 - Spanish-American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
- 1862 - American Civil War: Ulysses S. Grant gives the United States its first victory of the war, by capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee, known as the Battle of Fort Henry.
- 1843 - The first minstrel show in the United States, The Virginia Minstrels, opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City).
- 1840 - Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
- 1820 - The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society started a settlement in present-day Liberia.
- 1819 - Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore.
- 1817 - The Argentinian San Martín crosses the Andes with an army in order to liberate Chile from Spanish rule.
- 1815 - New Jersey grants the first American railroad charter to John Stevens.
- 1806 - Battle of San Domingo British naval victory against the French in the Caribbean.
- 1788 - Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
- 1778 - American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic.
- 1685 - James II of England and VII of Scotland becomes King upon the death of his brother Charles II.

February 6th


- 1992 - Víctor Mañon, Mexican footballer
- 1989 - Craig Cathcart, Irish footballer
- 1988 - Bailey Hanks, American actress
- 1988 - Allison Holker, American dancer
- 1986 - Alice Greczyn, American actress
- 1986 - Brendan Taylor, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1986 - Jung Yunho, South Korean singer (TVXQ)
- 1985 - Kris Humphries, American basketball player
- 1985 - Yang Yu, Chinese swimmer
- 1985 - Joji Kato, Japanese speedskater
- 1984 - Darren Bent, English footballer
- 1984 - Piret Järvis, Estonian singer
- 1984 - Antoine Wright, American basketball player
- 1983 - Brodie Croyle, American football player
- 1983 - Dimas Delgado, Spanish footballer
- 1983 - S. Sreesanth, Indian cricketer
- 1983 - Jamie Whincup, Australian racing driver
- 1983 - Myron Wolf Child, Canadian politician (d. 2007)
- 1983 - Melrose Bickerstaff, American fashion model
- 1982 - Alice Eve, English actress
- 1982 - Tank Lu, Taiwanese singer (Mandopop)
- 1982 - Jade Edmistone, Australian swimmer
- 1981 - Calum Best, American model
- 1981 - Jens Lekman, Swedish musician
- 1981 - Ty Warren, American football player
- 1981 - Alison Haislip, American actress and TV personality
- 1981 - Shim Eun Jin, South Korean singer (Baby V.O.X.)
- 1980 - Kim Poirier, Canadian actress
- 1980 - Luke Ravenstahl, American politician
- 1980 - Mamiko Noto, Japanese seiyu
- 1979 - Dan B?lan, Moldovan singer (O-Zone)
- 1977 - Jason Euell, English-born footballer
- 1977 - Josh Stewart, American actor
- 1976 - Tanja Frieden, Swiss snowboarder
- 1976 - Colin Teo, Singaporean race car driver
- 1976 - Kim Zmeskal, American gymnast
- 1976 - Kasper Hvidt, Danish handball goalkeeper
- 1976 - Princess Marie of Denmark
- 1975 - Orkut Büyükkökten, Turkish software engineer
- 1975 - Brett Hawke, Australian swimmer
- 1975 - Tomoko Kawase, Japanese singer
- 1975 - Svend-Allan Sørensen, Danish artist
- 1972 - Stefano Bettarini, Italian footballer
- 1972 - David Binn, American football player
- 1971 - Dana Eskelson, American actress
- 1971 - Brad Hogg, Australian cricket player
- 1971 - Carlos Rogers, American basketball player
- 1971 - Brian Stepanek, American actor
- 1970 - Per Frandsen, Danish footballer
- 1969 - David Hayter, American voice actor
- 1969 - Masaharu Fukuyama, Japanese singer
- 1969 - Tim Sherwood, English footballer
- 1968 - Adolfo Valencia, Colombian footballer
- 1968 - Akira Yamaoka, Japanese composer
- 1967 - Anita Cochran, American singer
- 1967 - Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (Zard) (d. 2007)
- 1966 - Rick Astley, British singer
- 1965 - Jan Sv?rák, Czech film director
- 1964 - Gordon Downie, Canadian musician (The Tragically Hip)
- 1964 - Andrey Zvyagintsev, Russian film director and actor
- 1963 - Quentin Letts, British journalist
- 1963 - Kevin Trudeau, American entrepreneur
- 1962 - Stavros Lambrinidis, Greek politician
- 1962 - W. Axl Rose, American singer (Guns N' Roses)
- 1961 - Bill Lester, American racecar driver
- 1960 - Megan Gallagher, American actress
- 1959 - Ken Nelson, English record producer
- 1958 - Cecily Adams, American actress (d. 2004)
- 1958 - Barry Miller, American actor
- 1957 - Kathy Najimy, American actress and comedienne
- 1957 - Simon Phillips, drummer of Toto
- 1957 - Robert Townsend, American actor
- 1955 - Michael Pollan, American journalist
- 1955 - Bruno Stolorz, French rugby coach
- 1952 - Ricardo Lavolpe, Argentine football coach
- 1952 - Viktor Giacobbo, Swiss writer, comedian, moderator and actor
- 1951 - Marco Antônio, Brazilian footballer
- 1951 - Margo O'Donnell, Irish singer
- 1951 - Jacques Villeret, French film actor (d. 2005)
- 1951 - Kevin Whately, English actor
- 1950 - Natalie Cole, American singer
- 1949 - Jim Sheridan, Irish film director
- 1949 - Mike Batt, British composer
- 1947 - Bill Staines, American singer and songwriter
- 1946 - Jim Turner, American politician
- 1946 - Kate McGarrigle, Canadian singer and songwriter (d. 2010)
- 1946 - Richie Hayward, American musician (Little Feat) (d. 2010)
- 1945 - Bob Marley, Jamaican musician (d. 1981)
- 1944 - Christine Boutin, French politician
- 1944 - Willie Tee, American singer and songwriter (d. 2007))
- 1944 - Michael Tucker, American actor
- 1943 - Fabian Forte, American singer
- 1943 - Gayle Hunnicutt, American actress
- 1942 - Sarah Brady, American gun-control activist
- 1942 - James Loewen, American sociologist and historian
- 1941 - Gigi Perreau, American actress
- 1941 - Spencer Silver, American chemist
- 1940 - Tom Brokaw, American news anchorman
- 1940 - Jimmy Tarbuck, British comedian
- 1940 - Petr Hájek, Czech mathematician
- 1939 - Mike Farrell, American actor
- 1939 - Orlando Parga, Puerto Rican politician
- 1936 - Kent Douglas, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2009)
- 1936 - J. Howard Marshall III, American businessman
- 1934 - Bernard Erhard, American voice actor (d. 2000)
- 1933 - Leslie Crowther, British comedian (d. 1996)
- 1932 - Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban revolutionary (d. 1959)
- 1932 - François Truffaut, French film director (d. 1984)
- 1932 - Heinz-Klaus Metzger, German music critic and theorist (d. 2009)
- 1931 - Rip Torn, American actor
- 1931 - Mamie Van Doren, American actress
- 1931 - Ricardo Vidal, Filipino Roman Catholic Cardinal
- 1930 - Jun Kondo, Japanese theoretical physicist
- 1929 - Pierre Brice, French actor
- 1929 - Oscar Sambrano Urdaneta, Venezuelan writer
- 1929 - Valentin Yanin, Russian historian
- 1927 - Gerard K. O'Neill, American physicist (d. 1992)
- 1926 - Walker Edmiston, American actor (d. 2007)
- 1925 - Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesian author (d. 2006)
- 1924 - Billy Wright, English footballer (d. 1994)
- 1924 - Jin Yong, Chinese-language novelist
- 1923 - Gyula Lóránt, Hungarian football player and manager (d. 1981)
- 1922 - Patrick Macnee, British actor
- 1922 - Denis Norden, British television personality
- 1922 - Haskell Wexler, American cinematographer
- 1922 - Bill Johnston, Australian cricketer (d. 2007)
- 1919 - Takashi Yanase, Japanese manga artist
- 1918 - Lothar-Günther Buchheim, German author (d. 2007)
- 1917 - Zsa Zsa Gábor, Hungarian-born actress
- 1916 - John Crank, British mathematician (d. 2006)
- 1914 - Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor (d. 2005)
- 1913 - Mary Leakey, British anthropologist (d. 1996)
- 1912 - Eva Braun, German mistress and wife of Adolf Hitler (d. 1945)
- 1912 - Christopher Hill, English historian (d. 2003)
- 1911 - Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States (d. 2004)
- 1910 - Irmgard Keun, German author (d. 1982)
- 1910 - Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-born gangster (d. 1993)
- 1908 - Amintore Fanfani, Italian politician (d. 1999)
- 1908 - Michael Maltese, American screenwriter (d. 1981)
- 1905 - W?adys?aw Gomu?ka, Polish leader (d. 1982)
- 1903 - Claudio Arrau, Chilean-born pianist (d. 1991)
- 1902 - George Brunies, American musician (d. 1974)
- 1901 - Ben Lyon, American actor (d. 1979)
- 1899 - Ramón Novarro, Mexican actor (d. 1968)
- 1897 - Louis Buchalter, American organized crime figure (d. 1944)
- 1895 - Babe Ruth, American baseball player (d. 1948)
- 1894 - Eric Partridge, New Zealand lexicographer (d. 1979)
- 1894 - Kirpal Singh, Indian religious figure (d. 1974)
- 1893 - Muhammad Zafrulla Khan, Pakistani diplomat (d. 1985)
- 1892 - William Parry Murphy, American physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1987)
- 1887 - Josef Frings, German Archbishop of Cologne (d. 1978)
- 1883 - Dmitry Pavlovich Grigorovich, Russian aircraft designer (d. 1938)
- 1880 - Nishinoumi Kajir? II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna (d. 1931)
- 1879 - Othon Friesz, French artist (d. 1949)
- 1879 - Edwin Samuel Montagu, British statesman (d. 1924)
- 1879 - Magnús Guðmundsson, Icelandic politician (d. 1937)
- 1879 - Carl Ramsauer, German physicist (d. 1955)
- 1878 - Walter B. Pitkin, American lecturer (d. 1953)
- 1876 - Henry Blogg, English lifeboatman, George Cross and British Empire Medal recipient (d. 1954)
- 1875 - Leonid Gobyato, Russian general (d. 1915)
- 1872 - Robert Maillart, Swiss bridge engineer (d. 1940)
- 1866 - Karl Sapper, German explorer and linguist (d. 1945)
- 1864 - John Henry Mackay, Scottish individualist anarchist, thinker and writer (d. 1933)
- 1861 - Nikolay Zelinsky, Russian chemist (d. 1953)
- 1859 - Wilhelm Cohn, German chess master (d. 1913)
- 1854 - Tommaso Alberto Vittorio of Savoy-Genoa, Italian prince (d. 1931)
- 1853 - Ignacij Klemen?i?, Slovenian physicist (d. 1901)
- 1852 - C. Lloyd Morgan, British zoologist and psychologist (d. 1936)
- 1852 - Vasily Safonov, Russian pianist, teacher, conductor and composer (d. 1918)
- 1847 - Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect (d. 1918)
- 1843 - Inoue Kowashi, Japanese statesman (d. 1895)
- 1843 - Frederic William Henry Myers, English poet and essayist (d. 1901)
- 1842 - Mary Rudge, English chess master (d. 1919)
- 1839 - Eduard Hitzig, German neurologist and neuropsychiatrist (d. 1907)
- 1838 - Sir Henry Irving, British actor (d. 1905)
- 1838 - Yisrael Meir Kagan, Chofetz Chayim (d. 1933)
- 1834 - Edwin Klebs, German-born Swiss pathologist (d. 1913)
- 1834 - Ema Puksec, Croatian singer (d. 1889)
- 1834 - Wilhelm von Scherff, German general and military writer (d. 1911)
- 1833 - James Ewell Brown Stuart, American Civil War figure (d. 1864)
- 1833 - José María de Pereda, Spanish novelist (d. 1906)
- 1832 - John Brown Gordon, American politician (d. 1904)
- 1830 - Daniel Oliver, British botanist (d. 1916)
- 1829 - Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer, French architect (d. 1914)
- 1818 - William M. Evarts, American lawyer and statesman (d. 1901)
- 1818 - Jenaro Quesada y Matheus, Spanish nobleman and politician (d. 1889)
- 1818 - Henry Charles Litolff, British musician and composer (d. 1891)
- 1811 - Henry George Liddell, father of Alice Liddell (d. 1898)
- 1802 - Charles Wheatstone, English scientist and inventor (d. 1875)
- 1800 - Achille Devéria, French painter and lithographer (d. 1857)
- 1799 - Imre Frivaldszky, Hungarian botanist and entomologist (d. 1870)
- 1797 - Joseph von Radowitz, Prussian statesman and general (d. 1853)
- 1796 - John Stevens Henslow, English botanist and geologist (d. 1861)
- 1781 - John Keane, 1st Baron Keane, British noble and officer (d. 1844)
- 1778 - Ugo Foscolo, Italian writer and poet (d. 1827)
- 1772 - Karl von Kügelgen, German landscape and history painter (d. 1832)
- 1772 - Sir George Murray, Scottish soldier and politician (d. 1830)
- 1769 - Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn, Austrian general (d. 1862)
- 1757 - Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Polish scholar and statesman. (d. 1841)
- 1756 - Aaron Burr, American politician (d. 1836)
- 1753 - Évariste de Parny, French poet (d. 1814)
- 1748 - Adam Weishaupt, German philosopher (d. 1811)
- 1744 - Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (d. 1795)
- 1736 - Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, German-Austrian sculptor (d. 1783)
- 1732 - Charles Lee, British-born American Revolutionary War figure (d. 1782)
- 1726 - Patrick Russell, Scottish surgeon and naturalist (d. 1805)
- 1721 - Christian Friedrich Heinecken, German child prodigy (d. 1725)
- 1695 - Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1726)
- 1665 - Anne of Great Britain, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland (d. 1714)
- 1664 - Mustafa II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1703)
- 1639 - Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691)
- 1612 - Antoine Arnauld, French theologian, philosopher and mathematician (d. 1694)
- 1611 - Chongzhen Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1644)
- 1608 - Antonio Vieira, Portuguese writer (d. 1697)
- 1605 - Bernard of Corleone, Catholic saint (d. 1667)
- 1582 - Mario Bettinus, Italian philosopher, mathematician and astronomer (d. 1657)
- 1577 - Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599)
- 1465 - Scipione del Ferro, Italian mathematician (d. 1526)
- 1461 - Džore Drži?, Croatian poet and playwright (d. 1501)
- 1347 - Dorothea of Montau, Catholic saint (d. 1394)