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On This Day

February 6

1971
Lunar Golf: Alan Shepard hits a golf ball on the moon.

1933
The highest recorded sea wave, 112 ft., heads from Manilla, Philippines to San Diego, Ca. (source: Guinness Book of World Records)

1931
City Lights starring Charlie Chaplin is released in the U.S.

1837
Civil Rights: The U.S. House of Representatives rules that slaves do not have the right of petition that is granted to American citizens under the Constitution.

1815
First U.S. railroad charter: New Jersey grants a charter John Stevens to build a railroad from Trenton to New Brunswick, although he never completed it.

1802
U.S. declares war against Tripoli.

1788
Massachusetts becomes the 6th state.

1778
American Revolution: France recognizes the independence of the U.S. with the signing of the Treaty of Alliance.

1950
Natalie Cole, American Grammy-winning singer.

1945     d. 1981
Bob Marley, Jamaican reggae singer. Music: I Shot The Sheriff (1972), Roots, Rock, Reggae (1976), and Jamming (1977).

1943
Fabian (Fabian Anthony Forte), American teen idol.

1940
Tom Brokaw, American TV newscaster.

1939
Mike Farrell, American actor. TV: Days of Our Lives (Scott Banning) and M*A*S*H (B.J. Hunnicutt).

1931
Rip Torn (Elmore Rual Torn), American actor, comedian.

1917
Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian actress, Miss Hungary (1936), and police slapper. Film: Queen of Outer Space (1958).

1913     d. 1992
John Lund, American actor. Film: To Each His Own (1946) and A Foreign Affair (1948).

1912     d. 1945
Eva Braun, Hitler's mistress, they were married shortly before committing suicide together.

1911     d. 2004
Ronald Wilson Reagan, American politician, actor, 40th U.S. President (1981-89). Film: Knute Rockne - All American (1940, the Gipper).

1910     d. 1993
Carlos Marcello (Calogero Minacori), New Orleans and Gulf Coast mafia boss.

1895     d. 1948
Babe Ruth (George Herman Ruth), American baseball legend, called "The Sultan of Swat," he hit 714 home runs. Pitched 29 2/3 scoreless innings in the 1918 World Series, a record that stood until 1961.

1889     d. 1952
Elmo Lincoln, American actor. Film: Tarzan of the Apes (1918, making him the first Tarzan of film). He was afraid of heights and had to have a double do the scenes in trees.

1756     d. 1836
Aaron Burr, 3rd U.S. Vice-President (1801-05). Killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel during his vice-presidency (1804). He was tried and acquitted for treason against the U.S. in 1807.

1994     b. 1905
Joseph Cotten, American actor. Film: Citizen Kane (1941), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), and Journey into Fear (1942).

1993     b. 1943
Arthur Ashe, American tennis player, first black male to win a major tennis title (1968, U.S. Open) and the first black to win at Wimbledon (1975). Died of AIDS acquired during heart bypass surgery in 1983.

1991     b. 1912
Danny Thomas (Amos Jacobs), American actor. TV: Make Room for Daddy (daddy).

1952     b. 1895
George VI, King of England and Northern Ireland (1936-52), he and Queen Elizabeth were the first British Sovereigns to visit (1939) the U.S.

1804     b. 1733
Joseph Priestley, English clergyman, scientist, discovered the pencil eraser (1770) and oxygen (1774).

1740     b. 1652
Clement XII, Italian religious leader, 246th Pope (1730-40). Condemned the Freemasons (1738).

1515     b. 1450
Aldus Manutius, Italian printer. He was the first publisher of paperbacks and the inventor of italics.

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