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On This Day
February 6Copyright 1989-2007 epicidiot.com
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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