Historical Events In February - 06

1947  On this day in history compton & Arthur Morris both complete dual tons in same Test Cricket  

1947  On February - 06 albert JM Bakker, Dutch actor (Teun the night watch), dies at 82  

1948  On February - 06 bradman retires hurt, 57 in his last Test Cricket innings in Australia  

1948  On February - 06 first radio-controlled airplane flown  

1948  On this day in history 1st radio-controlled airplane flown  

1948  On this day in history robert Brasillach, French author/nazi collaborator, dies at 38  

1951  "Broker Special" train crashes in Woodbridge NJ, killing 84 on this day in history.  

1951  On this day in history radio commentator Paul Harvey arrested for trying to sneak into Argonne Atomic Lab (Illinois), to demonstrate lax in security  

1951  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on February - 06.  

1952  Britain's King George VI dies and is succeeded by his daughter, Elizabeth II on this day in history.  

1952  On this day in history england replaces King George VI stamp series with Queen Elizabeth II  

1952  On February - 06 george VI, King of Britain (1936-52), dies at 56  

1953  Ian Craig makes Test Cricket debut at 17 years 239 days, youngest Aussie on February - 06.  

1953  On this day in history uS controls on wages & some consumer goods were lifted  

1953  Ian Craig makes Test Cricket debut at 17 yrs 239 days, youngest Aussie on this day in history.  

1956  Chicago's Daily Defender, begins publishing on this day in history.  

1956  On this day in history french premier Guy Mollet pelted with tomatoes in Algiers  

1956  On February - 06 university of Alabama refuses admission to Autherine Lucy (because he's black)  

1958  On this day in history 7 members on Manchester United football team die in an air crash  

1958  A plane carrying the Manchester United football team crashed at Munich airport, killing 7 of the team on this day in history.  

1958  On this day in history ted Williams signs with Red Sox for $135,000, making him highest paid  

1958  7 Manchester United soccer players die in an air crash near Munich on February - 06.  

1959  On February - 06 fidel Castro is interviewed by Edward R Murrow  

1959  On February - 06 indira Ghandi becomes the leader of India's Congress Party  

1959  US first successful Titan intercontinental ballistic missile on this day in history.  

1959  On this day in history 1st successful test-fire of Titan ICBM  

1960  On February - 06 jesse Belvin, rocker, dies at 26 in a car crash  

1961  "Jail, No Bail" Jail-in movement starts in Rock Hill SC on this day in history.  

1961  Archibald T Davison, composer, dies at 77 on February - 06.  

1962  Schoolman Athletic Field in the Bronx named on February - 06.  

1963  On this day in history mohammed ibn al-Chattabi Abd el-Krim, Morocco opposition leader, dies  

1964  France & Great-Britain sign accord over building channel tunnel on this day in history.  

1964  "Rugantino" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 28 performances on February - 06.  

1964  Sophocles Venizelos, premier of Greece (1944, 50-51), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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1461  On February - 06 birth of dzore Drzic, Croatian poet  

1564  Christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus) was born on this day in history.  

1577  Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599) was born on this day in history.  

1608  On February - 06 birth of antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher  

1611  Chongzhen Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.  

1612  Antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist was born on this day in history.  

1637  Toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan was born on February - 06.  

1639  Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691) was born on February - 06.  

0743  On February - 06 hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, 10th Moslem caliph, dies at about 52  

0891  On February - 06 photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies  

1140  Thurstan, archbishop of York, dies on this day in history.  

1378  Death of Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338) on this day in history.  

1497  On February - 06 john Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79  

1515  Death of Aldus Manutius, Italian printer on this day in history.  

1585  On this day in history death of edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518)  

1593  On this day in history death of emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517)