Historical Events In February - 06

1965  Righteous Brothers "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" hits #1 on February - 06.  

1965  "Kelly" opens & closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC on February - 06.  

1965  On this day in history jack Wagner, actor (Jive Junction), dies at 68  

1966  Johan Algot Haquinius, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1967  On this day in history cultural Revolution in Albania  

1967  On February - 06 muhammad Ali TKOs Ernie Terrell in 15 for heavyweight boxing title  

1967  Martine Carol, French actress (Nana), dies of heart attack at 46 on this day in history.  

1968  10th Winter Olympics games opens in Grenoble, France on February - 06.  

1968  On this day in history dutch 2nd Chamber condemns US bombing of North Vietnam  

1968  Former President Dwight Eisenhower shot a hole-in-one on February - 06.  

1968  On February - 06 c Montague Shaw, actor (Buck Rogers, Planet Outlaws), dies at 85  

1970  On this day in history graeme Pollock completes 274 vs Australia at Durban  

1970  On this day in history roscoe Karns, actor (Capt Shafer-Hennesey), dies at 78  

1971  On this day in history the First time a golf ball is hit on the Moon (by Alan Shepard)  

1972  On February - 06 julian H Steward, US anthropologist (South American), dies at 70  

1973  40,000 civil servants demonstrate against higher pension contribution on February - 06.  

1973  Bernice Fekete skips her curling rink to 2nd straight 8-ender, Edmonton on this day in history.  

1973  Ira S Bowen, US physicist/astronomer (Mt Wilson/Palomar), dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1974  Dutch speed limit set at 100 km due to oil crisis on February - 06.  

1974  US House of Representatives begins determining grounds for impeachment of Nixon on February - 06.  

1975  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.  

1976  George Harrison releases "This Guitar (Can't Keep From Crying)" on February - 06.  

1976  On this day in history vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist (Charlie Brown TV specials), dies at 43  

1977  Alain Prieur jumps his motorcycle 65 meter over 16 buses, near Paris on February - 06.  

1978  Muriel Humphrey fills the U.S. senate seat of her late husband, Minnesota senator and former U.S. Vice President, Hubert Humphrey on February - 06.  

1978  On this day in history snowstorm hits New England (54" (137cm))  

1979  Supreme court of Lahore affirms death sentence against premier Bhutto on February - 06.  

1979  Alain Teister, Dutch sculptor/writer, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

1981  "Brady Brides," debuts on NBC TV on this day in history.  

1981  On this day in history beatles McCartney, Starr & Harrison record a tribute to John Lennon  

1982  On this day in history "Centerfold" by J Geils Band hit #1 on pop chart  

1982  On this day in history ben Nicholson, England, painter/sculptor (Circle), dies at 87  

1984  Moslem militiamen take over West Beirut from Lebanese army on February - 06.  

1985  On February - 06 charles Briggs, actor (13 Frightened Girls, Capt Newman), dies at 53  

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1461  Dzore Drzic, Croatian poet was born on this day in history.  

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

1577  On this day in history birth of beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599)  

1608  On this day in history birth of antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher  

1611  On this day in history birth of chongzhen Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1644)  

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 this day in history hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, 10th Moslem caliph, dies at about 52  

0891  Photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies on February - 06.  

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

1378  On February - 06 death of jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338)  

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 February - 06 death of edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518)  

1593  Death of Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517) on February - 06.