Famous Birthdays In February - 06

1838  On this day in history birth of yisrael Meir Kagan, Chofetz Chayim (d. 1933)  

1848  Luigi Mancinelli, composer was born on February - 06.  

1853  On this day in history birth of ignacij Klemenčič, Slovenian physicist (d. 1901)  

1860  On February - 06 birth of johan [Eliza J] de Meester, Dutch journalist/writer (Geertje)  

1864  On this day in history birth of john Henry Mackay, Scottish/German author/poet (Anarchists)  

1866  Karl T Sapper, German geography/geologist (Vulkankunde) was born on February - 06.  

1872  Theodor Lessing, writer [or Feb 8] was born on February - 06.  

1874  Milton Bennett Medary, US, architect (Washington Chapel) was born on this day in history.  

1875  Leonid Gobyato, Russian general (d. 1915) was born on February - 06.  

1876  On this day in history birth of wilhelm Schmidtbonn[-Schmidt], German playwright (Der Sprechende Eros)  

1878  On February - 06 birth of waclaw Gieburowski, composer  

1879  Carl Ramsauer was born on February - 06.  

1881  Karl Weigl, composer was born on February - 06.  

1887  On February - 06 birth of josef Frings, German Archbishop of Cologne (d. 1978)  

1888  On this day in history birth of ljudmil Stojanow, Bulgarian poet (Metsh i Slowo, Cholera)  

1889  Karel Wellens, Flemish painter was born on this day in history.  

1889  Siegfried Kracauer, writer was born on this day in history.  

1890  On February - 06 birth of anton Hermann Fokker, avation pioneer  

1892  William Parry Murphy, American physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1987) was born on this day in history.  

1893  On February - 06 birth of muhammad Zafrulla Khan, pres of UN General Assembly (1962-63)  

1894  On this day in history birth of eric Partridge, New Zealand lexicographer (d. 1979)  

1895  George Herman (Babe) Ruth, Baltimore, baseball great (Yankees) was born on this day in history.  

1897  Alberto [de Almeida] Cavalcanti, Brazil, director (Nicholas Nickleby) was born on February - 06.  

1897  On this day in history birth of louis Buchalter, Jewish American mobster (d. 1944)  

1899  On this day in history birth of ramon Novarro, [Jose RG Samaniegos], Durango Mexico, actor (Ben Hur)  

1900  On February - 06 birth of roy Smeck, guitarist/banjoist  

1900  On this day in history birth of rudolf Vornlund, Swedish playwright (Heliga Familjen)  

1901  Ben Lyon, Atlanta GA, actor (I Cover the Waterfront, Night Nurse) was born on this day in history.  

1902  Louis Nizer, lawyer (defended blacklisted stars in '50s, Catspaw) was born on February - 06.  

1902  On this day in history birth of george Brunies, American musician (d. 1974)  

1903  On this day in history birth of john Dunning, cricketer (NZ medium-fast bowler of 30's)  

1903  On this day in history birth of pieter G Buckinx, Flemish writer (Temptation of Poverty)  

1904  On February - 06 birth of claudio Arrau, Chile, composer/pianist (Boston Symphony Orchestra)  

1905  Władysław Gomułka, Polish leader (d. 1982) was born on this day in history.  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Next Page »

0743  On February - 06 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  On this day in history thurstan, archbishop of York, dies  

1378  On this day in history death of jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338)  

1497  On this day in history john Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79  

1515  On February - 06 death of aldus Manutius, Italian printer  

1585  Death of Edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518) on this day in history.  

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