Page 6: Historical Events In February - 06

1932  On February - 06 the birth of Francois Truffaut, French director   

1932  1st Olympic dog sled race, Lake Placid, NY (demonstration sport) on February - 06.   

1933  -90ºF (-68ºC), Oymyakon, USSR (Asian record) on this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history highest recorded sea wave (not tsunami), 34 meters (112 feet), in Pacific hurricane near Manila   

1933  On February - 06 president von Hindenburg & von Papen end Prussian parliament   

1933  The 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution goes into effect, which changes the start of congressional, vice-presidential, and presidential terms from March to January on February - 06.   

1933  -90°F (-68°C), Oymyakon, USSR (Asian record) on this day in history.   

1934  Reds purchase 43-year-old Dazzy Vance from the Cards for $7,500 on February - 06.   

1935  Board game "Monopoly" goes on sale for the first time on February - 06.   

1935  On this day in history first election to allow women to vote in Turkey   

1935  "Monopoly" board game goes on sale for 1st time on this day in history.   

1936  4th Winter Olympics games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany on February - 06.   

1936  On this day in history pravda criticizes Shostakovitch' ballet "Clear Brook"   

1936  On this day in history 4th Winter Olympic games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany   

1937  On February - 06 k Elizabeth Ohi becomes first Japanese-US female lawyer   

1937  On this day in history k Elizabeth Ohi becomes 1st Japanese-US female lawyer   

1938  On this day in history marianne V von Werefkin, Russ/German/Swiss house painter, dies at 77   

1939  On February - 06 spanish government flees to France   

1939  On February - 06 spanish govt flees to France   

1941  Battle of Beda Fomm Italian 10th army destroyed on February - 06.   

1941  On this day in history british troops conquer Bengazi, Libya   

1941  On February - 06 auke Adema wins 6th official Dutch 11 Cities Skating Race (9:19)   

1941  On this day in history maximilien Luce, French painter, dies at 82   

1942  Wobbe de Vries, Dutch linguist, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1943  HMCS Louisburg (Corvette) torpedoed in the Mediterranean on this day in history.   

1943  On February - 06 singer Frank Sinatra debuts on radio's "Your Hit Parade"   

1943  On this day in history the first Spitfire in action above Darwin, Australia, Mu Ki-46 shot down   

1943  On this day in history 1st Spitfire in action above Darwin, Australia, Mu Ki-46 shot down   

1943  On this day in history hA Seyffardt, Dutch lt-gen/NSB "minister", dies at 71   

1945  On this day in history 8th Air Force bombs Magdeburg/Chemnitz   

1945  Russian Red Army crosses the river Oder on February - 06.   

1945  On February - 06 the birth of Bob Marley, Jamaican singer.   

1945  On February - 06 jan Bos, Dutch resistance fighter, executed   

1946  "Lute Song" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 142 performances on February - 06.   

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1461  Dzore Drzic, Croatian poet was born on February - 06.   

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  Antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher was born on this day in history.   

1611  On February - 06 birth of chongzhen Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1644)   

1612  On February - 06 birth of antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist   

1637  On February - 06 birth of toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan   

1639  On this day in history birth of daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691)   

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

0891  On this day in history photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies   

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

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

1497  John Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79 on February - 06.   

1515  On this day in history death of aldus Manutius, Italian printer   

1585  Death of Edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518) on February - 06.   

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