Historical Events In February - 06

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

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

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

1933  On February - 06 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  On February - 06 -90°F (-68°C), Oymyakon, USSR (Asian record)  

1934  On this day in history reds purchase 43-year-old Dazzy Vance from the Cards for $7,500  

1935  On this day in history board game "Monopoly" goes on sale for the first time  

1935  First election to allow women to vote in Turkey on this day in history.  

1935  On February - 06 "Monopoly" board game goes on sale for 1st time  

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  4th Winter Olympic games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany on this day in history.  

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 February - 06 marianne V von Werefkin, Russ/German/Swiss house painter, dies at 77  

1939  On this day in history spanish government flees to France  

1939  On February - 06 spanish govt flees to France  

1941  On this day in history battle of Beda Fomm Italian 10th army destroyed  

1941  British troops conquer Bengazi, Libya on February - 06.  

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

1941  Maximilien Luce, French painter, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1942  On this day in history wobbe de Vries, Dutch linguist, dies at 78  

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

1943  Singer Frank Sinatra debuts on radio's "Your Hit Parade" on February - 06.  

1943  The first Spitfire in action above Darwin, Australia, Mu Ki-46 shot down on February - 06.  

1943  On February - 06 1st Spitfire in action above Darwin, Australia, Mu Ki-46 shot down  

1943  HA Seyffardt, Dutch lt-gen/NSB "minister", dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1945  8th Air Force bombs Magdeburg/Chemnitz on February - 06.  

1945  On February - 06 russian Red Army crosses the river Oder  

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

1945  On this day in history jan Bos, Dutch resistance fighter, executed  

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

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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 February - 06.  

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

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 February - 06.  

1497  John Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1515  Death of Aldus Manutius, Italian printer on February - 06.  

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 this day in history.