Historical Events In February - 06

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

1932  On this day in history 1st Olympic dog sled race, Lake Placid, NY (demonstration sport)  

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

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

1933  President von Hindenburg & von Papen end Prussian parliament on this day in history.  

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

1935  On February - 06 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  Pravda criticizes Shostakovitch' ballet "Clear Brook" on this day in history.  

1936  On February - 06 4th Winter Olympic games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany  

1937  On this day in history 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  Marianne V von Werefkin, Russ/German/Swiss house painter, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1939  On February - 06 spanish government flees to France  

1939  Spanish govt flees to France on February - 06.  

1941  On February - 06 battle of Beda Fomm Italian 10th army destroyed  

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

1941  On this day in history auke Adema wins 6th official Dutch 11 Cities Skating Race (9:19)  

1941  On February - 06 maximilien Luce, French painter, dies at 82  

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

1943  HMCS Louisburg (Corvette) torpedoed in the Mediterranean on February - 06.  

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

1943  On February - 06 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 February - 06 hA Seyffardt, Dutch lt-gen/NSB "minister", dies at 71  

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

1945  On this day in history russian Red Army crosses the river Oder  

1945  On this day in history the birth of Bob Marley, Jamaican singer.  

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

1946  "Lute Song" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 142 performances on this day in history.  

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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 February - 06.  

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

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

1637  Toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan was born on this day in history.  

1639  Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691) was born on this day in history.  

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

1378  Death of Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338) on February - 06.  

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

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

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

1593  On February - 06 death of emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517)