Historical Events In February - 06

1947  On this day in history compton & Arthur Morris both complete dual tons in same Test Cricket  

1947  On this day in history albert JM Bakker, Dutch actor (Teun the night watch), dies at 82  

1948  Bradman retires hurt, 57 in his last Test Cricket innings in Australia on February - 06.  

1948  On this day in history first radio-controlled airplane flown  

1948  On this day in history 1st radio-controlled airplane flown  

1948  On February - 06 robert Brasillach, French author/nazi collaborator, dies at 38  

1951  On this day in history "Broker Special" train crashes in Woodbridge NJ, killing 84  

1951  Radio commentator Paul Harvey arrested for trying to sneak into Argonne Atomic Lab (Illinois), to demonstrate lax in security on February - 06.  

1951  On February - 06 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

1952  Britain's King George VI dies and is succeeded by his daughter, Elizabeth II on this day in history.  

1952  On February - 06 england replaces King George VI stamp series with Queen Elizabeth II  

1952  On February - 06 george VI, King of Britain (1936-52), dies at 56  

1953  On February - 06 ian Craig makes Test Cricket debut at 17 years 239 days, youngest Aussie  

1953  On this day in history uS controls on wages & some consumer goods were lifted  

1953  On this day in history ian Craig makes Test Cricket debut at 17 yrs 239 days, youngest Aussie  

1956  On February - 06 chicago's Daily Defender, begins publishing  

1956  On this day in history french premier Guy Mollet pelted with tomatoes in Algiers  

1956  University of Alabama refuses admission to Autherine Lucy (because he's black) on this day in history.  

1958  On this day in history 7 members on Manchester United football team die in an air crash  

1958  A plane carrying the Manchester United football team crashed at Munich airport, killing 7 of the team on this day in history.  

1958  On February - 06 ted Williams signs with Red Sox for $135,000, making him highest paid  

1958  7 Manchester United soccer players die in an air crash near Munich on this day in history.  

1959  On this day in history fidel Castro is interviewed by Edward R Murrow  

1959  Indira Ghandi becomes the leader of India's Congress Party on this day in history.  

1959  US first successful Titan intercontinental ballistic missile on this day in history.  

1959  1st successful test-fire of Titan ICBM on this day in history.  

1960  On February - 06 jesse Belvin, rocker, dies at 26 in a car crash  

1961  On February - 06 "Jail, No Bail" Jail-in movement starts in Rock Hill SC  

1961  On this day in history archibald T Davison, composer, dies at 77  

1962  On this day in history schoolman Athletic Field in the Bronx named  

1963  Mohammed ibn al-Chattabi Abd el-Krim, Morocco opposition leader, dies on this day in history.  

1964  France & Great-Britain sign accord over building channel tunnel on February - 06.  

1964  "Rugantino" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 28 performances on this day in history.  

1964  Sophocles Venizelos, premier of Greece (1944, 50-51), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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

1564  On this day in history birth of christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus)  

1577  On February - 06 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 February - 06.  

1612  Antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist was born on February - 06.  

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

1639  On February - 06 birth of daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691)  

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 this day in history.  

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