Page 9: Historical Events In February - 06

1986  William Collier, actor (Up the River, She's My Weakness), dies on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history no-smoking rules take effect in federal buildings   

1987  On February - 06 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary   

1988  On February - 06 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1988  On this day in history lee Goodman, actor (Imitation of Life), dies of TB at 64   

1989  Lech Walesa begins negotiating with the Polish government on this day in history.   

1989  Andre Cayatte, dies on February - 06.   

1991  Debris from the Soviet space station 'Salyut 7' fall into the Atlantic as it breaks up on this day in history.   

1993  Former tennis great Arthur Ashe dies in New York at age 49 on this day in history.   

1993  Riddick Bowe TKOs Michael Dokes in 1 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history actor Joseph Cotten dies in Los Angeles at age 88.   

1994  José Maria Figueres elected President of Costa Rica on this day in history.   

1994  Martti Ahtisaari elected President of Finland on February - 06.   

1995  On February - 06 beachboy Brian Wilson wed Melinda Ledbetter   

1995  Greg Blewett scores his 2nd century in his 2nd Test Cricket on February - 06.   

1996  Heidi Fleiss scheduled to begin her 7 year jail sentence on February - 06.   

1997  Diane Blood, 32, in England, won right to use her dead husbands sperm on February - 06.   

1998  "Africa The Serengeti" becomes the first DVD to include separate language tracks on this day in history.   

1998  On this day in history mary Kay LeTourneau, 36, former teacher, who violated probation by seeing 14 year old father of her baby, sentenced to 7½ years   

1998  On this day in history u.S. President Bill Clinton signs a bill renaming Washington National Airport to Ronald Reagan National Airport.   

1998  "Africa: The Serengeti" becomes the first DVD to include separate language tracks on February - 06.   

2005  On February - 06 death of Merle Kilgore, singer, songwriter (b.1934)   

2005  On this day in history the New England Patriots won their third Super Bowl title in four years by winning 24-21 over the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX.   

2012  6.9 magnitude quake hits near the central Philipines with 43 confirmed deaths on February - 06.   

2012  On this day in history the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II marks the 60th anniversary of her accession to the thrones of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and the 60th anniversary of her becoming Head of the Commonwealth.   

2013  On this day in history a magnitude 8.0 earthquake occurs Off the Solomon Islands coast causing the death of nine people   

2014  Jay Leno ends his time on The Tonight Show on this day in history.   

2017  Qatar Airways achieves the longest-ever commercial flight in service when its B777 aircraft lands in Auckland after a 16 hour and 23 minutes flight from Doha on this day in history.   

2018  Elon Musk 's company SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy, world's most powerful rocket on this day in history.   

2018  Maldives President Abdulla Yameen declares state of emergency ordering arrest of two judges on this day in history.   

2018  Brazilian jockey Jorge Ricardo equals world record number of victories for a jockey - 12,844 in Rio de Janeiro on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history uN calls for ceasefire in rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area by Syrian government troops after 40 people reportedly killed   

2018  On February - 06 polish president Andrzej Duda signs controversial Holocaust law, outlaws accusing Poles of complicity under Nazis   

2018  On this day in history 6.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Hualien County, Taiwan, leaving 10 dead and over 50 missing   

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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  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  Antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist was born on this day in history.   

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

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

0743  Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, 10th Moslem caliph, dies at about 52 on February - 06.   

0891  Photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies on February - 06.   

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

1378  On February - 06 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  Death of Aldus Manutius, Italian printer on this day in history.   

1585  On this day in history death of edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518)   

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