What are the important events that happened on February 6? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
February 6: Facts & Myths About This Day
February 6 is the 37th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 329 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 24, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,452,960 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘triacontaheptagon’ day.
Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 4 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,064 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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February 6 Historical Events
- 1815 –New Jersey grants the first American railroad charter to John Stevens.
- 1900 –The international arbitration court at The Hague is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
- 1918 –British women over the age of 30 get the right to vote.
- 1951 –The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in American history.
- 1952 –Elizabeth II becomes the first queen regnant of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth Realms since Queen Victoria upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a treehouse at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
- 1958 –Eight Manchester United F.C. players are killed in the Munich air disaster.
- 1976 –In testimony before a United States Senate subcommittee, Lockheed Corporation president Carl Kotchian admits that the company had paid out approximately million in bribes to the office of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.
- 1978 –The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of 4\" an hour.
- 1998 –Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.
- 2027 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Sheep in Chinese astrology.
Who were born on February 6?
- 1452 –Joan, Princess of Portugal, Portuguese princess and saint (d. 1490)
- 1577 –Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599)
- 1769 –Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn, Austrian general (d. 1862)
- 1893 –Muhammad Zafrulla Khan, Pakistani diplomat (d. 1985)
- 1912 –John Edward Christopher Hill, English historian (d. 2003)
- 1943 –Gayle Hunnicutt, American actress
- 1957 –Simon Phillips, Drummer (Toto)
- 1961 –Cam Cameron, American football coach
- 1971 –Dana Eskelson, American actress
- 1975 –Tomoko Kawase, Japanese singer
Who died on February 6?
- 1215 –Hōjō Tokimasa, Head of the Hōjō clan and shikken of the Kamakura bakufu (b. 1138)
- 1497 –Johannes Ockeghem, Flemish composer (b. c.1410)
- 1593 –Jacques Amyot, French writer (b. 1513)
- 1807 –John Reid, British army general and composer (b. 1721)
- 1833 –Pierre André Latreille, French entomologist (b. 1762)
- 1834 –Richard Lemon Lander, British explorer (b. 1804)
- 1951 –Gabby Street, former MLB player (b. 1882)
- 1958 –Eddie Colman, English footballer (b. 1936)
- 1988 –Nuno Oliveira, Bass Player (b. 1925)
- 1994 –Joseph Cotten, American actor (b. 1905)
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