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 37^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 328 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 24, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,738,800,000 seconds 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 376 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 4,430 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

February 6 Historical Events

• 1820 –
  The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society started a settlement in present-day Liberia.
• 1922 –
  The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy.
• 1933 –
  The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution, establishing the beginning and ending of the terms of the elected federal offices, goes into effect.
• 1934 –
  Far right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon in an attempted coup against the French Third Republic, creating a political crisis in France.
• 1951 –
  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
• 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.
• 1959 –
  At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished.
• 1987 –
  Justice Mary Gaudron is appointed to the High Court of Australia, the first woman to be appointed.
• 1989 –
  The Round Table Talks start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe.
• 2000 –
  Second Chechen War: Russia captures Grozny, Chechnya, forcing the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria government into exile.

Who were born on February 6?

• 1695 –
  Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1726)
• 1797 –
  Joseph von Radowitz, Prussian statesman and general (d. 1853)
• 1833 –
  José María de Pereda, Spanish novelist (d. 1906)
• 1859 –
  Wilhelm Cohn, German chess master (d. 1913)
• 1893 –
  Muhammad Zafrulla Khan, Pakistani diplomat (d. 1985)
• 1923 –
  Gyula Lóránt, Hungarian football player and manager (d. 1981)
• 1969 –
  Tim Sherwood, English footballer
• 1976 –
  Princess Marie of Denmark
• 1981 –
  Calum Best, American model
• 1986 –
  Brendan Taylor, Zimbabwean cricketer

Who died on February 6?

• 1515 –
  Aldus Manutius, Italian printer
• 1740 –
  Pope Clement XII (b. 1652)
• 1793 –
  Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright (b. 1707)
• 1938 –
  Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (b. 1860)
• 1958 –
  Walter Crickmer, English football club secretary and manager
• 1964 –
  Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and President (b. 1869)
• 2005 –
  Lazar Berman, Russian pianist (b. 1930)
• 2007 –
  Lee Hoffman, American author (b. 1932)
• 2007 –
  Willye White, American athlete (b. 1939)
• 2008 –
  Tony Rolt, English racing driver (b. 1918)