Page 6: Historical Events In February - 06

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

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

1933  On February - 06 -90ºF (-68ºC), Oymyakon, USSR (Asian record)   

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

1933  On February - 06 president von Hindenburg & von Papen end Prussian parliament   

1933  On February - 06 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.   

1933  -90°F (-68°C), Oymyakon, USSR (Asian record) on February - 06.   

1934  Reds purchase 43-year-old Dazzy Vance from the Cards for $7,500 on this day in history.   

1935  Board game "Monopoly" goes on sale for the first time on this day in history.   

1935  On this day in history first election to allow women to vote in Turkey   

1935  On this day in history "Monopoly" board game goes on sale for 1st time   

1936  On this day in history 4th Winter Olympics games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany   

1936  Pravda criticizes Shostakovitch' ballet "Clear Brook" on this day in history.   

1936  4th Winter Olympic games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany on this day in history.   

1937  On February - 06 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 February - 06.   

1939  On this day in history spanish government flees to France   

1939  On February - 06 spanish govt flees to France   

1941  Battle of Beda Fomm Italian 10th army destroyed on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history british troops conquer Bengazi, Libya   

1941  Auke Adema wins 6th official Dutch 11 Cities Skating Race (9:19) on February - 06.   

1941  Maximilien Luce, French painter, dies at 82 on February - 06.   

1942  Wobbe de Vries, Dutch linguist, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1943  HMCS Louisburg (Corvette) torpedoed in the Mediterranean on this day in history.   

1943  Singer Frank Sinatra debuts on radio's "Your Hit Parade" on February - 06.   

1943  On February - 06 the first Spitfire in action above Darwin, Australia, Mu Ki-46 shot down   

1943  1st Spitfire in action above Darwin, Australia, Mu Ki-46 shot down on February - 06.   

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

1945  On this day in history 8th Air Force bombs Magdeburg/Chemnitz   

1945  Russian Red Army crosses the river Oder on this day in history.   

1945  The birth of Bob Marley, Jamaican singer on this day in history.   

1945  Jan Bos, Dutch resistance fighter, executed on February - 06.   

1946  "Lute Song" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 142 performances on February - 06.   

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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 February - 06.   

1577  On this day in history birth of beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599)   

1608  Antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher was born on this day in history.   

1611  On this day in history birth of chongzhen Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1644)   

1612  On this day in history birth of antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist   

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

1639  On this day in history birth of daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691)   

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

0891  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.