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  No-smoking rules take effect in federal buildings on this day in history.   

1987  US female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary on February - 06.   

1988  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.   

1988  Lee Goodman, actor (Imitation of Life), dies of TB at 64 on February - 06.   

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

1989  On this day in history andre Cayatte, dies   

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

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 February - 06.   

1994  Actor Joseph Cotten dies in Los Angeles at age 88 on February - 06.   

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

1994  On February - 06 martti Ahtisaari elected President of Finland   

1995  Beachboy Brian Wilson wed Melinda Ledbetter on this day in history.   

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

1996  On February - 06 heidi Fleiss scheduled to begin her 7 year jail sentence   

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

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

1998  On February - 06 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  On this day in history "Africa: The Serengeti" becomes the first DVD to include separate language tracks   

2005  Death of Merle Kilgore, singer, songwriter (b.1934) on this day in history.   

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  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 on February - 06.   

2013  On February - 06 a magnitude 8.0 earthquake occurs Off the Solomon Islands coast causing the death of nine people   

2014  On this day in history jay Leno ends his time on The Tonight Show   

2017  On February - 06 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   

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 February - 06.   

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

2018  On February - 06 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  6.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Hualien County, Taiwan, leaving 10 dead and over 50 missing on this day in history.   

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

1564  Christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus) was born on February - 06.   

1577  Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599) was born on February - 06.   

1608  On February - 06 birth of antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher   

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

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

1637  Toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan was born on February - 06.   

1639  On February - 06 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 February - 06 photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies   

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

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 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)