Historydraft LogoHistorydraft Logo
Historydraft
beta
Historydraft Logo
Historydraft
beta

  • Southern Italian peninsula and Sicily
    Thursday Feb 6, 1783
    1783 Calabrian earthquakes

    This magnitude 6.2 event

    Southern Italian peninsula and Sicily
    Thursday Feb 6, 1783

    This magnitude 6.2 event occurred during the night following the first event and struck the area just to the southwest. Most of the damage and casualties appear to have been caused by a tsunami that was set off by a major collapse of Monte Pací into the sea near Scilla shortly after the earthquake. Many of Scilla's residents, frightened by the tremors of the previous day had moved onto the open beach for the night, where they were overwhelmed by the waves. The tsunami caused severe flooding in the town, reaching as far as 200 m inland, and there were more than 1500 deaths.




  • Tampico, Illinois, U.S.
    Monday Feb 6, 1911
    Ronald Reagan

    Birth

    Tampico, Illinois, U.S.
    Monday Feb 6, 1911

    Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on February 6, 1911, in an apartment on the second floor of a commercial building in Tampico, Illinois.




  • Germany
    Thursday Feb 6, 1919
    Weimar Republic

    Friedrich Ebert was elected President of the Weimar Republic

    Germany
    Thursday Feb 6, 1919

    On February 6, 1919, the National Assembly met in the town of Weimar and formed the Weimar Coalition. They also elected SDP leader Friedrich Ebert as President of the Weimar Republic.




  • Figueres, Catalonia, Spain
    Sunday Feb 6, 1921
    Salvador Dali

    Mother's Death

    Figueres, Catalonia, Spain
    Sunday Feb 6, 1921

    On 6 February 1921, Dalí's mother died of uterus cancer.




  • Cyrenaica, Libya
    Tuesday Feb 6, 1940
    World War II

    Operation Sonnenblaume

    Cyrenaica, Libya
    Tuesday Feb 6, 1940

    Italian defeats prompted Germany to deploy an expeditionary force to North Africa. Operation Sonnenblaume (6 February - 25 May) was the name given to the dispatch of German troops to North Africa in February 1941, The Italian 10th Army had been destroyed by the British and Allied Western Desert Force attacks during Operation Compass (9 December 1940 – 9 February 1941). Sonnenblume succeeded because the ability of the Germans to mount an offensive was underestimated by General Archbald Wavell, the Commander in Chief Middle East, the War Office and by Winston Churchill.




  • Nine Mile, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica
    Tuesday Feb 6, 1945
    Bob Marley

    Born

    Nine Mile, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica
    Tuesday Feb 6, 1945

    Bob Marley was born on 6 February 1945 at the farm of his maternal grandfather in Nine Mile, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica.




  • Kenya
    Wednesday Feb 6, 1952
    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

    King's death while the princess is in Kenya

    Kenya
    Wednesday Feb 6, 1952

    On 6 February 1952, they were in Kenya when Elizabeth's father died and she became queen. It was Philip who broke the news to Elizabeth at Sagana Lodge, and the royal party immediately returned to the United Kingdom.


  • Sandringham House, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
    Wednesday Feb 6, 1952
    Winston Churchill

    George VI death

    Sandringham House, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
    Wednesday Feb 6, 1952

    Churchill was nearly 77 when he took office and was not in good health following several minor strokes. By December, George VI had become concerned about Churchill's decline and intended to ask him to stand down in favor of Eden, but the King had his own serious health issues and died on 6 February without making the request.


  • Sandringham House, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
    Wednesday Feb 6, 1952
    Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

    Father died

    Sandringham House, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
    Wednesday Feb 6, 1952

    George VI died on 6 February 1952, and her sister became Queen.


  • Texas, U.S.
    Friday Feb 6, 1959
    Computer

    Kilby's patent application

    Texas, U.S.
    Friday Feb 6, 1959

    In Kilby's patent application of 6 February 1959, Kilby described his new device as "a body of semiconductor material ... wherein all the components of the electronic circuit are completely integrated".


  • New York, U.S.
    Thursday Feb 6, 1964
    Martin Luther King

    The American Race Crisis

    New York, U.S.
    Thursday Feb 6, 1964

    On February 6, 1964, King delivered the inaugural speech of a lecture series initiated at the New School called "The American Race Crisis".


  • United Kingdom
    Friday Feb 6, 1981
    Princess Diana

    Proposed

    United Kingdom
    Friday Feb 6, 1981

    The Prince proposed on 6 February 1981, and Lady Diana accepted, but their engagement was kept secret for the next few weeks.


  • Al-Fakkah Field, al-Amarah, Iraq
    Sunday Feb 6, 1983
    Iran–Iraq War

    Operation Fajr al-Nasr (Dawn of Victory)

    Al-Fakkah Field, al-Amarah, Iraq
    Sunday Feb 6, 1983

    In Operation Fajr al-Nasr (Before the Dawn/Dawn of Victory), launched 6 February 1983, the Iranians shifted focus from the southern to the central and northern sectors. Employing 200,000 "last reserve" Revolutionary Guard troops, Iran attacked along a 40 km (25 mi) stretch near al-Amarah, Iraq, about 200 km (120 mi) southeast of Baghdad, in an attempt to reach the highways connecting northern and southern Iraq. The attack was stalled by 60 km (37 mi) of hilly escarpments, forests, and river torrents blanketing the way to al-Amarah, but the Iraqis could not force the Iranians back. Iran directed artillery on Basra, Al Amarah, and Mandali.


  • Iran
    Monday Feb 6, 1984
    Iran–Iraq War

    The War of The Cities

    Iran
    Monday Feb 6, 1984

    On 7 February 1984, during the first war of the cities, Saddam ordered his air force to attack eleven Iranian cities.


  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Sunday Feb 6, 1994
    Bosnian War

    Future requests for air strikes would be carried out immediately

    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Sunday Feb 6, 1994

    On 6 February, UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali formally requested NATO to confirm that future requests for air strikes would be carried out immediately.


  • Château de Rambouillet, France
    Saturday Feb 6, 1999
    Kosovo War

    The Rambouillet talks began

    Château de Rambouillet, France
    Saturday Feb 6, 1999

    The Rambouillet talks began on 6 February 1999, with NATO Secretary-General Javier Solana negotiating with both sides. They were intended to conclude by 19 February.


  • Senate, Washington D.C., U.S.
    Saturday Feb 6, 1999
    Impeachment of Bill Clinton

    Lewinsky discussing her affidavit in the Paula Jones Case

    Senate, Washington D.C., U.S.
    Saturday Feb 6, 1999

    The videos were played in the Senate on February 6, featuring 30 excerpts of Lewinsky discussing her affidavit in the Paula Jones case, the hiding of small gifts Clinton had given her, and his involvement in procurement of a job for Lewinsky.


  • U.S.
    Tuesday Feb 6, 2001
    Shaquille O'Neal

    "That's How I Beat Shaq"

    U.S.
    Tuesday Feb 6, 2001

    O'Neal was also featured in Aaron Carter's 2001 hit single "That's How I Beat Shaq". Shaq also appears on the music video for the release.


  • California, U.S.
    Wednesday Feb 6, 2002
    Java (programming language)

    J2SE 1.4

    California, U.S.
    Wednesday Feb 6, 2002

    On February 6, 2002, Sun Microsystems released J2SE 1.4.


  • NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas, U.S.
    Monday Feb 6, 2017
    Lady Gaga

    Super Bowl LI halftime show

    NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas, U.S.
    Monday Feb 6, 2017

    Gaga performed as the headlining act during the Super Bowl LI halftime show in 2017. Her performance featured a group of hundreds of lighted drones forming various shapes in the sky above Houston's NRG Stadium. It attracted 117.5 million viewers in the United States, exceeding the game's total of 113.3 million viewers. The performance led to a surge of 410,000 song downloads in the U.S. for Gaga and earned her an Emmy nomination.


  • London, United Kingdom
    Monday Feb 6, 2017
    Queen Elizabeth II

    First British monarch to commemorate a Sapphire Jubilee

    London, United Kingdom
    Monday Feb 6, 2017

    On 6 February 2017, Elizabeth became the first British monarch to commemorate a Sapphire Jubilee.


  • Turkey
    Sunday Feb 6, 1695

    Ahmed II's death

    Turkey
    Sunday Feb 6, 1695

    The 21st Sultan of Turkey, Ahmed II, passed away at the age of 51.


  • Paris
    Sunday Feb 6, 1695

    Cheron Birth

    Paris
    Sunday Feb 6, 1695

    A French composer and organist, Cheron, born in Paris, France.


  • England
    Tuesday Feb 6, 1685

    Charles II's death

    England
    Tuesday Feb 6, 1685

    Charles II, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, passed away at the age of 54.


  • Groningen
    Sunday Feb 6, 1695

    Nicolaus II Bernoulli Birth

    Groningen
    Sunday Feb 6, 1695

    The Swiss mathematician, born in the Netherlands, was named Nicolaus II Bernoulli.


  • Britain
    Friday Feb 6, 1778

    Anglo-French War (1778)

    Britain
    Friday Feb 6, 1778

    The war on France was declared by Britain.


  • Paris
    Monday Feb 6, 1612

    Antoine Arnauld Brith

    Paris
    Monday Feb 6, 1612

    Antoine Arnauld was born in Paris, France.


  • Zakynthos Island
    Friday Feb 6, 1778

    Ugo Foscolo Birth

    Zakynthos Island
    Friday Feb 6, 1778

    The Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis was written by Ugo Foscolo, an Italian poet, who was born in Zakynthos Island, Greece.


<