| Date | Text | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 years anniversary | ||||
| 06 Feb 1924 | Billy Wright: English soccer player | |||
| 06 Feb 1924 | Paolo Volponi: Italian communist / author (Road to Rome) | |||
| 06 Feb 1924 | Jin Yong, Hong Kong author and publisher, founded Ming Pao | |||
| 06 Feb 1924 | Billy Wright, English footballer and manager (d. 1994) | |||
| 75 years anniversary | ||||
| 06 Feb 1949 | Manuel Orantes: Tennis champ (US Open-1975) | |||
| 06 Feb 1949 | Richie Zisk: Baseball player | |||
| 06 Feb 1949 | Jim Sheridan, Irish director, producer, and screenwriter | |||
| 06 Feb 1949 | Manuel Orantes, Spanish tennis player | |||
| 06 Feb 1949 | Mike Batt, English singer-songwriter and producer (The Wombles) | |||
| 06 Feb 1949 | WW2 | Hiroaki Abe passed away. | ||
| 50 years anniversary | ||||
| 06 Feb 1974 | Nathan Davis: Defensive tackle (Atlanta Falcons) | |||
| 06 Feb 1974 | Olaf Lindenbergh: Soccer player (Ajax, De Graafschap) | |||
| 06 Feb 1974 | 3rd time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0 | |||
| 06 Feb 1974 | Dutch speed limit set at 100km due to oil crisis | |||
| 06 Feb 1974 | US House of Reps begins determining grounds for impeachment of Nixon | |||
| 25 years anniversary | ||||
| 06 Feb 1999 | Jimmy Roberts, American tenor (b. 1924) | |||
| 06 Feb 1999 | Don Dunstan, Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Premier of South Australia (b. 1926) | |||
| 06 Feb 1999 | Danny Dayton, American actor and director (b. 1923) | |||
| 20 years anniversary | ||||
| 06 Feb 2004 | Gerald Bouey, Canadian lieutenant and economist (b. 1920) | |||
| 06 Feb 2004 | US singer Faith Evans and her husband Todd Russaw agreed to enrol in a rehabilitation programme after facing drugs charges. Prosecutors said the charges for alleged possession of cocaine and marijuana would be dropped if they successfully completed the 13-week rehab scheme. | |||
06 Feb 2004
Humphry Osmond |
death Humphry Osmond Humphry Osmond (b. 1917), English-born psychiatrist. |
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| 15 years anniversary | ||||
| 06 Feb 2009 | James Whitmore, American actor and singer (b. 1921) | |||
| 06 Feb 2009 | Philip Carey, American actor (b. 1925) | |||
| 10 years anniversary | ||||
| 06 Feb 2014 | Vaçe Zela, Albanian-Swiss singer and guitarist (b. 1939) | |||
| 06 Feb 2014 | Maxine Kumin, American author and poet (b. 1925) | |||
| 06 Feb 2014 | Ralph Kiner, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1922) | |||
| 06 Feb 2014 | Alison Jolly, American-English primatologist and zoologist (b. 1937) | |||
| 06 Feb 2014 | Vasiľ Biľak, Slovak tailor and politician (b. 1917) | |||
| 06 Feb 2014 | Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' was named as the greatest song of all time by NME. 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' was one of the last songs written for Nirvana's breakthrough album, 'Nevermind', which was released in 1991. The rest of the top 5 tracks were: 5: 'Last Nite', The Strokes, 4: 'How Soon Is Now?', The Smiths, 3: 'I Feel Love', Donna Summer, 2: 'Love Will Tear Us Apart', Joy Division. | |||
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