1911 Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, was born in Tampico, Ill.
WAR!
1778 France recognizes US, signs treaty of aid in Paris; 1st US treaty. England declares war on France.
1862 Victory for General Ulysses S Grant in Tennessee, capturing Fort Henry, and ten days later Fort Donelson; Grant earns the nickname "Unconditional Surrender" Grant.
1899 A peace treaty between the United States and Spain was ratified by the U.S. Senate.
2003 Edging closer to war, President Bush declared "the game is over" for Saddam Hussein and urged skeptical allies to join in disarming Iraq.
DISASTERS
1911 Great fire destroys downtown Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey.
1951 "Broker Special" train crashes in Woodbridge NJ, killing 84
1958 7 soccer players of Manchester United die in an air crash at Munich.
1992 16 people were killed when a C-130 military transport plane crashed in Evansville, Ind.
1996 A Turkish-owned Boeing 757 jetliner crashed into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after takeoff from the Dominican Republic, killing 189 people, mostly German tourists.
CREEPY
2003 ABC's "20/20" aired a British documentary on Michael Jackson in which the singer revealed he sometimes let children sleep in his bed.
WHISKERS
1869 Harper's Weekly publishes 1st picture of Uncle Sam with chin whiskers.
BOO!
1956 French premier Guy Mollet pelted with tomatoes in Algiers.
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1951 Radio commentator Paul Harvey arrested for trying to sneak into the Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago IL.
RECORDS
1990 Steve Briers of Wales recited the entire lyrics of Queen's album "A Night At The Opera" in 9 minutes & 58.44 seconds backwards!
BANDITS
1891 1st great train robbery by Dalton Gang (Southern Pacific #17).
GAMES
1935 Board game "Monopoly" goes on sale for the 1st time.
PRO WRESTLING
1977 Harley Race beats Terry Funk in Toronto, to become NWA wrestling champion.
HOBBIES
1948 1st radio-controlled airplane flown.
GOLF
1968 Former President Dwight Eisenhower shot a hole-in-one.
1971 1st time a golf ball is hit on the Moon (by Alan Shepard).
NANNY STATE
1953 US controls on wages & some consumer goods were lifted.
CIVIL RIGHTS
1956 University of Alabama refuses admission to Autherine Lucy (because he's black).
SMOKE NAZIS
1987 No-smoking rules take effect in federal buildings.
POLITICS
1788 Massachusetts became the sixth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
1933 the 20th Amendment to the Constitution, the so-called "lame duck" amendment, was proclaimed in effect by Secretary of State Henry Stimson.
SPERM CONTROL
1997 Diane Blood, 32, in England, won right to use her dead husbands sperm.
MAINSTREAM MEDIA
1959 Fidel Castro is interviewed by Edward R Murrow.
POPULATION
1820 US population announced at 9,638,453 (1,771,656 blacks (18.4%)).
PIRATES!
1832 US ship destroys Sumatran village in retaliation for piracy.
JEWS
1902 Young Women's Hebrew Association organized in New York NY.
GEEZERS
1911 1st old-age home opened in Prescott AZ.
CLINTONS
1998 President Bill Clinton and British Prime Minister Tony Blair redoubled their pledge to use military force against Iraq if necessary; during a joint news conference in which the subject of former White House intern Monica Lewinsky came up, Clinton said he would "never" resign. President Clinton signed a bill changing the name of Washington National Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
BORN
1756 America's third vice president, Aaron Burr, was born in Newark, N.J.
1833 James Ewell Brown "JEB" Stuart Major General (Commander of Cavalry, Confederate Army).
1895 George Herman (Babe) Ruth Baltimore MD, baseball great (Yankees).
1912 Eva Braun mistress of Adolf Hitler.
BIRTHDAYS
Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor is 91. Actor Patrick Macnee is 86. Actor Rip Torn is 77. Actress Mamie Van Doren is 77. Actor Mike Farrell is 69. Former NBC News anchorman Tom Brokaw is 68. Singer Fabian is 65. Actress Gayle Hunnicutt is 65. Actor Michael Tucker is 64. Producer-director-writer Jim Sheridan is 59. Singer Natalie Cole is 58. Actor Jon Walmsley is 52. Actress Kathy Najimy is 51. Rock musician Simon Phillips (Toto) is 51. Actor-director Robert Townsend is 51. Actor Barry Miller is 50. Actress Megan Gallagher is 48. Rock singer Axl Rose (Guns N' Roses) is 46. Country singer Richie McDonald is 46. Singer Rick Astley is 42. Rock musician Tim Brown (Boo Radleys) is 39. Actor Brandon Hammond is 24.
DEATH
1804 Joseph Priestley England/US theologist/philosopher/chemist, dies at 70.
1952 Britain's King George VI died; he was succeeded by his daughter, Elizabeth II.
2007 Singer Frankie Laine died in San Diego at age 93.
February 6, the 37th day of 2008. There are 329 days left in the year. Today is Ash Wednesday.
compiled by Mondoreb
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Sources:
* Today in History
* Today in History
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