407 Historic Events for February 6
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| 1865 |
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Robert E Lee appointed Confederate General in Chief
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| 1866 |
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Karl T Sapper, German geography/geologist (Vulkankunde)
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| 1867 |
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Peabody Fund forms to promote Black education in South
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| 1869 |
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Harper's Weekly publishes 1st picture of Uncle Sam with chin whiskers
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| 1872 |
Birth |
Theodor Lessing, writer [or Feb 8]
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| 1874 |
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Milton Bennett Medary, US, architect (Washington Chapel)
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| 1876 |
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Wilhelm Schmidtbonn[-Schmidt], German playwright (Der Sprechende Eros)
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| 1878 |
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Waclaw Gieburowski, composer
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| 1879 |
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Carl Ramsauer
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| 1881 |
Death |
Pieter Mijer, Gov-Gen of Neth Indies (1866-72), dies at 68
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| 1881 |
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Karl Weigl, composer
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| 1886 |
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Louis Pi‚rard, Belgian journalist/writer (Great Germany)
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| 1888 |
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Ljudmil Stojanow, Bulgarian poet (Metsh i Slowo, Cholera)
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| 1889 |
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Siegfried Kracauer, writer
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| 1889 |
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Karel Wellens, Flemish painter
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| 1890 |
Birth |
Anton Hermann Fokker, avation pioneer
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| 1891 |
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1st great train robbery by Dalton Gang (Southern Pacific #17)
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| 1893 |
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Muhammad Zafrulla Khan, pres of UN General Assembly (1962-63)
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| 1895 |
Birth |
George Herman (Babe) Ruth, Baltimore, baseball great (Yankees)
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| 1896 |
Death |
Abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector, dies at 82
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| 1897 |
Death |
Ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase and Fable), dies
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| 1897 |
Birth |
Alberto [de Almeida] Cavalcanti, Brazil, director (Nicholas Nickleby)
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| 1899 |
Death |
Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67
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| 1899 |
Birth |
Ramon Novarro, [Jos‚ RG Samaniegos], Durango Mexico, actor (Ben Hur)
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| 1899 |
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Spanish-American War ends, peace treaty ratified by Senate
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