407 Historic Events for February 6
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| 1926 |
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NFL rules college students ineligible until college classes graduates
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| 1927 |
Birth |
Smokey Burgess, baseball catcher (Pitts Pirates)
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| 1927 |
Death |
Dani‰l F Scheurleer, Dutch musicologist/banker, dies at 71
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| 1929 |
Birth |
Keith Waterhouse, English writer (Billy Liar, Say Who Are You?)
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| 1929 |
Birth |
Sixten Jernberg, Sweden, skier (Olympic-gold-1956/60/64)
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| 1929 |
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Rudy Vallee recorded "Deep Night"
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| 1930 |
Death |
Eva Strittmatter, writer, dies at 17
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Fred Trueman, [Fiery Fred], English cricket player
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Freddie Trueman, cricketer ("Fiery Fred", 307 wickets for England)
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Rip Torn, Tx, actor (Coma, Summer Rental, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)
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| 1932 |
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Fascist coup in the Memel territory
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| 1932 |
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1st Olympic dog sled race, Lake Placid, NY (demonstration sport)
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Fran‡ois Truffaut, Paris, director (Jules and Jim, Fahrenheit 451)
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Mamie Van Doren, Rowena SD, actress (Navy vs Night Monsters) [or 2/2]
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Leslie Crowther, English TV-comic/quizmaster
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| 1933 |
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Pres von Hindenburg and von Papen end Prussian parliament
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| 1933 |
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Highest recorded sea wave (not tsunami), 34 m, in Pacific hurricane
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| 1933 |
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20th amendment (terms of office) passed
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| 1933 |
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20th Amendment goes into effect: Pres term begins in Jan not March
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| 1933 |
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112' ocean wave observed near Manila
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| 1933 |
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-90øF (-68øC), Oymyakon, USSR (Asian record)
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Walter E Fauntroy, (Rep-D-DC, 1971- )
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| 1934 |
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Reds purchase 43-year-old Dazzy Vance from the Cards for $7,500
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| 1935 |
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1st election to allow women to vote in Turkey
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| 1935 |
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"Monopoly" board game goes on sale for 1st time
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