Page 7: Historical Events In February - 06

1947  On February - 06 compton & Arthur Morris both complete dual tons in same Test Cricket   

1947  On this day in history albert JM Bakker, Dutch actor (Teun the night watch), dies at 82   

1948  Bradman retires hurt, 57 in his last Test Cricket innings in Australia on this day in history.   

1948  First radio-controlled airplane flown on February - 06.   

1948  On February - 06 1st radio-controlled airplane flown   

1948  On February - 06 robert Brasillach, French author/nazi collaborator, dies at 38   

1951  On February - 06 "Broker Special" train crashes in Woodbridge NJ, killing 84   

1951  Radio commentator Paul Harvey arrested for trying to sneak into Argonne Atomic Lab (Illinois), to demonstrate lax in security on February - 06.   

1951  On February - 06 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1952  Britain's King George VI dies and is succeeded by his daughter, Elizabeth II on this day in history.   

1952  England replaces King George VI stamp series with Queen Elizabeth II on February - 06.   

1952  On this day in history george VI, King of Britain (1936-52), dies at 56   

1953  Ian Craig makes Test Cricket debut at 17 years 239 days, youngest Aussie on February - 06.   

1953  On this day in history uS controls on wages & some consumer goods were lifted   

1953  On February - 06 ian Craig makes Test Cricket debut at 17 yrs 239 days, youngest Aussie   

1956  On this day in history chicago's Daily Defender, begins publishing   

1956  On February - 06 french premier Guy Mollet pelted with tomatoes in Algiers   

1956  University of Alabama refuses admission to Autherine Lucy (because he's black) on February - 06.   

1958  On this day in history 7 members on Manchester United football team die in an air crash   

1958  On February - 06 a plane carrying the Manchester United football team crashed at Munich airport, killing 7 of the team   

1958  Ted Williams signs with Red Sox for $135,000, making him highest paid on February - 06.   

1958  On February - 06 7 Manchester United soccer players die in an air crash near Munich   

1959  On February - 06 fidel Castro is interviewed by Edward R Murrow   

1959  Indira Ghandi becomes the leader of India's Congress Party on February - 06.   

1959  On this day in history uS first successful Titan intercontinental ballistic missile   

1959  On this day in history 1st successful test-fire of Titan ICBM   

1960  Jesse Belvin, rocker, dies at 26 in a car crash on February - 06.   

1961  "Jail, No Bail" Jail-in movement starts in Rock Hill SC on February - 06.   

1961  Archibald T Davison, composer, dies at 77 on February - 06.   

1962  Schoolman Athletic Field in the Bronx named on February - 06.   

1963  Mohammed ibn al-Chattabi Abd el-Krim, Morocco opposition leader, dies on this day in history.   

1964  France & Great-Britain sign accord over building channel tunnel on this day in history.   

1964  "Rugantino" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 28 performances on February - 06.   

1964  Sophocles Venizelos, premier of Greece (1944, 50-51), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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1461  On this day in history birth of dzore Drzic, Croatian poet   

1564  On this day in history birth of christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus)   

1577  Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599) was born on this day in history.   

1608  Antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher was born on February - 06.   

1611  On February - 06 birth of chongzhen Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1644)   

1612  Antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist was born on this day in history.   

1637  On this day in history birth of toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan   

1639  On this day in history birth of daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691)   

0743  On February - 06 hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, 10th Moslem caliph, dies at about 52   

0891  On this day in history photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies   

1140  Thurstan, archbishop of York, dies on February - 06.   

1378  Death of Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338) on February - 06.   

1497  On February - 06 john Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79   

1515  Death of Aldus Manutius, Italian printer on February - 06.   

1585  Death of Edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518) on this day in history.   

1593  Death of Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517) on this day in history.