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This is a list of selected February 6 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit.
February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 328 days remain until the end of the year ... The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more ...
Bob Marley (February 6, 1945 –May 11, 1981), Jamaican singer, songwriter, and guitarist, would have turned 79 this year. John London (February 6, 1942 –February 12, 2000), American songwriter, would have turned 82 this year. Bill Doggett (February 6, 1916 –November 13, 1996), American pianist, would have turned 108 this year.
1939 – In one of the most famous errors in lexicography, the erroneous word "dord" was discovered in Webster's New International Dictionary by an editor. 1974 – The British election ended in a hung parliament after the Liberal Party, under Jeremy Thorpe, achieved their highest ever number of votes.
Image credits: Bettmann / gettyimages #3 Connie Converse. Elizabeth Eaton Converse, most commonly known by her stage name Connie, is often hailed as one of the first modern singer-songwriters, and ...
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1838 - Birth of Margaret E. Knight, American inventor, famous as female Thomas Edison, (d. 1914) 1848 - Birth of Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer (d. 1934) 1869 - Birth of Charles Wilson, Scottish physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1959) 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray
[4] [5] [6] The site was updated to its current format in November 7, 2012, by Evan Britton, [7] who has since described the website as "Wikipedia for Generation Z". [8] [7] Famous Birthdays originally focused on more traditional celebrities (such as actors, athletes, musicians, etc.), but has since expanded to also feature internet ...