Willamette Valley Flood: Floods in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, United States, causes over US$500 million in property damage throughout the Pacific Northwest. Date: February 6, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)
Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport. Date: February 6, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today)
Second Chechen War: Russia captures Grozny, Chechnya, forcing the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria government into exile. Date: February 6, 2000 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in 2000 📅 On This Day (Today)
Stephen Harper becomes Prime Minister of Canada. Date: February 6, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today)
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits the central Philippine island of Negros, leaving 112 people dead. Date: February 6, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)
An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes southern Taiwan, killing 117 people. Date: February 6, 2016 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in 2016 📅 On This Day (Today)
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, a super heavy launch vehicle, makes its maiden flight. Date: February 6, 2018 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in 2018 📅 On This Day (Today)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken suspends agreements with Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras to send asylum seekers back to their home countries. Date: February 6, 2021 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in 2021 📅 On This Day (Today)
Two earthquakes measuring Mww 7.8 and 7.5 struck near the border between Turkey and Syria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XII (Extreme). The earthquakes resulted in numerous aftershocks and a death toll of 57,658 people. Date: February 6, 2023 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this…
J. P. Morgan incorporates U.S. Steel in the state of New Jersey, although the company would not start doing business until February 25 and the assets of Andrew Carnegie's Carnegie Steel Company, Elbert H. Gary's Federal Steel Company, and William Henry Moore's National Steel Company were not acquired until April 1. Date: February 5, 1901…