Elizabeth II becomes Queen of the United Kingdom and her other Realms and Territories and Head of the Commonwealth upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a tree house at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya. Date: February 6, 1952 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅…
Eight Manchester United F.C. players and 15 other passengers are killed in the Munich air disaster. Date: February 6, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)
At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished. Date: February 6, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today)
Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit. Date: February 6, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Ms  7.6 Luhuo earthquake strikes Sichuan Province, causing widespread destruction and killing at least 2,199 people. Date: February 6, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
In testimony before a United States Senate subcommittee, Lockheed Corporation president Carl Kotchian admits that the company had paid out approximately $3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka. Date: February 6, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in…
The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of four inches an hour. Date: February 6, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)
The National Resistance Army of Uganda launches an attack on a Ugandan Army installation in the central Mubende District to begin the Ugandan Bush War. Date: February 6, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today)
Justice Mary Gaudron becomes the first woman to be appointed to the High Court of Australia. Date: February 6, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Round Table Talks start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of the overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe. Date: February 6, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)