February 6
People born on this day are Aquarius.
- 1978
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.
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Justice Mary Gaudron becomes the first woman to be appointed to the High Court of Australia.
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The Round Table Talks start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of the overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe.
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Willamette Valley Flood: Floods in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, United States, causes over US$500 million in property damage throughout the Pacific Northwest.
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Birgenair Flight 301 crashed off the coast of the Dominican Republic, killing all 189 people on board. This is the deadliest aviation accident involving a Boeing 757.
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Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.
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Second Chechen War: Russia captures Grozny, Chechnya, forcing the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria government into exile.
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Stephen Harper becomes Prime Minister of Canada.
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An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes southern Taiwan, killing 117 people.
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SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, a super heavy launch vehicle, makes its maiden flight.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken suspends agreements with Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras to send asylum seekers back to their home countries.
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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.
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2000Conor Gallagher, English footballer
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1998Adley Rutschman, American baseball player
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1996Kevon Looney, American basketball player
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1995Nyck de Vries, Dutch racing driver
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1995Leon Goretzka, German footballer
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1995Sam McQueen, English footballer
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1993Teresa Scanlan, American beauty pageant titleholder, Miss America 2011
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1991Tobias Eisenbauer, Austrian ice dancer
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1991Aleksandar Katai, Serbian footballer
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1991Ida Njåtun, Norwegian speed skater
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1991Fei Yu, Chinese footballer
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1990Adam Henrique, Canadian ice hockey player
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