February 6th in History
Elizabeth II becomes Queen! Adam Weishaupt, Aaron Burr, Babe Ruth, Ronald Reagan, Eva Braun, Zsa Zsa Gabor, and Bob Marley are born; Arthur Ashe, Jack Kirby, and Frankie Laine die. Happy Waitangi Day!
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Lincoln is shot and the Titanic hits an iceberg! It's the birthday of Loretta Lynn and Erich von Daniken; Handel and Don Ho die. In various South and Southeast Asian nations, Happy New Year!
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The Titanic sinks! In other news, Jackie Robinson breaks the color line in baseball and the first McDonalds opens. It's the birthday of Leonardo da Vinci, Nikita Khrushchev, and Roy Clark; Abraham Lincoln, Madame de Pompadour, and Greta Garbo die. Happy Fordicidia!
Read MoreApril 16th in History
First woman to fly across the English Channel! In other news, DC ends slavery, Bat Masterson hangs up his guns, and Jack Kevorkian assists his first suicide. It's the birthday of Wilbur Wright, Charlie Chaplin, Dusty Springfield, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; Madame Tussaud, Alexis de Tocqueville, and Ralph Ellison die. Happy Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day!
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