February 6
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- 1843 - The first minstrel show in the United States The Virginia Minstrels opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City).
Births
- 1926 - Haskell Wexler, American cinematographer (Medium Cool)
- 1926 - Walker Edmiston, American actor (d. 2007)
- 1929 - Pierre Brice, French actor
- 1931 - Rip Torn, American actor
- 1931 - Mamie Van Doren, American actress
- 1932 - Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban revolutionary (d. 1959)
- 1932 - François Truffaut, French film director (d. 1984)
- 1933 - Leslie Crowther, British comedian (d. 1996)
- 1934 - Bernard Erhard, American voice actor (d. 2000)
- 1936 - Kent Douglas, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1936 - J. Howard Marshall III, American businessman
- 1939 - Mike Farrell, American actor
- 1939 - Orlando Parga, Vice President of the Puerto Rico Senate
- 1940 - Tom Brokaw, American news anchorman
- 1940 - Jimmy Tarbuck, British comedian
- 1941 - Gigi Perreau, American actress
- 1942 - Sarah Brady, American gun-control activist
- 1943 - Fabian, American singer
- 1943 - Gayle Hunnicutt, American actress
- 1944 - Christine Boutin, French politician
- 1944 - Willie Tee, American singer and songwriter (d. 2007))
- 1944 - Michael Tucker, American actor
- 1945 - Bob Marley, Jamaican musician (d. 1981)
- 1946 - Jim Turner, American politician
- 1946 - Kate McGarrigle, Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1949 - Jim Sheridan, Irish film director
- 1950 - Natalie Cole, American singer
- 1951 - Marco Antônio, Brazilian footballer
- 1951 - Jacques Villeret, French film actor (d. 2005)
- 1952 - Ricardo Lavolpe, Argentine football coach
- 1955 - Michael Pollan, American journalist
- 1957 - Kathy Najimy, American actress and comedienne
- 1957 - Robert Townsend, American actor
- 1958 - Cecily Adams, American actress (d. 2004)
- 1958 - Barry Miller, American actor
- 1959 - Ken Nelson, English record producer
- 1960 - Megan Gallagher, American actress
- 1961 - Bill Lester, American racecar driver
- 1962 - Axl Rose, American singer (Guns N' Roses)
- 1963 - Kevin Trudeau, American entrepreneur
- 1966 - Rick Astley, British singer
- 1967 - Anita Cochran, American singer
- 1967 - Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (Zard) (d. 2007)
- 1968 - Adolfo Valencia, Colombian footballer
- 1968 - Akira Yamaoka, Japanese composer
- 1970 - Per Frandsen, Danish footballer
- 1970 - Kitty Yung, American pornographic actress
- 1971 - Dana Eskelson, American actress
- 1971 - Brad Hogg, Australian cricket player
- 1971 - Brian Stepanek, American actor
- 1972 - David Binn, American football player
- 1975 - Brett Hawke, Australian swimmer
- 1975 - Tomoko Kawase, Japanese singer
- 1975 - Svend-Allan Sørensen, Danish artist
- 1976 - Tanja Frieden, Swiss snowboarder
- 1976 - Colin Teo, Singaporean Grand Prix driver
- 1976 - Kim Zmeskal, American gymnast
- 1977 - Jason Euell, English-born footballer
- 1979 - Dan Bălan, Moldovan singer and musician O-Zone
- 1980 - Mamiko Noto, Japanese seiyu
- 1980 - Kim Poirier, Canadian actress
- 1980 - Luke Ravenstahl, American politician
- 1981 - Calum Best, American model
- 1981 - Jens Lekman, Swedish musician
- 1981 - Ty Warren, defensive lineman for the New England Patriots
- 1982 - Alice Eve, English actress
- 1982 - Tank, Mandopop singer.
- 1983 - Brodie Croyle, American football player
- 1983 - S Sreesanth, Indian cricketer
- 1983 - Jamie Whincup, Australian racing driver
- 1983 - Myron Wolf Child, Canadian politician
- 1984 - Darren Bent, English footballer
- 1984 - Piret Järvis, Estonian singer
- 1984 - Daisy Marie, American pornographic actress
- 1985 - Kris Humphries, American basketball player
- 1985 - Yang Yu, Chinese swimmer
- 1986 - Alice Greczyn, American actress
- 1986 - Brendan Taylor, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1988 - Allison Holker, American dancer
- 1989 - Craig Cathcart, Irish football
- 2004 - Princess Louise of Belgium
Deaths
- 891 - Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople
- 1378 - Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338)
- 1497 - Johannes Ockeghem, Flemish composer (b. c. 1410)
- 1515 - Aldus Manutius, Italian printer
- 1585 - Edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518)
- 1593 - Jacques Amyot, French writer (b. 1513)
- 1593 - Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517)
- 1617 - Prospero Alpini, Italian scientist (b. 1553)
- 1685 - King Charles II of England (b. 1630)
- 1740 - Pope Clement XII (b. 1652)
- 1775 - William Dowdeswell, English politician (b. 1721)
- 1783 - Capability Brown, English landscape gardener (b. 1716)
- 1793 - Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright (b. 1707)
- 1807 - John Reid, British army general and composer (b. 1721)
- 1816 - Maria Ludwika Rzewuska, Polish szlachcianka (b. 1744)
- 1833 - Pierre André Latreille, French entomologist (b. 1762)
- 1834 - Richard Lemon Lander, British explorer (b. 1804)
- 1855 - Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791)
- 1899 - Leo von Caprivi, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1831)
- 1899 - Prince Alfred of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (b. 1874)
- 1916 - Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan writer (b. 1867)
- 1918 - Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter (b. 1862)
- 1927 - Sam Maguire, Irish Republican and Gaelic footballer (b. 1879)
- 1938 - Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (b. 1860)
- 1950 - Georges Imbert, Alsatian chemist (b. 1884)
- 1952 - George VI of the United Kingdom (b. 1895)
- 1958 - Duncan Edwards, English footballer (b. 1936)
- 1958 - David Pegg, English footballer (b. 1935)
- 1958 - Tommy Taylor, English footballer (b. 1932)
- 1958 - Geoff Bent, English footballer (b. 1932)
- 1958 - Roger Byrne, English footballer (b. 1929)
- 1958 - Eddie Colman, English footballer (b. 1936)
- 1958 - Mark Jones, English footballer (b. 1933)
- 1958 - Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist (b. 1913)
- 1958 - Walter Crickmer, Manchester United club secretary
- 1963 - Abd el-Krim, Moroccan politician
- 1964 - Emilio Aguinaldo, First President of the 1st Philippines Republic (b. 1869)
- 1967 - Martine Carol, French film actress (b. 1920)
- 1976 - Vince Guaraldi, American musician (b. 1928)
- 1981 - Hugo Montenegro, American film music composer and orchestra leader (b. 1925)
- 1981 - Frederika of Hanover, Queen Consort of Greece (b. 1917)
- 1985 - James Hadley Chase, English writer (b. 1906)
- 1986 - Frederick Coutts, Salvation Army general (b. 1899)
- 1986 - Minoru Yamasaki, American architect (b. 1912)
- 1989 - Chris Gueffroy, last person killed escaping over the Berlin wall (b. 1968)
- 1989 - Barbara Tuchman, American historian (b. 1912)
- 1989 - Osbourne Ruddock, AKA "King Tubby", Dub pioneer (b. 1941)
- 1989 - André Cayatte, French filmmaker (b. 1909)
- 1991 - Salvador Luria, Italian-born biologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1912)
- 1991 - Danny Thomas, American singer, comedian, and actor (b. 1914)
- 1993 - Arthur Ashe, American tennis player (b. 1943)
- 1994 - Joseph Cotten, American actor (b. 1905)
- 1994 - Jack Kirby, American comic book writer (b. 1917)
- 1995 - James Merrill, American poet (b. 1926)
- 1996 - Guy Madison, American actor (b. 1922)
- 1997 - Roger Laurent, Belgian racing driver (b. 1913)
- 1998 - Falco, Austrian singer (b. 1957)
- 1998 - Carl Wilson, American musician (The Beach Boys) (b. 1946)
- 1998 - Haroun Tazieff, French vulcanologist and geologist (b. 1914)
- 2001 - Filemon Lagman, Filipino Communist revolutionary (b. 1953)
- 2001 - Fulgence Charpentier, Quebec journalist, editor and publisher (b. 1897)
- 2002 - Max Perutz, Austrian-born molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1914)
- 2005 - Lazar Berman, Russian pianist (b. 1930)
- 2005 - Karl Haas, American radio presenter (b. 1913)
- 2007 - Lew Burdette, American baseball player (b. 1926)
- 2007 - Len Hopkins, Canadian politician (b. 1930)
- 2007 - Frankie Laine, American singer (b. 1913)
- 2007 - Willye White, American athlete (b. 1939)
notes
François Truffaut
Ugo Foscolo
James Hadley Chase
Gustav Klimt
Sir Charles Wheatstone
Piero Manzoni
Summer with Monika
Rip Torn
Jack Kirby
Haskell Wexler
Charles II of England
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