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)
- 1931 - Rip Torn, American actor
- 1931 - Mamie Van Doren, American actress
- 1932 - François Truffaut, French film director (d. 1984)
- 1945 - Bob Marley, Jamaican musician (d. 1981)
Deaths
- 1685 - King Charles II of England (b. 1630)
- 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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