February 6
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Art and culture
- 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)
- 1918 - Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter (b. 1862)
- 1985 - James Hadley Chase, English writer (b. 1906)
- 1989 - Osbourne Ruddock, AKA "King Tubby", Dub pioneer (b. 1941)
- 1989 - André Cayatte, French filmmaker (b. 1909)
- 1994 - Joseph Cotten, American actor (b. 1905)
- 1994 - Jack Kirby, American comic book writer (b. 1917)
notes
- 1963 - Piero Manzoni (July 13 1933 - February 6, 1963) was an Italian artist best known for his ironic conceptual art in direct response to the work of Yves Klein.
- 1926 - Summer with Monika is a Swedish 1953 film directed by Ingmar Bergman. It was premiered in Sweden on February 9 1953 and on February 6 1956 in the United States.
- 1926 - Haskell Wexler
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