WillDekkard
02-06-2011, 04:08 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on
This Date in History - February 6th
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* 1649 The claimant King Charles II of England and Scotland is declared King of Great Britain, by the Parliament of Scotland. This move was not followed by the Parliament of England nor the Parliament of Ireland.
* 1685 James II of England and VII of Scotland becomes King upon the death of his brother Charles II.
* 1778 American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic.
* 1788 Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
* 1806 Battle of San Domingo British naval victory against the French in the Caribbean.
* 1815 New Jersey grants the first American railroad charter to John Stevens.
* 1817 The Argentinian San Martνn crosses the Andes with an army in order to liberate Chile from Spanish rule.
* 1819 Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore.
* 1820 The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society started a settlement in present-day Liberia.
* 1840 Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
* 1843 The first minstrel show in the United States, The Virginia Minstrels, opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City).
* 1862 American Civil War: Ulysses S. Grant gives the Union its first victory of the war, by capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee, known as the Battle of Fort Henry.
* 1899 Spanish-American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
* 1900 The international arbitration court at The Hague is created when the Netherlands' Senate ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
* 1922 The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy.
* 1933 The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution, establishing the beginning and ending of the terms of the elected federal offices, goes into effect.
* 1934 Far right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon in an attempted coup against the French Third Republic, creating a political crisis in France.
* 1942 World War II: The United Kingdom declares war on Thailand.
* 1951 The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in American history.
* 1952 Elizabeth II becomes the first Queen regnant of the United Kingdom and several other realms since Queen Victoria, upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a treehouse at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
* 1958 Eight Manchester United F.C. players are killed in the Munich air disaster.
* 1959 Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.
* 1959 At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished.
* 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 4" an hour.
* 1987 Justice Mary Gaudron is appointed to the High Court of Australia, the first woman to be appointed.
* 1989 The Round Table Talks start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe.
* 1998 Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.
* 2000 Second Chechen War: Russia captures Grozny, Chechnya, forcing the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria government into exile.
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Alice Eve
Alice Sophia Eve(born February 6th, 1982)
This Date in History - February 6th
c/p from Wikipedia
* 1649 The claimant King Charles II of England and Scotland is declared King of Great Britain, by the Parliament of Scotland. This move was not followed by the Parliament of England nor the Parliament of Ireland.
* 1685 James II of England and VII of Scotland becomes King upon the death of his brother Charles II.
* 1778 American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic.
* 1788 Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
* 1806 Battle of San Domingo British naval victory against the French in the Caribbean.
* 1815 New Jersey grants the first American railroad charter to John Stevens.
* 1817 The Argentinian San Martνn crosses the Andes with an army in order to liberate Chile from Spanish rule.
* 1819 Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore.
* 1820 The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society started a settlement in present-day Liberia.
* 1840 Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
* 1843 The first minstrel show in the United States, The Virginia Minstrels, opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City).
* 1862 American Civil War: Ulysses S. Grant gives the Union its first victory of the war, by capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee, known as the Battle of Fort Henry.
* 1899 Spanish-American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
* 1900 The international arbitration court at The Hague is created when the Netherlands' Senate ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
* 1922 The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy.
* 1933 The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution, establishing the beginning and ending of the terms of the elected federal offices, goes into effect.
* 1934 Far right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon in an attempted coup against the French Third Republic, creating a political crisis in France.
* 1942 World War II: The United Kingdom declares war on Thailand.
* 1951 The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in American history.
* 1952 Elizabeth II becomes the first Queen regnant of the United Kingdom and several other realms since Queen Victoria, upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a treehouse at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
* 1958 Eight Manchester United F.C. players are killed in the Munich air disaster.
* 1959 Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.
* 1959 At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished.
* 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 4" an hour.
* 1987 Justice Mary Gaudron is appointed to the High Court of Australia, the first woman to be appointed.
* 1989 The Round Table Talks start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe.
* 1998 Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.
* 2000 Second Chechen War: Russia captures Grozny, Chechnya, forcing the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria government into exile.
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Happy Birthday Alice !
http://www.hdtvtalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=6052&d=1296964807
Alice Eve
Alice Sophia Eve(born February 6th, 1982)