History for February 6

History for February 6 - On-This-Day.com:
Christopher Marlowe 1564, Babe Ruth 1895, Ronald Wilson Reagan 1911 Actor, 40th President of the United States


Zsa Zsa Gabor 1919, Tom Brokaw 1940, Bob Marley 1945 - Musician (The Wailers, Bob Marley and the Wailers)


1778 - The United States gained official recognition from France as the two nations signed the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and the Treaty of Alliance in Paris.


1900 - The Holland Senate ratified the 1899 peace conference decree that created in international arbitration court at The Hague.


1932 - Dog sled racing happened for the first time in Olympic competition.


1933 - The 20th Amendment to the Constitution was declared in effect. The amendment moved the start of presidential, vice-presidential and congressional terms from March to January.


1952 - Britain's King George VI died. His daughter, Elizabeth II, succeeded him.


1959 - The U.S., for the first time, successfully test-fired a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile from Cape Canaveral.


1971 - NASA Astronaut Alan B. Shepard used a six-iron that he had brought inside his spacecraft and swung at three golf balls on the surface of the moon.


1999 - Excerpts of former White House intern Monica Lewinsky's videotaped testimony were shown at President Clinton's impeachment trial.