February 6

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[edit] Events

  1. 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio and Juba at Thapsus.
  2. 1685 - James II of England and VII of Scotland becomes King upon the death of his brother Charles II.
  3. 1936 - Olympic Games: Winter Olympic Games - IV Olympic Winter Games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
  4. 1952 - Elizabeth II becomes Queen upon the death of her father George VI.
  5. 2006 - Stephen Harper becomes the 22nd Prime Minister of Canada.

[edit] Births

  1. 1897 - Louis Buchalter, Jewish mobster (d. 1944)
  2. 1911 - Ronald Reagan, American radio broadcaster, film actor, governor of California and 40th President of the United States (d. 2004)
  3. 1912 - Eva Braun, Wife of Adolf Hitler (d. 1945)

[edit] Deaths

  1. 891 - Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople
  2. 1989 - Chris Gueffroy, last person killed escaping over the Berlin Wall (b. 1968)
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