Important Events From This day in History February 6th

 

1952 King George VI Dies

1952 : King George VI dies making Elizabeth II the Sovereign of Great Britain, The future Queen of England heard the news while on a trip to Kenya.

1971 Apollo 14

1971 : Alan Shepard became the first man to hit a golf ball on the Moon, using a ball and golf History of Golfclub head he had smuggled on board inside his space suit.

1964 England / France Channel Tunnel

1964 : The British and French Governments announce commitment to build a tunnel under the English Channel. In 1984 Euro tunnel was selected to build the tunnel and The Channel Tunnel is finally opened in 1994. When completed The Channel Tunnel consists of three tunnels and is the longest undersea tunnel in the world, measuring 31 miles in total, with 24 miles under the sea.

6 Feb, 1911 Rolls-Royce Mascot

1911 : On this day and year in history, the official Rolls-Royce mascot has been chosen. It is a silver-winged animal called "The Spirit of Ecstasy" and it is used as the Rolls hood ornament to this day.

1926 First Doughnut Making Machine

1926 : In Dubuque, Iowa the first doughnut-making machine was launched by a company called Trausch Bakery.

1928 Anastasia Tchaikovsky

1928 : Anastasia Tchaikovsky, the young woman who claimed to be the daughter of the late Russian Czar who was murdered had come to the United States. Reporters were skeptical of this claim because there had been about dozen other women who had made the same claim.

1937 USA Rattlesnakes

1937 : A report was printed on this day about the "Rattlesnake Scare". The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) had housed a rattlesnake in a camp located about a half a mile from the rim of the Grand Canyon. During lunch time, a rattlesnake named Cleo had wandered in to where some visitors where eating with CCC members. The rattlesnake was de-fanged, but the visitors did not know this at first. Therefore, they ran out of the room as fast as they could.

1938 Bondi Beach Waves

1938 : A series of freak waves strike Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. The waves pull people back into the sea causing the death of 5 and a further 250 had to be rescued as they had been dragged hundreds of yards off shore. The day became tragically known as "Black Sunday" in Australia.

1943 Frank Sinatra

1943 : Frank Sinatra makes his singing debut on the popular radio show "Your Hit Parade." His career takes off after that and he eventually becomes one of the most respected vocalists of all time.

1943 World War II Dwight D. Eisenhower

1943 : Lt. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the commander-in-chief of all allied forces in North Africa.

6 Feb, 1950 West Germany Nazism

1950 : West Germans had harshly criticized the allied countries on this day. The allied countries were the forces that fought against the Germans and other pro-Nazi armies during World War II, and the U.S. was one of those countries. In response to West Germany's Criticism, U.S. high commissioner John J. McCloy reprimanded the West Germans for their criticism. He also made it clear that Nazism would not rule again in that country. McCloy also presented a nine-point plan for West Germany to follow. Part of this plan included the strong suggestion that Germans stop involving themselves too much in foreign affairs and take care of the problems in their own country.

1950 U.S.A. Strike

1950 : Federal telephone negotiations were being made to postpone and/or end nationwide walkout planned for Wednesday 6 p.m. the same week. Earnest Weaver, president of the installment division of CIO Communications Workers of America, said the organization would consider a walkout postponement if their was something to be gained. However, Weaver also mentioned that it would be impossible to call off a strike within 24 hours. Therefore, any decision to postpone the workers strike would have to be made before tomorrow (Tuesday). This did not give federal negotiators much time to reach a decision. However, another meeting was scheduled for 2 p.m. that day. If the strike were to take place, it would involve 300,000 workers.

1951 US Train Crash

1951 : A commuter train, The Broker, derailed off a temporary trestle and slid down an embankment in Woodbridge, New Jersey, killing 85 and injuring many more.

1954 Mercedes 300SL Coupe

1954 : Mercedes introduced the 300SL coupe, the car is far advanced of anything else with its gull-wing doors a six-cylinder engine and a top speed of 155mph. Only 1,400 300SL coupes are ever produced but many consider it to be the most impressive sports car of the decade.

1958 Manchester United Football Club Disaster

1958 : A British European Airways flight crashes just after takeoff from Munich Airport. Eight players from the Manchester United soccer team together with 15 others died in the crash. The Team manager Matt Busby and striker Bobby Charlton are being treated in hospital. Find Out More on our History of Soccer Page

1964 Cuba Guantanamo Bay

1964 : Cuba has shut off the fresh water pipeline to the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay until 36 Cuban fishermen jailed in Florida are freed.

1974 National Health Insurance

1974 : President Nixon has urged Congress to approve a comprehensive national health insurance plan.

1985 Hertz

1985 : Walter L. Jacobs, the founder of the first car rental company, died on this day. He had formed what is now the present-day Hertz Corporation, after Hertz had purchased Jacob's car rental business.

1995 Pre-Employment Alcohol Testing

1995 : Pre-employment alcohol testing for motor carriers was to take place as of the first of this year. However, it was delayed, and as of this date it was determined that May 1 would be the date when the DOT would require trucking companies as well as other transport companies to comply with this new ruling. The testing was to be completed with some type of unit that would check an employee's breath, or would include a test of saliva.

6 Feb, 1995 England Security Cutbacks

1995 : It was revealed via a letter not intended to be made public that airport security cutbacks were to be made. A third of the staff of Transec, the company responsible for airport security in UK and overseas ports are to be let go. As a result, Brian Mawhinney was questioned regarding this manner. Concerns were expressed as well by people such as Dr. Jim Swire, whose daughter was killed by the airport bombing incident that took place in 1988 Dr, Swire recounted the promise that was made that airport security would be improved. However, he feared that instead progress in this area would be reversed.

1998 Mary Kay Letourneau

1998 : A school teacher was sent to prison for the second time as of this date. Mary Kay Letourneau was sent back to prison for seven years after violating a restraining order that was set between her and a former student. She had been on probation and failed to uphold the agreement set before.

1998 Ronald Reagan National Airport

1998 : Washington National Airport is renamed to honor former president President Ronald Reagan to Ronald Reagan National Airport.

2001 Ariel Sharon

2001 : Ariel Sharon wins a landslide victory to become the new prime minister of Israel.

2003 Michael Jackson

2003 : The ABC's 20/20 airs the Granada Television documentary Living with Michael Jackson where British journalist Martin Bashir interviewed Michael Jackson over a period of 8 months, from the middle of 2002 to January 2003. It was shown first in the UK on ITV on 3rd 2003 and in the US three days later on ABC. The interview was unusual as Jackson allowed access to his personal life and talked freely about his traumatic childhood. The part that caused the most controversy was when Michael Jackson revealed he allowed children to sleep in his bed and when combined with other testimony eventually led to a court case for child molestation where he was found innocent.

2004 Russia Terrorist Attack

2004 : An explosion rips through a Moscow subway car during rush hour, killing 41 people in a terrorist attack blamed on Chechen separatists.

2006 Prime Minister of Canada

2006 : Stephen Harper is sworn in as Canada's new prime minister. The ceremony takes place in Ottawa, and two weeks after the general election. Harper is the leader of the Conservative Party, and had promised to end the corruption in Canadian politics, reduce taxation and create a smaller government. By not obtaining an absolute majority in Parliament, he will need to form a coalition in order to push these pledges through.

2008 U.S.A. Severe Storms

2008 : Severe thunderstorms with tornados sweep through Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky and Alabama leaving at least 50 dead and many more injured.

2009 Russia Movement of NATO supplies

2009 : The Russian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, has said that Russia has approved a plan to allow the U.S. military to ship nonlethal equipment across its territory into Afghanistan. 'We expect our American partners to provide a concrete request with the quantity and description of cargo. We shall grant the relevant permission as soon as it happens.' Russia repeated its desire to cooperate with the United States and NATO in Afghanistan after Kyrgyzstan had decided to shut down its key transit and refueling point, at the Manas air base.

2009 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Visits Iraq

2009 : The U.N. Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, has visited Iraq to congratulate its voters on the outcome of their nationwide local elections. After talks with political leaders in Baghdad, Mr. Ki-Mon said that the vote showed how far Iraq had come. He added that it still had a long way to go before Iraqis could claim to have a 'genuine freedom and security.' Allies of the Prime Minister Nouri Maliki had swept to victory in the elections.

2010 Heavy Snow Storm in Eastern US

2010 : Some of the heaviest snow in decades has hit parts of the eastern United States, where it has paralyzing air and road transport. It has brought Washington D.C. to a standstill. The storm has knocked down power lines and left hundreds of thousands of people without electricity. Nearly two feet of snow had fallen by noon across the region, and the mayor of Washington D.C., and governors of Virginia and Maryland have had to declare states of emergency. West Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey are also affected. Hundreds of thousands of people will be remaining without power after the blizzard blanketed the area.

2011 Indian Navy Apprehends Pirates

2011 : The Indian Navy captured twenty pirates and rescued over twenty hostages after apprehending a Thai fishing boat in the Indian Ocean. The pirates had used the stolen boat from Thailand as a basis of operations for other raids on boats in the area.

2012 Mitsubishi to Close Plant

2012 : Mitsubishi, the Japanese car maker, has announced it will stop production at its plant in the Netherlands, its only one in Western Europe. The closing would happen at the end of the year and effect 1,500 employees. Workers went on strike after the announcement.

2013 US Increases Iran Sanctions

2013 : The United States tightened pressure on Iran by increasing sanctions against the country focusing on media and oil. The move came in an effort to encourage the country to abandon its nuclear program.

2014 US Bans Liquids in Flights to Russia

2014 : The United States announced a ban on all carry-on liquids on non-stop flights to Russia. The move came directly before the start of the Winter Olympics being held in Sochi, Russia.

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