Daily Calendar for Friday, February 6, 2026
Born
- Christopher Marlowe (playwright) 鈥
- Aaron Burr (politician) 鈥
- Babe Ruth (baseball player) 鈥
- Ronald Reagan (40th U.S. president) 鈥
- Tom Brokaw (newscaster) 鈥
- Bob Marley (Reggae musician, founding member of The Wailers) 鈥
- Natalie Cole (singer) 鈥
- Kim Zmeskal (Olympic gymnast) 鈥
- Collin Morikawa (golfer) 鈥
Died
- Arthur Ashe (tennis player died) 鈥
- Joseph Cotten (actor) 鈥
- Merle Kilgore (country musician) 鈥
- Keith Knudsen (member of the Doobie Brothers) 鈥
- James Whitmore (actor) 鈥
Events
- Massachusetts joined the Union as the sixth state 鈥
- Robert E. Lee named Confederate general in chief (US Civil War) 鈥
- Sun-Maid raisins trademark registered 鈥
- Woodrow Wilson became first U.S. president to be buried in D.C. 鈥
- Barbara Ann Scott won Canada’s first Olympic gold medal for figure skating
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- Elizabeth II ascended to British throne 鈥
- Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor proclaimed Queen of Canada 鈥
- You’ve Lost That Lovin鈥 Feeling by The Righteous Brothers topped charts 鈥
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower shot a hole-in-one 鈥
- Alan Shepard became the first man to hit a golf ball on the Moon 鈥
- Mr. Fred Rogers molded the 100 billionth Crayola crayon. The color was named blue ribbon 鈥
- The New England Patriots won their third Super Bowl victory in four years with a 24-21 win over the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX 鈥
- SpaceX launched Elon Musk’s Starman mannequin in a Tesla roadster 鈥
蜜桃恋人
- Temperatures in parts of Ohio and Kentucky did not rise above 0 degrees F all day 鈥
- -10.3 degrees Fahrenheit, Boston, Massachusetts 鈥
- 36.4鈥 snow fell in North Foster, Rhode Island 鈥
- Southern Louisiana had snow for the second time in three days, with one to four inches accumulated 鈥
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