Daily Calendar for Thursday, February 6, 2025
Born
- Christopher Marlowe (playwright) β
- Aaron Burr (politician) β
- Babe Ruth (baseball player) β
- Ronald Reagan (40th U.S. president) β
- Tom Brokaw (newscaster) β
- Bob Marley (Reggae musician, founding member of The Wailers) β
- Natalie Cole (singer) β
- Kim Zmeskal (Olympic gymnast) β
- Collin Morikawa (golfer) β
Died
- Arthur Ashe (tennis player died) β
- Joseph Cotten (actor) β
- Merle Kilgore (country musician) β
- Keith Knudsen (member of the Doobie Brothers) β
- James Whitmore (actor) β
Events
- Massachusetts joined the Union as the sixth state β
- Robert E. Lee named Confederate general in chief (US Civil War) β
- Sun-Maid raisins trademark registered β
- Woodrow Wilson became first U.S. president to be buried in D.C. β
- Barbara Ann Scott won Canada’s first Olympic gold medal for figure skating
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- Elizabeth II ascended to British throne β
- Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor proclaimed Queen of Canada β
- You’ve Lost That Lovinβ Feeling by The Righteous Brothers topped charts β
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower shot a hole-in-one β
- Alan Shepard became the first man to hit a golf ball on the Moon β
- Mr. Fred Rogers molded the 100 billionth Crayola crayon. The color was named blue ribbon β
- 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 β
- SpaceX launched Elon Musk’s Starman mannequin in a Tesla roadster β
Weather
- Temperatures in parts of Ohio and Kentucky did not rise above 0 degrees F all day β
- -10.3 degrees Fahrenheit, Boston, Massachusetts β
- 36.4β snow fell in North Foster, Rhode Island β
- Southern Louisiana had snow for the second time in three days, with one to four inches accumulated β
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