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