On Feb. 6, 1952, Britain's King George VI died; he was succeeded by his daughter, Elizabeth II.
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On Feb. 6, 1895, George Herman 'Babe' Ruth, baseball's great star, was born. Following his death on Aug. 16, 1948, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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On This Date
| 1756 | Aaron Burr, America's third vice president, was born in Newark, N.J. |
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| 1895 | Baseball Hall of Famer George Herman "Babe" Ruth was born in Baltimore. |
| 1911 | Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, was born in Tampico, Ill. |
| 1922 | Cardinal Archille Ratti was elected pope and took the name Pius XI. |
| 1933 | The 20th Amendment to the Constitution, which moved the start of presidential, vice-presidential and congressional terms from March to January, was declared in effect. |
| 1945 | Reggae musician Bob Marley was born in St. Ann parish in Jamaica. |
| 1993 | Tennis Hall of Famer Arthur Ashe, who had conracted HIV through a tainted blood transfusion, died at age 49. |
| 2000 | First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton launched her successful candidacy for the U.S. Senate. |
| 2003 | Rapper 50 Cent's debut CD, "Get Rich or Die Tryin'," was released. |
| 2004 | An explosion ripped through a Moscow subway car during rush hour, killing 41 people in a terrorist attack blamed on Chechen separatists. |
Historic Birthdays
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Aaron Burr 2/6/1756 - 9/14/1836 3rd Vice President of The United States |
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Sir Charles Wheatstone 2/6/1802 - 10/19/1875 English physicist |
| 83 |
William Maxwell Evarts 2/6/1818 - 2/28/1901 American lawyer/statesman |
| 31 |
Jeb Stuart 2/6/1833 - 5/12/1864 American Confederate cavalry officer |
| 67 |
Sir Henry Irving 2/6/1838 - 10/13/1905 English actor/stage manager |
| 57 |
F. W. H. Myers 2/6/1843 - 1/17/1901 English writer/cofounder of the Society for Psychical Research |
| 48 |
George Tyrrell 2/6/1861 - 7/15/1909 Irish-bn. English Jesuit priest/philosopher |
| 93 |
Ronald Reagan 2/6/1911 - 6/5/2004 40th president of the United States |
| 68 |
Melvin Tolson 2/6/1898 - 8/29/1966 African-American poet |
| 33 |
Eva Braun 2/6/1912 - 4/30/1945 German mistress/wife of Adolf Hitler |
| 83 |
Mary Douglas Leakey 2/6/1913 - 12/9/1996 English-bn. archaeologist/paleoanthropologist |
| 52 |
Francois Truffaut 2/6/1932 - 10/21/1984 French film critic/producer |