Daily Calendar for February 6th, 2021

The Old Farmer's Almanac daily calendar gives you quick reference for the significant events on any day throughout the year.

1560s

• Born 1564: Christopher Marlowe (playwright)

1750s

• Born 1756: Aaron Burr (politician)

1780s

• 1788: Massachusetts joined the Union as the sixth state

1860s

• 1865: Robert E. Lee named Confederate general in chief (US Civil War)

1890s

• Born 1895: Babe Ruth (baseball player)

1910s

• Born 1911: Ronald Reagan (40th U.S. president)

• 1917: Sun-Maid raisins trademark registered

1920s

• 1924: Woodrow Wilson became first U.S. president to be buried in D.C.

1940s

• Born 1940: Tom Brokaw (newscaster)

• Born 1945: Bob Marley (Reggae musician, founding member of The Wailers)

1950s

• Born 1950: Natalie Cole (singer)

• 1952: Elizabeth II ascended to British throne

• 1952: Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor proclaimed Queen of Canada

1960s

• 1965: "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" by The Righteous Brothers topped charts

• 1968: President Dwight D. Eisenhower shot a hole-in-one

1970s

• 1971: Alan Shepard became the first man to hit a golf ball on the Moon

• Born 1976: Kim Zmeskal (Olympic gymnast)

1990s

• Died 1993: Arthur Ashe (tennis player) died

• Died 1994: Joseph Cotten (actor)

• 1996: Mr. Fred Rogers molded the 100 billionth Crayola crayon. The color was named blue ribbon

2000s

• 2005: 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

• Died 2005: Merle Kilgore (country musician)

• Died 2005: Keith Knudsen (member of the Doobie Brothers)

• Died 2009: James Whitmore (actor)

2010s

• 2018: SpaceX launched Elon Musk's Starman mannequin in a Tesla roadster