Did you know
In 1936, Ruth was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of its "first five" members.
Famous Birthdays on February 6
1895 — Babe Ruth
American baseball player and coach (died 1948)
February 6 has 239 recorded notable births across history, from 885 to 2002. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on February 6
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1899 Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate. Source
- 1778 American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic. Source
- 1900 The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree. Source
- 1694 Dandara, leader of the runaway slaves in Quilombo dos Palmares, Brazil, is captured and commits suicide rather than be returned to a life of slavery. Source
Did you know
Rick Astley's debut single "Never Gonna Give You Up" was a No.
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S. Sreesanth became the first Kerala Ranji player to play Twenty20 cricket for India.
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Mary Leakey discovered the Laetoli footprints, and at the Laetoli site she discovered hominin fossils that were more than 3.
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Lansdale believed the United States could win guerrilla wars by studying the enemy's psychology, an approach that notionally won the approval of the presidential administrations of both John F.
More major people born on February 6
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1966
Rick Astley
British pop singer
Richard Paul Astley is an English singer, songwriter, radio DJ and podcaster.
1983
S. Sreesanth
Indian cricketer
Shanthakumaran Nair Sreesanth is an Indian former cricketer and film actor who played all formats of the game for his country. He is a right-arm fast-medium-pace bowler and a right-handed tail-ender batsman.
1913
Mary Leakey
English-Kenyan archaeologist and anthropologist (died 1996)
Mary Douglas Leakey, FBA was a British paleoanthropologist who discovered the first fossilised Proconsul skull, an extinct ape believed to be ancestral to humans.
1908
Edward Lansdale
American general and CIA agent (died 1987)
Edward Geary Lansdale was a United States Air Force officer until retiring in 1963 as a major general before continuing his work with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
1895
Robert La Follette Jr.
American politician (died 1953)
Robert Marion La Follette Jr. was an American politician who served as United States senator from Wisconsin from 1925 to 1947.
1976
Kim Zmeskal
American gymnast and coach
Kimberly Lynn Zmeskal Burdette is an American retired artistic gymnast turned gymnastics coach and the 1991 World All-Around champion. A member of the silver medal-winning U.S.
1879
Magnús Guðmundsson
Icelandic lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Iceland (died 1937)
Magnús Guðmundsson was an Icelandic politician. He graduated in laws from the University of Copenhagen in 1907.
1963
Scott Gordon
American ice hockey player and coach
Scott M. Gordon is an American professional ice hockey coach and former professional goaltender. He is currently the head coach for the Waterloo Black Hawks of the United States Hockey League (USHL).
1453
Girolamo Benivieni
Florentine poet (died 1542)
Girolamo Benivieni was a Florentine poet and a musician. His father was a notary in Florence. He suffered poor health most of his life, which prevented him from taking a more stable job.
1908
Geo Bogza
Romanian poet and journalist (died 1993)
Geo Bogza was a Romanian avant-garde theorist, poet, and journalist, known for his left-wing and communist political convictions.
1922
Denis Norden
English actor, screenwriter, and television host (died 2018)
Denis Mostyn Norden was an English comedy writer and television presenter. After an early career working in cinemas, he began scriptwriting during the Second World War.
1918
Lothar-Günther Buchheim
German author and painter (died 2007)
Lothar-Günther Buchheim was a German author, painter, and wartime journalist under the Nazi regime. In World War II he served as a war correspondent aboard ships and U-boats.
1984
Antoine Wright
American basketball player
Antoine Domonick Wright is an American former professional basketball player.
1910
Irmgard Keun
German author (died 1982)
Irmgard Keun was a German novelist. Noted for her portrayals of the life of women, she is described as "often reduced to the bold sexuality of her writing, [yet] a significant author of the late Weimar period and die…
1924
Billy Wright
English footballer and manager (died 1994)
William Ambrose Wright was an English footballer who played as a centre-back. He spent his entire club career at Wolverhampton Wanderers.
1961
Cam Cameron
American football player and coach
Malcolm "Cam" Cameron is an American football coach who was most recently the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach of the LSU Tigers football program.
1990
Jermaine Kearse
American football player
Jermaine Levan Kearse is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Washington Huskies.
1961
Bill Lester
American race car driver
William Alexander Lester III is an American semi-retired professional racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 17 Ford F-150 for David Gilliland Racing.
1983
Jamie Whincup
Australian race car driver
Jamie David Whincup is an Australian professional racing driver competing in the Supercars Championship. He currently is team principal for Triple Eight Race Engineering. He has driven the No.