Did you know
Jack Kirby was an American comic book artist, widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators.
Notable Deaths on February 6
1994 — Jack Kirby
American author and illustrator (born 1917)
February 6 has 117 recorded notable deaths across history, from 685 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
117 source records
685 – 2025
Today in history
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
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Among the artists of the Vienna Secession, Klimt was the most influenced by Japanese art and its methods.
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After launching his career in the 1940s in radio and cinema, he created and starred in the 1953–1964 television sitcom Make Room for Daddy / The Danny Thomas Show, and went on to produce a number of successful television programs.
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Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy was a Filipino revolutionary, statesman, and military leader who was the first president of the Philippines from 1899 to 1901, and the first president of an Asian constitutional republic.
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Guaraldi's 1962 composition "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" became a radio hit and won a Grammy Award in 1963 for Best Original Jazz Composition.
More major people who died on February 6
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1918
Gustav Klimt
Austrian painter and illustrator (born 1862)
Gustav Klimt was an Austrian symbolist painter and a founding member of the Vienna Secession movement. His work helped define the Art Nouveau style in Europe.
1991
Danny Thomas
American actor, producer, and humanitarian (born 1914)
Amos Muzyad Yaqoob Kairouz, known professionally as Danny Thomas, was an American entertainer, producer, and philanthropist.
1964
Emilio Aguinaldo
Filipino general and politician, 1st President of the Philippines (born 1869)
Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy was a Filipino revolutionary, statesman, and military leader who was the first president of the Philippines from 1899 to 1901, and the first president of an Asian constitutional republic.
1976
Vince Guaraldi
American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1928)
Vincent Anthony Guaraldi was an American jazz pianist who composed music for animated television adaptations of the Peanuts comic strip.
1976
Ritwik Ghatak
Bangladeshi-Indian director and screenwriter (born 1925)
Ritwik Kumar Ghatak was an Indian film director, screenwriter, actor and playwright.
1958
victims of the Munich air disaster
Geoffrey Bent was an English footballer who played as a left back for Manchester United from 1948 until 1958. He was one of the Busby Babes, the young team formed under manager Matt Busby in the mid-1950s.
1963
Piero Manzoni
Italian painter and sculptor (born 1933)
Piero Manzoni di Chiosca e Poggiolo was an Italian artist best known for his ironic approach to avant-garde art.
1793
Carlo Goldoni
Italian-French playwright (born 1707)
Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni was an Italian playwright and librettist from the Republic of Venice. His works include some of Italy's most famous and best-loved plays.
2007
Lew Burdette
American baseball player and coach (born 1926)
Selva Lewis Burdette, Jr. was an American right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played primarily for the Boston / Milwaukee Braves.
2001
Trần Văn Lắm
South Vietnamese diplomat and politician (born 1913)
Trần Văn Lắm, also known as Charles Trần Văn Lắm, was a South Vietnamese diplomat and politician, who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Vietnam under Prime Minister Trần Thiện Khiêm during the…
2013
Chokri Belaid
Tunisian lawyer and politician (born 1964)
Chokri Belaïd, also transliterated as Shokri Belaïd, was a Tunisian politician and lawyer who was an opposition leader with the left-secular Democratic Patriots' Movement.
1932
John Earle
Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Tasmania (born 1865)
John Earle was an Australian politician who served as Premier of Tasmania from 1914 to 1916 and also for one week in October 1909. He later served as a Senator for Tasmania from 1917 to 1923.
1612
Christopher Clavius
German mathematician and astronomer (born 1538)
Christopher Clavius, was a Jesuit German mathematician and physicist, head of mathematicians at the Collegio Romano, and astronomer who was a member of the Vatican commission that accepted the proposed calendar invented…
1967
Martine Carol
French actress (born 1920)
Martine Carol was a French film actress. She frequently was cast as an elegant blonde seductress.
1999
Don Dunstan
Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Premier of South Australia (born 1926)
Donald Allan Dunstan was an Australian politician who served as the 35th premier of South Australia from 1967 to 1968, and again from 1970 to 1979.
1515
Aldus Manutius
Italian publisher, founded the Aldine Press (born 1449)
Aldus Pius Manutius was an Italian printer and humanist who founded the Aldine Press. Manutius devoted the later part of his life to publishing and disseminating rare texts.
2007
Frankie Laine
American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1913)
Frankie Laine was an American singer and songwriter whose career spanned nearly 75 years, from his first concerts in 1930 with a marathon dance company to his final performance of "That's My Desire" in 2005.
797
Donnchad Midi
Irish king (born 733)
Donnchad mac Domnaill, called Donnchad Midi, was High King of Ireland.
2016
Dan Hicks
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1941)
Daniel Ivan Hicks was an American singer-songwriter and musician, and the leader of Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks.