On this day: 6 February

Selected events and births on 6 February, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 590 – Vistahm and Vinduyih deposed their brother-in-law Hormizd IV, King of Kings of the Sasanian Empire. Read more: Vistahm Vinduyih Hormizd IV
• 1579 – Domingo de Salazar, a Spanish Dominican friar, was appointed the first bishop of Manila. Read more: Domingo de Salazar Dominican Order Archdiocese of Manila
• 1788 – Massachusetts became the sixth state to ratify the constitution of the United States. Read more: Massachusetts Constitution of the United States
• 1819 – British official Stamford Raffles signed a treaty with Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor, establishing Singapore as a trading post for the East India Company. Read more: Stamford Raffles Hussein Shah of Johor Founding years of modern Singapore
• 1820 – The first ship of the American Colonization Society departed from New York for West Africa with 86 African-American emigrants aboard to found the colony of Liberia. Read more: American Colonization Society History of Liberia
• 1865 – Finland established its modern system of secular municipalities, separate from church parishes. Read more: Municipalities of Finland Parish
• 1922 – Representatives from France, Italy, Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom signed the Washington Naval Treaty, agreeing to limits on naval construction in the hopes of preventing an arms race. Read more: Washington Naval Treaty Arms race
• 1976 – Lockheed Corporation president Carl Kotchian admitted that the company had paid out approximately US$3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese prime minister Kakuei Tanaka. Read more: Lockheed Corporation Carl Kotchian Lockheed bribery scandals
• 1987 – Mary Gaudron became the first woman to be appointed a justice of the High Court of Australia. Read more: Mary Gaudron List of justices of the High Court of Australia

Born on this day

• 1944 – Christine Boutin, French politician, French Minister of Housing and Urban Development Read more: Christine Boutin Minister of Housing and Urban Renovation
• 1957 – Andres Lipstok, Estonian economist and politician, Estonian Minister of Economic Affairs Read more: Andres Lipstok Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications
• 1962 – Stavros Lambrinidis, Greek lawyer and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Greece Read more: Stavros Lambrinidis Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Greece)
• 1975 – Orkut Büyükkökten, Turkish computer scientist and engineer, created Orkut Read more: Orkut Büyükkökten Orkut
• 1980 – Luke Ravenstahl, American politician, 58th Mayor of Pittsburgh Read more: Luke Ravenstahl List of mayors of Pittsburgh
• 1993 – Teresa Scanlan, American beauty pageant titleholder, Miss America 2011 Read more: Teresa Scanlan Miss America 2011
• 1995 – Nyck de Vries, Dutch racing driver Read more: Nyck de Vries
• 1995 – Leon Goretzka, German footballer Read more: Leon Goretzka
• 1996 – Kevon Looney, American basketball player Read more: Kevon Looney
• 1998 – Adley Rutschman, American baseball player Read more: Adley Rutschman
• 2000 – Conor Gallagher, English footballer Read more: Conor Gallagher
• 2002 – Ona Huczkowski, Finnish actress Read more: Ona Huczkowski

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / February 6 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.