What are the important events that happened on February 6? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

February 6: Facts & Myths About This Day

February 6 is the 37^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 328 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 24, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,980,000 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘triacontaheptagon’ day.

Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 376 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,430 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

February 6 Historical Events

• 1788 –
  Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• 1843 –
  The first minstrel show in the United States, The Virginia Minstrels, opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City).
• 1862 –
  American Civil War: The U.S. Navy gives the Union its first victory of the war, capturing Fort Henry, Tennesseein the Battle of Fort Henry.
• 1899 –
  Spanish-American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
• 1922 –
  The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy.
• 1942 –
  World War II: The United Kingdom declares war on Thailand.
• 1959 –
  At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished.
• 1959 –
  Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.
• 1981 –
  The National Resistance Army of Uganda launches an attack on a Ugandan Army installation in the central Mubende District to begin the Ugandan Bush War.
• 2027 –
  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Sheep in Chinese astrology.

Who were born on February 6?

• 1744 –
  Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (d. 1795)
• 1834 –
  Edwin Klebs, German-born Swiss pathologist (d. 1913)
• 1872 –
  Robert Maillart, Swiss bridge engineer (d. 1940)
• 1936 –
  J. Howard Marshall III, American businessman
• 1941 –
  Gigi Perreau, American actress
• 1944 –
  Willie Tee, American singer and songwriter (d. 2007)
• 1949 –
  Mike Batt, British composer
• 1963 –
  Quentin Letts, British journalist
• 1966 –
  Rick Astley, British singer
• 1986 –
  Alice Greczyn, American actress

Who died on February 6?

• 1515 –
  Aldus Manutius, Italian printer
• 1617 –
  Prospero Alpini, Italian scientist (b. 1553)
• 1950 –
  Georges Imbert, Alsatian chemist (b. 1884)
• 1976 –
  Ritwik Ghatak, Bengali Indian film maker and scriptwriter (b. 1925)
• 1986 –
  Frederick Coutts, Salvation Army general (b. 1899)
• 1989 –
  André Cayatte, French filmmaker (b. 1909)
• 1997 –
  Roger Laurent, Belgian racing driver (b. 1913)
• 2001 –
  Filemon Lagman, Filipino Communist revolutionary (b. 1953)
• 2005 –
  Karl Haas, American radio presenter (b. 1913)
• 2007 –
  Lee Hoffman, American author (b. 1932)