Today in History for 6th February 2025

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Historical Events

1922 - Cardinal Achille Ratti elected Pope Pius XI
1973 - Bernice Fekete skips her curling rink to 2nd straight 8-ender, Edmonton, Alberta
1979 - Pakistan Supreme Court affirms the Lahore High Court's death sentence against former Former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
1988 - USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
2018 - UN calls for ceasefire in rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area by Syrian government troops after 40 people reportedly killed
2018 - Maldives President Abdulla Yameen declares state of emergency ordering arrest of two judges

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Famous Birthdays

1897 - Louis Buchalter, Jewish-American mobster (Murder, Inc.), born in New York City (d. 1944)
1911 - Ronald Reagan, 40th US President (Republican: 1981-89) and actor (Bedtime for Bonzo), born in Tampico, Illinois (d. 2004)
1933 - Walter Fauntroy, American pastor and politician (Rep-D-DC, 1971-91), born in Washington, D.C.
1942 - John London, American songwriter and bassist (Michael Nesmith band), born in Brazos County, Texas
1963 - Mike Hough, Canadian NHL left wing (Florida Panthers), born in Montreal, Quebec
1976 - Tanja Frieden, Swiss snowboarder, born in Bern, Switzerland

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Famous Deaths

1859 - Johannes Josephus Viotta, Dutch composer, dies at 45
1958 - Billy Whelan, Irish soccer forward (4 caps, Republic of Ireland; Manchester United 79 games), dies Munich air disaster at 22
1979 - Arthur van Schendel, Dutch art historian, and museum director (Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, 1959-75), dies at 68
1990 - Jane Novak, American silent screen actress (Ghost Town), dies of stroke at 94
1995 - Art Taylor, American jazz drummer (Bud Powell, Red Garland, John Coltrane, Donald Byrd), bandleader (Taylor's Wailers), and writer (Notes and Tones), dies at 65
2008 - Dieter Noll, German writer (Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt), dies at 80

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