Daily Calendar for Friday, February 6, 2026

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Christopher Marlowe (playwright) – 1564
Aaron Burr (politician) – 1756
Babe Ruth (baseball player) – 1895
Ronald Reagan (40th U.S. president) – 1911
Tom Brokaw (newscaster) – 1940
Bob Marley (Reggae musician, founding member of The Wailers) – 1945
Natalie Cole (American singer and songwriter; was born in Los Angeles, California) – 1950
Kim Zmeskal (Olympic gymnast) – 1976
Collin Morikawa (golfer) – 1997

Massachusetts joined the Union as the sixth state – 1788
Robert E. Lee named Confederate general in chief (US Civil War) – 1865
Sun-Maid raisins trademark registered – 1917
Woodrow Wilson, who had died on Feb. 3, 1924, was buried at Washington National Cathedral, the first U.S. president to be buried in Washington D.C. – 1924
Barbara Ann Scott won Canada’s first Olympic gold medal for figure skating – 1948
Elizabeth II ascended to British throne – 1952
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor proclaimed Queen of Canada – 1952
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling by The Righteous Brothers topped charts – 1965
President Dwight D. Eisenhower shot a hole-in-one – 1968
Alan Shepard became the first man to hit a golf ball on the Moon – 1971
Mr. Fred Rogers molded the 100 billionth Crayola crayon. The color was named blue ribbon – 1996
The New England Patriots won their third Super Bowl victory in four years with a 24-21 win over the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX – 2005
SpaceX launched Elon Musk’s Starman mannequin in a Tesla roadster – 2018

Temperatures in parts of Ohio and Kentucky did not rise above 0 degrees F all day – 1807
-10.3 degrees Fahrenheit, Boston, Massachusetts – 1855
36.4” snow fell in North Foster, Rhode Island – 1978
Southern Louisiana had snow for the second time in three days, with one to four inches accumulated – 1988