Today in History for 6th February 2025
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
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
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
