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February 6 Deaths in History - February 6 Birthdays - February 6 Events
February 6, 2002 Guy Stockwell, actor, Beau Geste, dies at 67
February 6, 2000 Deborah Laake, writer, Secret Ceremonies: A Mormon Woman's Intimate Diary of Marriage and Beyond, dies at 47
February 6, 1998 Carl Wilson, rock vocalist (Beach Boy), dies of lung cancer at 51
February 6, 1998 Nazim al-Kudsi, Syrian PM (1949, 1950-51)/President (1961-63), dies
February 6, 1998 [Johann Hoelzel] Falco, singer (Rock Me Amadeus), dies at 40
February 6, 1998 Carl Wilson, rock 'n' roller, Beach Boys, dies at 51
February 6, 1998 Falco, singer, Rock Me Amadeus, dies at 40
February 6, 1996 Guy Madison, actor (Wild Bill Hickok), dies at 74
February 6, 1996 Ronald Fletcher, broadcaster, dies at 85
February 6, 1996 Rosemary Tsay, drama critic/SOE operator, dies at 76
February 6, 1995 Arthur S Taylor Jr, U.S. drummer/author (Notes on notes), dies at 65
February 6, 1995 James Ingram Merrill, U.S. poet (Braving the elements), dies at 68
February 6, 1995 James Merrill, American Poet
February 6, 1994 Ignace Strasfogel, Polish/US pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 84
February 6, 1994 Jack Kirby, cartoonist and co-creator X-Men, Incredible Hulk, Capt America, Fantastic Four, and Thor, dies at 76
February 6, 1994 Joseph Cotten, actor (Citizen Kane), dies at 88
February 6, 1994 Norman Del Mar, conductor/writer (Conducting Brahms), dies at 74
February 6, 1993 Frances Hunt, actress (You're a Sweetheart), dies of stroke at 77
February 6, 1993 Arthur Ashe, American Athlete
February 6, 1992 Frank Wilson, actor (Beware, Sunday Sinners, Club), dies at 37
February 6, 1992 Wade Preston, actor (Man Called Sledge), dies at 62
February 6, 1991 Danny Thomas, comedian (Jazz Singer), dies of a heart attack at 79
February 6, 1991 Marten Levendig, Dutch TV correspondent to Moscow, dies
February 6, 1990 Jane Novak, silent screen actress (Ghost Town), dies of stroke at 94
February 6, 1990 John Merivale, actor (Caltiki), dies
February 6, 1989 Andre Cayatte, dies
February 6, 1989 Barbara Tuchman, historian (Guns of August-Pulitzer), dies at 77
February 6, 1988 Lee Goodman, actor (Imitation of Life), dies of TB at 64
February 6, 1988 Marghanita Laski, English author (Victorian chaise-lounge), dies
February 6, 1986 William Collier, actor (Up the River, She's My Weakness), dies
February 6, 1985 Charles Briggs, actor (13 Frightened Girls, Capt Newman), dies at 53
February 6, 1985 Dandy Nichols, actress (Confessions of a Window Cleaner), dies at 78
February 6, 1982 Ben Nicholson, England, painter/sculptor (Circle), dies at 87
February 6, 1979 Alain Teister, Dutch sculptor/writer, dies at 47
February 6, 1979 Arthur van Schendel, Dutch art historian, dies at 68
February 6, 1976 Vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist (Charlie Brown TV specials), dies at 43
February 6, 1973 Ira S Bowen, U.S. physicist/astronomer (Mt Wilson/Palomar), dies at 74
February 6, 1972 Julian H Steward, U.S. anthropologist (South American), dies at 70
February 6, 1970 Roscoe Karns, actor (Capt Shafer-Hennesey), dies at 78
February 6, 1968 C Montague Shaw, actor (Buck Rogers, Planet Outlaws), dies at 85
February 6, 1967 Martine Carol, French actress (Nana), dies of heart attack at 46
February 6, 1966 Johan Algot Haquinius, composer, dies at 79
February 6, 1965 Jack Wagner, actor (Jive Junction), dies at 68
February 6, 1964 Sophocles Venizelos, premier of Greece (1944, 50-51), dies at 69
February 6, 1964 W L Cornford, England cricket wicket-keeper (4 Tests vs. NZ 1930), dies
February 6, 1964 Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino Statesman
February 6, 1963 Mohammed ibn al-Chattabi Abd el-Krim, Morocco opposition leader, dies
February 6, 1963 Werner Erich Josten, German composer (Jungle), dies at 77
February 6, 1961 Archibald T Davison, composer, dies at 77
February 6, 1960 Jesse Belvin, rocker, dies at 26 in a car crash
February 6, 1958 7 soccer players of Manchester United, die in an aircrash at Munich
February 6, 1954 Maxwell Bodenheim, American Poet
February 6, 1952 George VI, King of Britain (1936-52), dies at 56
February 6, 1952 King George VI, British Royalty
February 6, 1948 Robert Brasillach, French author/nazi collaborator, dies at 38
February 6, 1947 Albert JM Bakker, Dutch actor (Teun the night watch), dies at 82
February 6, 1947 Luigi Russolo, composer, dies at 61
February 6, 1947 Ellen Wilkinson, English Politician
February 6, 1945 Jan Bos, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
February 6, 1945 Paul Bos, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
February 6, 1943 HA Seyffardt, Dutch lt-gen/NSB "minister", dies at 71
February 6, 1942 Wobbe de Vries, Dutch linguist, dies at 78
February 6, 1941 Maximilien Luce, French painter, dies at 82
February 6, 1938 Marianne V von Werefkin, Russ/German/Swiss house painter, dies at 77
February 6, 1930 Eva Strittmatter, writer, dies at 17
February 6, 1927 Daniel F Scheurleer, Dutch musicologist/banker, dies at 71
February 6, 1923 Edward E Barnard, U.S. astronomer (5th moon Jupiter), dies at 65
February 6, 1923 Edward E. Barnard, American Scientist
February 6, 1919 Friedrich W. Mengelberg, German sculptor/painter, dies at 81
February 6, 1918 Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter/cartoonist, dies at 55
February 6, 1917 Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semite journalist, dies at 72
February 6, 1916 Anne C A I van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist, dies at 73
February 6, 1914 J Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Hague School), dies at 69
February 6, 1899 Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67
February 6, 1897 Ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase and Fable), dies
February 6, 1896 Abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector, dies at 82
February 6, 1881 Pieter Mijer, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1866-72), dies at 68
February 6, 1865 John Pegram, U.S. Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33
February 6, 1859 Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45
February 6, 1812 Carlo Goldoni, writer, dies at 104
February 6, 1807 John Reid, composer, dies at 85
February 6, 1804 Joseph Priestley, Engl/US theologist/philosopher/chemist, dies at 70
February 6, 1798 Niels Schiorring, composer, dies at 54
February 6, 1793 Carlo Goldoni, Italian author (L'avaro), dies at 85
February 6, 1785 Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83), dies at 48
February 6, 1783 Lancelot "Capability" Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67
February 6, 1725 Johann Philipp Krieger, composer, dies at 75
February 6, 1699 Jozef Ferdinand of Bavaria, heir of Spanish king Carlos II, dies
February 6, 1695 Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95), dies
February 6, 1617 Prosper Alpinus, Italian physician/botanist, dies at 63
February 6, 1612 Christopher Clavius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown)
February 6, 1497 John Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79
February 6, 1140 Thurstan, archbishop of York, dies
February 6, 891 Photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies
February 6, 743 Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, 10th Moslem caliph, dies at about 52



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