| 1626 |
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Huguenot rebels and the French sign the Peace of La Rochelle. |
| 1778 |
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France recognizes the United States and signs a treaty of aid in Paris. |
| 1788 |
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Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the Constitution. |
| 1862 |
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The Battle of Fort Henry, Tenn., begins the Mississippi Valley campaign. |
| 1891 |
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The Dalton Gang commits its first crime, a train robbery in Alila, Calif. |
| 1899 |
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The Spanish-American War ends. |
| 1900 |
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President McKinley appoints W.H. Taft commissioner to report on the Philippines. |
| 1904 |
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Japan's foreign minister severs all ties with Russia, citing delaying tactics in negotiations over Manchuria. |
| 1916 |
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Germany admits full liability for Lusitania incident and recognizes the United State's right to claim indemnity. |
| 1922 |
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The Washington Disarmament Conference comes to an end with signature of final treaty forbidding fortification of the Aleutian Islands for 14 years. |
| 1926 |
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Mussolini warns Germany to stop agitation in Tyrol. |
| 1929 |
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Germany accepts Kellogg-Briand pact. |
| 1933 |
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Adolf Hitler's Third Reich begins press censorship. |
| 1936 |
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Adolf Hitler opens the Fourth Winter Olympics. |
| 1941 |
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The RAF clears the way as British take Benghazi, trapping thousands of Italians. |
| 1944 |
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Kwajalein Island in the Central Pacific falls to U.S. Army troops. |
| 1945 |
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MacArthur reports the fall of Manila, and the liberation of 5,000 prisoners. |
| 1963 |
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The United States reports that all Soviet offensive arms are out of Cuba. |
| 1964 |
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Cuba blocks the water supply to Guantanamo Naval Base in rebuke of the United State's seizure of four Cuban fishing boats. |
| 1964 |
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Paris and London agree to build a rail tunnel under the English Channel. |
| 1965 |
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Seven U.S. GIs are killed in a Viet Cong raid on a base in Pleiku. |
| 1968 |
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Charles de Gaulle opens the 19th Winter Olympics in France. |
| 1975 |
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President Gerald Ford asks Congress for $497 million in aid to Cambodia. |
| 1977 |
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Queen Elizabeth marks her Silver Jubilee. |
| 1982 |
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Civil rights workers begin a march from Carrolton to Montgomery, Alabama. |
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Born on February 6 |
| 1756 |
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Aaron Burr, 3rd U.S. Vice President. |
| 1895 |
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George Herman "Babe" Ruth, baseball player with the Boston Red Sox, the New York Yankees and the Boston Braves. The first player to hit 60 home runs in one season. |
| 1911 |
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Ronald Reagan, film actor and 40th U.S. President (1981-1989). |
| 1913 |
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Mary Douglas Leakey, archaeologist and paleoanthropologist. |
| 1932 |
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Francois Truffaut, French film director (The 400 Blows, Shoot the Piano Player). |
| 1933 |
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Walter E. Fountroy, politician and civil rights leader. |
| 1940 |
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Tom Brokaw, NBC News anchorman. |
| 1945 |
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Bob Marley, reggae musician. |
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