Ephemeris, 06 February

It happened one 06 February

1952 : Death of King George VI Upon the death of King of the United Kingdom, George VI , his daughter Elizabeth was in Kenya, in the Treetops Hotel, built on a giant ficus. That is why the hunter Jim Corbett wrote in the hotel's visitors' register : For the first time in the history of the world, a young girl climbed into a tree one day a Princess, and after having what she described as her most thrilling experience, she climbed down from the tree the next day a Queen God bless her.
1971 : Golf ball hit on the Moon On 6 February 1971, during the Apollo 14 mission, astronaut Alan Shepard, who was also the first American in space, is the first man to play golf on the moon.
2010 : Washington DC Blizzard On 5 and 6 February 2010, a strong blizzard and snowfall ranging from 60cm to 1.20m paralyzed the U.S. capital. This storm was called "Snowpocalypse" by some and "Snowmageddon" by President Obama.

Ronald Reagan
I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.

Antonio Vieira, Portuguese writer (1608)
Ugo Foscolo, Italian writer (1778)
John Stevens Henslow, English botanist and geologist (1796)
Henry Charles Litolff, British composer (1818)
Daniel Oliver, British botanist (1830)
Nikolay Zelinsky, Russian chemist (1861)
Carl Ramsauer, German physicist (1879)
William Parry Murphy, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1892)
Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States (1910)
Zsa Zsa Gábor, American actress (1917)
Patrick Macnee, English actor (1922)
Billy Wright, English footballer (1924)
François Truffaut, French director (1932)
Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban revolutionary (1932)
Christine Boutin, French politician (1944)
Bob Marley, Jamaican musician (1945)
Richie Hayward, American musician (1946)
Natalie Cole, American singer (1950)
Jacques Villeret, French actor (1951)
Axl Rose, American singer (Guns N' Roses) (1962)
Adolfo Valencia, Colombian footballer (1968)
Tim Sherwood, English footballer (1969)
Per Frandsen, Danish footballer (1970)
Stefano Bettarini, Italian footballer (1972)
Dimas Delgado, Spanish footballer (1983)
Darren Bent, English footballer (1984)

Ōgimachi, Emperor of Japan (1593)
Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter (1918)
George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1952)
Emilio Aguinaldo, Philippines' first President (1964)
Martine Carol, French actress (1967)
James Hadley Chase, English writer (1985)
André Cayatte, French director (1989)
Salvador Luria, Italian biologist, Nobel laureate (1991)
Joseph Cotten, American actor (1994)
Haroun Tazieff, French volcanologist (1998)
Max Perutz, Austrian biologist, Nobel laureate (2002)
Andrée Chedid, French poet (2011)