February 6 - UncleWoody.org - What happened on the day I was born?

Send This Page To A Friend \| Home What happened today in history? Uncle Woody's Almanac for February 6
1998	US president Bill Clinton signs a bill renaming Washington National Airport to Ronald Reagan National Airport.
1994	Actor Joseph Cotten dies in Los Angeles at age 88.
1993	Former tennis great Arthur Ashe dies in New York at age 49.
1978	Muriel Humphrey fills the US senate seat of her late husband, Minnesota senator and former US Vice President, Hubert Humphrey.
1952	Britain's King George VI dies and is succeeded by his daughter, Elizabeth II.
1933	The 20th Amendment to the US Constitution goes into effect, which changes the start of congressional, vice-presidential, and presidential terms from March to January.
1926	The National Football League agrees that college players cannot play in the NFL until they graduate.
1899	The US Senate ratifies a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, ending the Spanish-American War.
1788	Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the US Constitution.
1778	France officially recognizes the new nation known as the United States of America.
1670	Frederick III, King of Denmark and Norway, dies.