02-06-2006, 06:37 AM
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Location: Maryland
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February 6th
1564 ~ Birthday of Christopher Marlowe, Playwright.
1819 ~ Sir Thomas Raffles founded Singapore.
1840 ~ Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, founding document of New Zealand.
1895 ~ Birthday of Babe Ruth, Athlete.
1913 ~ Birthday of Mary Leakey, Anthropologist.
1952 ~ Princess Elizabeth became Queen upon the death of her father George VI.
1959 ~ Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments filed the first patent for an integrated circuit.
1993 ~ Death of Arthur Ashe, Athlete.
2004 ~ Chechen suicide-attack in a Moscow subway killed 40 commuters, and injures a hundred and twenty-nine.
2006 ~ The Conservative Party of Canada took control of the Canadian government.
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