Monday, February 6, 2012

February 6 - Standing Around




Standing Around


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This Day In History
1815
New Jersey grants the first American railroad charter to John Stevens.
1819
Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore.
1918
British women over the age of 30 get the right to vote.
1951
The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in American history.
1952
Elizabeth II becomes the first queen regnant of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth Realms since Queen Victoria upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a treehouse at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
1959
Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.



Famous Birthdays
1665
Anne of Great Britain, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland (d. 1714)
1756
Aaron Burr, American politician and 3rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1836)
1833
James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart, American Civil War figure (d. 1864)
1876
Henry Blogg, English lifeboatman, George Cross and British Empire Medal recipient (d. 1954)
1895
Babe Ruth, American baseball player (d. 1948)
1903
Claudio Arrau, Chilean-born pianist (d. 1991)
1911
Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States (d. 2004)
1913
Mary Leakey, British anthropologist (d. 1996)
1917
Zsa Zsa Gábor, Hungarian-born actress
1922
Patrick Macnee, British actor
1931
Rip Torn, American actor
1945
Bob Marley, Jamaican musician (d. 1981)
1966
Rick Astley, British singer




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