Daily Almanac for Wednesday, February 6, 2019: Day 37 of the Year
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1560s
1750s
1780s
1860s
1890s
1910s
1920s
1940s
- BORN 1940: TOM BROKAW (NEWSCASTER)
- BORN 1945: BOB MARLEY (REGGAE MUSICIAN, FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE WAILERS)
1950s
- BORN 1950: NATALIE COLE (SINGER)
- 1952: ELIZABETH II ASCENDED TO BRITISH THRONE
- 1952: ELIZABETH ALEXANDRA MARY WINDSOR PROCLAIMED QUEEN OF CANADA
1960s
- 1965: “YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELING” BY THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS TOPPED CHARTS
- 1968: PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER SHOT A HOLE-IN-ONE
1970s
- 1971: ALAN SHEPARD BECAME THE FIRST MAN TO HIT A GOLF BALL ON THE MOON
- BORN 1976: KIM ZMESKAL (OLYMPIC GYMNAST)
1990s
- DIED 1993: ARTHUR ASHE (TENNIS PLAYER) DIED
- DIED 1994: JOSEPH COTTEN (ACTOR)
- 1996: MR. FRED ROGERS MOLDED THE 100 BILLIONTH CRAYOLA CRAYON. THE COLOR WAS NAMED BLUE RIBBON
2000s
- 2005: THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS WON THEIR THIRD SUPER BOWL VICTORY IN FOUR YEARS WITH A 24-21 WIN OVER THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES IN SUPER BOWL XXXIX
- DIED 2005: MERLE KILGORE (COUNTRY MUSICIAN)
- DIED 2005: KEITH KNUDSEN (MEMBER OF THE DOOBIE BROTHERS)
- DIED 2009: JAMES WHITMORE (ACTOR)
