What happend on 6th February

05.02
07.02
1958

Bobby Charlton survived the Munich air disaster in Germany, which killed eight of his teammates with Manchester United F.C.

1952

Elizabeth II becomes Queen upon the death of her father George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a treehouse in a tree-top hotel in Kenya.

1951

The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one on the worst rail disasters in American history.

1936

1936 Winter Olympic Games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

1933

The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution goes into effect.

1922

The Washington Naval Treaty was signed in Washington, DC, limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy.

1922

Achille Ratti becomes Pope Pius XI.

1900

The international arbitration court at The Hague is created when the Netherlands' Senate ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.

1899

Spanish-American War: The Treaty of Paris (1898), a peace treaty between the United States and Spain is ratified by the United States Senate.

1862

American Civil War: Ulysses S. Grant gives the United States its first victory of the war, by capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee, known as the Battle of Fort Henry.