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Today in History: Monday, February\u00a0 06, 2017<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Feb. 6, 1952, Britain’s King George VI died at age 56, and his daughter was proclaimed Queen Elizabeth II. The new queen had been traveling in Kenya with her husband, Prince Philip, and immediately returned home.
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1756<\/td>\nAaron Burr, America’s third vice president, was born in Newark, N.J.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1895<\/td>\nBaseball Hall of Famer George Herman “Babe” Ruth was born in Baltimore.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1911<\/td>\nRonald Wilson Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, was born in Tampico, Ill.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1922<\/td>\nCardinal Archille Ratti was elected pope and took the name, Pius XI.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1933<\/td>\nThe 20th Amendment to the Constitution, which moved the start of presidential, vice-presidential and congressional terms from March to January, was declared in effect.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1945<\/td>\nReggae musician Bob Marley was born in St. Ann parish in Jamaica.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1993<\/td>\nTennis Hall of Famer Arthur Ashe, who had contracted HIV through a tainted blood transfusion, died at age 49.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/td>\nFirst lady Hillary Rodham Clinton launched her successful candidacy for the U.S. Senate.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2003<\/td>\nRapper 50 Cent’s debut CD, “Get Rich or Die Tryin’,” was released.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>\nAn explosion ripped through a Moscow subway car during rush hour, killing 41 people in a terrorist attack blamed on Chechen separatists.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Rip Torn<\/td>\nActor (“The Larry Sanders Show”)<\/td>\n86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mike Farrell<\/td>\nActor (“M*A*S*H”)<\/td>\n78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tom Brokaw<\/td>\nBroadcast journalist, author<\/td>\n77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fabian<\/td>\nSinger<\/td>\n74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kathy Najimy<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Robert Townsend<\/td>\nActor, director<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rick Astley<\/td>\nSinger<\/td>\n51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Rock singer Axl Rose (Guns N’ Roses) turns 55 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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