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Friday, 06 February 2026

1998

Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.

In Corsica, the prefect Claude Erignac is assassinated in Ajaccio, presumably by Yvan Colonna.

1989

The Round Table Talks start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe.

1987

Justice Mary Gaudron is appointed to the High Court of Australia, the first woman to be appointed.

1978

The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of 4" an hour.

1959

Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.

1958

Eight Manchester United F.C. players are killed in the Munich air disaster.

1952

Elizabeth II becomes Queen 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.

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.

1942

World War II: The United Kingdom declares war on Thailand.

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