On this day: February 6
Events
Founding of Muscovy CompanyFebruary 6, 1555 · Companies
1936 Winter OlympicsFebruary 6, 1936 – February 16, 1936 · Sports- 1968 Winter OlympicsFebruary 6, 1968 – February 18, 1968 · Sports
Founding of The Home DepotFebruary 6, 1978 · Companies
Release of The AssaultFebruary 6, 1986 · Film
Founding of Juniper NetworksFebruary 6, 1996 · Companies- Release of Get Rich or Die Tryin'February 6, 2003 · Music
2016 Kaohsiung earthquakeFebruary 6, 2016 · Geography
2026 Winter OlympicsFebruary 6, 2026 – February 22, 2026 · Sports
Born on this day
- Scipione del FerroFebruary 6, 1465 – November 5, 1526 · Technology
Antoine ArnauldFebruary 6, 1612 – August 8, 1694 · Science
Nicolaus II BernoulliFebruary 6, 1695 – July 31, 1726 · Science
Franz Xaver MesserschmidtFebruary 6, 1736 – August 19, 1783 · Art
Adam WeishauptFebruary 6, 1748 – November 18, 1830 · Culture
Gerhard von KügelgenFebruary 6, 1772 – March 27, 1820 · Art
Achille DevériaFebruary 6, 1800 – December 23, 1857 · Art
Charles WheatstoneFebruary 6, 1802 – October 19, 1875 · Technology
Andrew Claude de la Cherois CrommelinFebruary 6, 1865 – September 20, 1939 · Science
Robert MaillartFebruary 6, 1872 – April 5, 1940 · Culture
Bhaktisiddhanta SaraswatiFebruary 6, 1874 – December 31, 1936 · Science
William P. MurphyFebruary 6, 1892 – October 9, 1987 · Science
Mario CameriniFebruary 6, 1895 – 1981 · Film
Alberto CavalcantiFebruary 6, 1897 – August 23, 1982 · Film
Ramón NovarroFebruary 6, 1899 – October 30, 1968 · Film
Amintore FanfaniFebruary 6, 1908 – November 20, 1999 · Art
Ronald ReaganFebruary 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004 · Film
Lothar-Günther BuchheimFebruary 6, 1918 – February 22, 2007 · Art
Haskell WexlerFebruary 6, 1922 – December 27, 2015 · Film
Gerard K. O'NeillFebruary 6, 1927 – April 27, 1992 · Science
Rip TornFebruary 6, 1931 – July 9, 2019 · Film
François TruffautFebruary 6, 1932 – October 21, 1984 · Film
Bob MarleyFebruary 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981 · Music
Jim SheridanFebruary 6, 1949 – present · Film
Natalie ColeFebruary 6, 1950 – December 31, 2015 · Music
Kathy NajimyFebruary 6, 1957 – present · Film
Yury OnufriyenkoFebruary 6, 1961 – present · Space
Axl RoseFebruary 6, 1962 – present · Music
Andrey ZvyagintsevFebruary 6, 1964 – present · Film
Jan SvěrákFebruary 6, 1965 – present · Film
Akira YamaokaFebruary 6, 1968 – present · Music
David HayterFebruary 6, 1969 – present · Film
Masaharu FukuyamaFebruary 6, 1969 – present · Music
Josh StewartFebruary 6, 1977 – present · Film
Olena ZelenskaFebruary 6, 1978 – present · Culture
Yael NaimFebruary 6, 1978 – present · Music
Dan BalanFebruary 6, 1979 – present · Music
Ciro GuerraFebruary 6, 1981 – present · Film
Alice EveFebruary 6, 1982 – present · Film
TinasheFebruary 6, 1993 – present · Film