THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Today is Thursday, February 6, the 37th day of 2014. There are 328 days left in the year.

1508 ― Maximilian I crowned Holy Roman Emperor

1832 ― First appearance of cholera at Edinburgh, Scotland

1904 ― Russian-Japanese war began

1918 ― Britain grants women (30 and over) the vote

1933 ― Highest recorded sea wave (not tsunami), 34 meters (112 feet), in Pacific hurricane near Manila

1939 ― Spanish government flees to France

1967 ― Cultural Revolution in Albania

1971 ― First time a golf ball is hit on the Moon (by Alan Shepard)

1981― Beatles McCartney, Starr and Harrison record a tribute to John Lennon

1987 ― No-smoking rules take effect in federal buildings