FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Today is Friday, February 6, the 37th day of 2015. There are 328 days left in the year.

1508 ― Maximilian I crowned Holy Roman Emperor

1778 ― France recognizes U.S., signs treaty of aid in Paris; first U.S. treaty

1832 ― First appearance of cholera at Edinburgh, Scotland

1854 ― Composer R. Schumann is saved from suicide attempt into the Rhine

1904 ― Russian-Japanese war began

1921 ― “The Kid”, starring Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan, released

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

1936 ― Pravda criticizes Shostakovich’s ballet “Clear Brook”

1959 ― U.S. first successful Titan intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)

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

1974 ― U.S. House of Representatives begins determining grounds for impeachment of Nixon

1987 ― No-smoking rules take effect in federal buildings