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February 6th, 2046	Event	Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio and Juba at Thapsus.
February 6th, 2004	Event	In Russia, a suicide-attack in a Moscow metro kills 40 commuters, and injures a hundred and twenty-nine. The blast is blamed on Chechen separatist groups.
February 6th, 1998	Event	Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.
February 6th, 1998	Event	In Corsica, the prefect Claude Erignac is assassinated in Ajaccio, presumably by Yvan Colonna.
February 6th, 1996	Event	A Birgen Air Boeing 757 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Dominican Republic killing 189.
February 6th, 1992	Event	The Saami people of the Nordic countries have an official day celebrating their existence.
February 6th, 1987	Event	Justice Mary Gaudron is appointed to the High Court of Australia, the first woman to be appointed.
February 6th, 1978	Event	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.
February 6th, 1971	Event	Apollo program: Apollo 14 MissionAlan Shepard becomes the first person to hit a golf ball on the Moon.
February 6th, 1959	Event	Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments filed the first patent for an integrated circuit.

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