Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 6

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This is a list of selected February 6 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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1820 – The first ship of the American Colonization Society sailed from New York for West Africa with 88 African-American emigrants aboard to found the colony of Liberia. ACS: refimprove section; History: multiple issues
1833Otto became the first modern King of Greece. refimprove
1851 – The largest bushfire in a populous region in Australian history swept across Victoria, resulting in approximately five million hectares (twelve million acres) burnt. refimprove section
1919 – More than 65,000 workers in Seattle, Washington, U.S., began a five-day general strike to gain higher wages after two years of World War I wage controls. refimprove
1922 – Britain, France, Japan, Italy and the United States signed the Washington Naval Treaty to avoid a naval arms race. lots of CN tags
1934 – In an attempted coup d'état against the French Third Republic, far right leagues demonstrated on the Place de la Concorde in Paris. refimprove section
1959Jack Kilby, an engineer at Texas Instruments, filed a patent application for the first integrated circuit. refimprove section
1978 – The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst nor'easters in New England history, dropped record amounts of snow, caused approximately 100 deaths, and did over US$520 million in damage. refimprove

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Notes

February 6: Sámi National Day (Sámi people); Waitangi Day in New Zealand (1840); Ronald Reagan Day in California and Wisconsin

Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
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António Vieira (b. 1608) · Pierre André Latreille (d. 1833) · Barbara W. Tuchman (d. 1989)

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