How Many Days Until February 6?

This day in history: February 6

1. 1918

   Conscientious objector Henry Firth died in a work camp on Dartmoor, England, triggering a strike over living conditions.

2. 1919

   World War I: More than 65,000 workers in Seattle began a five-day general strike to gain higher wages after two years of wage controls in the United States.

3. 1922

   Representatives from France, Italy, Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom signed the Washington Naval Treaty, agreeing to limits on naval construction in the hopes of preventing an arms race.

4. 1951

   A train derailed while crossing a temporary wooden trestle in Woodbridge, New Jersey, causing 85 deaths.

5. 1958

   The aircraft carrying the Manchester United football team crashed while attempting to take off from Munich-Riem Airport in West Germany, killing 8 players and 23 people in total (news reel featured).

6. 1976

   Lockheed Corporation president Carl Kotchian admitted that the company had paid out approximately US$3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese prime minister Kakuei Tanaka.

7. 1987

   Mary Gaudron became the first woman to be appointed a justice of the High Court of Australia.

Source: Wikipedia, text available under CC BY-SA 4.0.