Here’s a look at what happened on this day, 06 February, throughout world and South African history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever.
ON THIS DAY: 06 FEBRUARY
1964 | Rev. Robert Selby Taylor, Bishop of Grahamstown, was elected Archbishop of Cape Town and Metropolitan of the Province of South Africa.
2021 | United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken suspended agreements with Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras to return asylum seekers back to their home countries.
2012 | A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hit the central Philippine island of Negros, at least 112 people dead.
2006 | Stephen Harper became Prime Minister of Canada.
2000 | Second Chechen War: Russia captured Grozny, Chechnya, forcing the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria government into exile.
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BIRTHDAYS
1949 | South African film director, Gray Hofmeyr.
1992 | South African rugby union footballer, Gerbrandt Grobler.
1990 | American football player, Jermaine Kearse.
1983 | American football player, Brodie Croyle.
1980 | Antiguan cricketer, Kerry Jeremy.
ON THIS DAY: DEATHS
2002 | Austrian-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Max Perutz, 88.
2016 | American screenwriter, Dan Gerson, 50.
2001| South Vietnamese diplomat and politician, Trần Văn Lắm, 88.
2002 | Austrian-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Max Perutz, 88.
2004 | Canadian lieutenant and economist, Gerald Bouey, 84.
SPORTS
1988 | On this day, The legendary American basketball player, Michael Jordan made his signature by shooting from the free throw line, and inspired the Air Jordan and the Jumpman logo.
ENTERTAINMENT
1921 | Charlie Chaplin’s first feature film, “The Kid” , was released on this day.
AFRICA FACT
According to the 2017 InterNations Report, it named Uganda the most welcoming country in Africa.
