What happened on February 6 ?

1564 - Christopher Marlowe, English playwright (d. 1593)

1577 - Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman who conspired to kill her father (d. 1599)

1608 - Antonio Vieira, Portuguese writer (d. 1697)

1611 - Chongzhen, Emperor of China (d. 1644)

1639 - Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691)

1664 - Mustafa II, Ottoman Sultan (d, 1703)

1665 - Queen Anne of England (d. 1714)

1695 - Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1726)

1744 - Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (d. 1795)

1748 - Adam Weishaupt, founder of the Bavarian Illuminati (d. 1811)

1756 - Aaron Burr, Vice President of the United States (d. 1836)

1833 - James Ewell Brown Stuart, American Confederate general (d. 1864)

1834 - Ema Puksec, Croatian singer (d. 1889)

1838 - Sir Henry Irving, British actor, real-life inspiration for the character of Dracula (d. 1905)

1838 - Yisrael Meir Kagan, Chofetz Chayim (d. 1933)

1853 - Ignacij Klemen?i?, Slovenian physicist (d. 1901)

1887 - Josef Frings, German Archbishop of Cologne (d. 1978)

1875 - Leonid Gobyato, Russian general (d. 1915)

1892 - William Parry Murphy, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1987)

1894 - Eric Partridge, New Zealand lexicographer (d. 1979)

1895 - Babe Ruth, baseball player (d. 1948)

1897 - Louis Buchalter, Jewish American mobster, head of Murder, Inc. (d. 1944)

1901 - Ben Lyon, American actor (d. 1979)

1902 - George Brunies, American musician (d. 1974)

1903 - Claudio Arrau, Chilean-born pianist (d. 1991)

1905 - W?adys?aw Gomu?ka, Polish leader (d. 1982)

1910 - Irmgard Keun, German author (d. 1982)

1910 - Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-born gangster (d. 1993)

1911 - Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States (d. 2004)

1912 - Eva Braun, German mistress of Adolf Hitler (d. 1945)

1913 - Mary Leakey, British anthropologist (d. 1996)

1914 - Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor (d. 2005)

1917 - Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian actress

1918 - Lothar-Günther Buchheim, German author

1922 - Bill Johnston, Australian cricketer

1922 - Patrick Macnee, British actor

1922 - Denis Norden, British television abd radio personality and scriptwriter

1926 - Haskell Wexler, American cinematographer

1929 - Pierre Brice, French actor

1931 - Rip Torn, American actor and director

1931 - Mamie Van Doren, American actress

1932 - Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban revolutionary (d. 1959)

1932 - François Truffaut, French film director (d. 1984)

1933 - Leslie Crowther, British comedian and quiz host (d. 1996)

1939 - Mike Farrell, American actor

1939 - Orlando Parga, Vice President of the Puerto Rico Senate

1940 - Tom Brokaw, American news anchorman

1940 - Jimmy Tarbuck, British comedian, emcee and compere

1942 - Sarah Brady, American gun-control activist

1943 - Fabian, American singer

1943 - Gayle Hunnicutt, American actress

1944 - Michael Tucker, American actor

1945 - Bob Marley, Jamaican singer and musician (d. 1981)

1946 - Jim Turner, American politician

1949 - Jim Sheridan, Irish film director

1950 - Natalie Cole, American singer

1951 - Marco Antonio, Brazilian footballer

1954 - Argusto Emfazie, American occultist and author

1957 - Kathy Najimy, American actress and comedian

1957 - Robert Townsend, American comedian, actor, director, and producer

1958 - Barry Miller, American actor

1960 - Megan Gallagher, American actress

1961 - Bill Lester, African-American NASCAR Driver

1962 - Axl Rose, American singer (Guns N' Roses)

1966 - Rick Astley, British singer

1968 - Akira Yamaoka, Japanese video game music composer (Silent Hill series)

1972 - David Binn, American football player

1975 - Svend-Allan Sørensen, Danish artist

1975 - Tomoko Kawase, Japanese singer/songwriter, better known as Tommy February6

1976 - Kim Zmeskal, American gymnast

1980 - Mamiko Noto, Japanese seiyu (voice actress)

1981 - Jens Lekman, Swedish Pop Musician

1983 - Myron Wolf Child, Canadian politician

1984 - Darren Bent, English footballer

1986 - Brendan Taylor, Zimbabwean wicket-keeper

1987 - Dan-Michael Johnsen, Norwegian football player, actor and singer

1991 - Kara Borden, American orphan and crime victim