Today's Trivia and What Happened on February 6

What is the Daffynition of "Balderdash"?

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A rapidly receding hairline.

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Quote: Everyone is pro democracy until someone else gets to vote. - jeff denson

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Lunar Golf

February 6, 1971

Alan Shepard hits some golf balls on the Moon as part of the Apollo 14 mission. Since bringing a golf club wouldn't have been allowed, he had connected the head of a six-iron to the shaft of a piece of rock collecting equipment, covering it with a sock so it wouldn't be discovered before launch.

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Monopoly

February 6, 1935

The board game Monopoly first goes on sale. The game was created by Charles B. Darrow and sold to Parker Brothers. Parker Brothers initially rejected the game, citing 52 fundamental errors. Now published in 23 languages and a Braille version, more than 200,000,000 games have been sold, making Darrow the first millionaire game designer in history.
Darrow derived Monopoly from The Landlord's Game created by Lizzie Magie in 1903. Magie's game had two sets of rules: an anti-monopolist set in which all were rewarded when wealth was created, and a monopolist set in which the goal was to create monopolies and crush opponents. After Darrow sold the rights to the game to Parker Brothers, they found out he was not the sole inventor and bought the rights from Magie for $500.
The properties are named after streets and properties in Atlantic City.

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Highest Recorded Sea Wave

February 6, 1933

The highest recorded sea wave, 112 ft., heads from Manilla, Philippines to San Diego, Ca. Source: Guinness Book of World Records

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Civil Rights

February 6, 1837

The U.S. House of Representatives rules that slaves do not have the right of petition that is granted to American citizens under the Constitution.

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First U.S. Railroad Charter

February 6, 1815

New Jersey grants a charter John Stevens to build a railroad from Trenton to New Brunswick, although he never completed it.

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U.S. Declares War Against Tripoli

February 6, 1802

Tripoli had declared war the previous May after the U.S. refused to continue payment of tribute to the rulers of the North African Barbary States of Algiers, Tunis, Morocco, and Tripoli.

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Massachusetts

February 6, 1788

Massachusetts becomes the 6th state.

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American Revolution

February 6, 1778

France recognizes the independence of the U.S. with the signing of the Treaty of Alliance.

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Birthdays

Fabian

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Fabian (Fabian Anthony Forte)

Born February 6, 1943

American teen idol of the 1950s and 1960s. He was discovered by a talent agent who spotted him as Fabian's father was being taken away in an ambulance after a heart attack. Impressed with his looks, he was offered a recording contract and began learning to sing. He recorded a record and began making appearances on American Bandstand.

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Thurl Ravenscroft

Born February 6, 1914 d. 2005

American voice actor. Thurl Ravenscroft was the voice of Tony the Tiger in the Kellogg's Frosted Flakes advertisements ("They're g-r-r-r-eat!!!!") and sang the song You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch in Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) television special.
He also did voices for the Disneyland theme park rides, including Uncle Theodore, the lead vocalist of the singing busts in the cemetery on the Haunted Mansion ride.

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Braun and Hitler walking their dogs Braun and Hitler walking their dogs
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Hitler's Wife

Eva Braun

Born February 6, 1912 d. 1945

Adolf Hitler's mistress/wife. They were married shortly before committing suicide together.
Hitler met Braun when she was a 17-year-old assistant and model for his personal photographer. They began seeing each other about two years later. Hitler was 23 years her senior. Braun, started working as a photographer for the Nazi party and took many of the surviving color photographs and films of Hitler.

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Ronald Wilson Reagan

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Ronald Wilson Reagan

Born February 6, 1911 d. 2004

American politician. American politician, actor, 40th U.S. President (1981-89), 33rd Governor of California (1967-75), president of the Screen Actors Guild (1947-52, 59-60). Film: Knute Rockne - All American (1940, the Gipper).
Quote: "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

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Babe Ruth

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Babe Ruth (George Herman Ruth)

Born February 6, 1895 d. 1948

American baseball legend. Called "The Sultan of Swat," he hit 714 home runs while playing MLB from 1914 to 1935. He pitched 29 2/3 scoreless innings in the 1918 World Series, a record that stood until 1961.

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First Adult Tarzan of Film

Elmo Lincoln (Otto Elmo Linkenhelt)

Born February 6, 1889 d. 1952

American actor. He portrayed Tarzan in the first Tarzan film, Tarzan of the Apes (1918), making him the first to play Tarzan as an adult in film. (Gordon Griffith played Tarzan as a child in the film, making him the first Tarzan). Lincoln was afraid of heights and used a double to do the scenes in trees. He also portrayed Tarzan in The Romance of Tarzan (1918) and in the serial The Adventures of Tarzan (1921).

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Aaron Burr

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Aaron Burr

Born February 6, 1756 d. 1836

American politician. 3rd U.S. Vice-President (1801-05). He killed former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in a duel during his vice-presidency (1804). He was tried and acquitted for treason against the U.S. in 1807.

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Natalie Cole

Born February 6, 1950 d. 2015

American Grammy-winning singer.

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Jennifer Jackson

Born February 6, 1945

American model. Playboy's first African-American Playmate of the Month (March, 1965).

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Bob Marley

Born February 6, 1945 d. 1981

Jamaican reggae singer. Music: I Shot The Sheriff (1972), Roots, Rock, Reggae (1976), and Jamming (1977).

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Tom Brokaw

Born February 6, 1940

American TV newscaster.

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Mike Farrell

Born February 6, 1939

American actor. TV: Days of Our Lives (Scott Banning) and M*A*S*H (B.J. Hunnicutt).

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Robert H. Brooks

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Robert H. Brooks

Born February 6, 1937 d. 2006

American businessman, founder of Naturally Fresh Foods. He purchased the Hooters restaurant chain. Quote: "Good food, cold beer and pretty girls never go out of style."

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Rip Torn (Elmore Rual Torn)

Born February 6, 1931 d. 2019

American actor, comedian.

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Zsa Zsa Gabor

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Zsa Zsa Gabor (Sári Gábor)

Born February 6, 1917 d. 2016

Hungarian-born American actress, Miss Hungary (1936), and police slapper (1989). She is often credited as being the first person to be famous for being famous. Commenting on her nine marriages: "I am a marvelous housekeeper: Every time I leave a man I keep his house." Film: Moulin Rouge (1952) and Queen of Outer Space (1958). TV: Batman (1969, villainess health spa owner Minerva in the series' final episode).

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John Lund

Born February 6, 1911 d. 1992

American actor. Film: To Each His Own (1946) and A Foreign Affair (1948).

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Carlos Marcello (Calogero Minacori)

Born February 6, 1910 d. 1993

New Orleans and Gulf Coast mafia boss.

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Deaths

Kenneth Olsen

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Kenneth Olsen

Died February 6, 2011 b. 1926

American businessman. He co-founded the computer giant Digital Equipment Corporation (1957) with his brother Stan Olsen and Harlan Anderson. In 1977, he declared, "There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home."

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Danny Thomas

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Danny Thomas (Amos Muzyad Yakhoob Kairouz)

Died February 6, 1991 b. 1912

American actor. TV: Make Room for Daddy/The Danny Thomas Show (1953-64, daddy).
While a "starving actor", Thomas swore if he found success, he would open a shrine to St. Jude Thaddeus, the patron saint of hopeless causes. With help from Dr. Lemuel Diggs and Anthony Abraham, in 1962 Thomas founded the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
He was the father of actress Marlo Thomas.

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George Shultz

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George Shultz (George Pratt Shultz)

Died February 6, 2021 b. 1920

U.S. Secretary of State (1982-89) under President Ronald Reagan. He signed a 1998 advertisement published in the New York Times entitled "We believe the global war on drugs is now causing more harm than drug abuse itself."

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Professor Irwin Corey

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The World's Foremost Authority

Professor Irwin Corey

Died February 6, 2017 b. 1914

American comic, "The World's Foremost Authority." In 1959, he ran for president on the Playboy ticket. Quote: "If we don't change direction soon, we'll end up where we're going."

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James Whitmore

Died February 6, 2009 b. 1921

American Tony-Grammy-Emmy-winning actor. TV: The Law and Mr. Jones (Abe Lincoln Jones).

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Frankie Laine (Francesco Paolo LoVecchio)

Died February 6, 2007 b. 1913

American Oscar-winning singer. Music: Mule Train (#1) and High Noon (1952, Oscar). He also sang the theme to TV's Rawhide.

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Carl Wilson

Died February 6, 1998 b. 1946

American guitarist, with The Beach Boys. Music: Surfin' USA (1963), I Get Around (1964, #1), Help Me Rhonda, (1965, #1), and Good Vibrations (1966, #1).

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Joseph Cotten

Died February 6, 1994 b. 1905

American actor. Film: Citizen Kane (1941), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), and Journey into Fear (1942).

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Arthur Ashe

Died February 6, 1993 b. 1943

American tennis player. Arthur Ashe was the first black male to win a major tennis title (1968, U.S. Open) and the first black Wimbledon men's singles champion (1975). Ashe died of AIDS that he acquired during heart bypass surgery in 1983.

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George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George)

Died February 6, 1952 b. 1895

King of England and Northern Ireland (1936-52). He and Queen Elizabeth were the first British Sovereigns to visit the U.S. (1939).

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Joseph Priestley

Died February 6, 1804 b. 1733

English clergyman, scientist. He is credited with the discovery of oxygen (1774).

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Clement XII

Died February 6, 1740 b. 1652

Italian religious leader, 246th Pope (1730-40). Condemned the Freemasons (1738).

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Aldus Manutius

Died February 6, 1515 b. 1450

Italian printer. He was the first publisher of paperbacks and the inventor of italics.

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