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February 6

1778 France recognizes the United States and signs a treaty of aid in Paris.

1788 Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the Constitution.

1891 The Dalton Gang commits its first crime, a train robbery in Alila, Calif.

1899 The Spanish-American War ends.

1922 The Washington Disarmament Conference comes to an end with signature of final treaty forbidding fortification of the Aleutian Islands for 14 years.

1933 Adolf Hitler's Third Reich begins press censorship.

1936 Adolf Hitler opens the Fourth Winter Olympics.

1941 The RAF clears the way as British take Benghazi, trapping thousands of Italians.

1964 Cuba blocks the water supply to Guantanamo Naval Base in rebuke of the United State's seizure of four Cuban fishing boats.

1964 Paris and London agree to build a rail tunnel under the English Channel.

1968 Charles de Gaulle opens the 19th Winter Olympics in France.

1982 Civil rights workers begin a march from Carrolton to Montgomery, Alabama.

2014 Jay Leno ends his time on "The Tonight Show"

2019 Quadriga, Canada's biggest cryptocurrency exchange is unable to get to $145 million of bitcoin assets after its CEO dies with its access passwords

2020 Date of the 1st COVID-19 related death in the US (confirmed by the CDC April 21)

2022 Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson declares a state of emergency over a trucker protest against a covid vaccination mandate on the US-Canada border

Born on February 6

1756 Aaron Burr, 3rd U.S. Vice President.

1911 Ronald Reagan, film actor and 40th U.S. President (1981-1989).

1945 Bob Marley, reggae musician.


JOTD
Oh Grandpa

An out-of-breath 7 year-old girl ran up to her grandfather, who was tinkering in his workshop, and confronted him with the universally dreaded (by adults) question, “What is sex…?”
He was surprised she’d ask such a question at her age, but thought if she’s old enough to ask, she’s old enough to get a straight answer. He wouldn’t shirk his responsibility.
Steeling himself to leave nothing out, he proceeded to describe for her all the variations of human sexuality he could conjure, careful to impress upon her the joys and responsibilities of intercourse and procreation.
When finally Grandpa was done pontificating, the little girl stood frozen, as though nailed to the spot, and looked at him with her mouth open, eyes wide in amazement.
Seeing she was overwhelmed, he asked what caused her sudden curiosity.
His granddaughter shook off her reverie and replied, “Grandma says dinner will be ready in a couple of secs.”