Nicosia, Cyprus. Several major events have occurred on February 6 across different years, including political transitions, fatal accidents, and major disasters.
1922
Cardinal Achille Ratti was elected Pope Pius XI, succeeding Benedict XV.
1952
King George VI’s daughter, Elizabeth II, was proclaimed Queen.
1958
A plane carrying the Manchester United soccer team back from a European Cup match crashed on the runway at Munich Airport. Eight members of the side, nicknamed “The Busby Babes” after their manager Matt Busby, were among the 23 killed.
1993
Arthur Ashe, U.S. tennis great and the first black to win the Wimbledon men’s title, died at the age of 49.
1997
Ecuador’s Congress voted to oust President Abdala Bucaram on grounds of mental incompetence.
2003
Colombia’s labour and health ministers were killed after their small plane crashed on a flight over high Andean mountains.
2004
An apparent suicide bombing killed at least 40 people and injured more than 100 on an underground train during morning rush-hour in Moscow.
2011
Formula One driver Robert Kubica was involved in a rally crash.
2016
More than 100 people were killed in a Taiwan earthquake.
Which of these February 6 events do you think had the most lasting impact?
