TODAY IN HISTORY - FEBRUARY 6, 2016

1788 – Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.

1815 – New Jersey grants the first American railroad charter to John Stevens.

1843 – The first minstrel show in the United States, The Virginia Minstrels, opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City).

1862 – American Civil War: Forces under the command of Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew H. Foote give the Union its first victory of the war, capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee in the Battle of Fort Henry.

1899 – Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.

1911 – Ronald Reagan, American actor and politician, 40th President of the United States (d. 2004) is born.

1912 – Eva Braun, German wife of Adolf Hitler (d. 1945) is born.

1918 – British women over the age of 30 get the right to vote.

1919 – The five-day Seattle General Strike begins.

1922 – The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy.

1929 – Colin Murdoch, New Zealand pharmacist, invented the tranquilliser gun (d. 2008) is born.

1945 – Bob Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bob Marley and the Wailers) (d. 1981) is born.

1951 – The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in American history.

1958 – Eight Manchester United F.C. players and 15 other passengers are killed in the Munich air disaster.

1959 – Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.

1959 – At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished.

1962 – Axl Rose, American singer-songwriter and producer (Guns N' Roses, Hollywood Rose, and Rapidfire) is born.

1978 – The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of four inches an hour.

1986 – Minoru Yamasaki, American architect, designed the World Trade Center (b. 1912) dies.

1988 – Michael Jordan makes his signature slam dunk from the free throw line inspiring Air Jordan and the Jumpman logo.

1998 – Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.

1998 – Carl Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Beach Boys) (b. 1946) dies.