February 6
It's Febrauary 6th
On this day in 1694 – The warrior queen Dandara, leader of the runaway slaves in Quilombo dos Palmares, Brazil, is captured and commits suicide rather than be returned to a life of slavery.
In 1959 – Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.
In 2003 - 50 Cent releases "Get Rich or Die Tryin'"
Birthdays:
Josh Stewart
as Casey Blackburn in "Discarnate"
as Adam Pierce in "Malicious"
Brian Stepanek
Michelle Thrush
Rick Astley
Gordon Downie
Megan Gallagher
as Sandra Malloy in "The Ambulance"
Cecily Adams
Axl Rose
Robert Townsend
Simon Phillips
Kathy Najimy
Jim Sheridan
"The Secret Scripture"
Michael Tucker
as Christopher Bell in "Vampire"
Bob Marley
Willie Tee
Gayle Hunnicutt
in "Nuits rouges" aka "Shadowman"
Fabian Forte
Gigi Perreau
as Karen White in "Journey to the Center of Time"
Dave Berry
Stephen Albert
Jimmy Tarbuck
Mike Farrell
Voucher Captain in "Dayton's Devils"
François Truffaut
on Criterion Channel
Mamie Van Doren
as Harriet Ames in "The Girl in Black Stockings"
Haskell Wexler
Patrick Macnee
as Father Christopher in "Transformations"
Zsa Zsa Gabor
as the strip-club owner in "Touch of Evil"
as Talleah in "Queen of Outer Space"
Thurl Ravenscroft
Michael Maltese
María Teresa Vera
Ronald Reagan
Othon Friesz
Adam Weishaupt
"At a time, however, when there was no end of making game of and abusing secret societies, I planned to make use of this human foible for a real and worthy goal, for the benefit of people. I wished to do what the heads of the ecclesiastical and secular authorities ought to have done by virtue of their offices ..."
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt
"Afflicted with Constipation"
Lithograph by Matthias Rudolph Toma depicting Messerschmidt's “Character Heads” (1839)
Alberto Pullicino
On this day in 1694 – The warrior queen Dandara, leader of the runaway slaves in Quilombo dos Palmares, Brazil, is captured and commits suicide rather than be returned to a life of slavery.
In 1959 – Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.
In 2003 - 50 Cent releases "Get Rich or Die Tryin'"
Birthdays:
Josh Stewart
as Casey Blackburn in "Discarnate"
as Adam Pierce in "Malicious"
Brian Stepanek
Michelle Thrush
Rick Astley
Gordon Downie
Megan Gallagher
as Sandra Malloy in "The Ambulance"
Cecily Adams
Axl Rose
Robert Townsend
Simon Phillips
Kathy Najimy
Jim Sheridan
"The Secret Scripture"
Michael Tucker
as Christopher Bell in "Vampire"
Bob Marley
Willie Tee
Gayle Hunnicutt
in "Nuits rouges" aka "Shadowman"
Fabian Forte
Gigi Perreau
as Karen White in "Journey to the Center of Time"
Dave Berry
Stephen Albert
Jimmy Tarbuck
Mike Farrell
Voucher Captain in "Dayton's Devils"
François Truffaut
on Criterion Channel
Mamie Van Doren
as Harriet Ames in "The Girl in Black Stockings"
Haskell Wexler
Patrick Macnee
as Father Christopher in "Transformations"
Zsa Zsa Gabor
as the strip-club owner in "Touch of Evil"
as Talleah in "Queen of Outer Space"
Thurl Ravenscroft
Michael Maltese
María Teresa Vera
Ronald Reagan
Othon Friesz
Adam Weishaupt
"At a time, however, when there was no end of making game of and abusing secret societies, I planned to make use of this human foible for a real and worthy goal, for the benefit of people. I wished to do what the heads of the ecclesiastical and secular authorities ought to have done by virtue of their offices ..."
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt
"Afflicted with Constipation"
Lithograph by Matthias Rudolph Toma depicting Messerschmidt's “Character Heads” (1839)
Alberto Pullicino
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