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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_6" title="February 6">February 6</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1mi_National_Day" title="Sámi National Day">Sámi National Day</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917" title="1917">1917</a>); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waitangi_Day" title="Waitangi Day">Waitangi Day</a></b> in New Zealand (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1840" title="1840">1840</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1788" title="1788">1788</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a></b> became the sixth state to ratify the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_States" title="Constitution of the United States">constitution of the United States</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1819" title="1819">1819</a> – British official <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford_Raffles" title="Stamford Raffles">Stamford Raffles</a> signed a treaty with Sultan <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussein_Shah_of_Johor" title="Hussein Shah of Johor">Hussein Shah of Johor</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founding_years_of_modern_Singapore" title="Founding years of modern Singapore">establishing Singapore</a></b> as a trading post for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1919" title="1919">1919</a> – More than 65,000 workers in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a> began <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_General_Strike" title="Seattle General Strike">a five-day general strike</a></b> to gain higher wages after two years of U.S. World <span class="nowrap">War I</span> wage controls.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958" title="1958">1958</a> – The aircraft carrying the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> football team <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_air_disaster" title="Munich air disaster">crashed</a></b> while attempting to take off from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich-Riem_Airport" title="Munich-Riem Airport">Munich-Riem Airport</a> in West Germany, killing 8 players and 23 people in total <i>(news reel featured)</i>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Priestley" title="Joseph Priestley">Joseph Priestley</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1804); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_W._Tuchman" title="Barbara W. Tuchman">Barbara W. Tuchman</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1989); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kirby" title="Jack Kirby">Jack Kirby</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1994); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Moore" title="Gary Moore">Gary Moore</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2011)</p>
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