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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>); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Mexico" title="Constitution of Mexico">Constitution Day</a></b> in Mexico (2023)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1820" title="1820">1820</a> – The first ship of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Colonization_Society" title="American Colonization Society">American Colonization Society</a></b> departed from New York for West Africa with 86 African-American emigrants aboard to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Liberia" title="History of Liberia">found the colony of Liberia</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976" title="1976">1976</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Corporation" title="Lockheed Corporation">Lockheed Corporation</a> president <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Kotchian" title="Carl Kotchian">Carl Kotchian</a> admitted that the company <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_bribery_scandals" title="Lockheed bribery scandals">had paid out approximately US$3 million in bribes</a></b> to the office of Japanese prime minister <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakuei_Tanaka" title="Kakuei Tanaka">Kakuei Tanaka</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018" title="2018">2018</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX" title="SpaceX">SpaceX</a> launch vehicle <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_Heavy" title="Falcon Heavy">Falcon Heavy</a> made <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_Heavy_test_flight" title="Falcon Heavy test flight">its first flight</a></b>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurstan" title="Thurstan">Thurstan</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1140); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_of_Corleone" title="Bernard of Corleone">Bernard of Corleone</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1605); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axl_Rose" title="Axl Rose">Axl Rose</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1962)</p>