Feb. 6, Queen Elizabeth II succeeds King George VI to British throne

1840- New Zealand becomes a British colony.

1922- US, UK, France, Italy and Japan sign Washington naval arms limitation.

1952- Queen Elizabeth II succeeds King George VI to the British throne.

1996-Turkish Boeing crashed into Atlantic Ocean and all passengers and crew were killed.

2004-  A terrorist suicide bomb in Moscow metro, killing 40 passengers and injuring 150 others.

Born today:

1892- William Parry Murphy, American physician, Nobel laureate.

1872- Egyptian author Ahmad Taimour.

Passes away:

1952- George VI, King of Britain dies at 56 .

2002- Max Perutz, Austrian molecular biologist, Nobel laureate .

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