Feb. 06 (UPI)– On this date in history:
In 1819, Singapore was established with the establishment of a British East India Co. trading post.
In 1865, Gen. Robert E. Lee was appointed leader in chief of the armies of the Confederacy.
In 1928, a young woman declaring to be Anastasia, child of the killed Russian Czar Nicholas, got here in the United States In the 1990 s, DNA testing conducted on the lady’s remains concluded she wasn’t a member of the Romanov family, which was executed in1918 The female’s story motivated a French play and a later American movie.
In 1943, U.S. Army Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was called leader of Allied expeditionary forces in North Africa.
In 1952, Princess Elizabeth became sovereign of Terrific Britain upon the death of her father, King George VI. She was crowned Queen Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953.
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In 1958, a British airliner crashed upon launch from a Munich, Germany, airport. The crash killed 23 people, including eight members of the Manchester United soccer team.
In 1987, broad no-smoking rules worked for 890,000 workers in 6,800 U.S. federal buildings across the country.
In 1992, a military transportation plane crashed into a restaurant and hotel in Evansville, Ind., killing 16 individuals
In 2001, Ariel Sharon was chosen prime minister of Israel
In 2004, a suicide bomber detonated explosives in a travel suitcase on a Moscow train car, killing 39 people and hurting about 200.
In 2006, U.S. Chief Law Officer Alberto Gonzales told Congress that President George W. Bush was within his legal rights when he authorized warrantless monitoring of individuals in the United States by the National Security Company.
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In 2014, Jay Leno ended his 22- year stint as host of The Tonight Program Jimmy Fallon took over hosting duties, moving the talk show from Burbank, Calif., to New York City City.
In 2016, a magnitude-6.4 earthquake rocked Taiwan, leaving at least 117 dead and 550 individuals injured when a number of structures collapsed.
In 2018, SpaceX introduced the world’s most powerful rocket, the Falcon Heavy, for the very first time, sending Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster– complete with a dummy in a spacesuit listening to David Bowie’s “Area Curiosity”– into space.
In 2020, the earliest recognized death from the unique coronavirus took place in Santa Clara County, Calif.
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