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February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar.
There are 328 days remaining until the end of the year (329 in leap
years).
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Saint Titus Feast day: February 6
(From Wikipedia)
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<companion of Paul of Tarsus, mentioned in several of Paul's epistles,
including the Epistle to Titus. Titus was with Paul and Barnabas at
Antioch and accompanied them to the Council of Jerusalem (Galatians
2:1-3; Acts 15:2), although his name nowhere occurs in the Acts of the
Apostles.
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He appears to have been a Gentile - for St. Paul sternly refused to
have him circumcised, because Paul believed Christ's gospel freed
believers from the requirements of the Mosaic Law - and to have been
chiefly engaged in ministering to Gentiles. At a later period, Paul's
Epistles place him with St. Paul and Timothy at Ephesus, whence he was
sent by Paul to Corinth for the purpose of getting the contributions
of the church there in behalf of the poor Christians at Jerusalem sent
forward (2 Corinthians 8:6; 12:18). He rejoined the apostle when he
was in Macedonia, and cheered him with the tidings he brought from
Corinth (7:6-15). After this his name is not mentioned till after
Paul's first imprisonment, when we find him engaged in the
organization of the church in Crete, where the apostle had left him
for this purpose (Titus 1:5). The last notice of him is in 2 Timothy
4:10, where he appears with Paul at Rome during his second
imprisonment. From Rome he was sent into Dalmatia. According to church
tradition, Paul ordained Titus Bishop of Gortyn in Crete. He died in
AD 107 at about 95 years of age.>>
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St. Paul: A bris? you mean snip snip?

STAN: Yeah.

St. Paul: I would advise against that.

Elaine: St. Paul. It's a tradition.

St. Paul: Well, so was sacrificing virgins to appease the gods,
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Jerry: Well, maybe we should.

MOHEL: Bring out Titus. Bring out Titus. I need Titus!

St. Paul DASHES INTO THE BEDROOM AND RELUCTANTLY BRINGS OUT TITUS.
BEFORE HE HANDS HIM OVER, HE HAS SECOND THOUGHTS. HE GRIPS TITUS
TIGHTLY.

St. Paul: I can't let you do this.

EVERYONE MOVES TOWARD HIM.

St. Paul: I can't let you do this!

PEOPLE GRAB HIM, TRYING TO PRY Titus AWAY FROM HIM. THERE IS A
STRUGGLE.

ALL: Let go of Titus! St. Paul!

St. Paul: No! No! I won't!

THEY FINALLY YANK Titus AWAY FROM THE DISTRAUGHT St. Paul.
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=2E February 6th Events
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46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers
and Numidians under Metellus Scipio and Juba at Thapsus.
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1685 - James II of England and VII of Scotland becomes King upon the
death of his brother Charles II.
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1778 - In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and
Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official
recognition of the new republic.
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1788 - Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United
States Constitution.
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1815 - New Jersey grants the first American railroad charter to a John
Stevens.
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1817 - The Argentinian San Mart=EDn crosses the Andes with an army in
order to liberate Chile from Spanish rule.
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1819 - Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore.
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1820 - The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the
American Colonization Society started a settlement in present-day
Liberia.
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1840 - Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, founding document of New
Zealand.
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1843 - The first minstrel show in the United States The Virginia
Minstrels opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City).
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1862 - American Civil War: Ulysses S. Grant gives the United States
its first victory of the war, by capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee.
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1899 - Spanish-American War: The Treaty of Paris (1898), a peace
treaty between the United States and Spain is ratified by the United
States Senate.
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1900 - The international arbitration court at The Hague is created
when the Netherlands' Senate ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
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1933 - The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution goes into
effect.
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1936 - Olympic Games: Winter Olympic Games - IV Olympic Winter Games
open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
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1951 - The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails
near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and
injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in
American history.
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1952 - Elizabeth II becomes Queen upon the death of her father George
VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a treehouse at the
Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
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1959 - Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments filed the first patent for an
integrated circuit.
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1971 - Alan Shepard becomes the first person to hit a golf ball on the
Moon.
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=2E February 6th Births
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1577 - Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599)
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1665 - Anne of Great Britain (d. 1714)
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1695 - Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1726)
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1748 - Adam Weishaupt, founder of the Bavarian Illuminati (d. 1811)
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1756 - Aaron Burr, 3rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1836)
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1811 - Henry George Liddell, father of the Alice in Alice in
Wonderland (d. 1898)
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1895 - Babe Ruth, American baseball player (d. 1948)
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1911 - Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States (d. 2004)
1912 - Eva Braun, German mistress and wife of Adolf Hitler (d. 1945)
1913 - Mary Leakey, British anthropologist (d. 1996)
1916 - John Crank, British mathematician (d. 2006)
1917 - Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-born actress
1931 - Rip Torn, American actor
1931 - Mamie Van Doren, American actress
1932 - Fran=E7ois Truffaut, French film director (d. 1984)
1939 - Mike Farrell, American actor
1940 - Tom Brokaw, American news anchorman
1943 - Fabian, American singer
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=2E February 6th Deaths
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1685 - King Charles II of England (b. 1630)
1740 - Pope Clement XII (b. 1652)
1952 - George VI of the United Kingdom (b. 1895)
1991 - Danny Thomas, American singer, comedian, and actor (b. 1914)
1993 - Arthur Ashe, American tennis player (b. 1943)
1994 - Joseph Cotten, American actor (b. 1905)
2007 - Frankie Laine, American singer (b. 1913)
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Art Neuendorffer