On February 6, 1952 King George VI died in London. His daughter Elizabeth, who was than on an official visit to Kenya ascended the throne (though the coronation took place over a year later). 69 years later, she is still going strong….
In 2021, Queen Elizabeth will turn 95, Prince Philip will turn 100 and their marriage will complete 74 years. They were married a few months after India’s independence.
Closer home, Feb 6, 1952 was the first day of the 5th Test between India and England at Madras. England led 1-0 at that point.
In those days there used to be a rest day after 3 days of play. However Feb 7 was made the rest day instead because of the King’s demise. The English players wore black armbands.
On Feb 10th (the 4th day of play) India won by an innings and 8 runs. This was India’s first Test victory and they drew the series 1-1. This was the only Test when England was captained by DB Carr, while Vijay Hazare was India’s captain.
On February 6, 2021 another Test between India and England will be in progress at Chennai.
Important people born on Feb 6:
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890)
Ronald Reagan (1911)
Eva Braun Hitler (1912)
Fred Trueman (1931)
Bob Marley (1945)
S Sreesanth (1983)
Important people who died on Feb 6:
Motilal Nehru (1931)
King George VI (1952)
Ritwik Ghatak (1976)
James Hadley Chase (1985)
Arthur Ashe (1993)
besides several football players of Manchester United in a plane crash at Munich airport in 1958.
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