Portal:United States/Anniversaries/February/February 6
- 1778 – The Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France in Paris. The two treaties served as official recognition of the new republic by France, and became a key turning point in the American Revolutionary War.
- 1788 – Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
- 1899 – The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Spanish–American War (signing ceremony pictured).
- 1933 – The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution, establishing the beginning and ending of the terms of the elected federal offices, goes into effect.
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Events
- 1778 – American Revolutionary War: 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.
- 1788 – Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
- 1815 – New Jersey grants the first American railroad charter to John Stevens.
- 1820 – The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society start a settlement in present-day Liberia.
- 1843 – The first minstrel show in the United States, The Virginia Minstrels, opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City).
- 1862 – American Civil War: Ulysses S. Grant gives the United States its first victory of the war, by capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee, known as the Battle of Fort Henry.
- 1899 – Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
- 1922 – The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy.
- 1933 – The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution, establishing the beginning and ending of the terms of the elected federal offices, goes into effect.
- 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.
- 1959 – Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.
- 1959 – At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished.
- 1978 – The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of 4" an hour.
- 1998 – Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.