HISTORY
On this day February 06-12, 2022 (week 06)
February 6, 2022 - February 12, 2022 - Graphics show birthdays and anniversaries for each day of the week. This week features the reign of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, Tom Brady and Super Bowl, botanist Gregor Mendel, singer-songwriter Carole King, democracy in Turkmenistan, skating at the 2002 Olympics and the Republic of North Macedonia.
February 6, 1952: Elizabeth II became Queen of the United Kingdom and six other nations. She cut short a visit to Kenya to fly home on the death of her father, King George VI
February 7, 2021: Veteran quarterback Tom Brady won a record-extending seventh Super Bowl as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers secured victory over the Kansas City Chiefs
February 8, 1865: Gregor Mendel, botanist and monk who pioneered the laws of genetics, read his first scientific paper describing his studies of pea plants
February 9, 1942: Singer-songwriter Carole King was born in New York. She and ex-husband Gerry Goffin wrote many hits, including Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
February 10, 2007: Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov (above) won Turkmenistan’s first democratic presidential election, to succeed the late totalitarian leader Saparmurat Niyazov
February 11, 2002: Uproar broke out after a judge at the Olympics placed Russian skaters first, although a Canadian pair performed better. Eventually two gold medals were awarded
February 12, 2019: The Republic of Macedonia formally changed its name to the Republic of North Macedonia, ending a 27-year naming dispute with Greece