Today In History

Sat., Feb. 6, 1999

In 1899: A peace treaty between the United States and Spain was ratified by the U.S. Senate.

In 1933: The 20th Amendment to the Constitution was declared in effect; the so-called “lame duck” amendment moved the start of presidential, vice-presidential and congressional terms from March to January.

In 1952: Britain’s King George VI died; his daughter, Elizabeth II. succeeded him.

In 1959: the United States successfully test-fired for the first time a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile from Cape Canaveral.

In 1978: Muriel Humphrey took the oath of office as a U.S. senator from Minnesota, filling the seat of her late husband, former Vice President Hubert Humphrey.

In 1993: Tennis Hall-of-Famer and human rights advocate Arthur Ashe died in New York at age 49.

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