Today in History, 2/6

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1685: James II of England and VII of Scotland assumes the throne after the death of Charles II. He was overthrown in the Glorious Revolution of 1688 when everybody decided that they were tired of being ruled by Catholics (James II's kid and heir was also Catholic) and invited William of Orange over to run the place.
1748: Adam Weishaupt, founder of the Illuminati, is born.
1756: Aaron Burr is born.
1778: The Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed in Paris, signaling France's recognition of the US.
1788: Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the US Constitution.
1862: In the first Union victory of the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Henry, TN in the aptly named Battle of Fort Henry.1895: Babe Ruth is born.
1898: The Spanish-American War ends with the signing of The Treaty of Paris.
1911: Ronald Reagan is born.
1912: Eva Braun, Hitler's gal pal, is born.1914: Thurl Ravenscroft is born. He was the voice of Tony the Tiger and sang "You're a Mean one, Mr. Grinch" in How the Grinch Stole Christmas. He also was the voice of the creepy narrator in the Design for Dreaming short film included with MST3K episode 524: 12 to the Moon.
1917: Zsa Zsa Gabor is born. She played the hottest leader of the hottest resistance group in the galaxy in Queen of Outer Space.1922: The Washington Naval Treaty is signed, limiting the size of naval armaments of the US, Britain, Japan, France and Italy.
1931: Rip Torn is born.
1931: Mamie Van Doren is born. She was, uh, statuesque in MST3k Episode #601: Girls Town.1933: The 20th Amendment to the Constitution is ratified. It moves the start of presidential, vice-presidential and congressional terms from March to January.
1939: Mike Farrell is born.
1940: Tom Brokaw is born.
1941: Gigi Perreau is born. Holy cats, she was Mamie van Doren's clingy henchgal who was obsessed with Paul Anka in Girls Town!
1945: Bob Marley is born.
1922: Patrick Macnee is born. He is most famous for playing John Steed on The Avgengers, but he also played young Jacob Marley in the Alistair Sim version of A Christmas Carol.

1952: Elizabeth II becomes Queen upon the death of her father George VI.1962: Axl Rose is born.
1963: Kevin Trudeau, huckster, is born.
1971: Alan Shepard becomes the first person to hit a golf ball on the Moon. He used a six iron to hit a ball 400 yards.
1989: Chris Gueffroy becomes the last person killed escaping over the Berlin Wall.
1994: Joseph Cotten dies. He was great as the corrupt, tormented politician in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and as the doomed business tycoon in Soylent Green.
1994: Jack Kirby Dies.Today in History elements mostly cribbed from The History Channel, Wikipedia, The New York Times, The Jewish World Review, The Writer's Almanac and anything else I can dig up