Video: 'Fatal Alarms - The Mystery of Birgenair Flight 301 | Mayday: Air Disaster'
(Tuesday, February 6, 1996, 11:47 p.m. Atlantic Standard Time) — A Turkish-owned Boeing 757–225 jetliner crashed into the Atlantic Ocean tonight shortly after takeoff from Puerto Plata Airport in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, killing 189 people, mostly German tourists. Continue reading 189 killed as German tourist plane crashes 30 years ago this hour (Feb 6 1996)
Video: 'The Animals "We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place" on The Ed Sullivan Show'
(Sunday, February 6, 1966, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EST) — The Animals performed “We Gotta Get Out of This Place” on tonight’s live edition of the CBS-TV variety show The Ed Sullivan Show from CBS Studio No. 50 in New York City. Continue reading The Animals perform on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 60 years ago this hour (Feb 6 1966)
Video: 'Aaron Burr'
(Friday, February 6, 1756) — Aaron Burr, the third vice president of the United States from 1801 to 1805, during Thomas Jefferson’s first presidential term, was born today in Newark, in what was then the Province of New Jersey, one of the Thirteen Colonies of colonial era British America. Continue reading U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr born in Newark, New Jersey 270 years ago today (Feb 6 1756)
