February 6: Sami National Day (Sami people); Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan begins (2012)

• 1819 – British official Stamford Raffles signed a treaty with Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor, establishing Singapore as a trading post for the British East India Company.
• 1833 – Otto (pictured) became the first modern King of Greece.
• 1922 – Britain, France, Japan, Italy and the United States signed the Washington Naval Treaty to avoid a naval arms race.
• 1952 – Elizabeth II ascended to the thrones of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and three other Commonwealth countries upon the death of her father, George VI.
• 1976 – In testimony before a U.S. Senate subcommittee, Lockheed president Carl Kotchian admitted that the company had paid out approximately US$3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.

More anniversaries: February 5 – February 6 – February 7