On This Day: February 6th

Two earthquakes measuring Mww 7.8 and 7.5 struck near the border between Turkey and Syria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XII (Extreme). The earthquakes resulted in numerous aftershocks and a death toll of 57,658 people.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken suspends agreements with Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras to send asylum seekers back to their home countries.

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, a super heavy launch vehicle, makes its maiden flight.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes southern Taiwan, killing 117 people.

A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits the central Philippine island of Negros, leaving 112 people dead.

Stephen Harper becomes Prime Minister of Canada.

Second Chechen War: Russia captures Grozny, Chechnya, forcing the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria government into exile.

Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.

Willamette Valley Flood: Floods in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, United States, causes over US$500 million in property damage throughout the Pacific Northwest.

Birgenair Flight 301 crashed off the coast of the Dominican Republic, killing all 189 people on board. This is the deadliest aviation accident involving a Boeing 757.