What Happened on February 6, 2020

• Antarctica records high temperature of 64.9 F / 18.2 C at Esperanza, Argentina’s research station
• Date of the 1st COVID-19 related death in the US (confirmed by the CDC April 21)
• US astronaut Christina Koch completes the longest continuous spaceflight by a female astronaut after 328 days on the International Space Station, landing in Kazakhstan

• Jan Liberda, Polish soccer forward (35 caps; Polonia Bytom), dies at 83
• Lynn Evans [Carolyn Hargate], American pop vocalist (The Chordettes - "Mr. Sandman"; "Lollipop"), dies of a stroke at 95
• Nello Santi, Italian opera conductor (Opernhaus Zürich; NY Metropolitan Opera), dies of a blood infection at 80

Holidays: Waitangi Day (New Zealand)

• #1 Song: The Box - Roddy Ricch
• #1 Song: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi