This Day in History, February 6

1788 - Massachusetts becomes the 6th State to ratify the Constitution

1933 - The 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution goes into effect.

1952 - Elizabeth II becomes the Queen upon the death of the father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a tree house at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.

1988 - Washington National Airport renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.

Birthdays:

1756 - Aaron Burr, 3rd Vice President of U.S.

1895 - Babe Ruth

1911 - Ronald Reagan, 40th President of U.S.

1912 - Eva Braun, mistress and wife of Adolf Hitler

1931 - Rip Torn, star of Canadian Bacon

1962 - Axl Rose, co-founder and lead singer of Guns -N-Roses