Hatta Heritage Village opens
2001 - A new tourist destination was unveiled with the opening of the Hatta Heritage Village by Shaikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, UAE Minister of Finance and Industry and Chairman of Dubai Municipality. Hatta is an oasis nestling among hills with date palms. The village covers an area of more than two square kilometres and comprises 20 restored structures that are 150 years old. The highlights for visitors to the Dhl5 million village are the governor’s fort, ancient houses, a traditional restaurant, date palm products, a house exhibiting local architecture, a barbecue pit, pebbles used in traditional cannons and the grand mosque. Each of them has been built using the traditional materials available to people in the area.
February 6
1685 - British King Charles II, the first on the throne, dies.
1715 - Peace of Utrecht ends war between Spain and Portugal.
1778 - Britain declares war on France.
1897 - Crete proclaims union with Greece.
1936 - Adolf Hitler opens the fourth Winter Olympic Games in Munich.
1951 - A crowded commuter train crashes at Woodbridge, New Jersey, killing more than 80 people.
1952 - Britain’s King George VI dies and is succeeded by his daughter, Elizabeth II.
1958 - A plane carrying the Manchester United football team from a European Cup tie crashes at Munich, killing 23 people.
1964 - England and France agree to build the English Channel rail tunnel, which opened in 1994.
1967 - Muhammad Ali knocks out Ernie Terrell for the heavyweight boxing title in Houston.
1971 - US Apollo 14 astronauts prepare to head back to earth after spending 33 hours on the moon.
1973 - Construction begins on the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada.
1993 - American tennis player Arthur Ashe dies.
1994 - Martti Ahtisaari wins Finland’s first direct presidential election.
1995 - Two 100-tonne spaceships fly in formation in the first US-Russian rendezvous in 20 years.
1997 - Marking his first year as president of Haiti, Rene Preval distributes land to peasants.
1998 - A 5.6 magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan claims 4,000 lives.
1999 - Crown Prince Abdullah becomes King of Jordan.
2006 - Stephen Harper becomes Prime Minister of Canada.
2008 - Eight military personnel are killed when a Pakistan army helicopter crashes.
