March 6

March 6 in recent years

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2022 (Sunday)

2021 (Saturday)

2020 (Friday)

2019 (Wednesday)

2018 (Tuesday)

2017 (Monday)

2016 (Sunday)

2015 (Friday)

March 6 is the 65th day of the year (66th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 300 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

• 12 BC – The Roman Emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the Emperor
• 1454 – Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of the Prussian Confederation pledge allegiance to King Casimir IV of Poland who agrees to commit his forces in aiding the Confederation's struggle for independence from the Teutonic Knights.
• 1521 – Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Guam.
• 1788 – The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
• 1820 – The Missouri Compromise is signed into law by President James Monroe. The compromise allows Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, but makes the rest of the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase territory slavery-free.
• 1834 – York, Upper Canada is incorporated as Toronto.
• 1836 – Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo – After a thirteen day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman Davy Crockett and colonel Jim Bowie, defending the Alamo are killed and the fort is captured.
• 1840 – The Baltimore College of Dental Surgery opens, the first dental school.
• 1857 – The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case.
• 1869 – Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
• 1899 – Bayer registers aspirin as a trademark.
• 1921 – Portuguese Communist Party is founded as the Portuguese Section of the Communist International.
• 1930 – International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Comintern
• 1945 – Cologne is captured by American Troops.
• 1946 – Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
• 1951 – The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins.
• 1953 – Georgy Maksimilianovich Malenkov succeeds Joseph Stalin as Premier of the Soviet Union and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• 1957 – Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain Independence from the British
• 1964 – Nation of Islam's Elijah Muhammad officially gives boxing champion Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali.
• 1964 – Constantine II becomes King of Greece.
• 1965 – Premier Tom Playford of South Australia loses power after 27 years in office.
• 1967 – Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States.
• 1968 – The first of the East L.A. Walkouts take place at several high schools.
• 1968 – Three black males are executed by Rhodesia, the first executions since UDI, prompting international condemnation.
• 1970 – Blast at Weather Underground safe house in Greenwich Village kills three.
• 1975 – For the first time, ever, the Zapruder film of the assassination of John F. Kennedy is shown in motion to a national TV audience by Robert J. Groden and Dick Gregory.
• 1975 – Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement of their border dispute.
• 1981 – After 19 years of presenting the CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite signs off for the last time.
• 1983 – The first United States Football League game is played.
• 1987 – The British ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds killing 193.
• 1988 – Three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers are killed by Special Air Service on the territory of Gibraltar in the conclusion of Operation Flavius.
• 1992 – Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect computers.
• 2008 – A Palestinian gunman shoots and kills 8 students and critically injures 11 in the library of the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva, in Jerusalem, Israel.

Births

• 1340 – John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (d. 1399)
• 1405 – King John II of Castile (d. 1454)
• 1459 – Jacob Fugger, German banker (d. 1525)
• 1475 – Michelangelo, Italian artist and sculptor (d. 1564)
• 1483 – Francesco Guicciardini, Italian statesman and historian (d. 1540)
• 1495 – Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (d. 1556)
• 1619 – Cyrano de Bergerac, French soldier, poet (d. 1655)
• 1663 – Francis Atterbury, British man of letters (d. 1732)
• 1706 – George Pocock, British admiral (d. 1792)
• 1716 – Pehr Kalm, Swedish explorer and naturalist (d. 1779)
• 1724 – Henry Laurens, American merchant, slave trader, and political leader (d. 1792)
• 1761 – Antoine-Francois Andreossy, French General (d. 1828)
• 1779 – Antoine-Henri Jomini, French general (d. 1869)
• 1785 – Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer (d. 1857)
• 1787 – Joseph von Fraunhofer, German physicist (d. 1826)
• 1806 – Elizabeth Barrett Browning, British poet (d. 1861)
• 1812 – Aaron Lufkin Dennison American watch manufacturer (d. 1895)
• 1817 – Princess Clémentine of Orléans (d. 1907)
• 1818 – William Claflin, 27th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1905)
• 1823 – Charles I of Württemberg, King of Württemberg from 1864 (d. 1891)
• 1831 – Philip Sheridan, American Civil War Union cavalry officer (d. 1888)
• 1834 – George du Maurier British illustrator and writer (d. 1896)
• 1849 – Georg Luger, Austrian inventor (d. 1923)
• 1870 – Oscar Straus, Viennese operetta composer (d. 1954)
• 1871 – Afonso Costa, Portuguese politician (d. 1937)
• 1882 – Guy Kibbee, American actor d. 1956
• 1884 – Molla Mallory, Norwegian-born American tennis player (d. 1959)
• 1885 – Ring Lardner, American writer (d. 1933)
• 1893 – Furry Lewis, American blues guitarist (d. 1981)
• 1900 – Lefty Grove, American baseball player (d. 1975)
• 1903 – Empress Kōjun of Japan (d. 2000)
• 1904 – José Antonio Aguirre, Basque politician (d. 1960)
• 1905 – Bob Wills, American singer (d. 1975)
• 1906 – Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (d. 1959)
• 1909 – Obafemi Awolowo, Nigerian politician (d. 1987)
• 1909 – Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Polish author (d. 1966)
• 1910 – Ejler Bille, Danish artist, member of the COBRA group (d. 2004)
• 1914 – Kiril Kondrashin, Russian conductor (d. 1981)
• 1915 – Mohammed Burhanuddin, Dawoodi Bohra spiritual leader
• 1917 – Will Eisner, American illustrator and cartoonist (d. 2005)
• 1917 – Frankie Howerd, English comedian (d. 1992)
• 1917 – Donald Davidson, American philosopher (d. 2003)
• 1920 – Lewis Gilbert, English film director, producer and screenwriter
• 1923 – Ed McMahon, American television personality (d. 2009)
• 1923 – Herman Leonard, American photographer (d. 2010)
• 1924 – William H. Webster, American lawyer
• 1925 – Wes Montgomery, American musician (d. 1968)
• 1926 – Alan Greenspan, American economist
• 1926 – Andrzej Wajda, Polish film director
• 1927 – Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian writer, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1927 – Gordon Cooper, American astronaut (d. 2004)
• 1927 – Norman Treigle, American bass-baritone (d. 1975)
• 1930 – Lorin Maazel, French-born American conductor
• 1931 – Hal Needham, American stuntman
• 1932 – Bronisław Geremek, Polish social historian and politician.
• 1932 – Marc Bazin, Haitian politician (d. 2010)
• 1933 – Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (d. 2004)
• 1934 – John Noakes, British television presenter
• 1935 – Ron Delany, Irish athlete
• 1936 – Marion Barry Jr., American politician
• 1936 – Choummaly Sayasone, president of Laos
• 1937 – Ivan Boesky, American stock trader
• 1937 – Valentina Tereshkova, Soviet cosmonaut
• 1939 – Adam Osborne, British author and computer designer (d. 2003)
• 1939 – Cookie Rojas, Cuban baseball player
• 1939 – Infanta Margarita of Spain, duchess of Soria
• 1939 – Kit Bond, American politician
• 1940 – Joanna Miles, American actress
• 1940 – Willie Stargell, American baseball player (d. 2001)
• 1941 – Peter Brötzmann, German jazz saxophonist
• 1942 – Ben Murphy, American actor
• 1944 – Kiri Te Kanawa, New Zealander opera singer
• 1944 – Mary Wilson, American singer (The Supremes)
• 1944 – Richard Corliss, American film critic
• 1946 – David Gilmour, British musician (Pink Floyd)
• 1947 – Dick Fosbury, American athlete
• 1947 – Kiki Dee, British singer
• 1947 – Martin Kove, American actor
• 1947 – Rob Reiner, American actor, comedian, and film producer
• 1948 – Stephen Schwartz, American musical theatre lyricist and composer
• 1949 – Martin Buchan, Scottish soccer player
• 1949 – Shaukat Aziz, Pakistani statesman
• 1950 – Hirotaka Suzuoki, Japanese Seiyu (d. 2006)
• 1951 – Gerrie Knetemann, Dutch cyclist (d. 2004)
• 1953 – Carolyn Porco, American planetary scientist
• 1953 – Jan Kjærstad, Norwegian author
• 1953 – Madhav Kumar Nepal, former Prime Minister of Nepal
• 1954 – Harald Schumacher, German footbal goalkeeper
• 1955 – Alberta Watson, Canadian actress
• 1958 – Eddie Deezen, American actor
• 1959 – Tom Arnold, American actor and comedian
• 1960 – Sleepy Floyd, American basketball player
• 1962 – Erika Hess, Swiss alpine ski racer
• 1963 – D. L. Hughley, American comedian and actor
• 1964 – Madonna Wayne Gacy, American musician
• 1966 – Alan Davies, British comedian and actor
• 1967 – Connie Britton, American actress
• 1967 – Julio Bocca, Argentine ballet dancer
• 1968 – Michael Romeo, American musician (Symphony X)
• 1968 – Moira Kelly, American actress
• 1969 – Amy Pietz, American actress
• 1969 – Andrea Elson, American actress
• 1969 – Tari Phillips, American basketball player
• 1970 – Chris Broderick, American musician (Megadeth)
• 1971 – Darrick Martin, American basketball player
• 1971 – Sean Morley, American professional wrestler
• 1972 – Jaret Reddick, American musician (Bowling For Soup)
• 1972 – Shaquille O'Neal, American basketball player
• 1973 – Greg Ostertag, American basketball player
• 1973 – Michael Finley, American basketball player
• 1973 – Peter Lindgren, Swedish guitarist (ex-Opeth)
• 1974 – Beanie Sigel, American rapper
• 1975 – Aracely Arambula, Mexican actress and singer
• 1976 – Ken Anderson, American professional wrestler
• 1977 – Bubba Sparxxx, American rapper
• 1977 – Giorgos Karagounis, Greek soccer player
• 1977 – Marcus Thames, American baseball player
• 1978 – Lara Cox, Australian actress
• 1978 – Sage Rosenfels, American football player
• 1979 – Clint Barmes, American baseball player
• 1979 – David Flair, American professional wrestler
• 1979 – Érik Bédard, Canadian baseball player
• 1979 – Rufus Hound, British comedian
• 1979 – Tim Howard, American soccer player
• 1980 – Daniel DeSanto, Canadian actor
• 1981 – Ellen Muth, American actress
• 1983 – Andranik Teymourian, Iranian soccer player
• 1984 – Becky, Japanese-British entertainer
• 1984 – Edmund Yeo, Malaysian filmmaker
• 1986 – Charlie Mulgrew, Scottish football player
• 1986 – Eli Marienthal, American actor
• 1986 – Jake Arrieta, American baseball pitcher
• 1987 – Hannah Taylor-Gordon, English actress
• 1987 – Kevin-Prince Boateng, Ghanaian/German footballer
• 1988 – Agnes Carlsson, Swedish singer
• 1989 – Agnieszka Radwańska, Polish tennis player
• 1991 – Tyler the Creator, American rapper
• 1991 – Lex Luger, American rap producer
• 1991 – Nicole Fox, American model
• 1992 – Momoko Tsugunaga, Japanese singer
• 1997 – Spencer Dayton, Heir to the Throne of Scotland, and Chaplain of Lodi Chapter of the Order of DeMolay
• 2001 – Aryana Engineer, Canadian actress

Deaths

• 766 – Chrodegang of Metz, Frankish bishop of Metz
• 1252 – Saint Rose of Viterbo, Italian saint (b. 1235)
• 1490 – Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (b. 1458)
• 1531 – Pedrarias Dávila, Spanish conquistador (b. 1140)
• 1627 – Krzysztof Zbaraski, Polish statesman (b. 1580)
• 1658 – Ivan Bunić Vučić, politician and poet from the Republic of Dubrovnik (b. 1591 or 1592)
• 1754 – Henry Pelham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1694)
• 1758 – Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, English politician (b. 1705)
• 1764 – Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1690)
• 1796 – Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French writer (b. 1713)
• 1836 – James Butler Bonham, American lawyer and soldier (b. 1807)
• 1836 – James "Jim" Bowie, American pioneer and soldier (b. 1796)
• 1836 – Davy Crockett, American frontiersman (b. 1786)
• 1836 – William Barret Travis, American lawyer and soldier (b. 1809)
• 1842 – Constanze Mozart, former widow of W.A. Mozart (b. 1763)
• 1854 – Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, British soldier and politician (b. 1778)
• 1860 – Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (b. 1783)
• 1866 – William Whewell, English scientist, philosopher and historian (b. 1794)
• 1867 – Artemus Ward, American comic writer (b. 1834)
• 1881 – Horatia Nelson, daughter of Emma Hamilton and Horatio Nelson (b. 1801)
• 1888 – Louisa May Alcott, American novelist (b. 1832)
• 1895 – Camilla Collett, Norwegian writer and feminist (b. 1813)
• 1899 – Victoria Kaiulani, Hawaiian princess (b. 1875)
• 1900 – Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and industrialist (b. 1834)
• 1905 – John Henninger Reagan, American Confederate politician (b. 1818)
• 1932 – John Philip Sousa, American conductor, and composer (b. 1854)
• 1933 – Anton Cermak, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1873)
• 1935 – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., American politician (b. 1841)
• 1935 – Fridolf Rhudin Swedish actor and comedian (b. 1895)
• 1939 – Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician (b. 1852)
• 1941 – Gutzon Borglum, Danish sculptor (b. 1867)
• 1948 – Ross Lockridge, Jr., American novelist (b. 1914)
• 1950 – Albert Lebrun, President of France (b. 1871)
• 1951 – Ivor Novello, Welsh actor, musician, and composer (b. 1893)
• 1951 – Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian politician and statesman (b. 1880)
• 1952 – Jürgen Stroop, Nazi SS-leader (b. 1895)
• 1961 – George Formby, British comedian and singer (b. 1904)
• 1964 – King Paul of Greece (b. 1901)
• 1965 – Margaret Dumont, American actress (b. 1889)
• 1967 – John Haden Badley, English author and educator (b. 1865)
• 1967 – Nelson Eddy, American singer and actor (b. 1901)
• 1967 – Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer (b. 1882)
• 1969 – Nadya Rusheva, Russian painter (b. 1952)
• 1970 – William Hopper, American actor (b. 1915)
• 1971 – Thurston Dart, English harpsichordist and conductor (b. 1921)
• 1973 – Pearl S. Buck, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
• 1976 – Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom, American boxer and actor (b. 1903)
• 1981 – George Geary, English cricketer (b. 1893)
• 1982 – Ayn Rand, Russian-American author (b. 1905)
• 1984 – Martin Niemöller, German theologian (b. 1892)
• 1984 – Henry Wilcoxon, Dominican actor (b. 1905)
• 1986 – Georgia O'Keeffe, American artist (b. 1887)
• 1988 – Mairéad Farrell, Irish Republican (b. 1957)
• 1988 – Daniel McCann, Irish Republican (b. 1957)
• 1988 – Seán Savage, Irish Republican (b. 1965)
• 1994 – Melina Mercouri, Greek actress and Minister for Culture of Greece (b. 1920)
• 1997 – Cheddi Jagan, President of Guyana (b. 1918)
• 1997 – Michael Manley, Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1924)
• 1998 – Frank Barrett, American baseball player (b. 1913)
• 1999 – Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifah, Emir of Bahrain (b. 1933)
• 1978 – Dennis Viollet, English footballer (b. 1933)
• 2000 – John Colicos, Canadian actor (b. 1928)
• 2001 – Kim Walker, American actress (b. 1968)
• 2002 – Bryan Fogarty, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1969)
• 2004 – Frances Dee, American actress (b. 1909)
• 2004 – Ray Fernandez, American wrestler (b. 1957)
• 2005 – Hans Bethe, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
• 2005 – Tommy Vance, British radio disc jockey (b. 1943)
• 2005 – Danny Gardella, American baseball player (b. 1920)
• 2005 – Teresa Wright, American actress (b. 1918)
• 2006 – Anne Braden, American civil rights activist (b. 1924)
• 2006 – King Floyd, American musician (b. 1945)
• 2006 – Kirby Puckett, American baseball player (b. 1960)
• 2006 – Dana Reeve, American actress and activist, widow of Christoper Reeve (b. 1961)
• 2007 – Jean Baudrillard, French theorist and photographer (b. 1929)
• 2007 – Allen Coage ("Bad News Brown"), American wrestler and judoka (b. 1943)
• 2007 – Ernest Gallo, American winemaker (b. 1909)
• 2008 – Peter Poreku Dery, Cardinal and Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale (b. 1918)
• 2009 – Francis Magalona, Filipino media artist and photographer. (b. 1964)
• 2009 – Susan Tsvangirai, wife of Morgan Tsvangirai (b. 1959)
• 2010 – Mark Linkous, member of Sparklehorse (b. 1962)
• 2010 – Endurance Idahor, Nigerian footballer (b. 1984)

Holidays and observances

• Alamo Day (Texas)
• Christian Feast Day:
  • Chrodegang
  • Colette
  • Fridolin
  • Kyneburga, Kyneswide and Tibba
  • Marcian of Tortona
  • Olegarius
  • March 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Foundation Day, the founding of Norfolk Island in 1788. (Territory of Norfolk Island)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Ghana from the United Kingdom in 1957. (Ghana)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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