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This is a list of selected March 6 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

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Ferdinand Magellan
Dmitri Mendeleev
Dred Scott
The Alamo
Muhammad Ali

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Blurb	Reason
1521 – Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his crew reached Guam.	refimprove, more footnotes
1834 – York, Upper Canada, was incorporated as Toronto, now the most populous city in Canada.	outdated
1857 – The US Supreme Court delivered a landmark legal decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford, which polarized the slavery debate and became one of many factors leading to the American Civil War.	refimprove section
1975 – The Zapruder film of the assassination of John F. Kennedy was broadcast on television for the first time.	section needs to be rewritten
1987 – In the deadliest maritime disaster involving a British-registered ship in peacetime since 1919, the ferry *Herald of Free Enterprise* capsized while leaving the harbour of Zeebrugge, Belgium, killing 193 people on board.	unreferenced section

Eligible

1665 – The first joint Secretary of the Royal Society, Henry Oldenburg, published the first issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, the world's longest-running scientific journal.
1836 – Texas Revolution: Mexican forces captured the Alamo in San Antonio from the Texans after a 13-day siege.
1853 – Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata premiered at Venice's La Fenice, but the performance was considered so bad that it caused the Italian composer to revise portions of the opera.
1902 – Real Madrid, the world's richest football club, was founded as Madrid Football Club.
1913 – First Balkan War: The Greek army captured Bizani Fortress, near Ioannina, from the Ottomans.
1945 – Petru Groza of the Ploughmen's Front became the first Prime Minister of the Communist Party-dominated governments of Romania.
1964 – In a radio broadcast, Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad announced that American boxer Cassius Clay would change his name to Muhammad Ali.
1967 – Josef Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defected to the United States.
1975 – Iran and Iraq signed the Algiers Agreement to settle a border dispute, only to begin fighting again five years later in the Iran–Iraq War.
2008 – A Palestinian gunman shot and killed eight students and critically injured eleven in the library of the Mercaz HaRav Kook yeshiva in Jerusalem.

Notes

FC Bayern Munich appears on February 27, so Real Madrid should not appear in the same year.
Nabucco (another Verdi opera) appears on March 9, so La traviata should not appear in the same year.

March 6: Laetare Sunday (Western Christianity, 2016); Independence Day in Ghana (1957)

Dmitri Mendeleev

961 – The Muslim Emirate of Crete was conquered by the Byzantine Empire.
1447 – Tomaso Parentucelli became Pope Nicholas V.
1869 – Dmitri Mendeleev (pictured) presented the first periodic table of elements to the Russian Chemical Society.
1930 – Organized by the Communist International, hundreds of thousands of people in major cities around the world marched to protest mass unemployment associated with the Great Depression.
1988 – In Operation Flavius, the British Special Air Service killed three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers conspiring to bomb a parade of British military bands in Gibraltar.

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+* [[1665]] – The first joint Secretary of the [[Royal Society]], [[Henry Oldenburg]], published the first issue of '''''[[Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]]''''', the world's longest-running scientific journal.
-* [[1447]] – Tomaso Parentucelli became '''[[Pope Nicholas V|Pope Nicholas&nbsp;V]]'''.
 * [[1836]] – [[Texas Revolution]]: Mexican forces '''[[Battle of the Alamo|captured]]''' the [[Alamo Mission in San Antonio|Alamo]] in [[San Antonio]] from the [[Republic of Texas|Texans]] after a 13-day siege.
+* [[1853]] – [[Giuseppe Verdi]]'s '''''[[La traviata]]''''' premiered at [[Venice]]'s [[La Fenice]], but the performance was considered so bad that it caused the Italian composer to revise portions of the opera.
 * [[1902]] – '''[[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]''', the [[Deloitte Football Money League|world's richest football club]], was founded as Madrid Football Club.
 * [[1913]] – [[First Balkan War]]: The Greek army '''[[Battle of Bizani|captured Bizani Fortress]]''', near [[Ioannina]], from the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottomans]].
+* [[1945]] – '''[[Petru Groza]]''' of the [[Ploughmen's Front]] became the first [[Prime Minister of Romania|Prime Minister]] of the [[Communist party|Communist Party]]-dominated governments of [[Socialist Republic of Romania|Romania]].
-* [[1930]] – Organized by the [[Comintern|Communist International]], hundreds of thousands of people in major cities around the world '''[[International Unemployment Day|marched]]''' to protest mass unemployment associated with the [[Great Depression]].
 * [[1964]] – In a radio broadcast, [[Nation of Islam]] leader [[Elijah Muhammad]] announced that American [[Boxing|boxer]] Cassius Clay would change his name to '''[[Muhammad Ali]]'''.
 * [[1967]] – [[Josef Stalin]]'s daughter '''[[Svetlana Alliluyeva]]''' defected to the United States.
+* [[1975]] – Iran and Iraq signed the '''[[1975 Algiers Agreement|Algiers Agreement]]''' to settle a border dispute, only to begin fighting again five years later in the [[Iran–Iraq War]].
-* [[1988]] – In '''[[Operation Flavius]]''', the [[Special Air Service|British Special Air Service]] killed three [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] [[Volunteer (Irish republican)|volunteer]]s conspiring to bomb a parade of British military bands in [[Gibraltar]].
 * [[2008]] – A [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] gunman '''[[Mercaz HaRav massacre|shot and killed]]''' eight students and critically injured eleven in the library of the ''[[Mercaz HaRav Kook]]'' [[yeshiva]] in [[Jerusalem]].
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 '''[[March 6]]''': '''[[Laetare Sunday]]<!--/[[Mothering Sunday]]; not bold; unreferenced section-->''' (Western Christianity, 2016); [[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] in '''[[Ghana]]''' ([[1957]])
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 * [[961]] – The Muslim '''[[Emirate of Crete]]''' was conquered by the [[Byzantine Empire]].
+* [[1447]] – Tomaso Parentucelli became '''[[Pope Nicholas V|Pope {{Nowrap|Nicholas V}}]]'''.
-* [[1665]] – The first joint Secretary of the [[Royal Society]], [[Henry Oldenburg]], published the first issue of '''''[[Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]]''''', the world's longest-running scientific journal.
+* [[1869]] – '''[[Dmitri Mendeleev]]''' ''(pictured)'' presented the first [[periodic table]] of [[chemical element|elements]] to the Russian Chemical Society.
-* [[1853]] – [[Giuseppe Verdi]]'s '''''[[La traviata]]''''' premiered at [[Venice]]'s [[La Fenice]], but the performance was considered so bad that it caused the Italian composer to revise portions of the opera.
+* [[1930]] – Organized by the [[Comintern|Communist International]], hundreds of thousands of people in major cities around the world '''[[International Unemployment Day|marched]]''' to protest mass unemployment associated with the [[Great Depression]].
-* [[1945]] – '''[[Petru Groza]]''' ''(pictured)'' of the [[Ploughmen's Front]] became the first [[Prime Minister of Romania|Prime Minister]] of the [[Communist party|Communist Party]]-dominated governments of [[Socialist Republic of Romania|Romania]].
+* [[1988]] – In '''[[Operation Flavius]]''', the [[Special Air Service|British Special Air Service]] killed three [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] [[Volunteer (Irish republican)|volunteer]]s conspiring to bomb a parade of British military bands in [[Gibraltar]].
-* [[1975]] – Iran and Iraq signed the '''[[1975 Algiers Agreement|Algiers Agreement]]''' to settle a border dispute, only to begin fighting again five years later in the [[Iran–Iraq War]].
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