What happened on March 6? There are more than 256 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About March 6
March 6 is the 66th day of the year 2024. There are 300 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday. This day falls under the 10th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Kinston, North Carolina 28501 sunrise occured at 06:30 AM and sunset occured at 06:11 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Pisces. The modern birthstone for this month is Aquamarine while the mystical birthstone is Jade.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 329 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For March 6
- 12 BCThe Roman Emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the Emperor
- 1454Thirteen 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.
- 1521Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Guam.
- 1788The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
- 1820The 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.
- 1834York, Upper Canada is incorporated as Toronto.
- 1836Texas 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.
- 1840The Baltimore College of Dental Surgery opens, the first dental school.
- 1857The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case.
- 1869Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
- 1899Bayer registers aspirin as a trademark.
- 1921Portuguese Communist Party is founded as the Portuguese Section of the Communist International.
- 1930International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Comintern
- 1945Cologne is captured by American Troops.
- 1946Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
- 1951The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins.
- 1953Georgy Maksimilianovich Malenkov succeeds Joseph Stalin as Premier of the Soviet Union and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
- 1957Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain Independence from the British
- 1964Constantine II becomes King of Greece.
- 1964Nation of Islam’s Elijah Muhammad officially gives boxing champion Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali.
- 1965Premier Tom Playford of South Australia loses power after 27 years in office.
- 1967Joseph Stalin’s daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States.
- 1968The first of the East L.A. Walkouts take place at several high schools.
- 1968Three black males are executed by Rhodesia, the first executions since UDI, prompting international condemnation.
- 1970Blast at Weather Underground safe house in Greenwich Village kills three.
- 1975Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement of their border dispute.
- 1975For 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.
- 1981After 19 years of presenting the CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite signs off for the last time.
- 1983The first United States Football League game is played.
- 1987The British ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds killing 193.
- 1988Three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers are killed by Special Air Service on the territory of Gibraltar in the conclusion of Operation Flavius.
- 1992Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect computers.
- 2008A Palestinian gunman shoots and kills 8 students and critically injures 11 in the library of the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva, in Jerusalem, Israel.
Who Were Born On March 6?
- 1340John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (d. 1399)
- 1405King John II of Castile (d. 1454)
- 1459Jacob Fugger, German banker (d. 1525)
- 1475Michelangelo, Italian artist and sculptor (d. 1564)
- 1483Francesco Guicciardini, Italian statesman and historian (d. 1540)
- 1495Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (d. 1556)
- 1619Cyrano de Bergerac, French soldier, poet (d. 1655)
- 1663Francis Atterbury, British man of letters (d. 1732)
- 1706George Pocock, British admiral (d. 1792)
- 1716Pehr Kalm, Swedish explorer and naturalist (d. 1779)
- 1724Henry Laurens, American merchant, slave trader, and political leader (d. 1792)
- 1761Antoine-Francois Andreossy, French General (d. 1828)
- 1779Antoine-Henri Jomini, French general (d. 1869)
- 1785Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer (d. 1857)
- 1787Joseph von Fraunhofer, German physicist (d. 1826)
- 1806Elizabeth Barrett Browning, British poet (d. 1861)
- 1812Aaron Lufkin Dennison American watch manufacturer (d. 1895)
- 1817Princess Clémentine of Orléans (d. 1907)
- 1818William Claflin, 27th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1905)
- 1823Charles I of Württemberg, King of Württemberg from 1864 (d. 1891)
- 1831Philip Sheridan, American Civil War Union cavalry officer (d. 1888)
- 1834George du Maurier British illustrator and writer (d. 1896)
- 1849Georg Luger, Austrian inventor (d. 1923)
- 1870Oscar Straus, Viennese operetta composer (d. 1954)
- 1871Afonso Costa, Portuguese politician (d. 1937)
- 1882Guy Kibbee, American actor d. 1956
- 1884Molla Mallory, Norwegian-born American tennis player (d. 1959)
- 1885Ring Lardner, American writer (d. 1933)
- 1893Furry Lewis, American blues guitarist (d. 1981)
- 1900Lefty Grove, American baseball player (d. 1975)
- 1903Empress Kōjun of Japan (d. 2000)
- 1904José Antonio Aguirre, Basque politician (d. 1960)
- 1905Bob Wills, American singer (d. 1975)
- 1906Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (d. 1959)
- 1909Obafemi Awolowo, Nigerian politician (d. 1987)
- 1909Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Polish author (d. 1966)
- 1910Ejler Bille, Danish artist, member of the COBRA group (d. 2004)
- 1914Kiril Kondrashin, Russian conductor (d. 1981)
- 1915Mohammed Burhanuddin, Dawoodi Bohra spiritual leader
- 1917Donald Davidson, American philosopher (d. 2003)
- 1917Frankie Howerd, English comedian (d. 1992)
- 1917Will Eisner, American illustrator and cartoonist (d. 2005)
- 1920Lewis Gilbert, English film director, producer and screenwriter
- 1923Ed McMahon, American television personality (d. 2009)
- 1923Herman Leonard, American photographer (d. 2010)
- 1924William H. Webster, American lawyer
- 1925Wes Montgomery, American musician (d. 1968)
- 1926Alan Greenspan, American economist
- 1926Andrzej Wajda, Polish film director
- 1927Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian writer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1927Gordon Cooper, American astronaut (d. 2004)
- 1927Norman Treigle, American bass-baritone (d. 1975)
- 1930Lorin Maazel, French-born American conductor
- 1931Hal Needham, American stuntman
- 1932Bronisław Geremek, Polish social historian and politician.
- 1932Marc Bazin, Haitian politician (d. 2010)
- 1933Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (d. 2004)
- 1934John Noakes, British television presenter
- 1935Ron Delany, Irish athlete
- 1936Choummaly Sayasone, president of Laos
- 1936Marion Barry Jr., American politician
- 1937Ivan Boesky, American stock trader
- 1937Valentina Tereshkova, Soviet cosmonaut
- 1939Adam Osborne, British author and computer designer (d. 2003)
- 1939Cookie Rojas, Cuban baseball player
- 1939Infanta Margarita of Spain, duchess of Soria
- 1939Kit Bond, American politician
- 1940Joanna Miles, American actress
- 1940Willie Stargell, American baseball player (d. 2001)
- 1941Peter Brötzmann, German jazz saxophonist
- 1942Ben Murphy, American actor
- 1944Kiri Te Kanawa, New Zealander opera singer
- 1944Mary Wilson, American singer (The Supremes)
- 1944Richard Corliss, American film critic
- 1946David Gilmour, British musician (Pink Floyd)
- 1947Dick Fosbury, American athlete
- 1947John Stossel, American author and pundit
- 1947Kiki Dee, British singer
- 1947Martin Kove, American actor
- 1947Rob Reiner, American actor, comedian, and film producer
- 1948Stephen Schwartz, American musical theatre lyricist and composer
- 1949Martin Buchan, Scottish soccer player
- 1949Shaukat Aziz, Pakistani statesman
- 1950Hirotaka Suzuoki, Japanese Seiyu (d. 2006)
- 1951Gerrie Knetemann, Dutch cyclist (d. 2004)
- 1953Carolyn Porco, American planetary scientist
- 1953Jan Kjærstad, Norwegian author
- 1953Madhav Kumar Nepal, former Prime Minister of Nepal
- 1954Harald Schumacher, German footbal goalkeeper
- 1955Alberta Watson, Canadian actress
- 1958Eddie Deezen, American actor
- 1959Tom Arnold, American actor and comedian
- 1960Sleepy Floyd, American basketball player
- 1962Erika Hess, Swiss alpine ski racer
- 1963D. L. Hughley, American comedian and actor
- 1964Madonna Wayne Gacy, American musician
- 1966Alan Davies, British comedian and actor
- 1967Connie Britton, American actress
- 1967Julio Bocca, Argentine ballet dancer
- 1968Michael Romeo, American musician (Symphony X)
- 1968Moira Kelly, American actress
- 1969Amy Pietz, American actress
- 1969Andrea Elson, American actress
- 1969Tari Phillips, American basketball player
- 1970Chris Broderick, American musician (Megadeth)
- 1971Darrick Martin, American basketball player
- 1971Sean Morley, American professional wrestler
- 1972Jaret Reddick, American musician (Bowling For Soup)
- 1972Shaquille O'Neal, American basketball player
- 1973Greg Ostertag, American basketball player
- 1973Michael Finley, American basketball player
- 1973Peter Lindgren, Swedish guitarist (ex-Opeth)
- 1974Beanie Sigel, American rapper
- 1975Aracely Arambula, Mexican actress and singer
- 1976Ken Anderson, American professional wrestler
- 1977Bubba Sparxxx, American rapper
- 1977Giorgos Karagounis, Greek soccer player
- 1977Marcus Thames, American baseball player
- 1978Lara Cox, Australian actress
- 1978Sage Rosenfels, American football player
- 1979Érik Bédard, Canadian baseball player
- 1979Clint Barmes, American baseball player
- 1979David Flair, American professional wrestler
- 1979Rufus Hound, British comedian
- 1979Tim Howard, American soccer player
- 1980Daniel DeSanto, Canadian actor
- 1981Ellen Muth, American actress
- 1983Andranik Teymourian, Iranian soccer player
- 1984Becky, Japanese-British entertainer
- 1984Edmund Yeo, Malaysian filmmaker
- 1986Charlie Mulgrew, Scottish football player
- 1986Eli Marienthal, American actor
- 1986Jake Arrieta, American baseball pitcher
- 1987Hannah Taylor-Gordon, English actress
- 1987Kevin-Prince Boateng, Ghanaian/German footballer
- 1988Agnes Carlsson, Swedish singer
- 1989Agnieszka Radwańska, Polish tennis player
- 1991Lex Luger, American rap producer
- 1991Nicole Fox, American model
- 1991Tyler the Creator, American rapper
- 1992Momoko Tsugunaga, Japanese singer
- 2001Aryana Engineer, Canadian actress
Who Died On March 6?
- 766Chrodegang of Metz, Frankish bishop of Metz
- 1252Saint Rose of Viterbo, Italian saint (b. 1235)
- 1490Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (b. 1458)
- 1531Pedrarias Dávila, Spanish conquistador (b. 1140)
- 1627Krzysztof Zbaraski, Polish statesman (b. 1580)
- 1658Ivan Bunić Vučić, politician and poet from the Republic of Dubrovnik (b. 1591 or 1592)
- 1754Henry Pelham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1694)
- 1758Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, English politician (b. 1705)
- 1764Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1690)
- 1796Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French writer (b. 1713)
- 1836Davy Crockett, American frontiersman (b. 1786)
- 1836James “Jim” Bowie, American pioneer and soldier (b. 1796)
- 1836James Butler Bonham, American lawyer and soldier (b. 1807)
- 1836William Barret Travis, American lawyer and soldier (b. 1809)
- 1842Constanze Mozart, former widow of W.A. Mozart (b. 1763)
- 1854Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, British soldier and politician (b. 1778)
- 1860Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (b. 1783)
- 1866William Whewell, English scientist, philosopher and historian (b. 1794)
- 1867Artemus Ward, American comic writer (b. 1834)
- 1881Horatia Nelson, daughter of Emma Hamilton and Horatio Nelson (b. 1801)
- 1888Louisa May Alcott, American novelist (b. 1832)
- 1895Camilla Collett, Norwegian writer and feminist (b. 1813)
- 1899Victoria Kaiulani, Hawaiian princess (b. 1875)
- 1900Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and industrialist (b. 1834)
- 1905John Henninger Reagan, American Confederate politician (b. 1818)
- 1932John Philip Sousa, American conductor, and composer (b. 1854)
- 1933Anton Cermak, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1873)
- 1935Fridolf Rhudin Swedish actor and comedian (b. 1895)
- 1935Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., American politician (b. 1841)
- 1939Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician (b. 1852)
- 1941Gutzon Borglum, Danish sculptor (b. 1867)
- 1948Ross Lockridge, Jr., American novelist (b. 1914)
- 1950Albert Lebrun, President of France (b. 1871)
- 1951Ivor Novello, Welsh actor, musician, and composer (b. 1893)
- 1951Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian politician and statesman (b. 1880)
- 1952Jürgen Stroop, Nazi SS-leader (b. 1895)
- 1961George Formby, British comedian and singer (b. 1904)
- 1964King Paul of Greece (b. 1901)
- 1965Margaret Dumont, American actress (b. 1889)
- 1967John Haden Badley, English author and educator (b. 1865)
- 1967Nelson Eddy, American singer and actor (b. 1901)
- 1967Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer (b. 1882)
- 1969Nadya Rusheva, Russian painter (b. 1952)
- 1970William Hopper, American actor (b. 1915)
- 1971Thurston Dart, English harpsichordist and conductor (b. 1921)
- 1973Pearl S. Buck, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
- 1976Max ‘Slapsie Maxie’Rosenbloom, American boxer and actor (b. 1903)
- 1978Dennis Viollet, English footballer (b. 1933)
- 1981George Geary, English cricketer (b. 1893)
- 1982Ayn Rand, Russian-American author (b. 1905)
- 1984Henry Wilcoxon, Dominican actor (b. 1905)
- 1984Martin Niemöller, German theologian (b. 1892)
- 1986Georgia O'Keeffe, American artist (b. 1887)
- 1988Daniel McCann, Irish Republican (b. 1957)
- 1988Mairéad Farrell, Irish Republican (b. 1957)
- 1988Seán Savage, Irish Republican (b. 1965)
- 1994Melina Mercouri, Greek actress and Minister for Culture of Greece (b. 1920)
- 1997Cheddi Jagan, President of Guyana (b. 1918)
- 1997Michael Manley, Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1924)
- 1998Frank Barrett, American baseball player (b. 1913)
- 1999Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifah, Emir of Bahrain (b. 1933)
- 2000John Colicos, Canadian actor (b. 1928)
- 2001Kim Walker, American actress (b. 1968)
- 2002Bryan Fogarty, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1969)
- 2004Frances Dee, American actress (b. 1909)
- 2004Ray Fernandez, American wrestler (b. 1957)
- 2005Danny Gardella, American baseball player (b. 1920)
- 2005Hans Bethe, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
- 2005Teresa Wright, American actress (b. 1918)
- 2005Tommy Vance, British radio disc jockey (b. 1943)
- 2006Anne Braden, American civil rights activist (b. 1924)
- 2006Dana Reeve, American actress and activist, widow of Christoper Reeve (b. 1961)
- 2006King Floyd, American musician (b. 1945)
- 2006Kirby Puckett, American baseball player (b. 1960)
- 2007Allen Coage (“Bad News Brown”), American wrestler and judoka (b. 1943)
- 2007Ernest Gallo, American winemaker (b. 1909)
- 2007Jean Baudrillard, French theorist and photographer (b. 1929)
- 2008Peter Poreku Dery, Cardinal and Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale (b. 1918)
- 2009Francis Magalona, Filipino media artist and photographer. (b. 1964)
- 2009Susan Tsvangirai, wife of Morgan Tsvangirai (b. 1959)
- 2010Endurance Idahor, Nigerian footballer (b. 1984)
- 2010Mark Linkous, member of Sparklehorse (b. 1962)
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