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 [ edit ]

Pre-1600 [ edit ]

• 12 BCE – The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus , incorporating the position into that of the emperor. ^[1]
• 632 – The Farewell Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada') of the Islamic prophet Muhammad .
• 845 – The 42 Martyrs of Amorium are killed after refusing to convert to Islam. ^[2]
• 961 – Byzantine conquest of Chandax by Nikephoros Phokas , end of the Emirate of Crete .
• 1204 – The Siege of Chateau Gaillard ends in a French victory over King John of England , who loses control of Normandy to King Philip II Augustus . ^[3]
• 1323 – Treaty of Paris of 1323 is signed. ^[4]
• 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 .

1601?1900 [ edit ]

• 1651 – The town of Kajaani , known at the time as Cajanaburg , is founded by Count Per Brahe , the Governor-General of Finland . ^{[5] [6]}
• 1665 – The first joint Secretary of the Royal Society , Henry Oldenburg , publishes the first issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society , the world's longest-running scientific journal.
• 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 , brings Maine into the Union as a free state , and 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.
• 1857 – The Supreme Court of the United States rules 7?2 in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case that the Constitution does not confer citizenship on black people.
• 1869 – Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
• 1882 – The Serbian kingdom is re-founded.
• 1899 – Bayer registers " Aspirin " as a trademark .

1901?present [ edit ]

• 1901 – Anarchist assassin tries to kill German Emperor Wilhelm II . ^[7]
• 1904 – Scottish National Antarctic Expedition : Led by William Speirs Bruce , the Antarctic region of Coats Land was discovered from the Scotia . ^[8]
• 1912 – Italo-Turkish War : Italian forces become the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur , from an altitude of 1,800 m.
• 1930 – International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Comintern.
• 1933 – Great Depression : President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a " bank holiday ", closing all U.S. banks and freezing all financial transactions.
• 1943 – Norman Rockwell published Freedom from Want in The Saturday Evening Post with a matching essay by Carlos Bulosan as part of the Four Freedoms series.
• 1943 – World War II : Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel launches the Battle of Medenine in an attempt to slow down the British Eight Army. It fails, and he leaves Africa three days later. ^[9]
• 1943 – World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos , one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army , ends with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion, the bulk of the garrison of the town of Grevena , leading to its liberation a fortnight later. ^[10]
• 1944 – World War II: Soviet Air Forces bomb an evacuated town of Narva in German-occupied Estonia , destroying the entire historical Swedish-era town.
• 1945 – World War II: Cologne is captured by American troops. On the same day, Operation Spring Awakening , the last major German offensive of the war, begins. ^[11]
• 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 – Cold War : The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins.
• 1953 – Georgy 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 leader Elijah Muhammad officially gives boxing champion Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali .
• 1964 – Constantine II becomes the last King of Greece.
• 1965 – Premier Tom Playford of South Australia loses power after 27 years in office.
• 1967 – Cold War: Joseph Stalin 's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States.
• 1968 – Three rebels are executed by Rhodesia , the first executions since UDI , prompting international condemnation.
• 1970 – An explosion at the Weather Underground safe house in Greenwich Village kills three.
• 1975 – For the first time 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.
• 1984 – In the United Kingdom, a walkout at Cortonwood Colliery in Brampton Bierlow signals the start of a strike that lasted almost a year and involved the majority of the country's miners.
• 1987 – The British ferry MS  Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds, killing 193. ^[12]
• 1988 – Three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers are shot dead by the SAS in Gibraltar in Operation Flavius .
• 1992 – The Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect computers.
• 2003 – Air Algerie Flight 6289 crashes at the Aguenar ? Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport in Tamanrasset , Algeria , killing 102 out of the 103 people on board. ^[13]
• 2008 – A suicide bomber kills 68 people (including first responders) in Baghdad on the same day that a gunman kills eight students in Jerusalem .
• 2018 – Forbes names Jeff Bezos as the world's richest person, for the first time, at $112 billion net worth. ^[14]
• 2020 – Thirty-two people are killed and 81 are injured when gunmen open fire on a ceremony in Kabul , Afghanistan . The Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack. ^[15]

Births [ edit ]

Pre-1600 [ edit ]

• 1340 – John of Gaunt (probable; d. 1399)
• 1405 – John II of Castile (d. 1454)
• 1459 – Jakob Fugger , German merchant and banker (d. 1525)
• 1475 – Michelangelo , Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1564) ^[16]
• 1483 – Francesco Guicciardini , Italian historian and politician (d. 1540)
• 1493 – Juan Luis Vives , Spanish scholar and humanist (d. 1540)
• 1495 – Luigi Alamanni , Italian poet and diplomat (d. 1556)
• 1536 – Santi di Tito , Italian painter (d. 1603)

1601?1900 [ edit ]

• 1619 – Cyrano de Bergerac , French author and playwright (d. 1655) ^[17]
• 1663 – Francis Atterbury , English bishop and poet (d. 1732)
• 1706 – George Pocock , English admiral (d. 1792)
• 1716 – Pehr Kalm , Swedish-Finnish botanist and explorer (d. 1779)
• 1724 – Henry Laurens , English-American merchant and politician, 5th President of the Continental Congress (d. 1792)
• 1761 – Antoine-Francois Andreossy , French general and diplomat (d. 1828)
• 1779 – Antoine-Henri Jomini , Swiss-French general (d. 1869)
• 1780 – Lucy Barnes , American writer (d. 1809) ^[18]
• 1785 – Karol Kurpi?ski , Polish composer and conductor (d. 1857)
• 1787 – Joseph von Fraunhofer , German physicist and astronomer (d. 1826)
• 1806 – Elizabeth Barrett Browning , English-Italian poet and translator (d. 1861)
• 1812 – Aaron Lufkin Dennison , American businessman, co-founded the Waltham Watch Company (d. 1895)
• 1817 – Princess Clementine of Orleans (d. 1907)
• 1818 – William Claflin , American businessman and politician, 27th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1905)
• 1823 – Charles I of Wurttemberg (d. 1891)
• 1826 – Annie Feray Mutrie , British painter (d. 1893) ^[19]
• 1831 – Philip Sheridan , Irish-American general (d. 1888)
• 1834 – George du Maurier , French-English author and illustrator (d. 1896) ^[20]
• 1841 – Viktor Burenin , Russian author, poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1926)
• 1849 – Georg Luger , Austrian gun designer, designed the Luger pistol (d. 1923)
• 1864 – Richard Rushall , British businessman (d. 1953)
• 1865 – Duan Qirui , Chinese warlord and politician (d. 1936) ^[21]
• 1870 – Oscar Straus , Viennese composer and conductor (d. 1954) ^[22]
• 1871 – Afonso Costa , Portuguese lawyer and politician, 59th Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1937)
• 1872 – Ben Harney , American pianist and composer (d. 1938)
• 1876 – A. A. Kannisto , Finnish politician (d. 1930) ^[23]
• 1877 – Rose Fyleman , English writer and poet (d. 1957) ^[24]
• 1879 – Jimmy Hunter , New Zealand rugby player (d. 1962)
• 1882 – F. Burrall Hoffman , American architect, co-designed Villa Vizcaya (d. 1980)
• 1882 – Guy Kibbee , American actor and singer (d. 1956)
• 1884 – Molla Mallory , Norwegian-American tennis player (d. 1959)
• 1885 – Ring Lardner , American journalist and author (d. 1933) ^[25]
• 1892 – Bert Smith , English international footballer (d. 1969) ^[26]
• 1893 – Furry Lewis , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1981)
• 1893 – Ella P. Stewart , pioneering Black American pharmacist (d. 1987) ^[27]
• 1895 – Albert Tessier , Canadian priest and historian (d. 1976)
• 1898 – Gus Sonnenberg , American football player and wrestler (d. 1944)
• 1900 – Gina Cigna , French-Italian soprano and actress (d. 2001)
• 1900 – Lefty Grove , American baseball player (d. 1975)
• 1900 – Henri Jeanson , French journalist and author (d. 1970)

1901?present [ edit ]

• 1903 – Empress K?jun (d. 2000)
• 1904 – Jose Antonio Aguirre , Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (d. 1960)
• 1905 – Bob Wills , American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader (d. 1975) ^[28]
• 1906 – Lou Costello , American actor and comedian (d. 1959) ^[28]
• 1909 – Obafemi Awolowo , Nigerian lawyer and politician (d. 1987)
• 1909 – Stanisław Jerzy Lec , Polish poet and author (d. 1966)
• 1910 – Emma Bailey , American auctioneer and author (d. 1999) ^[29]
• 1912 – Mohammed Burhanuddin , Indian spiritual leader, 52nd Da'i al-Mutlaq (d. 2014)
• 1913 – Ella Logan , Scottish-American singer and actress (d. 1969)
• 1917 – Donald Davidson , American philosopher and academic (d. 2003)
• 1917 – Will Eisner , American illustrator and publisher (d. 2005)
• 1917 – Frankie Howerd , English comedian (d. 1992)
• 1918 – Howard McGhee , American trumpeter (d. 1987)
• 1920 – Lewis Gilbert , English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2018)
• 1921 – Leo Bretholz , Austrian-American holocaust survivor and author (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Ed McMahon , American comedian, game show host, and announcer (d. 2009) ^[28]
• 1923 – Wes Montgomery , American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1968)
• 1924 – Sarah Caldwell , American opera director, impresario, and stage director (d. 2006) ^[28]
• 1924 – Ottmar Walter , German footballer (d. 2013)
• 1924 – William H. Webster , American lawyer and jurist, 14th Director of Central Intelligence
• 1926 – Ann Curtis , American swimmer (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Alan Greenspan , American economist and politician ^[28]
• 1926 – Ray O'Connor , Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Western Australia (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Andrzej Wajda , Polish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2016)
• 1927 – William J. Bell , American screenwriter and producer (d. 2005)
• 1927 – Gordon Cooper , American engineer, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2004) ^[28]
• 1927 – Gabriel Garcia Marquez , Colombian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2014) ^[28]
• 1929 – Tom Foley , American lawyer and politician, 57th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 2013)
• 1929 – David Sheppard , English cricketer and bishop (d. 2005)
• 1930 – Lorin Maazel , French-American violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 2014)
• 1932 – Marc Bazin , Haitian lawyer and politician, 49th President of Haiti (d. 2010)
• 1932 – Jean Boht , actress, (d. 2023) ^[30]
• 1932 – Bronisław Geremek , Polish historian and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2008)
• 1933 – Ted Abernathy , American baseball player (d. 2004)
• 1933 – William Davis , German-English journalist and economist (d. 2019)
• 1933 – Augusto Odone , Italian economist and inventor of Lorenzo's oil (d. 2013)
• 1934 – Red Simpson , American singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
• 1935 – Ron Delany , Irish runner and coach
• 1935 – Derek Kevan , English footballer (d. 2013)
• 1936 – Bob Akin , American race car driver and journalist (d. 2002)
• 1936 – Marion Barry , American lawyer and politician, 2nd Mayor of the District of Columbia (d. 2014) ^[28]
• 1936 – Choummaly Sayasone , Laotian politician, 5th President of Laos
• 1937 – Ivan Boesky , American businessman
• 1937 – Valentina Tereshkova , Russian general, pilot, and astronaut ^[28]
• 1938 – Keishu Tanaka , Japanese politician, 17th Japanese Minister of Justice (d. 2022)
• 1939 – Kit Bond , American lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of Missouri
• 1939 – Adam Osborne , Thai-Indian engineer and businessman, founded the Osborne Computer Corporation (d. 2003)
• 1940 – Ken Danby , Canadian painter (d. 2007)
• 1940 – Joanna Miles , French-American actress ^[31]
• 1940 – R. H. Sikes , American golfer (d. 2023)
• 1940 – Willie Stargell , American baseball player and coach (d. 2001) ^[28]
• 1940 – Jeff Wooller , English accountant and banker
• 1941 – Peter Brotzmann , German saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 2023)
• 1941 – Marilyn Strathern , Welsh anthropologist and academic
• 1942 – Ben Murphy , American actor ^[31]
• 1944 – Richard Corliss , American journalist and critic (d. 2015)
• 1944 – Kiri Te Kanawa , New Zealand soprano and actress
• 1944 – Mary Wilson , American singer (d. 2021) ^[28]
• 1945 – Angelo Castro Jr. , Filipino actor and journalist (d. 2012)
• 1946 – Patrick Baudry , French military officer and astronaut ^[32]
• 1946 – David Gilmour , English singer-songwriter and guitarist ^[31]
• 1946 – Richard Noble , Scottish race car driver and businessman
• 1947 – Kiki Dee , English singer-songwriter ^[31]
• 1947 – Dick Fosbury , American high jumper (d. 2023) ^[28]
• 1947 – Anna Maria Horsford , American actress ^[31]
• 1947 – Rob Reiner , American actor, director, producer, and activist ^[31]
• 1947 – Jean Seaton , English historian and academic
• 1947 – John Stossel , American journalist and author ^[31]
• 1948 – Stephen Schwartz , American composer and producer
• 1949 – Shaukat Aziz , Pakistani economist and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Pakistan
• 1949 – Martin Buchan , Scottish footballer and manager
• 1950 – Arthur Roche , English archbishop
• 1951 – Gerrie Knetemann , Dutch cyclist (d. 2004)
• 1952 – Denis Napthine , Australian politician, 47th Premier of Victoria ^[33]
• 1953 – Phil Alvin , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 – Madhav Kumar Nepal , Nepali banker and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Nepal
• 1953 – Carolyn Porco , American astronomer and academic
• 1954 – Jeff Greenwald , American author, photographer, and monologist
• 1954 – Harald Schumacher , German footballer and manager
• 1955 – Cyprien Ntaryamira , Burundian politician, 5th President of Burundi (d. 1994)
• 1955 – Alberta Watson , Canadian actress (d. 2015)
• 1956 – Peter Roebuck , English cricketer, journalist, and sportcaster (d. 2011)
• 1956 – Steve Vizard , Australian television host, actor, and producer
• 1959 – Tom Arnold , American actor, comedian, and television host ^[31]
• 1960 – Sleepy Floyd , American basketball player and coach
• 1962 – Alison Nicholas , British golfer
• 1963 – D. L. Hughley , American actor, producer, and screenwriter ^[28]
• 1964 – Linda Pearson , Scottish sport shooter ^[34]
• 1965 – Allan Bateman , Welsh rugby player
• 1965 – Jim Knight , English politician
• 1966 – Alan Davies , English comedian, actor and screenwriter
• 1967 – Julio Bocca , Argentine ballet dancer and director
• 1967 – Connie Britton , American actress ^[31]
• 1967 – Glenn Greenwald , American journalist and author
• 1967 – Shuler Hensley , American actor and singer ^[31]
• 1968 – Moira Kelly , American actress and director ^[31]
• 1968 – Carla McGhee , American basketball player and coach ^[35]
• 1969 – Amy Pietz , American actress ^[31]
• 1970 – Chris Broderick , American musician and songwriter ^[31]
• 1971 – Darrick Martin , American basketball player and coach
• 1972 – Shaquille O'Neal , American basketball player, actor, businessman, sportscaster, and rapper ^[31]
• 1972 – Jaret Reddick , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1973 – Michael Finley , American basketball player
• 1973 – Peter Lindgren , Swedish guitarist and songwriter
• 1973 – Greg Ostertag , American basketball player
• 1973 – Trent Willmon , American singer-songwriter and guitarist ^[31]
• 1974 – Guy Garvey , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1974 – Matthew Guy , Australian politician
• 1974 – Brad Schumacher , American swimmer
• 1974 – Beanie Sigel , American rapper ^[31]
• 1975 – Aracely Arambula , Mexican actress and singer
• 1975 – Yannick Nezet-Seguin , Canadian pianist and conductor
• 1976 – Ken Anderson , American wrestler and actor
• 1977 – Nantie Hayward , South African cricketer
• 1977 – Giorgos Karagounis , Greek footballer ^[36]
• 1977 – Shabani Nonda , Congolese footballer
• 1977 – Bubba Sparxxx , American rapper and songwriter ^[31]
• 1977 – Marcus Thames , American baseball player and coach
• 1978 – Sage Rosenfels , American football player
• 1978 – Chad Wicks , American wrestler
• 1979 – Clint Barmes , American baseball player
• 1979 – David Flair , American wrestler
• 1979 – Tim Howard , American soccer player ^[28]
• 1979 – Garry Monk , English footballer and manager ^[37]
• 1980 – Emilson Cribari , Brazilian footballer
• 1980 – Shaun Evans , English actor and director ^[31]
• 1981 – Ellen Muth , American actress
• 1983 – Andranik Teymourian , Armenian-Iranian footballer
• 1984 – Daniel de Ridder , Dutch footballer ^[38]
• 1984 – Eskil Pedersen , Norwegian politician
• 1984 – Chris Tomson , American drummer ^[31]
• 1985 – Pierre-Edouard Bellemare , French ice hockey player ^[39]
• 1985 – Bakaye Traore , French-Malian footballer
• 1985 – Daniel Winnik , Canadian ice hockey player ^[40]
• 1986 – Jake Arrieta , American baseball player
• 1986 – Francisco Cervelli , Venezuelan-Italian baseball player
• 1986 – Timothy DeLaGhetto , American Internet personality ^[41]
• 1986 – Ross Detwiler , American baseball player
• 1986 – Eli Marienthal , American actor ^[31]
• 1986 – Charlie Mulgrew , Scottish footballer
• 1987 – Mario Bli??ak , Slovak ice hockey player ^[42]
• 1987 – Kevin-Prince Boateng , Ghanaian-German footballer
• 1987 – Chico Flores , Spanish footballer
• 1988 – Agnes , Swedish singer
• 1988 – Marina Erakovic , New Zealand tennis player
• 1988 – Leonys Martin , Cuban-American baseball player ^[43]
• 1988 – Simon Mignolet , Belgian footballer
• 1989 – Dwight Buycks , American basketball player ^[44]
• 1989 – Agnieszka Radwa?ska , Polish tennis player
• 1990 – Derek Drouin , Canadian athlete ^[45]
• 1991 – John Jenkins , American basketball player ^[46]
• 1991 – Lex Luger , American keyboard player and producer
• 1991 – Emma McDougall , English footballer (d. 2013)
• 1991 – Tyler, the Creator , American rapper, songwriter, producer, and actor ^[31]
• 1993 – Nicklas Jensen , Danish ice hockey player ^[47]
• 1993 – Andres Renteria , Colombian footballer
• 1994 – Marcus Smart , American basketball player
• 1995 – Josh Hart , American basketball player ^[48]
• 1995 – Georgi Kitanov , Bulgarian footballer
• 1996 – Christian Coleman , American sprinter ^[49]
• 1996 – Mohamed Magdy , Egyptian footballer ^[50]
• 1996 – Timo Werner , German footballer
• 1997 – Alisha Boe , Norwegian-American actress ^[28]
• 1998 – Kyle Trask , American football player ^[51]
• 1999 – Ylena In-Albon , Swiss tennis player ^{[52] [53]}
• 2000 – Armando Bacot , American basketball player ^[54]
• 2000 – Jacob Bertrand , American actor ^[55]
• 2001 – Milo Manheim , American actor ^[56]
• 2003 – Millicent Simmonds , American actress ^[31]

Deaths [ edit ]

Pre-1600 [ edit ]

• 190 – Liu Bian (poisoned by Dong Zhuo ) (b. 176)
• 653 – Li Ke , prince of the Tang Dynasty (b. 619)
• 766 – Chrodegang , Frankish bishop and saint ^[57]
• 903 – Lu Guangqi , Chinese official and chancellor
• 903 – Su Jian , Chinese official and chancellor
• 1070 – Ulric I, Margrave of Carniola
• 1251 – Rose of Viterbo , Italian saint (b. 1235)
• 1353 – Roger Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Ruthyn
• 1447 – Colette of Corbie , French abbess and saint in the Catholic Church (b. 1381) ^[58]
• 1466 – Alvise Loredan , Venetian admiral and statesman (b. 1393)
• 1490 – Ivan the Young , Ruler of Tver (b. 1458)
• 1491 – Richard Woodville, 3rd Earl Rivers
• 1531 – Pedro Arias Davila , Spanish explorer and diplomat (b. 1440)

1601?1900 [ edit ]

• 1616 – Francis Beaumont , English playwright (b. 1584)
• 1754 – Henry Pelham , English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1694)
• 1758 – Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington , English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (b. 1705)
• 1764 – Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke , English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1690)
• 1796 – Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal , French historian and author (b. 1713)
• 1836 – Deaths at the Battle of the Alamo :
  • James Bonham , American lawyer and soldier (b. 1807)
  • James Bowie , American colonel (b. 1796)
  • Davy Crockett , American soldier and politician (b. 1786)
  • William B. Travis , American lieutenant colonel and lawyer (b. 1809)
• 1854 – Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry , Irish colonel and diplomat, Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (b. 1778)
• 1866 – William Whewell , English priest, historian, and philosopher (b. 1794)
• 1867 – Charles Farrar Browne , American-English author and educator (b. 1834)
• 1888 – Louisa May Alcott , American novelist and poet (b. 1832) ^[59]
• 1895 – Camilla Collett , Norwegian novelist and activist (b. 1813)
• 1899 – Ka?iulani of Hawaii (b. 1875)
• 1900 – Gottlieb Daimler , German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (b. 1834)

1901?present [ edit ]

• 1905 – John Henninger Reagan , American surveyor, judge, and politician, 3rd Confederate States of America Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1818)
• 1905 – Makar Yekmalyan , Armenian composer (b. 1856)
• 1919 – Oskars Kalpaks , Latvian colonel (b. 1882)
• 1920 – Omer Seyfettin , Turkish author and educator (b. 1884)
• 1932 – John Philip Sousa , American conductor and composer (b. 1854)
• 1933 – Anton Cermak , Czech-American lawyer and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1873)
• 1935 – Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. , American colonel, lawyer, and jurist (b. 1841)
• 1939 – Ferdinand von Lindemann , German mathematician and academic (b. 1852)
• 1941 – Francis Aveling , Canadian priest, psychologist, and author (b. 1875)
• 1941 – Gutzon Borglum , American sculptor and academic, designed Mount Rushmore (b. 1867)
• 1948 – Ross Lockridge Jr. , American author, poet, and academic (b. 1914)
• 1948 – Alice Woodby McKane , First Black woman doctor in Savannah, Georgia (b. 1865) ^[60]
• 1950 – Albert Francois Lebrun , French engineer and politician, 15th President of France (b. 1871)
• 1951 – Ivor Novello , Welsh singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1893)
• 1951 – Volodymyr Vynnychenko , Ukrainian playwright and politician, Prime Minister of Ukraine (b. 1880)
• 1952 – Jurgen Stroop , German general (b. 1895)
• 1955 – Mammad Amin Rasulzade , Azerbaijani scholar and politician (b. 1884)
• 1961 – George Formby , English singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)
• 1964 – Paul of Greece (b. 1901)
• 1965 – Margaret Dumont , American actress (b. 1889)
• 1967 – John Haden Badley , English author and educator, founded the Bedales School (b. 1865)
• 1967 – Nelson Eddy , American actor and singer (b. 1901)
• 1967 – Zoltan Kodaly , Hungarian composer, linguist, and philosopher (b. 1882)
• 1970 – William Hopper , American actor (b. 1915)
• 1973 – Pearl S. Buck , American novelist, essayist, short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
• 1974 – Ernest Becker , American anthropologist and author (b. 1924)
• 1976 – Maxie Rosenbloom , American boxer (b. 1903)
• 1977 – Alvin R. Dyer , American religious leader (b. 1903)
• 1981 – George Geary , English cricketer and coach (b. 1893)
• 1981 – Rambhau Mhalgi , Indian politician and member of the Lok Sabha (b. 1921) ^[61]
• 1982 – Ayn Rand , Russian-American philosopher, author, and playwright (b. 1905)
• 1984 – Billy Collins Jr. , American boxer (b. 1961)
• 1984 – Martin Niemoller , German pastor and theologian (b. 1892)
• 1984 – Homer N. Wallin , American admiral (b. 1893)
• 1984 – Henry Wilcoxon , Dominican-American actor and producer (b. 1905)
• 1986 – Georgia O'Keeffe , American painter (b. 1887)
• 1988 – Mairead Farrell , Provisional IRA volunteer (b. 1957)
• 1988 – Daniel McCann , Provisional IRA volunteer (b. 1957)
• 1988 – Sean Savage , Provisional IRA volunteer (b. 1965)
• 1994 – Melina Mercouri , Greek actress and politician, 9th Greek Minister of Culture (b. 1920)
• 1997 – Cheddi Jagan , Guyanese politician, 4th President of Guyana (b. 1918)
• 1997 – Michael Manley , Jamaican soldier, pilot, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1924)
• 1997 – Ursula Torday , English author (b. 1912)
• 1999 – Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa , Bahrain king (b. 1933)
• 2000 – John Colicos , Canadian actor (b. 1928)
• 2002 – Bryan Fogarty , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1969)
• 2004 – Hercules , American wrestler (b. 1957)
• 2004 – Frances Dee , American actress (b. 1909)
• 2005 – Hans Bethe , German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
• 2005 – Danny Gardella , American baseball player and trainer (b. 1920)
• 2005 – Tommy Vance , English radio host (b. 1943)
• 2005 – Teresa Wright , American actress (b. 1918)
• 2005 – Gladys Marin , Chilean activist and political figure (b. 1938)
• 2006 – Anne Braden , American journalist and activist (b. 1924)
• 2006 – Kirby Puckett , American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1960)
• 2007 – Jean Baudrillard , French photographer and theorist (b. 1929)
• 2007 – Ernest Gallo , American businessman, co-founded E & J Gallo Winery (b. 1909)
• 2008 – Peter Poreku Dery , Ghanaian cardinal (b. 1918)
• 2009 – Francis Magalona , Filipino rapper, producer, and actor (b. 1964)
• 2010 – Endurance Idahor , Nigerian footballer (b. 1984)
• 2010 – Mark Linkous , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1962)
• 2010 – Betty Millard , American philanthropist and activist (b. 1911)
• 2011 – Sasao Gouland , governor of Chuuk State , Micronesia (b. 1933) ^[62]
• 2012 – Francisco Xavier do Amaral , East Timorese politician, 1st President of East Timor (b. 1937)
• 2012 – Donald M. Payne , American businessman and politician (b. 1934)
• 2012 – Helen Walulik , American baseball player (b. 1929)
• 2013 – Chorao , Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1970)
• 2013 – Stompin' Tom Connors , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936)
• 2013 – Alvin Lee , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
• 2013 – W. Wallace Cleland , American biochemist and academic (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Alemayehu Atomsa , Ethiopian educator and politician (b. 1969)
• 2014 – Frank Jobe , American soldier and surgeon (b. 1925)
• 2014 – Sheila MacRae , English-American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1921)
• 2014 – Martin Nesbitt , American lawyer and politician (b. 1946)
• 2014 – Manlio Sgalambro , Italian philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1924)
• 2015 – Fred Craddock , American minister and academic (b. 1928)
• 2015 – Ram Sundar Das , Indian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1921)
• 2015 – Enrique "Coco" Vicens , Puerto Rican-American basketball player and politician (b. 1926)
• 2016 – Nancy Reagan , American actress, 42nd First Lady of the United States (b. 1921)
• 2016 – Sheila Varian , American horse trainer and breeder (b. 1937)
• 2017 – Robert Osborne , American actor and historian (b. 1932)
• 2018 – Peter Nicholls , Australian science fiction critic and encyclopedist (b. 1939)
• 2021 – Lou Ottens , Dutch engineer and inventor (b. 1926) ^[63]
• 2021 – Graham Pink , British nurse (b. 1929) ^[64]

Holidays and observances [ edit ]

• Christian feast day :
  • Chrodegang ^[65]
  • Colette of Corbie ^[58]
  • Fridolin of Sackingen ^[66]
  • Kyneburga, Kyneswide and Tibba ^[67]
  • Marcian of Tortona ^[68]
  • March 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• European Day of the Righteous , commemorates those who have stood up against crimes against humanity and totalitarianism with their own moral responsibility. ( Europe ) ^[69]
• Foundation Day (Norfolk Island) , the founding of Norfolk Island in 1788. ^[70]
• Independence Day (Ghana) , celebrates the independence of Ghana from the UK in 1957. ^[71]

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to March 6 .

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times : On This Day
• Historical Events on March 6