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Notable anniversaries in history for today: March 6
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Sarah Caldwell in Maryville, Missouri, USA; conductor/opera director (Flagstaff).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of William H Webster; American judge/head FBI/US Central Intelligence Agency.
- 100th: 1924 - British Labour government cuts military budget.
- 100th: 1924 - Meyer E van Beem, actor (Moittige Janus), dies at age 85.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Kiri Te Kanawa in Gisborne, New Zealand; operatic soprano (Don Giovanni).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Mary Wilson in Detroit, Michigan, USA; vocalist (Supremes - "Where Did Our Love Go").
- 80th: 1944 - (evening) 267 British bombers attack the railway centre at Trappes, south-west of Paris. Enormous damage is inflicted, with no loss of planes. This is the first attack of the Allied Transportation Plan, to disrupt German reinforcement routes prior to an amphibious landing.
- 80th: 1944 - US Air Force begins daylight bombing of Berlin.
- 70th: 1954 - Jan Kalf, Dutch literature/art historian, dies at age 80.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Reniet Vrieze; rock singer/guitarist (Pilgrims - "White Men").
- 60th: 1964 - King Paul I of Greece (1947-64) dies at age 62.
- 60th: 1964 - Constantine succeeds Paul I as king of Greece.
- 60th: 1964 - Tom O'Hara runs world record mile (3:06.4).
- 50th: 1974 - An Italian loses a record US$1,920,000 at roulette in Monte Carlo.
- 50th: 1974 - Brothers Ian and Greg Chappell score cricket century in each inning ot a Test match, at Wellington.
- 40th: 1984 - National Union of Mine Workers in England begin strike action (lasts 51 weeks).
- 40th: 1984 - Death of Martin Niemöller in Wiesbaden, Germany; commander of a submarine in World War I, pastor in Berlin, a leader in the resistance against Adolf Hitler, recipient of the Lenin Peace Prize in 1967 and the German "Grand Cross of Merit" in 1971.
- 40th: 1984 - Henry Wilcoxon, actor (Cleopatra, Dragnet, Jericho), dies of congessive heart failure at age 78.
- 40th: 1984 - Ian Cromb, cricket player (5 Tests for New Zealand, 123 runs, 8 wickets), dies.
- 30th: 1994 - Colin Jackson runs world record 60 metre hurdles indoor (7.30 seconds).
- 30th: 1994 - Melina Mercouri, Greek actress (Never on a Sunday), dies at about age 68.
- 30th: 1994 - Tengis Abuladze, Georgia SSR Member of Parliament (Penalty), dies at age 71.
- 30th: 1994 - United Arab Emirates beat Kenya by two wickets to win ICC Trophy.
- 30th: 1994 - A referendum in Moldova results in the electorate voting against possible reunification with Romania.
- 30th: 1994 - Oil tanker Visahakit 5 collides with a cargo ship 64.km off the eastern Sriracha coast of Thailand, dumping about 400,000 litres of diesel fuel.
- 30th: 1994 - Death of Ray Arcel, American boxing trainer; was active from the 1920s through the 1980s (born 1899).
- 5th: 2019 - Venezuela expels German ambassador Daniel Kriener for his alleged meddling in internal affairs.
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