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What happened in history on this day: March 6?
On March 6 in ...
- 1955 - ABC airs the last (until 1958) Pantomime Quiz TV show.
- 1978 - The 100th episode of TV show The Six Million Dollar Man airs.
- 1986 - CBS airs the 100th episode of TV show Simon & Simon.
- 1987 - Warner Bros. releases the film Lethal Weapon to theaters.
- 1988 - The first episode of US TV show In the Heat of the Night airs.
Births on March 6
- 1882 - Birth of Guy Kibbee in El Paso, Texas, USA; actor (Big Shot).
- 1891 - Birth of Victor Kilian in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; actor (Gentleman's Agreement).
- 1898 - Birth of Jay C Flippen in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA; actor (Ensign O'Toole, Jet Pilot, Killing, Thunder Bay).
- 1900 - Birth of Ludwig Donath in Vienna, Austria; actor (Torn Curtain, Sirocco).
- 1904 - Birth of Hugh Williams; actor/writer (Charley's Aunt, Bank Holiday).
- 1904 - Birth of Johannes C "Chris" Baay; Dutch actor (Klatergoud, Surprise Raid).
- 1905 - Birth of Bob Wills in Kosse, Texas, USA; actor (Lone Prairie, Tornado in the Saddle).
- 1906 - Birth of Lou Costello in Paterson, New Jersey, USA; comedian/actor (Abbott and Costello).
- 1913 - Birth of Ella Logan in Glasgow, Scotland; actress (52nd Street, Goldwyn Follies).
- 1913 - Birth of Stewart Granger; actor (Saraband for Dead Lovers).
- 1920 - Birth of Lewis Gilbert in London, England; director/actor (You Only Live Twice).
- 1920 - Birth of Roger Price in Charleston, West Virginia, USA; actor/writer (Who's There, Droodles).
- 1921 - Birth of Ross Hunter in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; producer (Airport, Madame X, Pillow Talk).
- 1922 - Birth of Frankie Howerd in York, England; actor/comedian (Mr Mustard - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, That Was The Week That Was, Runaway Bus).
- 1923 - Birth of Ed McMahon in Detroit, Michigan, USA; TV host (The Tonight Show, Star Search).
- 1927 - Birth of William J Bell in Chicago, Illinois, USA; TV soap opera creator (The Young and the Restless).
- 1931 - Birth of Carmen Delavallade; American dancer/singer/actress (Aida).
- 1931 - Birth of John Smith in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Cimarron City, Laramie, Seven Angry Men).
- 1936 - Birth of Jean Boht; actress (Arthur's Hallowed Ground).
- 1937 - Birth of Doug Dillard; actor (Clem - Popeye).
- 1939 - Birth of David Spielberg in Weslaco, Texas, USA; actor (Jessica Novak, The Practice).
- 1940 - Birth of Joanna Miles in Nice, France; actress (Cross Creek, Delta County USA).
- 1941 - Birth of Ben Murphy in Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA; actor (Name of the Game, Winds of War).
- 1941 - Birth of Karyn Kupcinet; actress (Carol - Gertrude Berg Show).
- 1945 - Birth of Rob Reiner in the Bronx, New York, USA; actor/director (All in the Family, Stand By Me).
- 1946 - Birth of Martin Kove in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Victor - Cagney and Lacey).
- 1947 - Birth of Judy Loe in Urmston, Manchester, United Kingdom; actress (Singles, The Meaning of Life).
- 1951 - Ivor Novello, actor/writer (Lodger, Phantom Fiend), dies at age 58.
- 1953 - Birth of Jackie Zeman in Englewood, New Jersey, USA; actress (Bobbie - General Hospital).
- 1959 - Birth of Tom Arnold in Ottuwa, Iowa, USA; actor/comedian (Roseanne, True Lies).
- 1963 - Birth of Suzanne Crough; rocker (The Partridge Family).
- 1968 - Birth of Connie Britton in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Nikki - Spin City).
- 1968 - Birth of Moira Kelly; actress (Cutting Edge).
- 1969 - Birth of Andrea Elson in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Lynn - Alf, Alice - Whiz Kids).
- 1970 - Birth of Amy Pietz in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; actress (Annie - Caroline In the City).
Deaths on March 6
- 1924 - Meyer E van Beem, actor (Moittige Janus), dies at age 85.
- 1937 - Frank Vosper, actor/writer (Jew Suss), dies at age 37.
- 1959 - Fred Stone, actor (Hideaway, Westerner), dies at age 85.
- 1965 - Margaret Dumont [Daisy Baker], actress (Animal Crackers), dies at age 75.
- 1967 - Oscar Shaw, actor (Rhythm on the River, Marianne), dies at age 76.
- 1970 - William Hopper, actor (Paul Drake - Perry Mason), dies at age 55.
- 1979 - Charles Wagenheim, actor (Halligan - Gunsmoke), dies at age 83.
- 1982 - Jan Lemaire, Dutch actor/writer (Beautiful Juultje), dies at age 97.
- 1983 - Thelma Pelish, actress (Pajama Game), dies at age 55.
- 1984 - Henry Wilcoxon, actor (Cleopatra, Dragnet, Jericho), dies of congessive heart failure at age 78.
- 1986 - Adolph Caesar, actor (Club Paradise, Soldier's Story), dies.
- 1989 - Harry Andrews, British actor (Equus, Helen of Troy, Hill), dies at age 77 (born 1911).
- 1992 - Elvia Allman, actress (Night at Earl Carroll's), dies of pneumonia.
- 1994 - Melina Mercouri, Greek actress (Never on a Sunday), dies at about age 68.
- 1996 - Simon Cadell, actor (Enemy at the Door), dies at age 45.
- 2016 - Death of Nancy Reagan at age 94; American actress, First Lady of the United States (born 1921).
- 2022 - Death of Paulo Romanovych Lee at age 33 in Kyiv, Ukraine; actor (The Pit, Unforgotten Shadows (2013)), TV presenter (Dom TV channel).
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