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What happened in history on this day: March 6?
On March 6 in ...
- 1808 - First college orchestra in US founded, at Harvard.
- 1810 - Illinois passes first state vaccination legislation in US.
- 1816 - The rebuilt Treasury building opens.
- 1836 - Davy Crockett, US pioneer, is killed in battle at the Alamo, at age 49.
- 1857 - Dred Scott Decision: US Supreme Court rules slaves cannot be citizens.
- 1862 - Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas (Elkhorn Tavern).
- 1865 - Battle of Natural Bridge, Florida.
- 1886 - First US alternating current power plant starts, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
- 1886 - First US nurses' magazine, The Nightingale, appears, in New York City, New York.
- 1896 - First automobile in Detroit, Michigan, Charles B King rides his "Horseless Carriage".
- 1913 - William Gibbs McAdoo takes office as Treasury Secretary.
- 1918 - US naval collier Cyclops disappears in Bermuda Triangle.
- 1921 - Police in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, issue an edict requiring women to wear skirts at least four inches below the knee.
- 1930 - Clarence Birdseye is first to put frozen individual packaged food products on sale, in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA.
- 1933 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a 10-day "bank holiday," closing all U.S. banks and freezing all financial transactions.
- 1933 - US President Franklin Roosevelt issues Executive Order 6260, prohibiting further release of gold coins, forbidding private citizens holding gold coins or paper money redeemable in gold, ordering all to turn in gold coins and bullion.
- 1940 - First US telecast from an airplane, New York City, New York.
- 1944 - US Air Force begins daylight bombing of Berlin.
- 1947 - XB-45, first US 4-engine jet bomber, makes first test flight, Muroc, California.
- 1951 - Beginning of high-profile trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in the USA, on charges of spying for the Soviet Union.
- 1959 - Farthest radio signal heard (Pioneer IV, 400,000 miles away).
- 1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1962 - US promises Thailand assistance against communist aggression.
- 1967 - Josef Stalin's daughter Svetlana Allilujeva asks for political asylum in US.
- 1974 - Winners of a design contest for 1976 bicentennial coins are announced. Jack L. Ahr wins for the quarter dollar design, Seth G. Huntington wins for the half dollar design, and Dennis R. Williams wins for the dollar design.
- 1978 - American publisher Larry Flynt is shot and paralyzed in Lawrenceville, Georgia.
- 1981 - After 19 years hosting the CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite signs off for the last time.
- 1985 - Mexican authorities find body of US drug agent Enrique C Salaazar.
- 1985 - Yul Brynner appears in his 4,500th performance of The King and I.
- 1988 - 18th Easter Seal Telethon raises US$35,200,000.
- 1988 - In the Gulf of Alaska, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake occurs.
- 1990 - American SR-71 sets a transcontinental record, flying 2,404 miles in 1:08:17.
- 1991 - Following Iraq's capitulation in the Persian Gulf conflict, President George H.W. Bush tells US Congress that "aggression is defeated; the war is over".
- 1992 - The computer virus Michelangelo is activated on personal computers.
- 1995 - 9th American Comedy Awards: Rodney Dangerfield wins.
- 1998 - Matt Beck, an angry lottery accountant kills four at Connecticut state lottery.
- 2000 - Advanced Micro Devices ships the first commercially-available 1 GHz processor.
- 2007 - In the USA, Mega Millions sets a new world record for the highest lottery jackpot of US$370 million.
Births on March 6
- 1831 - Birth of Philip Henry Sheridan in Albany, New York, USA; four-star general, Union Army (dies 1888).
- 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).
- 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).
- 1916 - Birth of Rochelle Hudson in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; actress (That's My Boy).
- 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).
- 1923 - Birth of Ed McMahon in Detroit, Michigan, USA; TV host (The Tonight Show, Star Search).
- 1924 - Birth of Sarah Caldwell in Maryville, Missouri, USA; conductor/opera director (Flagstaff).
- 1927 - Birth of John Fairchild in Newark, New Jersey, USA; CEO (Fairchild publishing).
- 1927 - Birth of Leroy Gordon Cooper Junior in Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA; US Air Force/astronaut (Mercury 9, Gemini 5).
- 1927 - Birth of William J Bell in Chicago, Illinois, USA; TV soap opera creator (The Young and the Restless).
- 1931 - Birth of John Smith in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Cimarron City, Laramie, Seven Angry Men).
- 1937 - Birth of Ivan Boesky in Detroit, Michigan, USA; stockbroker, inside trader.
- 1939 - Birth of David Spielberg in Weslaco, Texas, USA; actor (Jessica Novak, The Practice).
- 1939 - Birth of Jerry Naylor in Stephenville, Texas, USA; rock vocalist (Crickets).
- 1941 - Birth of Ben Murphy in Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA; actor (Name of the Game, Winds of War).
- 1944 - Birth of Mary Wilson in Detroit, Michigan, USA; vocalist (Supremes - "Where Did Our Love Go").
- 1945 - Birth of Anna Maria Horsford in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Thelma Frye - Amen).
- 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 Dick Fosbury in Portland, Oregon, USA; high jumper (Olympics-gold-1968).
- 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).
- 1965 - Birth of Tammy Liley in Long Beach, California, USA; volleyball mid blocker/captain (Olympics-bronze-1992, 1996).
- 1966 - Birth of Cliff Meidl in Redondo Beach, California, USA; sprint kayak (alternate-Olympics-1996).
- 1968 - Birth of Carla McGhee in Peoria, Illinois, USA; American basketball forward (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1968 - Birth of Connie Britton in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Nikki - Spin City).
- 1968 - Birth of Marty Morgan in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; 180.5 pounds greco-roman wrestler (Olympics-1996).
- 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).
- 1970 - Birth of Scott Stahoviak in Waukegan, Illinois, USA; infielder (Minnesota Twins).
- 1971 - Birth of Roger Salkeld in Burbank, California, USA; pitcher (Cincinnati Reds).
- 1972 - Birth of Shaquille O'Neal in Newark, New Jersey, USA; NBA center (Magic, Los Angeles Lakers, Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Susan Alexander in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA; Miss Maryland-America (1996).
- 1973 - Birth of Terry Adams in Mobile, Alabama, USA; pitcher (Chicago Cubs).
Deaths on March 6
- 1836 - Davy Crockett, US pioneer, is killed in battle at the Alamo, at age 49.
- 1932 - John Philip Sousa, US composer ("Stars and Stripes Forever"), dies at age 77.
- 1933 - Anton J Cermak, US mayor of Chicago, dies.
- 1982 - Ayn Rand, Russian-born author-philosopher (The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged), dies in New York at age 77 (born 1905).
- 1985 - Eric Sloane, US artist, dies at age 80.
- 1986 - Georgia O'Keeffe, American painter (Flowers), dies at age 98 (born 1887).
- 1993 - Douglas Marland, soap writer (As the World Turns), dies at age 58.
- 1994 - Death of Ray Arcel, American boxing trainer; was active from the 1920s through the 1980s (born 1899).
- 2007 - Death of Allen Coage, American professional wrestler (born 1943).
- 2016 - Death of Nancy Reagan at age 94; American actress, First Lady of the United States (born 1921).
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