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Today March 6th 2009 this day in history Read more below to view events, deaths, births, Holidays observances and video clips. Last database updated: Jan 17th, 2009
Events
1079 – Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar.
1454 – Thirteen Years War: Delegates of the Prussian Confederation pledge allegiance to Casimir IV of Poland, and the Polish king agrees to help in their struggle for independence from the Teutonic Knights.
1479 – Treaty of Alcaçovas – Portugal gives the Canary Islands to Castile in exchange for claims in West Africa.
1521 – Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Guam.
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, but 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 defending the Alamo are defeated and the fort is captured.
1853 – The Giuseppe Verdi opera La Traviata premieres in Venice.
1857 – The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case.
1869 – Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
1899 – Bayer registers aspirin as a trademark.
1901 – In Bremen an assassin attempts to kill Wilhelm II of Germany.
1921 – The Portuguese Communist Party is founded as the Portuguese Section of the Communist International.
1925 – Belgium annexes Eupen, Malmedy, and Sankt Vith.
1927 – Fritz Lang s Metropolis is released.
1933 -The United States bank holiday of the Great Depression began, lasting until March 10.
1940 – Winter War: An armistice is signed by Finland and the Soviet Union.
1945 – A communist-dominated government under Petru Groza assumes power in Romania.
1946 – Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
1951 – The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins.
1953 – Georgy Maksimilianovich Malenkov succeeds Joseph Stalin as Premier and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1957 – United Kingdom colonies Gold Coast and British Togoland become the independent Republic of Ghana.
1957 – Israel withdraws its troops from the Sinai Peninsula.
1964 – Nation of Islam s Elijah Muhammad officially gives boxing championCassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali meaning Beloved of Allah.
1964 – Constantine II becomes King of Greece.
1975 – Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement of their border dispute.
1981 – After 19 years presenting the CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite signs off for the last time.
1984 – Twelve-month-long strike in British coal industry begins.
1987 – The British ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds killing 193.
1988 – Three unarmed members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army are killed by the SAS on the territory of Gibraltar in the conclusion of Operation Flavius.
1992 – The Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect computers.
1992 – Founding of the Council of the Baltic Sea States.
1994 – Referendum in Moldova results in the electorate voting against possible reunification with Romania.
1997 – Picasso s painting Tête de Femme is stolen from a London gallery, and is recovered a week later.
2006 – South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds signs a bill into legislation that would ban most abortions in the state.
2007 – Former White House aide I. Lewis Libby, Jr. is found guilty on four of five counts of perjury and obstruction of justice.
Births
1340 – John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (d. 1399)
1405 – King John II of Castile (d. 1454)
1459 – Jacob Fugger, German banker (d. 1525)
1475 – Michelangelo, Italian artist (d. 1564)
1483 – Francesco Guicciardini, Italian statesman and historian (d. 1540)
1495 – Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (d. 1556)
1619 – Cyrano de Bergerac, French soldier, poet (d. 1655)
1663 – Francis Atterbury, British man of letters (d. 1732)
1706 – George Pocock, British admiral (d. 1792)
1716 – Pehr Kalm, Swedish explorer and naturalist (d. 1779)
1761 – Antoine-Francois Andreossy, French General (d. 1828)
1779 – Antoine-Henri Jomini, French general (d. 1869)
1787 – Joseph von Fraunhofer, German physicist (d. 1826)
1806 – Elizabeth Barrett Browning, British poet (d. 1861)
1812 – Aaron Lufkin Dennison American watch manufacturer (d. 1895)
1817 – Princess Clémentine of Orléans (d. 1907)
1818 – William Claflin, 27th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1905)
1831 – Philip Sheridan, American Civil War Union cavalry officer (d. 1888)
1834 – George du Maurier British illustrator and writer (d. 1896)
1870 – Oscar Straus, Viennese operetta composer (d. 1954)
1882 – F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect (d. 1980)
1885 – Ring Lardner, American writer (d. 1933)
1893 – Furry Lewis, American blues guitarist (d. 1981)
1900 – Lefty Grove, American Baseball Player (d. 1975)
1903 – Empress Kojun of Japan (d. 2000)
1904 – Joseph Schmidt, Austrian tenor (d. 1942)
1904 – José Antonio Aguirre, Basque politician (d. 1960)
1905 – Bob Wills, American singer (d. 1975)
1906 – Lou Costello, American actor comedian (d. 1959)
1914 – Kiril Kondrashin, Russian conductor (d. 1981)
1915 – Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, 52nd Da i al Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohras
1915 – Pete Gray, American baseball player (d. 2002)
1917 – Will Eisner, American illustrator and cartoonist (d. 2005)
1917 – Frankie Howerd, English comedian (d. 1992)
1917 – Donald Davidson, American philosopher (d. 2003)
1919 – Maurice Grosse, British paranormal investigator (d. 2006)
1923 – Ed McMahon, American television personality
1925 – Wes Montgomery, American musician (d. 1968)
1926 – Alan Greenspan, American economist
1926 – Andrzej Wajda, Polish film director
1927 – Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian writer, Nobel Prize laureate
1927 – Gordon Cooper, astronaut (d. 2004)
1927 – Norman Treigle, American bass-baritone (d. 1975)
1930 – Lorin Maazel, French-born American conductor
1931 – Hal Needham, American stuntman
1933 – Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (d. 2004)
1934 – John Noakes, British television presenter
1935 – Ron Delany, Irish athlete
1936 – Bob Akin, American industrialist and race car driver (d. 2002)
1936 – Marion Barry Jr., American politician
1936 – Jean Boht, English actress
1937 – Ivan Boesky, American stock trader
1937 – Valentina Tereshkova, cosmonaut
1939 – Adam Osborne, British author and computer designer (d. 2003)
1939 – Infanta Margarita of Spain, duchess of Soria
1939 – Cookie Rojas, baseball player
1940 – Joanna Miles, American actress
1940 – Willie Stargell, baseball player (d. 2001)
1942 – Ben Murphy, American actor
1944 – Kiri Te Kanawa, New Zealand singer
1944 – Mary Wilson, American singer (The Supremes)
1946 – David Gilmour, British musician (Pink Floyd)
1947 – Kiki Dee, British singer
1947 – Dick Fosbury, American athlete
1947 – Martin Kove, American actor
1947 – Teru Miyamoto, Japanese author
1947 – Rob Reiner, American actor, comedian, and film producer
1948 – Anna Maria Horsford, American actress
1949 – Shaukat Aziz, Prime Minister of Pakistan
1949 – Martin Buchan, Scottish soccer player
1951 – Gerrie Knetemann, Dutch cyclist (d. 2004)
1953 – Jan Kjærstad, Norwegian author
1953 – Jacklyn Zeman, American actress
1955 – Alberta Watson, Canadian actress
1957 – Dick Rambone, American porn Star
1958 – Eddie Deezen, American actor
1959 – Saul Anuzis, American politician
1959 – Tom Arnold, American actor and comedian
1960 – Sleepy Floyd, American basketball player
1962 – Valerie French, American animatronics art director
1963 – D.L. Hughley, American comedian and actor
1964 – Skip Ewing, American country music singer and songwriter
1964 – Madonna Wayne Gacy, American musician
1966 – Alan Davies, British comedian and actor
1967 – Connie Britton, American actress
1967 – Julio Bocca, Argentine ballet dancer
1968 – Moira Kelly, American actress
1968 – Michael Romeo, American musician (Symphony X)
1969 – Andrea Elson, American actress
1969 – Tari Phillips, American basketball player
1969 – Amy Pietz, American actress
1969 – Greg Scott, British TV personality
1971 – Sean Morley, American professional wrestler
1971 – Darrick Martin, American basketball player
1972 – Shaquille O Neal, American basketball player
1973 – Terry Adams, American baseball player
1973 – Michael Finley, American basketball player
1973 – Greg Ostertag, American basketball player
1973 – Peter Lindgren, Swedish guitarist (ex-Opeth)
1974 – Sebastian Siegel, British-American actor
1975 – Aracely Arambula, Mexican actress and singer
1976 – Ken Anderson, American professional wrestler
1977 – Giorgos Karagounis, Greek soccer player
1977 – Marcus Thames, American baseball player
1978 – Sage Rosenfels, American Football Player
1978 – Lara Cox, Australian Actress
1979 – David Flair, American professional wrestler
1979 – Érik Bédard, Canadian baseball player
1979 – Ryan Nyquist, American BMX rider
1979 – Clint Barmes, American baseball player
1981 – Ellen Muth, American actress
1983 – Andranik Teymourian, Iranian soccer player
1984 – Becky, Japanese-British entertainer
1985 – Albert Reed, American model
1986 – Eli Marienthal, American actor
1987 – Hannah Taylor-Gordon, English actress
1990 – Patricia Rodríguez, Spanish model
1992 – Momoko Tsugunaga, Japanese singer
1996 – Savanah Stehlin, American actress
Deaths
766 – Chrodegang of Metz, Frankish bishop of Metz
1252 – Saint Rose of Viterbo, Italian saint (b. 1235)
1490 – Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (b. 1458)
1531 – Pedrarias Dávila, Spanish conquistador
1627 – Krzysztof Zbaraski, Polish statesman (b. 1580)
1754 – Henry Pelham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1694)
1758 – Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, English politician (b. 1705)
1764 – Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1690)
1796 – Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French writer (b. 1713)
1836 – Davy Crockett, American frontiersman (b. 1786)
1836 – William Barret Travis, American lawyer from South Carolina and soldier (b. 1809)
1836 – James Butler Bonham, American lawyer from South Carolina and soldier (b. 1807)
1836 – Jim Bowie, American pioneer and soldier (b. 1796)
1842 – Constanze Mozart, wife of W.A. Mozart (b. 1763)
1854 – Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, British soldier and politician (b. 1778)
1860 – Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (b. 1783)
1866 – William Whewell, English scientist, philosopher, and historian of science (b. 1794)
1867 – Artemus Ward, American comic writer (b. 1834)
1881 – Horatia Nelson, the illegitimate daughter of Emma Hamilton and Horatio Nelson (b. 1801)
1888 – Louisa May Alcott, American novelist (b. 1832)
1895 – Camilla Collett, Norwegian writer and feminist (b. 1813)
1899 – Victoria Kaiulani, Hawaiian princess (b. 1875)
1900 – Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and industrialist (b. 1834)
1905 – John Henninger Reagan, American Confederate politician (b. 1818)
1932 – John Philip Sousa, American band leader, conductor, and composer (b. 1854)
1933 – Anton Cermak, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1873)
1935 – Fridolf Rhudin Swedish actor and comedian (b. 1895)
1939 – Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician (b. 1852)
1941 – Gutzon Borglum, Danish sculptor (b. 1867)
1948 – Ross Lockridge, Jr., American novelist (b. 1914)
1950 – Albert Lebrun, President of France (b. 1871)
1951 – Ivor Novello, Welsh actor, musician, and composer (b. 1893)
1951 – Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian politician and statesman (b. 1880)
1952 – Jürgen Stroop, Nazi SS-leader (executed) (b. 1895)
1961 – George Formby, British comedian and singer (b. 1904)
1964 – King Paul of Greece (b. 1901)
1965 – Margaret Dumont, American actress (b. 1889)
1967 – John Haden Badley, English author and educator (b. 1865)
1967 – Nelson Eddy, American singer and actor (b. 1901)
1967 – Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer (b. 1882)
1969 – Nadya Rusheva, Russian painter (b. 1952)
1970 – William Hopper, American actor (b. 1915)
1971 – Thurston Dart, English harpsichordist and conductor (b. 1921)
1973 – Pearl S. Buck, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
1976 – Max Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom, American boxer and actor (b. 1903)
1981 – George Geary, English cricketer (b. 1893)
1982 – Ayn Rand, Russian-American author (b. 1905)
1984 – Henry Wilcoxon, Dominican actor (b. 1905)
1986 – Georgia O Keeffe, American artist (b. 1887)
1988 – Vol. Mairéad Farrell, Vol. Seán Savage and Vol. Daniel McCann killed within minutes of each other; Irish Republicans.
1994 – Melina Mercouri, Greek actress, political activist, and politician (b. 1920)
1997 – Cheddi Jagan, President of Guyana (b. 1918)
1997 – Michael Manley, Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1924)
1998 – Frank Barrett, American baseball player (b. 1913)
1999 – Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifah, emir of Bahrain (b. 1933)
1999 – Dennis Viollet, former soccer player (b. 1933)
2000 – John Colicos, Canadian actor (b. 1928)
2001 – Kim Walker, American actress (b. 1968)
2002 – Bryan Fogarty, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1969)
2003 – John Sanford, American author (b. 1904)
2004 – Frances Dee, American actress (b. 1909)
2004 – Ray Fernandez, American professional wrestler (b. 1957)
2005 – Hans Bethe, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
2005 – Tommy Vance, British radio disc jockey (b. 1943)
2005 – Danny Gardella, American baseball player (b. 1920)
2005 – Teresa Wright, American actress (b. 1918)
2006 – Anne Braden, American civil rights activist (b. 1924)
2006 – King Floyd, American musician (b. 1945)
2006 – Kirby Puckett, American baseball player (b. 1960)
2006 – Dana Reeve, American actress, wife of Christopher Reeve (b. 1961)
2007 – Jean Baudrillard, French cultural theorist, philosopher, political commentator and photographer (b. 1929)
2007 – Allen Coage (aka Bad News Brown, Bad News Allen), American professional wrestler and judoka (b. 1943)
2007 – Ernest Gallo, American winemaker (b. 1909)
2008 – Peter Poreku Cardinal Dery Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale, Ghana
Holidays and observances
Ghana – Independence Day (from Britain, 1957)
Alamo Day in Texas
Saint Chrodegang
Saint Fridolin
Saint Colette aka Saint Coleta of Ghent
Saint Olegarius
Saints Kyneburga, Kyneswide and Tibba
March 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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