What are the important events that happened on March 6? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
March 6: Facts & Myths About This Day
March 6 is the 66th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 300 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 22, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 474,912 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hexacontahexagon’ day.
Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 329 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,093 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 6 Historical Events
12 BC –
The Roman Emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the Emperor
1788 –
The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
1840 –
The Baltimore College of Dental Surgery opens, the first dental school.
1869 –
Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
1899 –
Bayer registers aspirin as a trademark.
1921 –
Portuguese Communist Party is founded as the Portuguese Section of the Communist International.
1946 –
Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
1965 –
Premier Tom Playford of South Australia loses power after 27 years in office.
1968 –
Three black males are executed by Rhodesia, the first executions since UDI, prompting international condemnation.
1981 –
After 19 years of presenting the CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite signs off for the last time.
Who were born on March 6?
1893 –
Furry Lewis, American blues guitarist (d. 1981)
1917 –
Donald Davidson, American philosopher (d. 2003)
1939 –
Adam Osborne, British author and computer designer (d. 2003)
1940 –
Willie Stargell, American baseball player (d. 2001)
1947 –
Kiki Dee, British singer
1947 –
Martin Kove, American actor
1958 –
Eddie Deezen, American actor
1959 –
Tom Arnold, American actor and comedian
1973 –
Greg Ostertag, American basketball player
1979 –
Érik Bédard, Canadian baseball player
Who died on March 6?
1950 –
Albert Lebrun, President of France (b. 1871)
1951 –
Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian politician and statesman (b. 1880)
1952 –
Jürgen Stroop, Nazi SS-leader (b. 1895)
1961 –
George Formby, British comedian and singer (b. 1904)
1969 –
Nadya Rusheva, Russian painter (b. 1952)
1978 –
Dennis Viollet, English footballer (b. 1933)
1981 –
George Geary, English cricketer (b. 1893)
1984 –
Henry Wilcoxon, Dominican actor (b. 1905)
1986 –
Georgia O'Keeffe, American artist (b. 1887)
2006 –
King Floyd, American musician (b. 1945)
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