What happened this day in history March 6

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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