March 6th in History
March 6th in History
- 1521: Ferdinand Magellan discovers Guam.
- 1836: The siege at the Alamo, Texas, ends after 12 days with only a handful of survivors
- 1857: The US Supreme Court expands support for slavery with the Dred Scott decision.
- 1899: Aspirin was patented by Felix Hoffman
- 1957: Israel completes its withdrawl from Sinai, Middle East
March 6th birthdays
- 1475: Michelangelo, Italian artist and sculptor
- 1619: Cyrano de Bergerac, French novelist
- 1787: Joseph von Fraunhofer, German physicist
- 1806: Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet
- 1926: Andrzej Wajda, Polish film director
- 1939: Adam Osborne, British author and computer designer
- 1945: Rob Reiner, American director
