March 6th in History

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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