Tukuk-OS📅 March 6
15 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on March 6? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2009 — As part of their investigation into an athletic scandal at Florida State University, the National Collegiate Athletic Association released a report alleging that 61 student athletes had engaged in academic fraud.
Florida State University academic-athletic scandalFlorida State UniversityNational Collegiate Athletic Association
- 2000 — The Marine Parade Community Building, the mural cladding of which is the largest installation art in Singapore, was opened.
- 1988 — The Troubles: In Operation Flavius, the Special Air Service killed three volunteers of the Provisional Irish Republican Army conspiring to bomb a parade of British military bands in Gibraltar.
- 1987 — The ferry Herald of Free Enterprise capsized while leaving the harbour of Zeebrugge, Belgium, killing 193 people on board.
- 1964 — In a radio broadcast, Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad announced that American boxer Cassius Clay would change his name to Muhammad Ali (pictured).
- 1953 — Following Joseph Stalin's death, Georgy Malenkov succeeded him as Premier of the Soviet Union.
- 1945 — Petru Groza of the Ploughmen's Front became the first prime minister of the Communist Party-dominated government of Romania.
- 1943 — World War II: National Liberation Front forces defeated Italian occupiers in the Battle of Fardykambos, a major sign of the Greek resistance's growth.
World War IINational Liberation Front (Greece)Axis occupation of Greece
- 1930 — Organized by the Communist International, hundreds of thousands of people in major cities around the world marched to protest mass unemployment associated with the Great Depression.
Communist InternationalInternational Unemployment DayGreat Depression
- 1913 — First Balkan War: The Greek army captured Bizani Fortress, near Ioannina, from the Ottomans.
- 1904 — Scottish National Antarctic Expedition: Led by William Speirs Bruce (pictured), the Antarctic region of Coats Land was discovered by the Scotia.
Scottish National Antarctic ExpeditionWilliam Speirs BruceCoats Land
- 1853 — Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata premiered at La Fenice in Venice, but the performance was considered so bad that it caused him to revise portions of the opera.
- 1836 — Texas Revolution: Mexican troops captured the Alamo Mission in San Antonio from Texian forces after a 13-day siege.
- 1447 — Tommaso Parentucelli was elected as Pope Nicholas V in Rome.
- 845 — The Abbasid Caliphate executed 42 Byzantine officials who had been captured in the sack of Amorium of 838 for refusing to convert to Islam.
Births
- 2003 — Millicent Simmonds, American actress
- 2001 — Milo Manheim, American actor
- 2000 — Armando Bacot, American basketball player
- 2000 — Jacob Bertrand, American actor
- 1999 — Ylena In-Albon, Swiss tennis player
- 1998 — Kyle Trask, American football player
- 1997 — Lee Lu-da, South Korean singer and actress
- 1997 — Alisha Boe, Norwegian actress
- 1996 — Christian Coleman, American sprinter
- 1996 — Mohamed Magdy, Egyptian footballer
- 1996 — Timo Werner, German footballer
- 1995 — Josh Hart, American basketball player
Deaths
- 2025 — Australian Suicide, Australian professional wrestler (born 1992)
- 2025 — Brian James, British guitarist (born 1955)
- 2021 — Lou Ottens, Dutch engineer and inventor (born 1926)
- 2021 — Graham Pink, British nurse (born 1929)
- 2018 — Peter Nicholls, Australian science fiction critic and encyclopedist (born 1939)
- 2017 — Robert Osborne, American actor and historian (born 1932)
- 2016 — Nancy Reagan, American actress, 42nd First Lady of the United States (born 1921)
- 2016 — Sheila Varian, American horse trainer and breeder (born 1937)
- 2015 — Fred Craddock, American minister and academic (born 1928)
- 2015 — Ram Sundar Das, Indian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Minister of Bihar (born 1921)
- 2015 — Enrique "Coco" Vicéns, Puerto Rican-American basketball player and politician (born 1926)
- 2014 — Alemayehu Atomsa, Ethiopian educator and politician (born 1969)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Chrodegang
- Christian feast day: Colette of Corbie
- Christian feast day: Fridolin of Säckingen
- Christian feast day: Kyneburga, Kyneswide and Tibba
- Christian feast day: Marcian of Tortona
- Christian feast day: March 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- European Day of the Righteous, commemorates those who have stood up against crimes against humanity and totalitarianism with their own moral responsibility. (Europe)
- Norfolk Island Foundation Day, the founding of Norfolk Island in 1788.
- Independence Day (Ghana), celebrates the independence of Ghana from the UK in 1957.
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