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This day in history: 6 March

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Key facts

308 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 6 March.
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2020: 32 people are killed and 82 are injured when gunmen open fire on a ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack.

Holidays and observances

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: March 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Marcian of Tortona

European Day of the Righteous, commemorates those who have stood up against crimes against humanity and totalitarianism with their own moral responsibility. (Europe)

Independence Day (Ghana), celebrates the independence of Ghana from the UK in 1957.

Norfolk Island Foundation Day, the founding of Norfolk Island in 1788.

Events

202032 people are killed and 82 are injured when gunmen open fire on a ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack.

2008A gunman kills eight students in Jerusalem.

2008A suicide bomber kills 68 people in the Karrada district of Karrada in Baghdad

2003Air Algérie Flight 6289 crashes at the Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport in Tamanrasset, Algeria, killing 102 out of the 103 people on board.

1988Operation Flavius: Three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers are shot dead by the SAS in Gibraltar.

1987The British ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds, killing 193.

1985Registration of the Filipino megachurch Christ's Commission Fellowship with the Philippine government, months after its first worship service in August 1984.

1975Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement of their border dispute.

1957the Ghana Independence Act 1957 is passed in the United Kingdom resulting in Ghana gaining independence from the British.

1945World War II: Cologne is captured by American troops. On the same day, Operation Spring Awakening, the last major German offensive of the war, begins.

1943World War II: Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel launches the Battle of Medenine in an attempt to slow down the British Eighth Army. It fails, and he leaves Africa three days later.

1943World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, ends with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion, the bulk of the garrison of the town of Greve

1930International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Communist Party USA.

1904Scottish National Antarctic Expedition: Led by William Speirs Bruce, the Antarctic region of Coats Land is discovered from the Scotia.

1901An anarchist assassin tries to kill German Emperor Wilhelm II.

1857The Supreme Court of the United States rules 7–2 in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case that the Constitution does not confer citizenship on black people.

1836Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo: After a thirteen-day siege by an army of over 1,800 Mexican troops, the 257 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman Davy Crockett and colonel Jim Bowie, defending the Alamo are killed and the fort is

1820The Missouri Compromise is signed into law by United States President James Monroe. The compromise allows Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, brings Maine into the Union as a free state, and makes the rest of the northern part of

1788The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.

1651The town of Kajaani, known at the time as Cajanaburg, is founded by Count Per Brahe, the Governor-General of Finland.

1447Election of Pope Nicholas V following the death of Pope Eugene IV on 23 February 1447.

1323Treaty of Paris of 1323 is signed.

1204The Siege of Château Gaillard ends in a French victory over King John of England, who loses control of Normandy to King Philip II Augustus.

845The 42 Martyrs of Amorium are killed after refusing to convert to Islam.

-12The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor.

Born on this day

2003Millicent Simmonds, American actress

2001Milo Manheim, American actor

2000Armando Bacot, American basketball player

2000Jacob Bertrand, American actor

1999Ylena In-Albon, Swiss tennis player

1998Kyle Trask, American football player

1997Alisha Boe, Norwegian actress

1997Lee Lu-da, South Korean singer and actress

1996Christian Coleman, American sprinter

1996Mohamed Magdy, Egyptian footballer

1996Timo Werner, German footballer

1995Georgi Kitanov, Bulgarian footballer

1995Josh Hart, American basketball player

1994Marcus Smart, American basketball player

1993Andrés Rentería, Colombian footballer

1993Nicklas Jensen, Danish ice hockey player

1991John Jenkins, American basketball player

1991Tyler, the Creator, American rapper

1990Derek Drouin, Canadian high jumper

1989Agnieszka Radwańska, Polish tennis player

1989Dwight Buycks, American basketball player

1989Ray Chen, Taiwanese-Australian violinist

1988Agnes, Swedish singer

1988Leonys Martín, Cuban-American baseball player

1988Marina Erakovic, New Zealand tennis player

1988Simon Mignolet, Belgian footballer

1987Chico Flores, Spanish footballer

1987Kevin-Prince Boateng, Ghanaian-German footballer

1987Mário Bližňák, Slovak ice hockey player

1986Charlie Mulgrew, Scottish footballer

1986Francisco Cervelli, Venezuelan-Italian baseball player

1986Jake Arrieta, American baseball player

1986Timothy DeLaGhetto, American Internet personality

1985Bakaye Traoré, French-Malian footballer

1985Daniel Winnik, Canadian ice hockey player

1985Pierre-Édouard Bellemare, French ice hockey player

1984Daniël de Ridder, Dutch footballer

1983Andranik Teymourian, Armenian-Iranian footballer

1980Emílson Cribari, Brazilian footballer

1979Garry Monk, English footballer and manager

Died on this day

2025Australian Suicide, Australian professional wrestler (born 1992)

2025Brian James, British guitarist (born 1955)

2021Graham Pink, British nurse (born 1929)

2021Lou Ottens, Dutch engineer and inventor (born 1926)

2018Peter Nicholls, Australian science fiction critic and encyclopedist (born 1939)

2017Robert Osborne, American actor and historian (born 1932)

2016Nancy Reagan, American actress, 42nd First Lady of the United States (born 1921)

2016Sheila Varian, American horse trainer and breeder (born 1937)

2015Enrique "Coco" Vicéns, Puerto Rican-American basketball player and politician (born 1926)

2015Fred Craddock, American minister and academic (born 1928)

2015Ram Sundar Das, Indian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Minister of Bihar (born 1921)

2014Alemayehu Atomsa, Ethiopian educator and politician (born 1969)

2014Frank Jobe, American soldier and surgeon (born 1925)

2014Manlio Sgalambro, Italian philosopher, author, and poet (born 1924)

2014Martin Nesbitt, American lawyer and politician (born 1946)

2014Sheila MacRae, English-American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1921)

2013Alvin Lee, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1944)

2013Chorão, Brazilian singer-songwriter (born 1970)

2013Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1936)

2013W. Wallace Cleland, American biochemist and academic (born 1930)

2012Donald M. Payne, American businessman and politician (born 1934)

2012Francisco Xavier do Amaral, East Timorese politician, 1st President of East Timor (born 1937)

2012Helen Walulik, American baseball player (born 1929)

2011Sasao Gouland, governor of Chuuk State, Micronesia (born 1933)

2010Betty Millard, American philanthropist and activist (born 1911)

2010Endurance Idahor, Nigerian footballer (born 1984)

2010Mark Linkous, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1962)

2009Francis Magalona, Filipino rapper, producer, and actor (born 1964)

2008Peter Poreku Dery, Ghanaian cardinal (born 1918)

2007Ernest Gallo, American businessman, co-founded E & J Gallo Winery (born 1909)

Quote of the day

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