Historical Events on March 6
- 1820: United States President James Monroe signs the Missouri Compromise into law. This law allows the state of Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, Maine to enter as a free state and makes the rest of the northern portion of the Louisiana Purchase Territory free of slavery.
- 1834: Part of Upper Canada is incorporated as Toronto.
- 1836: After holding off the siege of over three thousand Mexican troops for 13-days, 187 Texas volunteers are killed – including Colonel Jim Bowie and frontiersman Davy Crockett at the Battle of the Alamo.
- 1857: In the Dred Scott v. Sandford case, the U.S Supreme Court comes to a decision.
- 1899: Aspirin is registered by Bayer as a registered trademark.
- 1945: American forces capture Cologne during World War II.
- 1945: The last major German Offensive of World War II – Operation Spring Awakening – begins on this day.
- 1951: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg’s trial starts on this day.
- 1970: 3 people are killed during an explosion at the Weather Underground safe house located in Greenwich Village.
- 1981: Walter Cronkite has his last appearance on the CBS Evening News after almost 20 years of presenting the news.
Famous Birthdays on March 6
- Italian painter and sculptor, Michelangelo is born in 1475.
- Italian painter Santi di Tito is born in 1536.
- English poet, Elizabeth Barrett Browning is born in 1806.
- American comedian and actor, Lou Costello is born in 1906.
- Scottish-American singer and actress, Ella Logan is born in 1910.
- American illustrator Will Eisner is born in 1917.
- American economist Alan Greenspan is born in 1926.
- American screenwriter William J. Bell is born in 1927.
- American actress Connie Britton is born in 1967.
- American actress and director, Moira Kelly is born in 1968.
- American actress Ellen Muth is born in 1981.
- American actor Eli Marienthal is born in 1986.
- English footballer Nathan Redmond is born in 1994.
- American basketball player Marcus Smart is born in 1994.