March 06

Thursday 06, 1997:

Picasso's Tete de Femme is stolen from a London gallery, and is recovered a week later.

Sunday 06, 1994:

Referendum in Moldova results in the electorate voting against possible reunification with Romania.

Friday 06, 1992:

The 'Michelangelo' computer virus begins to affect computers.

Friday 06, 1987:

The British ferry M/S Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds after leaving the harbour of Zeebrugge, Belgium en route to Dover, England across the English Channel, killing 193.

Tuesday 06, 1984:

Twelve-month-long strike in British coal industry begins.

Sunday 06, 1983:

The United States Football League begins its first year of competition.

Friday 06, 1981:

After 19 years presenting the CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite signs off for the last time.

Thursday 06, 1975:

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

Friday 06, 1970:

Cult leader and suspected murderer Charles Manson releases an album titled Lies to help finance his defense.

Friday 06, 1964:

Tom O'Hara sets a new world record for the indoor mile run by completing it in 3 minutes, 56.4 seconds.

Wednesday 06, 1957:

Israel withdraws its troops from the Sinai Peninsula

Friday 06, 1953:

Georgy Maksimilianovich Malenkov succeeds Josef Stalin as Premier and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Tuesday 06, 1951:

The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins.

Thursday 06, 1947:

The Newport News, the first air-conditioned naval ship, is launched from Newport News, Virginia.

Wednesday 06, 1946:

Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.

Wednesday 06, 1940:

Winter War: An armistice is signed by Finland and the Soviet Union.

Friday 06, 1925:

Pionerskaya Pravda, one of the oldest children's newspapers in Europe, is founded

Wednesday 06, 1901:

In Bremen an assassin attempts to kill Wilhelm II of Germany.

Tuesday 06, 1900:

A coal mine explosion in West Virginia traps 50 coal miners.

Monday 06, 1899:

Bayer registers aspirin as a trademark.

Saturday 06, 1869:

Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.

Friday 06, 1857:

The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case.

Sunday 06, 1853:

The Giuseppe Verdi opera La Traviata premieres in Venice.

Sunday 06, 1836:

After a 13-day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 189 Texas volunteers defending the Alamo are defeated and the fort taken.

Thursday 06, 1834:

York, Upper Canada is incorporated as Toronto.

Monday 06, 1820:

The Missouri Compromise is signed into law by President James Monroe. The compromise allows Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, but makes the rest of the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase territory slavery-free.

Sunday 06, 1521:

Ferdinand Magellan discovers Guam.

Tuesday 06, 1460:

Portugal gives the Canary Islands to Castile in exchange for claims in West Africa.

Monday 06, 1454:

Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of the Prussian Confederation pledged allegiance to Casimir IV of Poland, and the Polish king agreed to help in their struggle for independence from the Teutonic Knights.

Saturday 06, 1447:

Nicholas V becomes Pope.

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