March 6
People born on this day are Pisces.
- 1836
Texas 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 captured.
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An anarchist assassin tries to kill German Emperor Wilhelm II.
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Scottish National Antarctic Expedition: Led by William Speirs Bruce, the Antarctic region of Coats Land is discovered from the Scotia.
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International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Communist Party USA.
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World 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.
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World War II: Cologne is captured by American troops. On the same day, Operation Spring Awakening, the last major German offensive of the war, begins.
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the Ghana Independence Act 1957 is passed in the United Kingdom resulting in Ghana gaining independence from the British.
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Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement of their border dispute.
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Registration of the Filipino megachurch Christ's Commission Fellowship with the Philippine government, months after its first worship service in August 1984.
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Operation Flavius: Three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers are shot dead by the SAS in Gibraltar.
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Air Algérie Flight 6289 crashes at the Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport in Tamanrasset, Algeria, killing 102 out of the 103 people on board.
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A gunman kills eight students in Jerusalem.
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2003Millicent Simmonds, American actress
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2001Milo Manheim, American actor
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2000Armando Bacot, American basketball player
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2000Jacob Bertrand, American actor
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1999Ylena In-Albon, Swiss tennis player
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1998Kyle Trask, American football player
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1997Lee Lu-da, South Korean singer and actress
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1997Alisha Boe, Norwegian actress
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1996Christian Coleman, American sprinter
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1996Mohamed Magdy, Egyptian footballer
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1996Timo Werner, German footballer
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1995Josh Hart, American basketball player
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