March 6Birthdays & History

On this day: March 6 in history

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1. 12 BCThe Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor.Europe
2. 845The 42 Martyrs of Amorium are killed after refusing to convert to Islam.Middle East
3. 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.Europe
4. 1323Treaty of Paris of 1323 is signed.Europe
5. 1447Election of Pope Nicholas V following the death of Pope Eugene IV on 23 February 1447.Europe
6. 1651The town of Kajaani, known at the time as Cajanaburg, is founded by Count Per Brahe, the Governor-General of Finland.Europe
7. 1788The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.Oceania
8. 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 the Louisiana Purchase territory slavery-free.North America
9. 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 captured.North AmericaLatin America
10. 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.North America
11. 1901An anarchist assassin tries to kill German Emperor Wilhelm II.Europe
12. 1904Scottish National Antarctic Expedition: Led by William Speirs Bruce, the Antarctic region of Coats Land is discovered from the Scotia.Europe
13. 1930International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Communist Party USA.North America
14. 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.EuropeAfrica
15. 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 Grevena, leading to its liberation a fortnight later.Europe
16. 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.North AmericaEurope
17. 1957the Ghana Independence Act 1957 is passed in the United Kingdom resulting in Ghana gaining independence from the British.AfricaEurope
18. 1975Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement of their border dispute.AfricaMiddle East
19. 1985Registration of the Filipino megachurch Christ's Commission Fellowship with the Philippine government, months after its first worship service in August 1984.Asia
20. 1987The British ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds, killing 193.Europe
21. 1988Operation Flavius: Three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers are shot dead by the SAS in Gibraltar.Europe
22. 2003Air Algérie Flight 6289 crashes at the Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport in Tamanrasset, Algeria, killing 102 out of the 103 people on board.Africa
23. 2008A gunman kills eight students in Jerusalem.Middle East
24. 2008A suicide bomber kills 68 people in the Karrada district of Karrada in BaghdadMiddle East
25. 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.Asia

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