6 Mairch

The **6t o Mairch** is the 65t day o the year (66t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 300 days ti come.

## Events

* 1521 - Ferdinand Magellan reaches Guam in the wastren Paceefic Ocean.
* 1788 - The first fleet o settlers arrives on the Paceefic Norfolk Island.
* 1834 - The ceety o York, Ontario, Canadae, is renamit Toronto.
* 1836 - Battle o the Alamo, Texas.
* 1869 - Dmitri Mendeleev presents his first Periodic Table o the Elements tae the Roushie Chemical Society.
* 1882 - The Serbie kinrick is foondit.
* 1899 - Bayer registers aspirin as a trademerk.
* 1902 - Real Madrid C.F. is foondit.
* 1945 - Warld War II: American troops capture Cologne, Germany.
* 1957 - Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan African kintra tae gain unthirldom frae the Unitit Kinrick.
* 1960 - Geneva becomes the third Swiss canton tae give weemen the richt tae vote.
* 1964 - Constantine II o Greece becomes Keeng.
* 1980 - Komodo Naitional Pairk is foondit in Indonesie, wi the aim o protectin the Komodo draigon.
* 1987 - The "Herald of Free Enterprise" ferry capsizes in Zeebrugge Harbour, killin 193 fowk.
* 1992 - The Michelangelo Computer Virus begins tae affect computers.
* 2003 - An Air Algerieplane crashes shortly efter tak-aff in Tamanrasset, Algerie, killin 102 oot o 103 fowk on baird.
* 2008 - 68 fowk are kilt in bomb attacks in Baghdad.
* 2015 - NASA's "Dawn" probe reaches the asteroid Ceres.

## Births

* 1475 - Michelangelo, Italian sculptor an penter (d. 1564)
* 1787 - Joseph von Fraunhofer, German optician (d. 1826)
* 1806 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Inglis poet (d. 1861)
* 1926 - Alan Greenspan, American economist an politeecian
* 1926 - Andrzej Wajda, Pols film director (d. 2016)
* 1927 - Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian novelist (d. 2014)
* 1936 - Choummaly Sayasone, umwhile Preses o Laos
* 1937 - Valentina Tereshkova, Roushie pilot an cosmonaut
* 1941 - Ann Winterton, Inglish politeecian
* 1944 - Kiri Te Kanawa, New Zealand soprano
* 1946 - David Gilmour, Inglis muisicker
* 1947 - Rob Reiner, American actor, director an producer
* 1949 - Martin Buchan, Scots fitbawer
* 1959 - Tom Arnold, American comedian, actor an producer
* 1959 - Tommy Sheppard, Scots politeecian
* 1968 - Moira Kelly, American actress
* 1972 - Shaquille O'Neal, American basketbaw player
* 1977 - Giorgos Karagounis, Greek fitbawer
* 1979 - Tim Howard, American soccer player
* 1986 - Charlie Mulgrew, Scots fitbawer
* 1988 - Simon Mignolet, Belgian fitbawer
* 1989 - Agnieszka Radwanska, Pols tennis player
* 1992 - Jordan Kirkpatrick, Scots fitbawer
* 1993 - Bambie Thug, Erse sangster an sangwriter

## Daiths
* 1754 - Henry Pelham, Prime meenister o Great Breetain (b. 1694)
* 1836 - Davy Crockett, American soldier an politeecian (b. 1786)
* 1867 - John Goodsir, Scots anatomist (b. 1814)
* 1888 - Louisa May Alcott, American writer (b. 1832)
* 1900 - Gottlieb Daimler, German ingineer (b. 1834)
* 1932 - John Philip Sousa, American componer (b. 1854)
* 1964 - Paul o Greece (b. 1901)
* 1973 - Pearl S. Buck, American writer (b. 1892)
* 1982 - Ayn Rand, Roushie-American writer (b. 1905)
* 1986 - Eric Brown, Scots gowfer (b. 1925)
* 1986 - Georgia O'Keeffe, American penter (b. 1887)
* 2004 - Sandy Glen, Scots splorer (b. 1912)
* 2005 - Hans Bethe, German-American nuclear pheesicist (b. 1906)
* 2014 - Maurice Faure, French politeecian (b. 1922)
* 2016 - Nancy Reagan, First Lady o the Unitit States (b. 1921)

## Halidays
* **6 Mairch** is the eat day o the follaein saunts:
:St. Colette
:St. Baldred
:St. Balther
:St. Basil
:St. Bilfrid
:St. Cadroe
:St. Conon
:St. Fridolin
:St. Kyneburga, Kyneswide, & Tibba
:St. Marcian
:St. Ollegarius
* Naitional Day o Ghana
* Alamo Day (Texas)
* Foundation Day (Norfolk Island)