It happened one 06 March
1899 : AspirinOn March 6, 1899, the brand Aspirin, for acetylsalicylic acid, was registered in the Patent Office in Berlin by the pharmaceutical company Bayer & Co. |
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1981 : Walter CronkiteOn March 6, 1981, the most beloved american broadcast journalist, Walter Cronkite, presented, for the last time, CBS Evening News, before retiring after 19 years. He was replaced by Dan Rather. |
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1987 : Herald of Free Enterprise capsizedOn March 6, 1987, the British ferry, the Herald of Free Enterprise, capsized shortly after leaving Zeebrugge in Belgium because the cargo doors had not been closed. 193 people died. |
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2006 : Criminalization of abortion in South DakotaOn March 6, 2006, the governor of South Dakota, Rounds, signed the law criminalizing abortions for practicing physicians except in cases of danger to the lives of women. |
Latest news : 06 March
Independance Day in Ghana On 3 March, Ghana celebrated its independence in 1957 against the United Kingdom. |
Quote of the day : 06 March
Walter Cronkite We are not educated well enough to perform the necessary act of intelligently selecting our leaders. |
Birthdays : 06 March
Michelangelo, Italian painter and sculptor (1475) | |
Cyrano de Bergerac, French playwright (1619) | |
Elizabeth Browning, English poet (1806) | |
Lou Costello, American actor (1906) | |
Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (1928) | |
Lorin Maazel, American conductor (1930) | |
Kiri Te Kanawa, New Zealander soprano (1944) | |
David Gilmour, English musician (Pink Floyd) (1946) | |
Patrick Baudry, French astronaut (1946) | |
Rob Reiner, American director (1947) | |
Shaukat Aziz, Pakistani politician (1949) | |
Tom Arnold, American actor (1959) | |
Jean-Luc Lemoine, French comedian (1970) | |
Shaquille O'Neal, American basketball player (1972) | |
Antoine Dénériaz, French skier (1976) | |
Lara Cox, Australian actress (1978) |
They left us one 06 March
Davy Crockett, American politician (1836) | |
Louisa May Alcott, American novelist (1888) | |
Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and industrialist (1900) | |
Margaret Dumont, English actress (1965) | |
Melina Mercouri, Greek singer and politician (1994) | |
Hans Bethe, German physicist, Nobel laureate (2005) | |
Teresa Wright, American actress (2005) |
Tip of the Day : 06 March
To prevent dry mustardTo prevent dry mustard, add a few drops of oil in the pot after each use. |
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