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1899 : Aspirin


On March 6, 1899, the brand Aspirin, for acetylsalicylic acid, was registered in the Patent Office in Berlin by the pharmaceutical company Bayer & Co.

1981 : Walter Cronkite


On 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.

1987 : Herald of Free Enterprise capsized


On 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.

2006 : Criminalization of abortion in South Dakota


On 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.

Novità del giorno : 06 Marzo

Independance Day in Ghana
On 3 March, Ghana celebrated its independence in 1957 against the United Kingdom.

Citazione del giorno : 06 Marzo

Walter Cronkite
We are not educated well enough to perform the necessary act of intelligently selecting our leaders.

Compleanni : 06 Marzo

Michelangelo, Pittore e scultore italiano (1475)
Cyrano de Bergerac, Commediografo francese (1619)
Elizabeth Browning, Poeta inglese (1806)
Lou Costello, Attore americano (1906)
Gabriel García Márquez, Scrittore colombiano, premio Nobel (1928)
Lorin Maazel, Direttore d'orchestra americano (1930)
Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano neozelandese (1944)
David Gilmour, Musicista inglese (Pink Floyd) (1946)
Patrick Baudry, Astronauta francese (1946)
Rob Reiner, Regista americano (1947)
Shaukat Aziz, Politico pakistano (1949)
Tom Arnold, Attore americano (1959)
Jean-Luc Lemoine, Comico francese (1970)
Shaquille O'Neal, Giocatore di basket americano (1972)
Antoine Dénériaz, Sciatore francese (1976)
Lara Cox, Attrice australiana (1978)

Ci hanno lasciato un 06 Marzo

Davy Crockett, Politico americano (1836)
Louisa May Alcott, Romanziere americana (1888)
Gottlieb Daimler, Ingegnere tedesco e industriale (1900)
Margaret Dumont, Attrice inglese (1965)
Melina Mercouri, Cantante e politica greca (1994)
Hans Bethe, Fisico tedesco, premio Nobel (2005)
Teresa Wright, Attrice americana (2005)
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