On This Day in History - March 6 |
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| What Happened On This Day In History - March 6 |
1788 March 6
1788-03-06
The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
1834 March 6
1834-03-06
York, Upper Canada is incorporated as Toronto.
1840 March 6
1840-03-06
The Baltimore College of Dental Surgery opens, the first dental school.
1869 March 6
1869-03-06
Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
1882 March 6
1882-03-06
The Serbian kingdom is refounded.
1912 March 6
1912-03-06
the Oreo cookie is introduced by Nabisco
1930 March 6
1930-03-06
International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Comintern
1945 March 6
1945-03-06
World War II: Cologne is captured by American Troops.
1946 March 6
1946-03-06
Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
1957 March 6
1957-03-06
Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain Independence from the British
1975 March 6
1975-03-06
Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement of their border dispute.
1981 March 6
1981-03-06
France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island.
1983 March 6
1983-03-06
The first United States Football League game is played.
1992 March 6
1992-03-06
Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect computers.
1995 March 6
1995-03-06
US 4.5 cents equals 156.30 Dutch guilder (record)
1998 March 6
1998-03-06
1st time the British flag is flown over Buckingham Palace.
2008 March 6
2008-03-06
A Palestinian gunman shoots and kills 8 students and critically injures 11 in the library of the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva, in Jerusalem, Israel.
