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Day in History: March 6th
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March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (66th in Leap years). There are 300 days remaining. On this day, 10 years ago, one of Picasso's original works was stolen. 150 years ago, the Supreme Court ruling in the Dred Scott case was made.
| | 1521 - Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Guam. |
| | 1820 - The Missouri Compromise is signed into law by President James Monroe. The compromise allows Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, but makes the rest of the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase territory slavery-free. |
| | 1834 - York, Upper Canada is incorporated as Toronto. |
| | 1836 - Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo - After a 13-day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 189 Texas volunteers defending the Alamo are defeated and the fort taken. |
| | 1856 - The University of Maryland, College Park is chartered as the Maryland Agricultural College. |
| | 1857 - The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case. |
| | 1869 - Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society. |
| | 1899 - Bayer registers aspirin as a trademark. |
| | 1900 - A coal mine explosion in West Virginia traps 50 coal miners. |
| | 1901 - In Bremen an assassin attempts to kill Wilhelm II of Germany. |
| | 1902 - The Spanish football club Real Madrid is founded. |
| | 1946 - Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union. |
| | 1951 - The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins. |
| | 1953 - Georgy Maksimilianovich Malenkov succeeds Josef Stalin as Premier and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. |
| | 1964 - Prophet Elijah Muhammad officially gives Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali meaning "beloved of Allah". |
| | 1964 - Tom O'Hara sets a new world record for the indoor mile run by completing it in 3 minutes, 56.4 seconds. |
| | 1970 - Cult leader and suspected murderer Charles Manson releases an album titled Lie: The Love And Terror Cult to help finance his defense. |
| | 1981 - After 19 years presenting the CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite signs off for the last time. |
| | 1984 - Twelve-month-long strike in British coal industry begins. |
| | 1988 - Students at Gallaudet University go on strike in favor of the selection of a deaf university president. The protest is called Deaf President Now. |
| | 1992 - The Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect computers. |
| | 1994 - Referendum in Moldova results in the electorate voting against possible reunification with Romania. |
| | 1997 - Picasso's painting Tête de Femme is stolen from a London gallery, and is recovered a week later. |
| | 2006 - South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds signs a bill into legislation that would ban most abortions in the state. |
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