On This Day: 6 March

6 March in world history

• 202032 people are killed and 82 are injured when gunmen open fire on a ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack.
• 2009As part of their investigation into an athletic scandal at Florida State University, the National Collegiate Athletic Association released a report alleging that 61 student athletes had engaged in academic fraud.
• 2003Air Algérie Flight 6289 crashes at the Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport in Tamanrasset, Algeria, killing 102 out of the 103 people on board.
• 1988The Troubles: In Operation Flavius, the Special Air Service killed three volunteers of the Provisional Irish Republican Army conspiring to bomb a parade of British military bands in Gibraltar.
• 1985Registration of the Filipino megachurch Christ's Commission Fellowship with the Philippine government, months after its first worship service in August 1984.
• 1975Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement of their border dispute.
• 1964In a radio broadcast, Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad announced that American boxer Cassius Clay would change his name to Muhammad Ali.
• 1953Following Joseph Stalin's death, Georgy Malenkov succeeded him as Premier of the Soviet Union.
• 1945Petru Groza of the Ploughmen's Front became the first prime minister of the Communist Party-dominated government of Romania.
• 1945World War II: Cologne is captured by American troops. On the same day, Operation Spring Awakening, the last major German offensive of the war, begins.
• 1943World War II: National Liberation Front forces defeated Italian occupiers in the Battle of Fardykambos, a major sign of the Greek resistance's growth.
• 1930International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Communist Party USA.
• 1904Scottish National Antarctic Expedition: Led by William Speirs Bruce, the Antarctic region of Coats Land was discovered by the Scotia.
• 1857The Supreme Court of the United States rules 7–2 in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case that the Constitution does not confer citizenship on black people.
• 1836Texas Revolution: Mexican troops captured the Alamo Mission in San Antonio from Texian forces after a 13-day siege.
• 1820The Missouri Compromise is signed into law by United States President James Monroe. The compromise allows Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, brings Maine into the Union as a free state, and makes the rest of the northern part of the Louisiana Purcha
• 1788The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
• 1651The town of Kajaani, known at the time as Cajanaburg, is founded by Count Per Brahe, the Governor-General of Finland.

Born on 6 March

• 1990Derek Drouin, Canadian high jumper
• 1988Agnes, Swedish singer
• 1940Willie Stargell, American baseball player (died 2001)
• 1939Adam Osborne, Thai-Indian engineer and businessman, founded the Osborne Computer Corporation (died 2003)India
• 1926Ray O'Connor, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Western Australia (died 2013)
• 1912Mohammed Burhanuddin, Indian spiritual leader, 52nd Da'i al-Mutlaq (died 2014)India

Died on 6 March

• 2015Ram Sundar Das, Indian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Minister of Bihar (born 1921)India
• 2005Gladys Marín, Chilean activist and political figure (born 1938)
• 1981Rambhau Mhalgi, Indian politician and member of the Lok Sabha (born 1921)India
• 1935Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., American colonel, lawyer, and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (born 1841)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 6 March in history?

2020: 32 people are killed and 82 are injured when gunmen open fire on a ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack. 2009: As part of their investigation into an athletic scandal at Florida State University, the National Collegiate Athletic Association released a report alleging that 61 student athletes had engaged in academic fraud. 2003: Air Algérie Flight 6289 crashes at the Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport in Tamanrasset, Algeria, killing 102 out of the 103 people on board. 1988: The Troubles: In Operation Flavius, the Special Air Service killed three volunteers of the Provisional Irish Republican Army conspiring to bomb a parade of British military bands in Gibraltar.

Which famous people were born on 6 March?

Derek Drouin, Canadian high jumper (1990); Agnes, Swedish singer (1988); Willie Stargell, American baseball player (died 2001) (1940); Adam Osborne, Thai-Indian engineer and businessman, founded the Osborne Computer Corporation (died 2003) (1939).

Which day is observed on 6 March?

European Day of the Righteous, commemorates those who have stood up against crimes against humanity and totalitarianism with their own moral; Norfolk Island Foundation Day, the founding of Norfolk Island in 1788.; Independence Day (Ghana), celebrates the independence of Ghana from the UK in 1957..