March 6 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for March 6
In the headlines today:

1999	Sheik Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, emir of Bahrain, dies at age 65.
1990	The Soviet government allows its citizens to own factories and hire workers.
1987	A British ferry sinks off the Belgian port of Zeebrugg, killing 189.
1981	CBS Evening News anchor Walter Cronkite gives his last newscast.
1967	The Beatles record sound effects that will appear on the title track of their Sergeant Pepper album, at EMI Studios in London. (photo credit: Capitol Records)
1957	The British African colonies of the Gold Coast and Togoland become the independent Republic of Ghana.
1944	US planes bomb Berlin for the first time during WWII.
1935	Retired US Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes dies in Washington, DC.
1932	American composer John Philip Sousa dies.
1888	Author Louisa May Alcott (Little Women) dies.
1857	The US Supreme Court rules that slave Dred Scott cannot sue for his freedom in federal court.
1853	The Verdi opera La Traviata opens in Venice, Italy.
1836	Frontiersman Davy Crockett dies as the Alamo falls to Mexican troops, ending a 13-day siege in San Antonio, TX.
1834	Toronto, Canada, is incorporated as a city.
1521	Explorer Ferdinand Magellan discovers the Mariana Islands.