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March 6

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On March 6, 1857, in its Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court held that Scott, a slave, could not sue for his freedom in a federal court.

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On March 6, 1885, Ring Lardner, the American writer and satirist, was born. Following his death on Sept. 25, 1933, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

1806	Poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning was born in Durham, England.
1834	The city of Toronto was incorporated.
1836	The Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, fell to Mexican forces after a 13-day siege.
1853	Verdi's opera "La Traviata" premiered in Venice, Italy.
1933	A nationwide bank holiday declared by President Franklin D. Roosevelt went into effect.
1935	Retired Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. died two days shy of his 94th birthday.
1944	Heavy bombers staged the first American raid on Berlin during World War II.
1957	The former British African colonies of the Gold Coast and Togoland became the independent nation of Ghana.
1981	Walter Cronkite signed off for the last time as anchorman of "The CBS Evening News."
1997	Britain's Queen Elizabeth II launched the first official royal Web site.
2006	Gov. Mike Rounds signed legislation banning most abortions in South Dakota. (The ban was later rejected by the state's voters).
2006	Baseball Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett died at age 45.
2007	Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, was convicted of lying and obstructing an investigation into the 2003 leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity.
2008	A Palestinian killed eight students at a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem before he was slain.

Current Birthdays

Cleveland Cavaliers center Shaquille O'Neal turns 39 years old today.

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Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan turns 85 years old today.

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1924	William Webster, Former FBI and CIA director, turns 87
1927	Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Author ("Love in the Time of Cholera"), turns 84
1939	Christopher Bond, U.S. senator, R-Mo., turns 72
1944	Mary Wilson, Singer (The Supremes), turns 67
1946	David Gilmour, Rock musician (Pink Floyd), turns 65
1947	Kiki Dee, Singer, turns 64
1947	Rob Reiner, Actor, director ("All in the Family"), turns 64
1959	Tom Arnold, Actor, turns 52
1964	D.L. Hughley, Actor ("The Hughleys"), turns 47
1968	Connie Britton, Actress ("Friday Night Lights"), turns 43
1968	Moira Kelly, Actress, turns 43
1969	Amy Pietz, Actress ("Caroline in the City"), turns 42
1984	Chris Tomson, Rock musician (Vampire Weekend), turns 27

Historic Birthdays

Ring Lardner3/6/1885 - 9/25/1933American writer and satirist.Go to obituary »

49	John II 3/6/1405 - 7/21/1454 King of Castile (1406-54)
88	Michelangelo 3/6/1475 - 2/18/1564 Italian sculptor, painter and architect
36	Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac 3/6/1619 - 7/28/1655 French dramatist and satirist
68	Francis Atterbury 3/6/1663 - 3/4/1732 English Anglican bishop
68	Henry Laurens 3/6/1724 - 12/8/1792 American President of Continental Congress (1777-78)
55	Elizabeth Barrett Browning 3/6/1806 - 6/29/1861 English poet
62	George duMaurier 3/6/1834 - 10/6/1896 English caricaturist ('Punch')
64	Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov 3/6/1844 (O.S.) - 6/8/1908 (O.S.) Russian composer and editor
83	Oscar Straus 3/6/1870 - 1/11/1954 Austrian composer