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.
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.
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.
AP Photo/Tony Dejak
Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan turns 85 years old today.
AP Photo/Evan Agostini
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
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 |
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