March 06
1836
The Alamo fell to Mexican forces.
1857
The Supreme Court ruled in Dred Scott v. Sandford that slaves were not citizens.
1930
Clarence Birdseye started to sell prepackaged frozen food for the first time, in Springfield, Massachusetts.
1957
The former British colonies of Togoland and the Gold Coast united to form independent Ghana.
1981
Walter Cronkite, “the most trusted man in America,” retired from the CBS Evening News and was replaced by Dan Rather.
1997
Queen Elizabeth II launched the first royal website.
1836
The Alamo fell to Mexican forces.
1857
The Supreme Court ruled in Dred Scott v. Sandford that slaves were not citizens.
1930
Clarence Birdseye started to sell prepackaged frozen food for the first time, in Springfield, Massachusetts.
1957
The former British colonies of Togoland and the Gold Coast united to form independent Ghana.
1981
Walter Cronkite, “the most trusted man in America,” retired from the CBS Evening News and was replaced by Dan Rather.
1997
Queen Elizabeth II launched the first royal website.
Birthdays
Michelangelo Buonarroti
1475–1564, Italian Artist
Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet, born in Caprese, Tuscany.
Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac
poet (1619)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
poet (1806)
Lou Costello
comedian, actor (1906)
Alan Greenspan
chairman of the Federal Reserve (1926)
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
writer (1928)
Rob Reiner
actor, director, producer (1947)
Shaquille O’Neal
basketball player (1972)