March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (66th in Leap years). There are 300 days remaining. The Gregorian calendar is the calendar widely used in the Western world. ... A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing an extra day or month in order to keep the calendar year in sync with an astronomical or seasonal year. ...

It is 啓蟄 (Keichitsu) in the Japanese calendar. It has been suggested that Holidays of Japan be merged into this article or section. ...

March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ... March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in Leap years). ... March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years). ... March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (69th in Leap years). ... March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in Leap years). ... 11 March is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in Leap years). ... March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... March 14 is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (74th in Leap years) with 292 days remaining in the year. ... March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in Leap years). ... March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in Leap years). ... March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in Leap years). ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ... March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap years). ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining, as the final day of March. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

Events

• 1447 - Nicholas V becomes Pope.
• 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of the Prussian Confederation pledged allegiance to Casimir IV of Poland, and the Polish king agreed to help in their struggle for independence from the Teutonic Knights.
• 1460 - Treaty of Alcaçovas - Portugal gives the Canary Islands to Castile in exchange for claims in West Africa.
• 1521 - Ferdinand Magellan discovers Guam.
• 1820 - The Missouri Compromise is signed into law by President James Monroe. The compromise allows Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, but makes the rest of the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase territory slavery-free.
• 1834 - York, Upper Canada is incorporated as Toronto.
• 1836 - Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo - After a 13-day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 189 Texas volunteers defending the Alamo are defeated and the fort taken.
• 1853 - The Giuseppe Verdi opera La Traviata premieres in Venice.
• 1857 - The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case.
• 1869 - Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
• 1899 - Bayer registers aspirin as a trademark.
• 1900 - A coal mine explosion in West Virginia traps 50 coal miners.
• 1901 - In Bremen an assassin attempts to kill Wilhelm II of Germany.
• 1925 - Pionerskaya Pravda, one of the oldest children's newspapers in Europe, is founded
• 1940 - Winter War: An armistice is signed by Finland and the Soviet Union.
• 1946 - Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
• 1947 - The Newport News, the first air-conditioned naval ship, is launched from Newport News, Virginia.
• 1951 - The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins.
• 1953 - Georgy Maksimilianovich Malenkov succeeds Josef Stalin as Premier and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• 1957 - United Kingdom colonies Gold Coast and Togoland become the independent Republic of Ghana.
• 1957 - Israel withdraws its troops from the Sinai Peninsula
• 1964 - Constantine II becomes King of Greece.
• 1964 - Tom O'Hara sets a new world record for the indoor mile run by completing it in 3 minutes, 56.4 seconds.
• 1970 - Cult leader and suspected murderer Charles Manson releases an album titled Lies to help finance his defense.
• 1975 - Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement over their border dispute.
• 1981 - After 19 years presenting the CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite signs off for the last time.
• 1983 - The United States Football League begins its first year of competition.
• 1984 - Twelve-month-long strike in British coal industry begins.
• 1987 - The British ferry M/S Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds after leaving the harbour of Zeebrugge, Belgium en route to Dover, England across the English Channel, killing 193.
• 1992 - The 'Michelangelo' computer virus begins to affect computers.
• 1994 - Referendum in Moldova results in the electorate voting against possible reunification with Romania.
• 1997 - Picasso's Tete de Femme is stolen from a London gallery, and is recovered a week later.

Events March 6 - Nicholas V becomes Pope. ... Nicholas V, né Tomaso Parentucelli (November 15, 1397 – March 24, 1455) was pope from March 6, 1447, to March 24, 1455. ... The Pope is the Catholic Bishop and patriarch of Rome, and head of the Catholic Church. ... Events February 4 - In the Thirteen Years War, the Secret Council of the Prussian Confederacy sends a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Master. ... The Thirteen Years War (also called the War of the Cities) started out as an uprising by Prussian cities and the local nobility with the goal of gaining independence from the Teutonic Knights. ... On February 21, 1440, a group made up of individuals from the Prussian cities, gentry and clergy, formed the Prussian Confederation (German Preussischer Bund, Polish: ZwiÄ…zek Pruski), under the leadership of the big cities Gdansk, Elblag, and Torun. ... Reign From 1446 until June 7, 1492 Coronation On June 25, 1447 in the Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland Royal House Jagiellon Parents WÅ‚adyslaw II JagieÅ‚Å‚o Zofia HolszaÅ„ska Consorts Elżbieta Rakuszanka (1438-1505) Children with Elżbieta Rakuszanka WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw II JagielloÅ„czyk Jadwiga Jagiellonka... Teutonic Knights, charging into battle. ... Events The first Portuguese navigators reach the coast of modern Sierra Leone. ... The Treaty of Alcaçovas was an agreement between Portugal and Castile where ownership of the Canary Islands was transferred to Castile in exchange for claims in West Africa. ... Capitals Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Santa Cruz de Tenerife Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 13th  7 447 km²  1,5% Population  â€“ Total (2003)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 8th  1 843 755  4,4%  247,58/km² Demonym  â€“ English  â€“ Spanish  Canary Islander (Canarian)  canario/a Statute of Autonomy August 16... A former kingdom of Spain, Castile comprises the two regions of Old Castile in north-western Spain, and New Castile in the centre of the country. ... West Africa is the region of western Africa that, most strictly speaking, includes the countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte dIvoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo. ... Events January 3 - Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther. ... Ferdinand Magellan (Spring 1480 – April 27, 1521; Portuguese: Fernão de Magalhães; Spanish: Fernando or Hernando de Magallanes) was a Portuguese sea explorer who sailed for Spain. ... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... // Overview The Missouri Compromise, also called the Compromise of 1820, was an agreement passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories. ... James Monroe (April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was the fifth (1817–1825) President of the United States. ... Missouri, named after the Missouri Siouan Indian tribe meaning canoe, is a Southern state in the United States with Jefferson City as its capital. ... The word slaves has several meanings and usages: People who are owned by others, and live to serve them without pay. ... From Frank Bond, Louisiana and the Louisiana Purchase. ... 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Upper Canada Village in Morrisburg, Ontario Upper Canada is an early name for the land at the upstream end of the Saint Lawrence River in early North America – the territory south of Lake Nipissing and north of the St. ... Motto: Diversity Our Strength Map of Ontario Counties, Toronto being red Area: 641 sq. ... 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Texas Revolution was a war fought from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836 between Mexico and the Tejas portion of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. ... The Battle of the Alamo was a 19th Century battle between the Republic of Mexico and the rebel Texian forces during the Texas Revolution. ... For the Boston area punk band see Siege (band). ... Prior to 1821, Texas was part of the Spanish colony of New Spain. ... The word Alamo is Spanish for cottonwood tree Alamo Mission in San Antonio, a building in San Antonio, Texas which was the focus of the Battle of the Alamo in 1836 Alamo Beer, a brand of beer from King of the Hill Alamo Rent A Car Alamo, a punk house... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Giuseppe Verdi, by Giovanni Boldini, 1886 (National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome) Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (October 10, 1813 – January 27, 1901) was one of the great composers of Italian opera. ... The foyer of Charles Garniers Opéra, Paris, opened 1875 Opera is an art form consisting of a dramatic stage performance set to music. ... La traviata, an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, takes as its basis the novel La dame aux Camelias by Alexandre Dumas, fils. ... Location within Italy Venice (Italian: Venezia), the city of canals, is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice, 45°26′ N 12°19′ E, population 271,663 (census estimate 2004-01-01). ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Seal of the Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest federal court in the United States of America. ... Holding Blacks, whether slaves or free, could not become United States citizens and the plaintiff therefore lacked the capacity to file a lawsuit. ... 1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Portrait of Dmitri Mendeleyev by Ilya Repin Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleyev (Russian: Дми́трий Ива́нович Менделе́ев   listen?) (8 February 1834 – 2 February 1907), was a Russian chemist. ... The periodic table of the chemical elements, also called the Mendeleev periodic table, is a tabular display of the known chemical elements. ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Bayer may also refer to Bayer Leverkusen. ... A very old bottle of Aspirin Aspirin or acetylsalicylic acid is a drug in the family of salicylates, often used as an analgesic (against minor pains and aches), antipyretic (against fever), and anti-inflammatory. ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Wyoming coal mine Coal mining is the mining of coal. ... State nickname: Mountain State Other U.S. States Capital Charleston Largest city Charleston Governor Joe Manchin (D) Official languages English Area 62,809 km² (41st)  - Land 62,436 km²  - Water 376 km² (0. ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Bremen lies in North Germany 50km South of the North Sea. ... Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany (27 January 1859–4 June 1941), also known as William II, was the last German Emperor (Kaiser) and the last King (König) of Prussia, ruling from 1888 to 1918. ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Pionerskaya Pravda (Пионе́рская Пра́вда) is an all-Russian newspaper. ... World map showing location of Europe When considered a continent, Europe is the worlds second smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Winter War (also known as the Soviet-Finnish War or the Russo-Finnish War) broke out when the Soviet Union attacked Finland on November 30, 1939, three months after the start of World War II. As a consequence, the Soviet Union was expelled from the League of Nations on... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The Vietnam War or Second Indochina War was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN, or North Vietnam), allied with the National Liberation Front (NLF, or Viet Cong) against the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, or South Vietnam), and their allies—notably the United States military in support of... Hồ Chí Minh Hồ Chí Minh (meaning Ho, Enlightened Will) (Chữ nôm: 胡志明)   listen? (May 19, 1890 – September 2, 1969) was a Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, who later became Prime Minister (1954) and President (1954 - 1969) of North Vietnam. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Newport News, Hampton, Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia from space, July 1996 Newport News is an independent city located in Virginia. ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... The Rosenbergs Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg (1915-1953) and Julius Rosenberg (1918-1953) were American Communists who were thrust into the world spotlight when they were tried, convicted, and executed for spying for the Soviet Union. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Georgy Malenkov Georgy Maximilianovich Malenkov (Гео́ргий Максимилиа́нович Маленко́в) (GHYOR-ghee mah-leen-KOF) (January 13 [January 8, Old Style], 1902 - January 14, 1988) was a Soviet politician and Communist Party leader, and a close collaborator of Joseph Stalin. ... Joseph Stalin Iosif (Joseph) Vissarionovich Stalin (Russian: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин), original name Ioseb Jughashvili (Georgian: იოსებ ჯუღაშვილი; see Other names section) (December 21, 18791 – March 5, 1953) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and a political leader in the Soviet Union. ... Premier of the Soviet Union is the commonly used English term for the offices of Chairman of the Council of Peoples Commissars of the USSR (Председатель Совета Народных Комиссаров СССР) (1923-1946) and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (Председатель Совета Министров СССР) (1946-1991), who... The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Russian: Коммунисти́ческая Па́ртия Сове́тского Сою́за = КПСС) was the name used by the successors of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party from 1952 to 1991, but the wording Communist Party was present in the partys name since 1918 when the Bolsheviks became the All... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gold Coast was a British colony on the Gulf of Guinea in west Africa. ... British Togoland was a League of Nations Mandate in Africa, formed by the splitting of German Togoland into French Togoland and British Togoland. ... Sinai Peninsula, Gulf of Suez (west), Gulf of Aqaba (east) from Space Shuttle STS-40 The Sinai Peninsula (in Arabic, Shibh Jazirat Sina) is a triangle-shaped peninsula lying between the Mediterranean Sea (to the north) and Red Sea (to the south). ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Constantine II (Greek Κωνσταντίνος Î’, born June 2, 1940), was the last King of Greece from March 6, 1964 to June 1, 1973. ... Tom Ohara was the first Illinois native to break the 4 minute barrier for the mile run. ... A mile is any of several units of distance, or, in physics terminology, of length. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... This article does not discuss cult in its original sense of religious practice; for that usage see Cult (religion). ... Charles Manson Charles Milles Manson (born November 12, 1934) was convicted of murder in what became known as the Tate-La Bianca case, named after Sharon Tate and Leno and Rosemary LaBianca —victims in two separate mass murders carried out by Mansons followers. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... The Algiers Accord was signed on 6th March, 1975 in Algeria by the Shah of Iran and Saddam Hussein as Vice-President of Iraq and Vice-Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council or RCC. It stated: Carry out a final delineation of their land boundaries in accordance with the Constantinople... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The CBS Evening News is the flagship nightly television news program of the American television network CBS. // Early history It originally competed against the Camel News Caravan on NBC, and was anchored by Douglas Edwards. ... Walter Cronkite Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United States Football League was a professional American football league that played three seasons between 1983 and 1985, in the process presenting the rival National Football League with its greatest competitor since the 1960s version of the American Football League. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Coal is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground either by underground mining, open-pit mining or strip mining. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Herald of Free Enterprise capsized off Zeebrugge in 1987. ... Zeebrugge (French: Zeebruges) is a harbor-town at the coast of Belgium in Bruges which serves as both an international port and seaside resort. ... Map sources for Dover at grid reference TR315415 Arms of Dover Borough Council This article is about the English port town. ... England is a made up country where psychologists convince schitzofrenic people they are currently living while they are in fact in a mental asylum. ... The English Channel, also for some time known as the British Sea (French: La Manche, the sleeve) is the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the island of Great Britain from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. ... 1992 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... A computer is a device or machine for processing information according to a program — a compiled list of instructions. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A young Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso, formally Pablo Ruiz Picasso, (October 25, 1881 - April 8, 1973) was one of the recognized masters of 20th century art. ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ...

Births

• 1405 - King John II of Castile (d. 1454)
• 1475 - Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian painter (d. 1564)
• 1619 - Cyrano de Bergerac, French soldier, poet (d. 1655)
• 1663 - Francis Atterbury, English man of letters (d. 1732)
• 1779 - Antoine-Henri Jomini, French general (d. 1869)
• 1806 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet (d. 1861)
• 1812 - Aaron Lufkin Dennison American watch manufacturer (d. 1895)
• 1885 - Ring Lardner, American writer (d. 1933)
• 1903 - Empress Nagako of Japan (d. 2000)
• 1904 - Joseph Schmidt, Austrian tenor (d. 1942)
• 1905 - Bob Wills, American singer (d. 1975)
• 1906 - Lou Costello, American actor comedian (d. 1959)
• 1914 - Kiril Kondrashin, Russian conductor (d. 1981)
• 1915 - Pete Gray, American baseball player (d. 2002)
• 1917 - Will Eisner, American illustrator and cartoonist (d. 2005)
• 1923 - Ed McMahon, American television personality
• 1923 - Wes Montgomery, American musician (d. 1968)
• 1926 - Alan Greenspan, American economist
• 1926 - Andrzej Wajda, Polish film director
• 1927 - Wes Montgomery, American musician
• 1927 - Gordon Cooper, astronaut (d. 2004)
• 1928 - Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian writer
• 1930 - Lorin Maazel, French-born American conductor
• 1931 - Hal Needham, American stunt man
• 1933 - Ted Abernathy, baseball player (d. 2004)
• 1934 - John Noakes, British television presenter
• 1935 - Ron Delany, Irish athlete
• 1936 - Marion Barry Jr., Mayor of Washington DC
• 1937 - Valentina Tereshkova, cosmonaut
• 1937 - Ivan Boesky, American stock trader
• 1939 - Adam Osborne, British author and computer designer (d. 2003)
• 1940 - Willie Stargell, baseball player
• 1942 - Ben Murphy, American actor
• 1944 - Kiri Te Kanawa, New Zealand soprano
• 1944 - Mary Wilson, American singer (Supremes)
• 1946 - David Gilmour, English musician (Pink Floyd)
• 1947 - Rob Reiner, American actor, comedian, and film producer
• 1947 - Dick Fosbury, American athlete
• 1947 - Kiki Dee, English singer
• 1947 - Martin Kove, American actor
• 1949 - Shaukat Aziz, Prime Minister of Pakistan
• 1949 - Martin Buchan, Scottish footballer
• 1953 - Jan Kjærstad, Norwegian author
• 1959 - Tom Arnold, American actor and comedian
• 1969 - Tari Phillips, American basketball player
• 1972 - Shaquille O'Neal, American basketball player
• 1981 - Ellen Muth, American actress

Events Early feminist Christine de Pizan writes The Book of the City of Ladies Erection of Bath Abbey (-- 1499) Publication of Bellifortis by Konrad Kyeser (book on military technology) Chinese fleet commander Zheng He set sail to explore the world for the first time. ... John II (March 6, 1405 - July 20, 1454), King of Castile was the son of Henry III of Castile and of his wife Catherine, daughter of John of Gaunt. ... Events February 4 - In the Thirteen Years War, the Secret Council of the Prussian Confederacy sends a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Master. ... Events August 29 - Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France and England. ... Michelangelo (full name Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni) (March 6, 1475 - February 18, 1564) was a Renaissance sculptor, architect, painter, and poet. ... Events March 8 — Naples bans kissing in public under the penalty of death June 22 — Fort Caroline, the first French attempt at colonizing the New World September 10 — The Battle of Kawanakajima Ottoman Turks invade Malta Modern pencil becomes common in England Conquistadors crossed the Pacific Spanish founded a colony... Events May 13 - Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after having been accused of treason. ... Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac (March 6, 1619 – July 28, 1655) was a French dramatist born in Paris, who is now best remembered for the many works of fiction which have been woven around his life story. ... Events New Sweden (Delaware) attacked and captured by Dutch forces. ... // Events Prix de Rome scholarship established for students of the arts. ... Francis Atterbury (March 6, 1663 - February 22, 1732), was an English man of letters, politician and bishop. ... Events February 23 - First performance of Handels Orlando, in London June 9 - James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia. ... 1779 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Antoine-Henri, baron Jomini (March 6, 1779 - March 24, 1869), general in the French and afterwards in the Russian service, and one of the most celebrated writers on the art of war, was born at Payerne in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, where his father was syndic. ... 1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Elizabeth Barrett Browning Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Moulton) (March 6, 1806 – June 29, 1861) was the most respected poetess of the Victorian era. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Aaron Lufkin Dennison (March 6, 1812- January 9, 1895) was an American watchmaker born in Freeport, Maine. ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Ring Lardner (March 6, 1885 - September 27, 1933) was a sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical takes on the sports world, marriage, and the theatre. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... Nagako (良子), Empress and later Empress Dowager of Japan, consort to the Emperor Showa Hirohito, (March 6, 1903 - June 16, 2000) and mother of the Emperor Akihito. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Joseph Schmidt Joseph Schmidt (March 4, 1904 – November 16, 1942) was a tenor and actor. ... This article is about the year. ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... James Robert (Bob) Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975) was an American country musician and songwriter. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Lou Costello & Bud Abbott (top) Louis Francis Cristillo aka Lou Costello (born March 6, 1906; died March 3, 1959) was an American actor, producer and comedian from Paterson, New Jersey of Italian and French descent. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Kiril Petrovich Kondrashin (March 6, 1914 – March 7, 1981) was a conductor. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Pete Gray was a Major League Baseball player with the St. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... Will Eisner (March 3, 1917 – January 3, 2005) was an acclaimed American comics writer and artist who is considered one of the most important contributors to the development of the medium. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ed McMahon (born Edward Leo Peter McMahon Jr. ... John Leslie Wes Montgomery was an African-American jazz guitarist. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Alan Greenspan ( older image) Alan Greenspan, KBE, PhD(Hon. ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Andrzej Wajda Andrzej Wajda (born March 6, 1926) is a Polish film director, one of the most prominent members of the Polish Film School. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... John Leslie Wes Montgomery was an African-American jazz guitarist. ... Coopers work often had him wearing a helmet and pressure suit as above. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Gabriel García Márquez Gabriel José García Márquez (born March 6, 1928) is a Colombian novelist, journalist, publisher, and political activist. ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Lorin Varencove Maazel (born March 6, 1930) is a conductor, violinist and composer. ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Hal Needham, stuntman, was born March 6, 1931 in Memphis, Tennessee. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Theodore Wade Ted Abernathy (March 6, 1933 - December 16, 2004) was a Major League Baseball relief pitcher. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... John Noakes (born March 6, 1934) is a British actor, presenter and television personality, best known for co-presenting the BBC childrens magazine programme Blue Peter in the 1960s and 1970s. ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ronald Michael Delany (March 6, 1935), better known as Ron or Ronnie is a former Irish athlete, who specialised in the middle distances. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... (Not to be confused with Marion Berry, U.S. Representative from Arkansas. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Valentina Tereshkova Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (Russian: ; born March 6, 1937), Soviet cosmonaut, flew on Vostok 6 in 1963 to become the first woman in space. ... Ivan Frederick Boesky (born March 6, 1937) was notable for his prominent role in a Wall Street insider trading scandal that occurred in the United States in the mid-1980s. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Adam Osborne (March 6, 1939 - March 18, 2003) was a British author, book and software publisher, and computer designer who founded several companies in the United States and elsewhere. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Wilver Dornel Stargell (March 6, 1940 – April 9, 2001), (Willie) beloved professional baseball player nicknamed Pops in the later years of his career who played his entire Major League career (1962-1982) with the Pittsburgh Pirates as an outfielder and first baseman. ... This article is about the year. ... Benjamin E. Murphy (March 6, 1942 – present) Murphy is an American actor. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Kiri Te Kanawa Dame Kiri Te Kanawa ONZ DBE AO (March 6, 1944), is a well-known New Zealand opera singer of Maori ancestry. ... Album cover showing Mary Wilson (center) with The Supremes - Florence Ballard and Diana Ross. ... Reissue album cover showing The Supremes in 1966. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... David Gilmour, as photographed for the Pink Floyd album Meddle. ... Pink Floyd circa 1971. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Rob Reiner as a young man Robert Rob Reiner (born March 6, 1947) is an American actor, director, producer, and writer. ... Richard Douglas Dick Fosbury (born March 6, 1947) is an American athlete who revolutionised the high jump using a back-first technique, now known as the Fosbury flop. ... Born Pauline Matthews on March 6th 1947, in Keighley near Bradford, Yorkshire, England, Kiki Dee is a highly successful singer/songwriter, with a career that has lasted over 30 years. ... Martin Kove (b. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Shaukat Aziz (picture),born March 6, 1949 in Karachi, Pakistan) is the current Finance Minister and Prime Minister of Pakistan. ... The Prime Minister of Pakistan is the Head of Government of Pakistan. ... Martin McLean Buchan (born March 6, 1949 in Aberdeen) was a Scottish football player. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Jan Kjærstad (born March 6, 1953) is a Norwegian author. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tom Arnold (born March 6, 1959) is an American actor and comedian. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... Tari L. Phillips (born on March 6, 1969 in Orlando, Florida) is a professional basketball player. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Shaquille Rashaun ONeal (born March 6, 1972 in Newark, New Jersey), or Shaq as he is popularly known, is known as one of the National Basketball Associations most dominant basketball players. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Categories: People stubs | 1981 births | Cinema actors | Television actors | American actors ...

Deaths

• 1252 - Saint Rose of Viterbo (b. 1235)
• 1531 - Pedrarias Dávila, Spanish conquistador
• 1627 - Krzysztof Zbaraski, Polish statesman (b. 1580)
• 1754 - Henry Pelham, Prime Minister of Great Britain (b. 1694)
• 1764 - Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1690)
• 1836 - Davy Crockett, American frontiersman (b. 1786)
• 1854 - Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, British soldier and politician (b. 1778)
• 1888 - Louisa May Alcott, American novelist (b. 1832)
• 1899 - Victoria Kaiulani, Hawaiian princess (b. 1875)
• 1905 - John Henninger Reagan, American Confederate politician (b. 1818)
• 1932 - John Philip Sousa, American band leader, conductor, and composer (b. 1854)
• 1933 - Anton Cermak, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1873)
• 1941 - Gutzon Borglum, Danish sculptor (b. 1867)
• 1948 - Ross Lockridge, Jr., American novelist (b. 1914)
• 1951 - Ivor Novello, Welsh actor, musician, and composer (b. 1893)
• 1961 - George Formby, British comedian and singer (b. 1904)
• 1964 - King Paul of Greece (b. 1901)
• 1965 - Margaret Dumont, American actress (b. 1889)
• 1967 - Nelson Eddy, American singer and actor (b. 1901)
• 1967 - Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer (b. 1882)
• 1969 - Nadya Rusheva, Russian painter (b. 1952)
• 1970 - William Hopper, American actor (b. 1915)
• 1971 - Thurston Dart, English harpsichordist and conductor (B. 1921)
• 1973 - Pearl S. Buck, American writer (b. 1892)
• 1976 - Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom, American boxer and actor (b. 1903)
• 1982 - Ayn Rand, Russian-American author, (b. 1905)
• 1985 - Henry Wilcoxon, Dominican actor (b. 1905)
• 1986 - Georgia O'Keeffe, American artist, (b. 1887)
• 1987 - Logan Walker, Professionl Baseball Player,
• 1993 - Douglas Marland, American writer (b. 1935)
• 1994 - Melina Mercouri, Greek actress, political activist, and politician (b. 1920)
• 1997 - Cheddi Jagan, President of Guyana (b. 1918)
• 1997 - Michael Manley, Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1924)
• 2000 - John Colicos, Canadian actor (b. 1928)
• 2001 - Kim Walker, American actress (b. 1968)
• 2003 - John Sanford, American author (b. 1904)
• 2004 - Frances Dee, American actress (b. 1909)
• 2005 - Hans Bethe, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
• 2005 - Tommy Vance, British radio disc jockey (b. 1943)

Events Alfonso X of Castile, the Wise (el Sabio) Stockholm is founded by Birger Jarl (cf 1854) The widespread usage of torture by the Medieval Inquisition is introduced. ... Saint Rose of Viterbo (1235-March 6, 1252) was a virgin saint, born at Viterbo, Italy. ... Events Anglo-Norman invasion of Connacht St. ... Events January 26 - Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake-- thousands die October 1 - Battle of Kappel - The forces of Zürich are defeated by the Catholic cantons. ... Pedrarias Dávila (Pedro Arias de Ávila) (Segovia, Castille, c. ... Events A Dutch ship makes the first recorded sighting of the coast of South Australia. ... Noble Family Zbaraski Coat of Arms Korybut Parents Janusz Zbaraski Anna Czetwertyńska Consorts  ?. likely none Children  ?, likely none Date of Birth 1580 Place of Birth  ? Date of Death March 3, 1627 Place of Death  ? Krzysztof Zbaraski (1580 - 6 March 1627, sometimes mistakenly written as Krzysztof Zbarski) was a Polish member... Events March 1 - Michel de Montaigne signs the preface to his most significant work, Essays. ... 1754 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Right Honourable Henry Pelham (25 September 1694–6 March 1754) was a British Whig statesman, who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 14 February 1743 to his death about ten years later. ... In the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister is the head of government, exercising many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. ... Events February 6 - The colony Quilombo dos Palmares is destroyed. ... 1764 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (December 1, 1690 - March 6, 1764), English Lord Chancellor, son of Philip Yorke, an attorney, was born at Dover. ... The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor and in former times Chancellor of England, is one of the most senior and important functionaries in the government of the United Kingdom. ... Events Giovanni Domenico Cassini observes differential rotation within Jupiters atmosphere. ... 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Davy Crockett David Crockett (David de Crocketagne August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was an American folk-hero usually referred to as Davy Crockett. ... 1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, KG, GCB, GCH (May 18, 1778) - (March 6, 1854) was a British soldier, politician and nobleman, the son (by his second wife) of Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry, and half-brother to Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh. ... 1778 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Louisa May Alcott Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, best known for the novel Little Women (1868). ... 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Princess Kaiulani, a member of the Kalakāua Dynasty and descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty, was in line to become Queen of Hawai‘i when her kingdom was overthrown. ... 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... John Henninger Reagan (October 8, 1818–March 6, 1905), was an 19th century Texan Democratic politician and Postmaster-General of the Confederacy. ... 1818 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... John Philip de Sousa John Philip Sousa or John Philip de Sousa (November 6, 1854 - March 6, 1932) is probably the most famous conductor and composer in history of military marches. ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Anton Cermak, in Czech Antonín ÄŒermák, (May 9, 1873 - March 6, 1933) was the mayor of Chicago, Illinois, from 1931 until his death in 1933. ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mt Rushmore, Black Hills, South Dakota (John) Gutzon Borglum (March 25, 1867 –March 6, 1941). ... 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ross F. Lockridge, Jr. ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Ivor Novello David Ivor Davies (January 15, 1893 – March 6, 1951), better known as Ivor Novello, was one of the most popular entertainers of the 20th century. ... 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... George Formby (May 26, 1904 - March 6, 1961) was a British singer and comedian who became a major star of both cinema and music hall. ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Paul, King of the Hellenes (December 14, 1901 - March 6, 1964), was King of Greece from 1947 to 1964. ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... Margaret Dumont (October 20, 1889 - March 6, 1965) was an American comedic actress. ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nelson Eddy Nelson Ackerman Eddy (born June 29, 1901; died March 6, 1967) was an American singer and film actor. ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Zoltán Kodály Zoltán Kodály (December 16, 1882 – March 6, 1967) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, educator, linguist and philosopher. ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... Self-portrait, 1968 Nadya (Nadezhda Nikolayevna) Rusheva (Russian: Надя (Надежда Николаевна) Рушева) (31 January 1952 – 6 March 1969) was a Russian painter. ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... William Hopper (January 26, 1915 — March 6, 1970) was an American actor. ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Thurston Dart (September 3, 1921 - March 6, 1971), was an eminent British musicologist, conductor and keyboard player. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Pearl S. Buck (birth name Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker, Chinese name 賽珍珠) (June 26, 1892 – March 6, 1973) was a prolific writer and Nobel Prize winner. ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Maxie Rosenbloom, born September 6, 1903 in Harlem, New York City, United States – died March 6, 1976 in South Pasadena, California, was a boxing champion and film actor. ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ayn Rand (February 2, 1905–March 6, 1982; first name pronounced (IPA) (rhymes with mine)), born Alissa Alice Zinovievna Rosenbaum, was best known for her philosophy of Objectivism and her novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Henry Wilcoxon (or sometimes Harry and/or Wilcoxin) (September 8, 1905 - March 6, 1984) was an actor born in Dominica, British West Indies, and best known as a leading man in many of Cecil B. DeMilles movies. ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Georgia O’Keeffe in Abiquiu, New Mexico, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1950 Georgia OKeeffe (November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986) was an American artist born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Douglas Marland (born Marland Messner, May 5, 1935 - March 6, 1993) was a writer of American soap operas, most known for his tenure as head writer for As the World Turns, which he held from 1985 until his death in 1993. ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Melina Mercouri on Never on Sunday Melina Mercouri (Μελίνα Μερκούρη; Athens,October 18, 1920 - New York, March 6, 1994) was a Greek actress and political activist. ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cheddi Berret Jagan (March 22, 1918 – March 6, 1997) was the chief minister (1957-1964) and president (1992-1997) of Guyana. ... This page lists presidents of Guyana since 1970. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Michael Norman Manley (December 10, 1924 – March 6, 1997) was the fifth Prime Minister of Jamaica (1972 - 1980, 1989 - 1992). ... The Prime Minister of Jamaica is Jamaicas head of government, currently Percival Patterson. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the year 2000. ... John Colicos (December 10, 1928 - March 6, 2000) was a Canadian born actor. ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Kimberly Anne Walker (June 19, 1968-March 6, 2001) was a New York-born actress. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Sanford (1904 - March 6, 2003) was an American author. ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Frances Dee in Becky Sharp (1935) Frances Dee (born November 26, 1909; died March 6, 2004) was an actress. ... 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Hans Bethe Hans Albrecht Bethe (pronounced Bay-tuh; July 2, 1906 – March 6, 2005), was a German-American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics for 1967 for his discovery of stellar nucleosynthesis. ... Sir Edward Appletons medal Photographs of Nobel Prize Medals. ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Tommy Vance, born Richard Anthony Crispian Francis Prew Hope-Weston (July 11, 1941 – March 6, 2005) was a British pop radio broadcaster, born in Eynsham, Oxfordshire. ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ...

Holidays and observances

• In 2004, the Jewish holiday of Purim begins.
• In Ghana, March 6 is the national independence day
• Mothering Sunday in the United Kingdom (2005)
• Laetare Sunday, the fourth Sunday of the season of Lent in the Christian liturgical calendar. (2005)
• Casimir Pulaski Day in Illinois (2006, first Monday of March)

2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image:Hitler. ... Purim (פּוּרִים Lots, Standard Hebrew Purim, Tiberian Hebrew Pûrîm: plural of פּוּר pûr Lot, from Akkadian pūru) is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the deliverance of the Persian Jews from the plot of the evil Haman to exterminate them, as recorded in the biblical Book of Esther. ... Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Laetare Sunday is a name formerly often used, and less commonly used today, to denote the fourth Sunday of the season of Lent in the Christian liturgical calendar. ... Sunday is considered either the first or the seventh day of the week, between Saturday and Monday, and the second day of the weekend in some cultures. ... In Western Christianity, Lent is the period preceding the Christian holy day of Easter. ... A Christian is a follower of Jesus of Nazareth. ... The liturgical year, also known as the Christian year, consists of the cycle of liturgical seasons in some Christian churches which determines when Feasts, Memorials, Commemorations, and Solemnities are to be observed and which portions of Scripture are to be read. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Casimir Pulaski Day is celebrated throughout the State of Illinois on the first Monday of every March to commemorate Casimir Pulaski, a Revolutionary War cavalry officer, and is celebrated mainly in the City of Chicago. ... State nickname: Land of Lincoln, The Prairie State Other U.S. States Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) Official languages American English (as oppossed to Englands English) Area 149,998 km² (25th)  - Land 143,968 km²  - Water 6,030 km² (4. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Monday is considerd either the first or the second day of the week, between Sunday and Tuesday. ... March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...

External links

• BBC: On This Day

March 5 - March 7 - February 6 - April 6 -- listing of all days March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ... March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in Leap years). ... February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... Condensed list of historical anniversaries. ...