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Subject: March 6 Events in History

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Date Posted: 19:16:57 03/17/09 Tue
In reply to: extreme low S&P500 March 6th 2009 's message, "666.80" on 19:13:18 03/17/09 Tue

March 6 Events in History - March 6 Birthdays - March 6 Deaths

March 6, 2007 Mega Millions has the highest lottery jackpot ever, $370 million dollars
March 6, 2003 Air Algrie flight 6289 crashes at Tamanrasset Airport in Alegeria, killing 103
March 6, 1998 1st time the British flag is flown over Buckingham Palace
March 6, 1998 Matt Beck, an angry lottery accountant kills 4 at Connecticut state lottery
March 6, 1996 10th American Comedy Award
March 6, 1996 2nd Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
March 6, 1996 Aravinda De Silva smashes 145 vs. Kenya in cricket World Cup at Kandy Sri Lanka score 5-398 in 50 overs in World Cup vs. Kenya
March 6, 1995 9th American Comedy Award: Rodney Dangerfield
March 6, 1995 American Express Travel begins charging for domestic air tickets
March 6, 1995 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Phoenix Arizona on KEDJ 106.3/100.3 FM
March 6, 1994 Colin Jackson runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.30 sec)
March 6, 1994 United Arab Emirates beat Kenya by 2 wickets to win ICC Trophy
March 6, 1992 Yankee pitcher Pascual Perez suspended for 1 year due to cocaine
March 6, 1991 Following Iraq's capitulation in the Persian Gulf conflict, President Bush told Congress that "aggression is defeated. The war is over"
March 6, 1990 SR-71 sets a transcontinental record, flying 2,404 miles in 1:08:17
March 6, 1989 Yankees beat Mets 6-4 in exhibition game (1st meeting since 1985)
March 6, 1988 18th Easter Seal Telethon raises $35,200,000
March 6, 1988 3 IRA suspects were shot dead in Gibraltar by SAS officers
March 6, 1988 Betsy King wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open/Helene Curtis Pro-Am
March 6, 1988 Julie Krone becomes winningest female jockey (1205 victories)
March 6, 1988 Orville Moodey shoots 63 at Seniors golf tournament
March 6, 1987 6.8 earthquake hits Ecuador, kills 100
March 6, 1987 Belgium ferry boat "Herald of Free Enterprise" capsizes/sinks; 192 die
March 6, 1986 Ken Ludwig's "Lend me a Tenor," premieres in London
March 6, 1986 U.S.S.R.'s Vega 1 flies by Halley's Comet at 8,889 km
March 6, 1985 Enos Slaughter and Arky Vaughan are elected to baseball Hall of Fame
March 6, 1985 Mike Tyson KOs Hector Mercedes in 1 round in his 1st pro fight
March 6, 1985 Mexican authorities find body of U.S. drug agent Enrique C. Salaazar
March 6, 1985 Yul Brynner appears in his 4,500th performance of "King and I"
March 6, 1983 "On Your Toes" opens at Virginia Theater New York City for 505 performances
March 6, 1983 Anne-Marie Palli wins LPGA Samaritan Turquoise Golf Classic
March 6, 1983 Helmut Kohl's CDU/CSU wins West German parliament elections
March 6, 1983 U.S. Football League begins its 1st season
March 6, 1982 NBA highest scoring game: San Antonio beat Milwaukee 171-166 (3 OT)
March 6, 1982 Susan Birmingham makes loudest recorded human shout (120 dB)
March 6, 1981 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
March 6, 1981 Soyuz 39 returns to Earth
March 6, 1981 Walter Cronkite signs-off as anchorman of CBS Evening News
March 6, 1981 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Hartford won by Denise Biellmann
March 6, 1980 Emmy 7th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 1st time
March 6, 1980 Princess Theater (Latin Quarter, Cotton Club) opens at 200 W 48th New York City
March 6, 1980 French Academy, founded in 1635, elects it 1st woman novelist (Marguerita Youcenar)
March 6, 1976 Ice Dance Championship at Gothenburg won by Pakhomova and Gorshkov (URS)
March 6, 1976 Ice Pairs Championship at Gothenburg won by Rodnina and Zaitsev (URS)
March 6, 1976 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Gothenburg won by John Curry (GRB)
March 6, 1976 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Gothenburg won by Dorothy Hamill
March 6, 1974 "Over Here" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 341 performances
March 6, 1974 An Italian loses a record $1,920,000 at roulette in Monte Carlo
March 6, 1974 Ian and Greg Chappell score cricket
March 6, 1973 In an exhibition game with the Pirates, Twins Larry Hisle becomes the 1st designated hitter (he hits 2 home runs and knocks in 7 RBIs)
March 6, 1972 Jack Nicklaus, passes Arnold Palmer as golf's all-time money winner
March 6, 1972 Keswick to Penrith railway officially closes
March 6, 1971 Test Cricket debut of Sunil Gavaskar, vs. West Indies at Port-of-Spain
March 6, 1970 Beatles release "Let it Be" in UK
March 6, 1967 2nd Academy of Country Music Awards
March 6, 1967 Jimmy Hoffa enters Lewisburg Federal Prison
March 6, 1967 Muhammad Ali is ordered by selective service to be inducted
March 6, 1967 Stalin's daughter Svetlana Allilujeva asks for political asylum in US
March 6, 1967 WACS TV channel 25 in Dawson, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting
March 6, 1966 Barry Sadlers' "Ballad of the Green Berets" becomes #1 (13 weeks)
March 6, 1965 "How to Succeed in Business" closes at 46th St. New York City after 1415 performances
March 6, 1965 1st nonstop helicopter crossing of North America, JR Willford
March 6, 1965 Bruce Taylor hits 105 for New Zealand vs. India in 1st Test Cricket innings
March 6, 1964 Constantine succeeds Paul I as king of Greece
March 6, 1964 Elijah Muhammad renames Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali
March 6, 1964 Liz Taylor's 4th divorce (Eddie Fisher)
March 6, 1964 Tom O'Hara runs world record mile (3:56.4)
March 6, 1962 St. Louis vote to build a new downtown stadium for the Cardinals
March 6, 1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
March 6, 1962 U.S. promise Thailand assistance against communist aggression
March 6, 1961 1st London minicabs introduced
March 6, 1961 Dutch Queen Juliana celebrates 12 year government jubilee
March 6, 1961 Dutch guilder revalued 4.74%
March 6, 1960 President Sukarno disbands Indonesia's parliament
March 6, 1959 11st Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr
March 6, 1959 Farthest radio signal heard (Pioneer IV, 400,000 miles)
March 6, 1957 Ghana (formerly Gold Coast) declares independence from U.K.
March 6, 1955 Dutch premiere of Samuel Becketts' "Waiting for Godot"
March 6, 1955 Jackie Pung wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open
March 6, 1953 Malenkov becomes chairman of the U.S.S.R.
March 6, 1951 Belgium extends conscription to 24 months
March 6, 1947 XB-45, 1st U.S. 4-engine jet bomber, makes 1st test flight, Muroc, California
March 6, 1946 France recognizes Vietnam statehood within Indo-Chinese federation
March 6, 1945 117 SD-prisoners executed at Savage Farm
March 6, 1945 Assassination attempt on Hohere, SS Police fuhrer Rauter
March 6, 1945 Chinese 38th division occupies Lashio
March 6, 1945 Erich Honnecker andErich Hanke flee nazis
March 6, 1945 Federico Garcia Lorca's "La Casa," premieres in Buenos Aires
March 6, 1944 USAF begins daylight bombing of Berlin
March 6, 1943 Battle at Medenine, North-Africa: Rommels assault attack
March 6, 1943 Sukarno asks for cooperation with Japanese occupiers
March 6, 1940 1st U.S. telecast from an airplane, New York City
March 6, 1936 Belgium ends Locarno-pact
March 6, 1935 Frank Bartell, Czechoslovakia, cycles record 80.584 mph in Los Angeles
March 6, 1934 Sidney Howard and Paul de Kruif's "Yellowjacket," premieres in New York City
March 6, 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a nationwide bank holiday
March 6, 1933 Maxwell Anderson's "Both your Houses," premieres in New York City
March 6, 1933 Poland occupies free city Danzig (Gdansk)
March 6, 1930 Clarence Birdseye develops a method for quick freezing food
March 6, 1929 Turkey and Bulgaria sign friendship treaty
March 6, 1926 China asks for a seat in the Security council
March 6, 1924 British Labour government cuts military budget
March 6, 1923 Cards announce their players will wear numbers on their uniforms
March 6, 1922 Babe Ruth signs 3 years at $52,000 a year New York Yankee contract
March 6, 1922 GB Shaw's "Back to Methusaleh III/IV," premieres in New York City
March 6, 1921 Police in Sunbury Penn issue an edict requiring Women to wear skirts at least 4 inches below the knee
March 6, 1919 NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens beat Ottawa Senators, 3 games to 1 with 1 tie
March 6, 1918 U.S. naval boat "Cyclops" disappears in Bermuda Triangle
March 6, 1915 Greek King Constantine I fires premier Venizelos
March 6, 1909 Gerhart Hauptmann's "Griselda," premieres in Vienna
March 6, 1906 Cubs sign 3rd baseman Harry Steinfeldt to complete Tinker-Evers-Chance
March 6, 1906 Heavy storm bursts dike flooding Vlissingen, Netherlands
March 6, 1906 Nora Blatch is 1st woman elected to American Soc of Civil Engineers
March 6, 1902 Census Bureau forms
March 6, 1899 "Asprin" patented by Felix Hoffmann
March 6, 1896 1st auto in Detroit, Charles B King rides his "Horseless Carriage"
March 6, 1895 England beat Australia to win one of the best cricket series ever, 3-2
March 6, 1895 J. T. Brown hits the fastest 50 in Test Crickets (28 minutes) England vs. Australia
March 6, 1886 1st U.S. alternating current power plant starts, Great Barrington, MA
March 6, 1886 1st U.S. nurses' magazine, The Nightingale, 1st appears, New York City
March 6, 1882 Monarch Milan Obrenovic of Serbia crowns himself king
March 6, 1865 Battle of Natural Bridge, Florida
March 6, 1865 President Lincolns 2nd Inaugural Ball
March 6, 1862 Battle of Pea Ridge, AR (Elkhorn Tavern)
March 6, 1861 Provisionary Confederate Congress establishes Confederate Army
March 6, 1857 Dred Scott Decision: Supreme Court rules slaves cannot be citizens
March 6, 1855 Gustave Flaubert writes goodbye to Louise Colet
March 6, 1853 Giuseppe Verdi's Opera "La Traviata," premieres in Venice
March 6, 1851 Dion Boucicault's "Love in a Maze," premieres in London
March 6, 1838 Franz Grillparzer's "Weh dem, der Lugt," premieres in Vienna
March 6, 1836 Mexico attacks Alamo in the early morning
March 6, 1836 3,000 Mexicans beat 182 Texans at the Alamo, after 13 day fight
March 6, 1836 HMS Beagle/Darwin reaches King George's Sound, Australia
March 6, 1834 Toronto incorporated with William Lyon Mackenzie as its 1st mayor
March 6, 1831 Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula," premieres in Milan
March 6, 1831 Edgar Allen Poe removed from West Point military academy
March 6, 1831 Vincenzo Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula," premieres in Milan
March 6, 1816 Jews are expelled from Free city of Lubeck Germany
March 6, 1810 Illinois passes 1st state vaccination legislation in U.S.
March 6, 1808 1st college orchestra in U.S. founded, at Harvard
March 6, 1799 Napolean captures Jaffa Palestine
March 6, 1728 Spain and England sign (1st) Convention of Pardo
March 6, 1714 Peace of Rastatt - French emperor Charles VI of Habsburg
March 6, 1665 Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society starts publishing
March 6, 1664 King Louis XIV and Emperor of Brandenburg signs covenant
March 6, 1646 Joseph Jenkes, MA, receives 1st colonial machine patent
March 6, 1628 Emperor Ferdinand II delegates Restitutie-edict
March 6, 1590 Earl Mauritius conquerors Breda "turfschip of Breda"
March 6, 1579 Veluwe joins Union of Utrecht
March 6, 1521 Magellan discovers Guam
March 6, 1460 Treaty of Alcacovas-Portugal gives Castile Canary Is for W Africa
March 6, 1447 Tommaso Parentucelli succeeds Pope Eugene IV as Nicolas V
March 6, 1323 Treaty of Paris
March 6, 1205 Aken, [Philips van Zwaben], crowned Roman-Catholic German King
March 6, 1079 Omar ibn Ibrahim al-Chajjam completes Jalali-calendar

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