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06 March, 2007
Former White House aide I. Lewis Libby, Jr. was found guilty on four of five counts of perjury and obstruction of justice trial.
06 March, 2007
United States lottery Mega Millions set a new world record for the highest jackpot ever offered of US$390 million.
06 March, 2006
South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds signs a bill into legislation that would ban most abortions in the state.
06 March, 1997
Picassos painting Tête de Femme is stolen from a London gallery, and is recovered a week later.
06 March, 1994
Referendum in Moldova results in the electorate voting against possible reunification with Romania.
06 March, 1992
The Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect computers.
06 March, 1992
Founding of the Council of the Baltic Sea States.
06 March, 1988
Students at Gallaudet University go on strike in favor of the selection of a deaf university president. The protest is called Deaf President Now.
06 March, 1988
Three unarmed members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army are killed by the SAS on the territory of Gibraltar in the conclusion of Operation Flavius.
06 March, 1987
The British ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds killing 193.
06 March, 1984
Twelve-month-long strike in British coal industry begins.
06 March, 1983
The United States Football League begins its first year of competition.
06 March, 1981
After 19 years presenting the CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite signs off for the last time.
06 March, 1975
Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement over their border dispute.
06 March, 1970
Suspected murderer Charles Manson releases Lie: The Love & Terror Cult to help finance his defense.
06 March, 1964
Prophet Elijah Muhammad officially gives Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali meaning "beloved of Allah".
06 March, 1964
Constantine II becomes King of Greece.
06 March, 1964
Tom OHara sets a new world record for the indoor mile run by completing it in 3 minutes, 56.4 seconds.
06 March, 1957
United Kingdom colonies Gold Coast and British Togoland become the independent Republic of Ghana.
06 March, 1957
Israel withdraws its troops from the Sinai Peninsula.
06 March, 1953
Georgy Maksimilianovich Malenkov succeeds Josef Stalin as Premier and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
06 March, 1951
The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins.
06 March, 1948
USS Newport News, the first air-conditioned naval ship, is launched from Newport News, Virginia.
06 March, 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.
06 March, 1945
A communist-dominated government under Petru Groza assumes power in Romania.
06 March, 1940
Winter War: An armistice is signed by Finland and the Soviet Union.
06 March, 1927
Fritz Langs Metropolis is released.
06 March, 1925
Pionerskaya Pravda, one of the oldest childrens newspapers in Europe, is founded.
06 March, 1925
Belgium annexes Eupen, Malmedy, and Sankt Vith.
06 March, 1921
The Portuguese Communist Party is founded as the Portuguese Section of the Communist International.
06 March, 1902
The Spanish football club Real Madrid is founded.
06 March, 1901
In Bremen an assassin attempts to kill Wilhelm II of Germany.
06 March, 1900
A coal mine explosion in West Virginia traps 50 coal miners.
06 March, 1899
Bayer registers aspirin as a trademark.
06 March, 1869
Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
06 March, 1857
The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case.
06 March, 1856
The University of Maryland, College Park is chartered as the Maryland Agricultural College.
06 March, 1853
The Giuseppe Verdi opera La Traviata premieres in Venice.
06 March, 1836
Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo - After a 13-day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers defending the Alamo are defeated and the fort taken.
06 March, 1834
York, Upper Canada is incorporated as Toronto.
06 March, 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.
06 March, 1788
The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
06 March, 1521
Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Guam.
06 March, 1479
Treaty of Alcaçovas - Portugal gives the Canary Islands to Castile in exchange for claims in West Africa.
06 March, 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.
06 March, 1447
Nicholas V becomes Pope.
06 March, 1079
Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar.

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