06 March - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on March 06, the day number in a year is 65 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 66. March 06 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
March 06 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 961 | The Muslim Emirate of Crete was conquered by the Byzantine Empire. |
| 1447 | Tomaso Parentucelli became Pope Nicholas V. |
| 1508 | Babur's son Humayun was born in Kabul, Afghanistan. |
| 1665 | The first joint Secretary of the Royal Society, HenryOldenburg, publishes the first issue of Philosophical Transactions ofthe Royal Society, the world's longest-running scientific journal. |
| 1712 | The slave revolt began in New York City. |
| 1714 | March 6 Peace of Rastat - French Emperor Charles Sahava Habsburg signed the peace treaty. |
| 1834 | York, Upper Canada, was incorporated as Toronto. |
| 1836 | The Battle of the Alamo ended, with around 5,000 Mexican soldiers of 182 Texan settler soldiers who died in the conflict. |
| 1853 | Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata premiered at Venice's La Fenice,but the performance was considered so bad that it caused the Italiancomposer to revise portions of the opera. |
| 1869 | Dmitri Mendeleev presented the first periodic table of elements to the Russian Chemical Society. |
| 1886 | The first nurses nightingale was published. |
| 1900 | West Virginia, USA In a coal mine explosion in which 50 miners were killed. |
| 1902 | Real Madrid, the world's richest football (soccer) club, wasfounded as Madrid Football Club. |
| 1902 | Madrid club was established in Spain. |
| 1902 | Real Madrid CF Established as a football club. |
| 1913 | First Balkan War-The Greek army captured Bizani Fortress, nearIoannina, from the Ottomans. |
| 1921 | The Portuguese Communist Party was established. |
| 1930 | Organized by the Communist International, hundreds of thousandsof people in major cities around the world marched to protest massunemployment associated with the Great Depression. |
| 1945 | Petru Groza of the Ploughmen's Front, became the first Prime Minister of the Communist Party-dominated governments of Romania. |
| 1960 | Switzerland gave women the right to vote in local body elections. |
| 1961 | India's first financial daily newspaper The Economic Times was launched by the Times of India Group in Bombay. |
| 1962 | Ambika Chakravarti, the great revolutionary and warrior, died. |
| 1964 | In a radio broadcast, Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammadannounced that American boxer Cassius Clay would change his name toMuhammad Ali. |
| 1964 | Constantine II became king of Greece after the death of his father King Paul. |
| 1971 | A fire at a mental hospital in the city of Burghölzli, Switzerland, killed 28 people. |
| 1975 | Iran and Iraq signed the Algiers Agreement to settle a borderdispute, only to begin fighting again five years later in theIran–Iraq War. |
| 1981 | US President Ronald Reagan announced to cut 37000 federal jobs. |
| 1984 | A year-long action began in the British coal industry. |
| 1988 | In Operation Flavius, the British Special Air Service killed three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers while they were conspiring to bomb a parade of British military bands in Gibraltar. |
| 1991 | Prime Minister Chandrasekhar Rao resigned from his post. |
| 1994 | Colin Jackson made the world record in 60m hurdles indoor race. He completed the 60m race in just 4.30 sec. |
| 1996 | Sri Lankan batsman, Aravinda De Silva, scored 145 in World Cup at Kandy. Sri Lanka scored 5-398 after the end of 50 overs against Kenya. |
| 1996 | Iraq accepted the \ Food for Food Plan \ under the UN resolution, the Irish Republic Army declared a 25-year war with Britain, denying a quick ceasefire. |
| 1998 | For the first time, the British Flag was flown over the Buckingham Palace. |
| 2003 | Around 103 people were killed in the spot due to the crash of Air Algrie Flight at Tamanrasset Airport in Algeria. |
| 2003 | An Algerian plane crashed in Tamarasset, killing more than 102 passengers. |
| 2007 | The Mega Millions has the highest lottery jackpot. The decided amount of money is $370 million dollars for the winner. |
| 2008 | A Palestinian gunman shot and killed eight students andcritically injured eleven in the library of the Mercaz HaRav Kookyeshiva in Jerusalem. |
| 2009 | The sking-wing fighter aircraft MiG-23 made its final flight after serving the Indian Air Force for three decades. |
| 2010 | Talibian Commander of Pakistan, Faqir Mohommed, reportedly died due the drone striking in Pakistan. |
| 2011 | Speaking in Cardiff and Wales, Prime minister of U.K, David Cameron declared a war on “Enemies of Enterprise”. |
| 2012 | The President of France, Niclas Sarkozy announced a plan that will cut the of emigration people to France by 50%. |
| 2013 | In the United Kingdom, the top 50 payday loan companies were cited for “widespread irresponsible in lending”. So to change their practices, the office of fair trading gave those 12 weeks in their hand. |
| 2013 | The Syrian rebels captured the major city of Er-Raqqa. |
| 2014 | Prince Harry initiated, The Invictus Games, which will become the games only for those wounded members in the military. |
Famous Birthdays of March 06:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1984 | Eskil Pedersen / Politician / Norway |
| 1882 | Guy Kibbee / Actor / United States of America |
| 1779 | Antoine-Henri Jomini / General / Switzerland |
| 1946 | Richard Noble / Racing Car Driver / Scotland |
| 1900 | Lefty Grove / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1920 | Lewis Gilbert / Director / United Kingdom |
| 1953 | Madhav Kumar Nepal / Politician / Nepal |
| 1459 | Jakob Fugger / Banker / Germany |
| 1948 | Anna Maria Horsford / Actress / United States of America |
| 1947 | Rob Reiner / Actor / United States of America |
| 1979 | Clint Barmes / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1872 | Ben Harney / Composer / United States of America |
| 1536 | Santi di Tito / Painter / Italy |
| 1980 | Emílson Cribari / Footballer / Brazil |
| 1619 | Cyrano de Bergerac / Author / France |
| 1979 | Érik Bédard / Baseball Player / Canada |
| 1977 | Marcus Thames / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1895 | Albert Tessier / Historian / Canada |
| 1936 | Sylvia Robinson / Singer / United States of America |
| 1929 | Tom Foley / Politician / United States of America |
| 1924 | Ottmar Walter / Footballer / Germany |
| 1986 | Ross Detwiler / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1884 | Molla Mallory / Tennis Player / United States of America |
| 1898 | Gus Sonnenberg / Footballer / United States of America |
| 1849 | Georg Luger / Gun Designer / Austria |
| 1950 | Arthur Roche / Bishop / United Kingdom |
| 1973 | Greg Ostertag / Basketball Player / United States of America |
| 1936 | Bob Akin / Journalist / United States of America |
| 1724 | Henry Laurens / Politician / United States of America |
| 1987 | Kevin-Prince Boateng / Footballer / Germany |
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