March 6th, 1268

Born on March 6th, 1268

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 276,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 805 days, exactly on July 31st, 2026, people who were born on March 6th, 1268 will be 277,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on March 6th?

March 6th, 2000

The Marine Parade Community Building, the mural cladding of which is the largest installation art in Singapore, was opened.

March 6th, 1988

The Troubles: In Operation Flavius, the Special Air Service killed three volunteers of the Provisional Irish Republican Army conspiring to bomb a parade of British military bands in Gibraltar.

March 6th, 1987

The ferry Herald of Free Enterprise capsized while leaving the harbour of Zeebrugge, Belgium, killing 193 people on board.

March 6th, 1953

Following Joseph Stalin's death, Georgy Malenkov succeeded him as Premier of the Soviet Union.

March 6th, 1945

Petru Groza of the Ploughmen's Front became the first prime minister of the Communist Party-dominated government of Romania.

March 6th, 1943

World War II: National Liberation Front forces defeated Italian occupiers in the Battle of Fardykambos, a major sign of the Greek resistance's growth.

March 6th, 1933

The day after the federal election, the Nazi Party banned elected Communist Party of Germany members from taking their seats in the Reichstag.

March 6th, 1930

Organized by the Communist International, hundreds of thousands of people in major cities around the world marched to protest mass unemployment associated with the Great Depression.

March 6th, 1913

First Balkan War: The Greek army captured Bizani Fortress, near Ioannina, from the Ottomans.

March 6th, 1904

Scottish National Antarctic Expedition: Led by William Speirs Bruce (pictured), the Antarctic region of Coats Land was discovered by the Scotia.

March 6th, 1853

Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata premiered at La Fenice in Venice, but the performance was considered so bad that it caused him to revise portions of the opera.

March 6th, 1836

Texas Revolution: Mexican troops captured the Alamo Mission in San Antonio from Texian forces after a 13-day siege.

March 6th, 1447

Tommaso Parentucelli was elected as Pope Nicholas V in Rome.

March 6th, 0845

The Abbasid Caliphate executed 42 Byzantine officials who had been captured in the sack of Amorium of 838 for refusing to convert to Islam.

March 6th, 1836

Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo: After a thirteen-day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman Davy Crockett and colonel Jim Bowie, defending the Alamo are killed and the fort is captured.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 6th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 6th?

88

Michelangelo

Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet (1475–1564)

*March 6th, 1475, Caprese Michelangelo †February 18th, 1564, Rome

32

Gebby Ristiyani Imawan

Badminton player

*March 6th, 1992, Tangerang

37

Kevin-Prince Boateng

Ghanaian association football player

*March 6th, 1987, West Berlin

32

Kim Astrup Sørensen

Badminton player

*March 6th, 1992, Herning

87

Gabriel García Márquez

Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)

*March 6th, 1927, Aracataca †April 17th, 2014, Mexico City

55

Jintara Poonlarp

Thai female singer

*March 6th, 1969, Kaset Wisai

94

Ejler Bille

Danish artist (1910-2004)

*March 6th, 1910, Odder †May 1st, 2004, Copenhagen

32

Raphael Beck

German badminton player

*March 6th, 1992, Düsseldorf

27

Teoh Mei Xing

Malaysian badminton player

*March 6th, 1997, Subang Jaya

36

Simon Mignolet

Belgian association football player

*March 6th, 1988, Sint-Truiden

78

David Gilmour

English musician, member of Pink Floyd (born 1946)

*March 6th, 1946, Cambridge

57

Mihai Tudose

Romanian politician

*March 6th, 1967, Brăila

56

Vincent Gale

Actor

*March 6th, 1968, Glasgow

40

Floé Kühnert

German pole vaulter

*March 6th, 1984, Ulm

87

Valentina Tereshkova

Russian cosmonaut and pilot, first woman to have flown in space

*March 6th, 1937, Bolshoye Maslennikovo

65

Tom Arnold

American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1959)

*March 6th, 1959, Ottumwa

30

Nils Politt

German cyclist

*March 6th, 1994, Cologne

64

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Russian composer

*March 6th, 1844, Tikhvin †June 21st, 1908, Lyubensk

48

Cédric Barbosa

French footballer

*March 6th, 1976, Aubenas

78

Patrick Baudry

French astronaut

*March 6th, 1946, Douala

66

Jean-Xavier Lefèvre

Swiss-born French clarinettist (1763-1829)

*March 6th, 1763, Lausanne †November 9th, 1829, Paris

86

Ann Curtis

American swimmer

*March 6th, 1926, San Francisco †June 26th, 2012, San Rafael

53

Servais Knaven

Dutch cyclist

*March 6th, 1971, Lobith

52

Shaquille O'Neal

American basketball player (born 1972)

*March 6th, 1972, Newark

49

John II of Castile

King of Castille and Leon

*March 6th, 1405, Toro †July 21st, 1454, Valladolid

46

Pierre Maudet

Swiss politician

*March 6th, 1978, Geneva

72

Roger Price

American humorist (1918-1990)

*March 6th, 1918, Charleston †October 31st, 1990, Studio City

90

Andrzej Wajda

Polish film director (1926–2016)

*March 6th, 1926, Suwałki †October 9th, 2016, Warsaw

46

Dave L. Reed

American politician

*March 6th, 1978, Blairsville

35

Nelson Oliveira

Portuguese racing cyclist

*March 6th, 1989, Vilarinho do Bairro

29

Josh Hart

American basketball player

*March 6th, 1995, Silver Spring

28

Timo Werner

German association football player (born 1996)

*March 6th, 1996, Stuttgart

66

Eddie Deezen

American actor

*March 6th, 1958, Cumberland

55

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

British poet, author

*March 6th, 1806, Coxhoe Hall †June 29th, 1861, Florence

61

Luigi Alamanni

Italian poet

*March 6th, 1495, Florence †April 18th, 1556, Amboise

76

Stephen Schwartz

American musical theatre lyricist and composer

*March 6th, 1948, New York City

74

Tim Groser

New Zealand politician

*March 6th, 1950, Perth

61

Kajetan Broniewski

Polish rower

*March 6th, 1963, Zabrze

35

Agnieszka Radwańska

Polish tennis player

*March 6th, 1989, Kraków

34

Linn Haug

Norwegian snowboarder

*March 6th, 1990, Trondheim

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Public holidays on March 6th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on March 6th.

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Leap year

Yes: 1268 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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