March 6th, 1820

Born on March 6th, 1820

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on March 6th, 1820?

March 6th, 1820

The Missouri Compromise is signed into law by President James Monroe. The compromise allows Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, brings Maine into the Union as a free state, and makes the rest of the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase territory slavery-free.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_Compromise

What else 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.

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

Born on March 6th, 1820

79

Horatio Wright

United States Army general (1820–1899)

*March 6th, 1820, Clinton †July 2nd, 1899, Washington, D.C.

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Who's birthday is on March 6th?

32

Gebby Ristiyani Imawan

Badminton player

*March 6th, 1992, Tangerang City

87

Gabriel García Márquez

Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)

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

88

Michelangelo

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

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

37

Kevin-Prince Boateng

Ghanaian association football player

*March 6th, 1987, West Berlin

32

Kim Astrup Sørensen

Badminton player

*March 6th, 1992, Herning

94

Ejler Bille

Danish artist (1910-2004)

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

55

Jintara Poonlarp

Thai female singer

*March 6th, 1969, Kaset Wisai

64

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Russian composer

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

55

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

British poet, author

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

78

David Gilmour

English musician, member of Pink Floyd (born 1946)

*March 6th, 1946, Cambridge

32

Raphael Beck

German badminton player

*March 6th, 1992, Düsseldorf

27

Teoh Mei Xing

Malaysian badminton player

*March 6th, 1997, Subang Jaya

57

Mihai Tudose

Romanian politician

*March 6th, 1967, Brăila

36

Simon Mignolet

Belgian association football player

*March 6th, 1988, Sint-Truiden

56

Vincent Gale

Actor

*March 6th, 1968, Glasgow

86

William Claflin

American politician (1818-1905)

*March 6th, 1818, Milford †January 5th, 1905, Newton

87

Valentina Tereshkova

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

*March 6th, 1937, Bolshoye Maslennikovo

40

Floé Kühnert

German pole vaulter

*March 6th, 1984, Ulm

65

Tom Arnold

American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1959)

*March 6th, 1959, Ottumwa

87

Luigi Ferraris

Italian politician

*March 6th, 1813, Sostegno †October 17th, 1900, Turin

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65

Georg Curtius

German classical scholar and philologist (1820-1885)

*April 16th, 1820, Lübeck †August 12th, 1885, Jelenia Góra

74

Friedrich Engels

German philosopher, sociologist and economist (1820–1895)

*November 28th, 1820, Barmen †August 5th, 1895, London

90

Florence Nightingale

English social reformer, statistician, and founder of modern nursing (1820-1910)

*May 12th, 1820, Florence †August 13th, 1910, London

63

Gustave Le Gray

French photographer

*August 30th, 1820, Villiers-le-Bel †July 29th, 1884, Cairo

49

Henry Jarvis Raymond

American journalist and politician (1820–1869)

*January 24th, 1820, Livingston County †June 18th, 1869, New York City

83

Herbert Spencer

English philosopher and political theorist (1820–1903)

*April 27th, 1820, Derby †December 8th, 1903, Brighton

52

David Kalisch

German writer (1820-1872)

*February 23rd, 1820, Wrocław †August 21st, 1872, Berlin

84

Charles Moore

Australian botanist (1820-1905)

*May 10th, 1820, Dundee †April 30th, 1905, Sydney

61

Edmond Membrée

French composer (1820-1882)

*November 14th, 1820, Valenciennes †September 10th, 1882, Domont

67

Jenny Lind

Swedish classical singer

*October 6th, 1820, Stockholm †November 2nd, 1887, Malvern

56

Donald McLean

New Zealand politician and government official (1820–1877)

*October 27th, 1820, Tiree †January 5th, 1877, Napier

86

Susan B. Anthony

American women's rights activist

*February 15th, 1820, Adams †March 13th, 1906, Rochester

81

Cornelius Gurlitt

German composer (1820-1901)

*February 10th, 1820, Altona †June 17th, 1901, Altona

89

Nadar

French photographer and balloonist (1820–1910)

*April 6th, 1820, rue Saint-Honoré †March 20th, 1910, avenue Franklin-D.-Roosevelt

94

Fanny Crosby

19th century Christian hymnist

*March 24th, 1820, Brewster †February 12th, 1915, Bridgeport

52

William John Macquorn Rankine

Civil engineer

*July 5th, 1820, Edinburgh †December 24th, 1872, Glasgow

69

Émile Augier

French writer (1820-1889)

*September 17th, 1820, Valence †October 25th, 1889, Villa Augier

69

Dion Boucicault

Irish actor and dramatist

*December 26th, 1820, Dublin †September 18th, 1890, New York City

57

Victor Emmanuel II of Italy

King of Sardinia-Piemont and Italy (1849-1878)

*March 14th, 1820, Turin †January 9th, 1878, Rome

29

Anne Brontë

British novelist and poet (1820-1849)

*January 17th, 1820, Thornton †May 28th, 1849, Scarborough

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Leap year

Yes: 1820 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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