March 6th, 1915

Born on March 6th, 1915

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

Born on March 6th, 1915

62

Benny de Weille

German musician (1915-1977)

*March 6th, 1915, Lübeck †December 17th, 1977, Sylt

87

Pete Gray

American baseball player

*March 6th, 1915, Nanticoke †June 30th, 2002, Nanticoke

64

Georges Dayan

French politician

*March 6th, 1915, Oran †May 28th, 1979, 14th arrondissement of Paris

98

Mohammed Burhanuddin

52nd Dai al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra

*March 6th, 1915, Surat †January 17th, 2014, Malabar Hill

75

Taranath Rao

Musician

*March 6th, 1915, Mangaluru †January 1st, 1991

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94

Ejler Bille

Danish artist (1910-2004)

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

87

Gabriel García Márquez

Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)

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

32

Gebby Ristiyani Imawan

Badminton player

*March 6th, 1992, Tangerang City

72

Roger Price

American humorist (1918-1990)

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

37

Kevin-Prince Boateng

Ghanaian association football player

*March 6th, 1987, West Berlin

32

Kim Astrup Sørensen

Badminton player

*March 6th, 1992, Herning

55

Jintara Poonlarp

Thai female singer

*March 6th, 1969, Kaset Wisai

78

David Gilmour

English musician, member of Pink Floyd (born 1946)

*March 6th, 1946, Cambridge

87

Valentina Tereshkova

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

*March 6th, 1937, Bolshoye Maslennikovo

86

Ann Curtis

American swimmer

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

88

Michelangelo

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

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

57

Mihai Tudose

Romanian politician

*March 6th, 1967, Brăila

32

Raphael Beck

German badminton player

*March 6th, 1992, Düsseldorf

90

Andrzej Wajda

Polish film director (1926–2016)

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

36

Simon Mignolet

Belgian association football player

*March 6th, 1988, Sint-Truiden

56

Vincent Gale

Actor

*March 6th, 1968, Glasgow

87

Will Eisner

American cartoonist, writer and entrepreneur (1917-2005)

*March 6th, 1917, Brooklyn †January 3rd, 2005, Fort Lauderdale

27

Teoh Mei Xing

Malaysian badminton player

*March 6th, 1997, Subang Jaya

40

Floé Kühnert

German pole vaulter

*March 6th, 1984, Ulm

70

Virginia Gregg

American actress

*March 6th, 1916, Harrisburg †September 15th, 1986, Encino

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96

Harry Morgan

American actor (1915–2011)

*April 10th, 1915, Detroit †December 7th, 2011, Los Angeles

47

Édith Piaf

French singer (1915–1963)

*December 19th, 1915, Paris †October 10th, 1963, Grasse

90

Jean Parker

American actress

*August 11th, 1915, Deer Lodge †November 30th, 2005, Woodland Hills

89

Wee Kim Wee

4th President of Singapore (1915–2005)

*November 4th, 1915, Singapore †May 2nd, 2005, Siglap

82

Frank Sinatra

American singer and actor (1915–1998)

*December 12th, 1915, Hoboken †May 14th, 1998, Los Angeles

91

Augusto Pinochet

Dictator of Chile from 1973 to 1990

*November 25th, 1915, Valparaíso †December 10th, 2006, Santiago

67

Ingrid Bergman

Swedish actress (1915–1982)

*August 29th, 1915, Hedvig Eleonora parish †August 29th, 1982, London

98

Eli Wallach

American actor (1915–2014)

*December 7th, 1915, Brooklyn †June 24th, 2014, New York City

80

Jo Van Fleet

American actress (1915-1996)

*December 29th, 1915, Oakland †June 10th, 1996, Queens

85

Jacques Chaban-Delmas

82nd Prime Minister of France

*March 7th, 1915, 13th arrondissement of Paris †November 10th, 2000, 7th arrondissement of Paris

44

Billie Holiday

American jazz singer (1915–1959)

*April 7th, 1915, Philadelphia †July 17th, 1959, New York City

67

Fernando Lamas

Argentine-born actor

*January 9th, 1915, Buenos Aires †October 8th, 1982, Los Angeles

101

Ren Xinmin

Chinese scientist

*December 5th, 1915, Ningguo †February 12th, 2017, Beijing

86

Anthony Quinn

Mexican and American actor (1915–2001)

*April 21st, 1915, Chihuahua City †June 3rd, 2001, Boston

94

Paul Samuelson

American economist

*May 15th, 1915, Gary †December 13th, 2009, Belmont

86

Fred Hoyle

British astronomer

*June 24th, 1915, Bingley †August 20th, 2001, Bournemouth

90

Barnard Hughes

American actor (1915–2006)

*July 16th, 1915, Westchester County †July 11th, 2006, New York City

99

Charles Hard Townes

20th-century American physicist

*July 28th, 1915, Greenville †January 27th, 2015, Oakland

89

Saul Bellow

Canadian-American writer

*June 10th, 1915, Lachine †April 5th, 2005, Brookline

81

Lars Ahlin

Swedish author and aesthetiian

*April 4th, 1915, Sundsvall †March 11th, 1997, Stockholm

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1915 is a normal year and no leap year.

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