March 6th, 1936

Born on March 6th, 1936

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, 1936

88

Choummaly Sayasone

Former General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party

*March 6th, 1936, Attapư̄

78

Marion Barry

American politician and former mayor of the District of Columbia (1936-2014)

*March 6th, 1936, Itta Bena †November 23rd, 2014, Washington, D.C.

88

Bram Stemerdink

Dutch politician

*March 6th, 1936, Winterswijk

84

Jorge Abbondanza

Uruguayan journalist

*March 6th, 1936, Montevideo †August 28th, 2020, Montevideo

75

Angelino Fons

Spanish film maker

*March 6th, 1936, Madrid †June 7th, 2011, Madrid

75

Sylvia Robinson

American singer, record producer, and executive

*March 6th, 1936, Harlem †September 29th, 2011, Secaucus

66

Bob Akin

A successful business executive, journalist, television commentator and champion sports car racing driver

*March 6th, 1936, Tarrytown †April 29th, 2002, Atlanta

79

Max Asam

German general

*March 6th, 1936, Bayerisch Eisenstein †November 6th, 2015, Kirrweiler

88

Ray Braun

American football coach

*March 6th, 1936, Dickinson

88

Fu’ad Ali

Egyptian wrestler

*March 6th, 1936, Cairo

88

Marthe Lambert

French long jumper, hurdler and pentathlete

*March 6th, 1936, 15th arrondissement of Paris

87

Elmira Zherzdeva

Soviet singer

*March 6th, 1936, Bolokhovo †May 18th, 2023, Moscow

87

Robert T. Nelson

American military officer (1936–2023)

*March 6th, 1936, East Liverpool †June 4th, 2023, Springfield

79

Ove Franz

German politician

*March 6th, 1936, Hamburg †May 12th, 2015

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Who's birthday is on March 6th?

87

Valentina Tereshkova

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

*March 6th, 1937, Bolshoye Maslennikovo

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

78

David Gilmour

English musician, member of Pink Floyd (born 1946)

*March 6th, 1946, Cambridge

37

Kevin-Prince Boateng

Ghanaian association football player

*March 6th, 1987, West Berlin

55

Jintara Poonlarp

Thai female singer

*March 6th, 1969, Kaset Wisai

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

78

Patrick Baudry

French astronaut

*March 6th, 1946, Douala

57

Mihai Tudose

Romanian politician

*March 6th, 1967, Brăila

86

Ann Curtis

American swimmer

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

56

Vincent Gale

Actor

*March 6th, 1968, Glasgow

32

Raphael Beck

German badminton player

*March 6th, 1992, Düsseldorf

89

Jan Jindra

Czechoslovak rower

*March 6th, 1932, Třeboň †September 20th, 2021

36

Simon Mignolet

Belgian association football player

*March 6th, 1988, Sint-Truiden

88

Michelangelo

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

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

86

Jürgen Gerlach

German politician

*March 6th, 1938, Kassel

93

Carmen De Lavallade

American dancer

*March 6th, 1931, Los Angeles

65

Tom Arnold

American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1959)

*March 6th, 1959, Ottumwa

27

Teoh Mei Xing

Malaysian badminton player

*March 6th, 1997, Subang Jaya

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Born in 1936

85

Uwe Seeler

German footballer (1936–2022)

*November 5th, 1936, Hamburg †July 21st, 2022, Norderstedt

66

Ong Teng Cheong

5th President of Singapore (1936–2002)

*January 22nd, 1936, Straits Settlements †February 8th, 2002, Singapore

87

Jean Pütz

German science journalist and television presenter

*September 21st, 1936, Cologne

75

Chuck Brown

American guitarist, bandleader and singer (1936-2012)

*August 22nd, 1936, Gaston †May 16th, 2012, Baltimore

80

Victor Lanoux

French actor (1936-2017)

*June 18th, 1936, Paris †May 4th, 2017, Royan

88

Mario Vargas Llosa

Peruvian novelist and writer

*March 28th, 1936, Arequipa

86

Silvio Berlusconi

Italian politician and media tycoon (1936–2023)

*September 29th, 1936, Milan †June 12th, 2023, San Raffaele Hospital

68

Dave Allen

Irish comedian and satirist (1936-2005)

*July 6th, 1936, Firhouse †March 10th, 2005, Kensington

81

Christian Rode

German actor and voice actor (1936–2018)

*July 20th, 1936, Hamburg †February 15th, 2018, Berlin

83

Werner von Moltke

Olympic athlete (1936-2019)

*May 24th, 1936, Mühlhausen †July 29th, 2019, Nieder-Olm

87

Robert Redford

American actor (born 1936)

*August 18th, 1936, Santa Monica

82

Burt Reynolds

American actor (1936–2018)

*February 11th, 1936, Lansing †September 6th, 2018, Jupiter

88

Alan Alda

American actor, director, and writer

*January 28th, 1936, Manhattan

81

John McCain

American politician and military officer (1936–2018)

*August 29th, 1936, Coco Solo †August 25th, 2018, Cornville

81

Pierre Laborie

French historian (1936–2017)

*January 4th, 1936, Bagnac-sur-Célé †May 16th, 2017, Cahors

87

Pope Francis

266th pope of the Catholic Church

*December 17th, 1936, Flores

75

Václav Havel

Czech statesman, playwright, and former dissident, the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic (1936–2011)

*October 5th, 1936, Prague †December 18th, 2011, Hrádeček

82

Albert Finney

British actor

*May 9th, 1936, Salford †February 7th, 2019, Royal Marsden Hospital

87

Mona Andersson

Swedish actress

*August 17th, 1936, Örgryte församling

72

David Carradine

American actor (1936–2009)

*December 8th, 1936, Hollywood †June 3rd, 2009, Bangkok

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Leap year

Yes: 1936 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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