March 6th, 1937

Born on March 6th, 1937

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, 1937

87

Valentina Tereshkova

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

*March 6th, 1937, Bolshoye Maslennikovo

87

Stuart Mayes

British hockey player

*March 6th, 1937, Edmonton

75

Doug Dillard

American musician, composer and banjoist (1937–2012)

*March 6th, 1937, East St. Louis †May 16th, 2012, Nashville

87

Siegfried Vogel

German opera singer

*March 6th, 1937, Chemnitz

73

Ben Keith

American musician

*March 6th, 1937, Bowling Green †July 26th, 2010, San Mateo County

87

Jürgen Steinert

German politician

*March 6th, 1937, Dresden

87

Christa Reich

German theologian and choir director

*March 6th, 1937, Wiesbaden

87

Hans-Dieter Grabe

German documentary filmmaker

*March 6th, 1937, Dresden

87

Daniel Andres

Swiss composer

*March 6th, 1937, Bienne

87

Ivan Boesky

American stock trader

*March 6th, 1937, Detroit

61

José Francisco Antonio Peña Gómez

Polítician of the Dominican Republic

*March 6th, 1937, Mao †May 10th, 1998, Cambita Garabitos

82

Jos van Kemenade

Dutch politician (1937-2020)

*March 6th, 1937, Amsterdam †February 19th, 2020, Heiloo

30

Guy Boniface

French rugby union player

*March 6th, 1937, Montfort-en-Chalosse †January 1st, 1968, Saint-Sever

83

Paul Méfano

French composer

*March 6th, 1937, Basra †September 15th, 2020, Chilly-Mazarin

87

Elisa Calsi

Italian gymnast

*March 6th, 1937, Lodi

87

Edward L. Ferman

American science fiction writer and editor

*March 6th, 1937, New York City

87

Peter Joseph Connors

Australian priest

*March 6th, 1937, Melbourne

87

Norman Coburn

Actor

*March 6th, 1937, Sydney

79

Moidele Bickel

German costume designer (1937-2016)

*March 6th, 1937, Munich †May 16th, 2016, Berlin

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Who's birthday is on March 6th?

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

86

Jürgen Gerlach

German politician

*March 6th, 1938, Kassel

78

Patrick Baudry

French astronaut

*March 6th, 1946, Douala

57

Mihai Tudose

Romanian politician

*March 6th, 1967, Brăila

88

Choummaly Sayasone

Former General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party

*March 6th, 1936, Attapư̄

56

Vincent Gale

Actor

*March 6th, 1968, Glasgow

86

Ann Curtis

American swimmer

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

32

Raphael Beck

German badminton player

*March 6th, 1992, Düsseldorf

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

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

83

Romain De Loof

Belgian cyclist

*March 6th, 1941, Eeklo

89

Jan Jindra

Czechoslovak rower

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

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Born in 1937

87

Olusegun Obasanjo

Nigerian president (1999-2007) and military leader (1976–79)

*March 5th, 1937, Abeokuta

87

Heinz Rennhack

German actor

*March 5th, 1937, Gdańsk

82

Sigmund Jähn

East German cosmonaut

*February 13th, 1937, Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz †September 21st, 2019, Strausberg

80

Erland Kops

Danish badminton player

*January 14th, 1937, Copenhagen †February 18th, 2017

86

Bobby Charlton

English association football player and manager (1937–2023)

*October 11th, 1937, Ashington †October 21st, 2023, Macclesfield District General Hospital

79

George Steele

American professional wrestler and actor (1937-2017)

*April 16th, 1937, Detroit †February 16th, 2017, Cocoa Beach

86

Morgan Freeman

American actor, director, and narrator (born 1937)

*June 1st, 1937, Memphis

86

Jane Fonda

American actress and activist

*December 21st, 1937, New York City

87

Rita Süssmuth

German politician

*February 17th, 1937, Wuppertal

80

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

*March 16th, 1937, Varese †April 22nd, 2017, Rome

86

Anthony Hopkins

Welsh actor and director (born 1937)

*December 31st, 1937, Port Talbot

87

Paul Zanker

German classical archaeologist (born 1937)

*February 7th, 1937, Constance

79

Johannes Grützke

German painter and illustrator (1937-2017)

*September 30th, 1937, Berlin †May 17th, 2017, Berlin

69

Saddam Hussein

Iraqi president, army officer and Baathist politician

*April 28th, 1937, Al-Awja †December 30th, 2006, Kadhimiya

86

Dustin Hoffman

American actor (born 1937)

*August 8th, 1937, Los Angeles

85

Larry Hillman

Canadian ice hockey player

*February 5th, 1937, Kirkland Lake †June 3rd, 2022

79

Richard H. Solomon

American diplomat

*June 19th, 1937, Philadelphia †March 13th, 2017, Bethesda

86

Martti Ahtisaari

President of Finland from 1994 to 2000

*June 23rd, 1937, Vyborg †October 16th, 2023, Helsinki

79

Alberto Carneiro

Portuguese artist

*September 20th, 1937, São Mamede de Coronado †April 15th, 2017, Porto

87

Warren Beatty

American actor and filmmaker

*March 30th, 1937, Richmond

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No: With 365 days 1937 is a normal year and no leap year.

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