March 6th, 1944

Born on March 6th, 1944

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on March 6th, 1944?

March 6th, 1944

World War II: Soviet Air Forces bomb an evacuated town of Narva in German-occupied Estonia, destroying the entire historical Swedish-era town.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Air_Forces

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, 1944

80

Kiri Te Kanawa

New Zealand opera singer

*March 6th, 1944, Gisborne

76

Mary Wilson

American singer (1944–2021)

*March 6th, 1944, Greenville †February 8th, 2021, Las Vegas

80

David Forbes Hendry

British econometrician

*March 6th, 1944, Nottingham

71

Richard Corliss

American editor for Time Magazine (1944-2015)

*March 6th, 1944, Philadelphia †April 23rd, 2015, New York City

80

Robert S. Gelbard

American diplomat

*March 6th, 1944, New York City

80

Mickey Jupp

English musician and songwriter

*March 6th, 1944, Worthing

80

Peter Dietrich

German footballer

*March 6th, 1944, Neu-Isenburg

80

André Berg

French photographer

*March 6th, 1944, 16th arrondissement of Paris

80

Norbert Steger

Austrian politician

*March 6th, 1944, Vienna

80

Billy Raybould

Welsh rugby union player

*March 6th, 1944, Cardiff

80

Marianne Maderna

Austrian artist

*March 6th, 1944, Vienna

80

John Putney

American politician

*March 6th, 1944, Gladbrook

80

Kari Liimo

Finnish basketball player

*March 6th, 1944, Lappeenranta

80

Narinder Singh Kapoor

Indian writer

*March 6th, 1944, Rawalpindi

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

78

David Gilmour

English musician, member of Pink Floyd (born 1946)

*March 6th, 1946, Cambridge

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

78

Patrick Baudry

French astronaut

*March 6th, 1946, Douala

37

Kevin-Prince Boateng

Ghanaian association football player

*March 6th, 1987, West Berlin

55

Jintara Poonlarp

Thai female singer

*March 6th, 1969, Kaset Wisai

87

Valentina Tereshkova

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

*March 6th, 1937, Bolshoye Maslennikovo

32

Kim Astrup Sørensen

Badminton player

*March 6th, 1992, Herning

57

Mihai Tudose

Romanian politician

*March 6th, 1967, Brăila

94

Ejler Bille

Danish artist (1910-2004)

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

76

Stephen Schwartz

American musical theatre lyricist and composer

*March 6th, 1948, New York City

56

Vincent Gale

Actor

*March 6th, 1968, Glasgow

77

Rob Reiner

American actor and director

*March 6th, 1947, The Bronx

65

Tom Arnold

American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1959)

*March 6th, 1959, Ottumwa

76

Dieter Möhrmann

German politician

*March 6th, 1948, Soltau

32

Raphael Beck

German badminton player

*March 6th, 1992, Düsseldorf

83

Romain De Loof

Belgian cyclist

*March 6th, 1941, Eeklo

36

Simon Mignolet

Belgian association football player

*March 6th, 1988, Sint-Truiden

74

Tim Groser

New Zealand politician

*March 6th, 1950, Perth

27

Teoh Mei Xing

Malaysian badminton player

*March 6th, 1997, Subang Jaya

Same year
Born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

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Yes: 1944 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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