March 6th, 1945

Born on March 6th, 1945

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What happened on March 6th, 1945?

March 6th, 1945

World War II: Cologne is captured by American troops. On the same day, Operation Spring Awakening, the last major German offensive of the war, begins.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne

March 6th, 1945

Petru Groza of the Ploughmen's Front became the first prime minister of the Communist Party-dominated government of Romania.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petru_Groza

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, 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, 1945

79

John Mullard

British rower

*March 6th, 1945, Oxford

70

Syed Ahmed

Governor of Jharkhand, Indian politician, author (1945–2015)

*March 6th, 1945, Mumbai †September 27th, 2015, Mumbai

79

Khanh Ly

Vietnamese singer

*March 6th, 1945, Hanoi

79

Paul Miller

American racing driver

*March 6th, 1945, Washington, D.C.

64

Samba Félix Ndiaye

Senegalese writer and director

*March 6th, 1945, Dakar †November 6th, 2009, Dakar

67

Angelo Castro, Jr.

Broadcaster (1945-2012)

*March 6th, 1945, Manila †April 5th, 2012, St. Luke's Medical Center

79

Noriko Yamashita

Japanese volleyball player

*March 6th, 1945, Yamaguchi Prefecture

79

Dick Clay

Australian rules footballer

*March 6th, 1945, Ferntree Gully

79

Bob Trumpy

Player of American football

*March 6th, 1945, Springfield

79

Sardono Waluyo Kusumo

Indonesian choreographer, dancer, film director and actor

*March 6th, 1945, Surakarta City

79

Umeji Sasaki

Japanese actor and voice actor

*March 6th, 1945, Oketo

79

Hugh Grundy

Drummer

*March 6th, 1945, Winchester

79

John Kogut

American physicist

*March 6th, 1945, Brooklyn

78

Gennady Bogachyov

Soviet and Russian actor

*March 6th, 1945, Shatsk †April 25th, 2023, Saint Petersburg

76

Galina Sidorova

Soviet alpine skier

*March 6th, 1945, Moscow †November 30th, 2021

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Who's birthday is on March 6th?

78

David Gilmour

English musician, member of Pink Floyd (born 1946)

*March 6th, 1946, Cambridge

78

Patrick Baudry

French astronaut

*March 6th, 1946, Douala

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

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

87

Valentina Tereshkova

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

*March 6th, 1937, Bolshoye Maslennikovo

80

Kiri Te Kanawa

New Zealand opera singer

*March 6th, 1944, Gisborne

77

Rob Reiner

American actor and director

*March 6th, 1947, The Bronx

76

Stephen Schwartz

American musical theatre lyricist and composer

*March 6th, 1948, New York City

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

Dieter Möhrmann

German politician

*March 6th, 1948, Soltau

56

Vincent Gale

Actor

*March 6th, 1968, Glasgow

65

Tom Arnold

American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1959)

*March 6th, 1959, Ottumwa

32

Raphael Beck

German badminton player

*March 6th, 1992, Düsseldorf

74

Tim Groser

New Zealand politician

*March 6th, 1950, Perth

36

Simon Mignolet

Belgian association football player

*March 6th, 1988, Sint-Truiden

27

Teoh Mei Xing

Malaysian badminton player

*March 6th, 1997, Subang Jaya

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Born in 1945

78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

79

Manuel Neuer

German association football player

*March 27th, 1945, Gelsenkirchen

78

Franz Beckenbauer

German footballer (1945–2024)

*September 11th, 1945, Richard-Wagner-Straße 19 (München) †January 7th, 2024, Salzburg

75

Gerd Müller

German footballer (1945–2021)

*November 3rd, 1945, Nördlingen †August 15th, 2021, Wolfratshausen

79

Thilo Sarrazin

German economist and politician

*February 12th, 1945, Gera

72

Christine Kaufmann

German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017)

*January 11th, 1945, Lengdorf †March 28th, 2017, Munich

78

Victoria Bond

American composer

*May 6th, 1945, Los Angeles

78

Andreas Schmidt-Schaller

German actor

*October 30th, 1945, Arnstadt

78

Lasse Berghagen

Swedish singer, musician, songwriter, writer and television presenter

*May 13th, 1945, Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district †October 19th, 2023, Stockholms Sankt Johannes

79

Rodrigo Duterte

President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022

*March 28th, 1945, Maasin

78

Helen Mirren

English actor (born 1945)

*July 26th, 1945, Hammersmith

36

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

*February 6th, 1945, Nine Mile †May 11th, 1981, Jackson Memorial Hospital

78

Manfred Clauss

German historian of classical antiquity

*August 16th, 1945, Cologne

78

Aung San Suu Kyi

Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy

*June 19th, 1945, Yangon

78

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

President of Brazil (2003–2010, 2023–present)

*October 27th, 1945, Caetés

78

Radovan Karadžić

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

*June 19th, 1945, Petnjica

78

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

76

Peter Patzak

Austrian film director and Screenwriter (1945-2021)

*January 2nd, 1945, Vienna †March 11th, 2021, Krems

71

Claus Ryskjær

Danish actor (1945-2016)

*June 26th, 1945, Frederiksberg †December 12th, 2016

72

Barkley L. Hendricks

African American painter

*April 16th, 1945, Nicetown-Tioga †April 18th, 2017, New London

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