March 6th, 1959

Born on March 6th, 1959

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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, 1959

67

Tom Arnold

American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1959)

*March 6th, 1959, Ottumwa

67

Lars Larson

American conservative talk radio show host (born 1959)

*March 6th, 1959, Taipei

67

Stig Arild Slørdahl

Medical scientist

*March 6th, 1959, Kristiansund Municipality

67

Jaime Augusto Zobel

Filipino businessman

*March 6th, 1959, Manila

67

Chris Raschka

American children's illustrator and writer

*March 6th, 1959, Huntingdon

67

Tommy Sheppard

Scottish politician (born 1959)

*March 6th, 1959, Coleraine

67

Jonathan Gee

British jazz musician

*March 6th, 1959, Tel Aviv

Same year
Born in 1959

67

Andrew Eldritch

British singer

*May 15th, 1959, Ely

67

Jim Kerr

Scottish singer

*July 9th, 1959, Glasgow

66

Martin Atkins

English musician

*August 3rd, 1959, Coventry

64

Dag Erik Pedersen

Norwegian racing cyclist and cycling journalist (1959-2024)

*June 6th, 1959, Skien †June 3rd, 2024, Helgeroa

56

Nahed Hattar

Jordanian writer

*November 30th, 1959, Amman †September 25th, 2016, Amman

66

Wolfgang Rolff

German association football player and manager

*December 26th, 1959, Lamstedt

67

Mike Pence

Vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 7th, 1959, Columbus

67

Josip Juratovic

German politician

*January 15th, 1959, Koprivnica

67

Andreas Lämmel

German politician

*April 19th, 1959, Falkenstein, Saxony

67

Hartmut Koschyk

German politician

*April 16th, 1959, Forchheim

67

Michael Boddenberg

German politician

*July 15th, 1959, Troisdorf

66

Jon Fosse

Norwegian writer, theater writer and translator

*September 29th, 1959, Haugesund Municipality

66

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Musician

*November 5th, 1959, Kingston

67

Rainer Balzer

German politician

*June 10th, 1959, Heidelberg

67

Rolf Mützenich

German politician (SPD)

*June 25th, 1959, Cologne

67

Carla Antonelli

Spanish actress and activist

*July 13th, 1959, Güímar

66

Marcia Gay Harden

American actress

*August 14th, 1959, La Jolla

67

Johannes Röring

German politician

*May 16th, 1959, Vreden

67

Franz Rieger

German politician (CSU)

*May 24th, 1959, Regensburg

66

Allison Janney

American actress (born 1959)

*November 19th, 1959, Boston

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1959 is a normal year and no leap year.

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