March 6th, 1978

Born on March 6th, 1978

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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, 1978

46

Pierre Maudet

Swiss politician

*March 6th, 1978, Geneva

46

Dave L. Reed

American politician

*March 6th, 1978, Blairsville

46

Thomas Godoj

Polish-German pop singer

*March 6th, 1978, Rybnik

46

Salvatore Perugini

Italian rugby union player (1978)

*March 6th, 1978, Benevento

46

Daniel H. Wilson

American writer

*March 6th, 1978, Tulsa

46

Saukrates

Canadian rapper

*March 6th, 1978, Ottawa

46

Paola Croce

Italian volleyball player

*March 6th, 1978, Rome

46

Sebastien Dewaele

Belgian actor

*March 6th, 1978, Ostend

46

Lara Cox

Australian actress

*March 6th, 1978, Canberra

46

Teruaki Kurobe

Japanese association football player

*March 6th, 1978, Anan

46

Enrique Acevedo

Mexican journalist (born 1978); anchor of Univision's National Late Night News

*March 6th, 1978, Mexico City

46

Sage Rosenfels

American football player (born 1978)

*March 6th, 1978, Maquoketa

46

Chad Wicks

American professional wrestler

*March 6th, 1978, Mason City

46

Niall McGarry

Irish businessman

*March 6th, 1978, Castlebar

46

Nate Walcott

American musician

*March 6th, 1978, Albany

46

Oscar Abreu

Dominican Republic painter

*March 6th, 1978, San Juan de la Maguana

46

Jaymon Crabb

Tennis player

*March 6th, 1978, Bunbury

46

Ivan Kirpa

Russian boxers

*March 6th, 1978, Roslavl

46

Benoît Salviat

French association football player

*March 6th, 1978, Bordeaux

46

Christina Mak

Hong Kong squash player

*March 6th, 1978, Guangdong

46

Malik Ahmad Yar Hunjra

Politician

*March 6th, 1978, Muzaffargarh District

46

Alysson Ramos da Silva

Brazilian footballer and manager

*March 6th, 1978, Serrinha

46

Aleksei Vladimirovich Ilyin

Russian footballer

*March 6th, 1978, Tula

46

Archie Alemania

Actor, comedian, dancer

*March 6th, 1978, Philippines

46

Martijn van Nellestijn

Dutch actor, screenwriter, film producer, film director and writer

*March 6th, 1978, Rhenen

46

Cristian Vella

Footballer

*March 6th, 1978, Santa Fe Province

46

Kevin Gaughan

Association football player (born 1978)

*March 6th, 1978, Glasgow

46

Naomi Mulitauaopele

Professional basketball player

*March 6th, 1978, Seattle

46

Emanuele Concetti

Italian footballer

*March 6th, 1978, Rome

46

Dejan Ristić

Serbian footballer

*March 6th, 1978, Jagodina

46

Iliya Dzhivondov

Bulgarian athlete

*March 6th, 1978, Plovdiv

46

Veerle Casteleyn

Belgian actor and ballerina

*March 6th, 1978, Belgium

46

Erik Bolin

Swedish actor

*March 6th, 1978, Skövde

46

Bassilyo

Filipino rapper and actor

*March 6th, 1978, Marikina

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32

Gebby Ristiyani Imawan

Badminton player

*March 6th, 1992, Tangerang 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

48

Cédric Barbosa

French footballer

*March 6th, 1976, Aubenas

40

Floé Kühnert

German pole vaulter

*March 6th, 1984, Ulm

36

Simon Mignolet

Belgian association football player

*March 6th, 1988, Sint-Truiden

47

Giorgos Karagounis

Greek association football player

*March 6th, 1977, Pyrgos

32

Raphael Beck

German badminton player

*March 6th, 1992, Düsseldorf

57

Mihai Tudose

Romanian politician

*March 6th, 1967, Brăila

45

Tim Howard

American soccer player

*March 6th, 1979, North Brunswick

56

Vincent Gale

Actor

*March 6th, 1968, Glasgow

27

Teoh Mei Xing

Malaysian badminton player

*March 6th, 1997, Subang Jaya

87

Gabriel García Márquez

Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)

*March 6th, 1927, Aracataca †April 17th, 2014, Mexico City

45

Arnaud Maire

French footballer

*March 6th, 1979, Besançon

52

Shaquille O'Neal

American basketball player (born 1972)

*March 6th, 1972, Newark

53

Servais Knaven

Dutch cyclist

*March 6th, 1971, Lobith

78

David Gilmour

English musician, member of Pink Floyd (born 1946)

*March 6th, 1946, Cambridge

30

Nils Politt

German cyclist

*March 6th, 1994, Cologne

47

Shabani Nonda

Democratic Republic of the Congo footballer

*March 6th, 1977, Bujumbura

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45

Miroslav Klose

German association football player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

45

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

45

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

46

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

45

Marit Berger Røsland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*September 21st, 1978, Lørenskog

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

46

Didier Drogba

Ivorian and French association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

45

Kim Yong-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*May 13th, 1978, Incheon

46

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

45

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

45

Jessica Pilnäs

Swedish singer

*July 5th, 1978, Åryd

45

Poo Bear

American songwriter and singer

*September 4th, 1978, Connecticut

46

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

46

Donna Kellogg

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1978, Derby

45

Rio Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1978)

*November 7th, 1978, Camberwell

46

Danai Gurira

American actress

*February 14th, 1978, Grinnell

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No: With 365 days 1978 is a normal year and no leap year.

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