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March 6

March 6 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 1447 and 1987. Election of Pope Nicholas V following the death of Pope Eugene IV on 23 February 1447.

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Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed July 13, 2026

What happened on March 6?

March 6 is the 65th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1447 and 1987. Famous people born on March 6 include Michelangelo, Gabriel García Márquez and Lou Costello.

The shape of the day

125 years on from Wilhelm II, March 6 is a date with an anniversary worth pausing on. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

Pisces is the sign for March 6 — read more on the Pisces page, or see March's birthstone & birth flower.

Released on March 6

Movies, games, albums & shows

2026

  • Game Lost and Found Co.
  • Game Heart of the Machine
  • TV Pursuit of Jade

2025

  • Game Split Fiction
  • Game MainFrames
  • Game FragPunk

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1447

    1447 conclave

    Election of Pope Nicholas V following the death of Pope Eugene IV on 23 February 1447.

  2. 1836

    Texas Revolution

    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.

  3. 1901

    Wilhelm II

    An anarchist assassin tries to kill German Emperor Wilhelm II.

  4. 1904

    Scottish National Antarctic Expedition

    Scottish National Antarctic Expedition: Led by William Speirs Bruce, the Antarctic region of Coats Land is discovered from the Scotia.

  5. 1943

    World War II

    World War II: Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel launches the Battle of Medenine in an attempt to slow down the British Eighth Army. It fails, and he leaves Africa three days later.

  6. 1945

    Cologne

    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.

  7. 1957

    Ghana

    Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British.

  8. 1964

    Nation of Islam

    Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad officially gives boxing champion Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali.

  9. 1967

    Joseph Stalin

    Cold War: Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States.

  10. 1987

    MS Herald of Free Enterprise

    The British ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds, killing 193.

Famous birthday twins

Born on March 6

Michelangelo

b. 1475

Italian painter and sculptor

Gabriel García Márquez

b. 1927

Colombian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate

Lou Costello

b. 1906

American actor and comedian

Richard Corliss

b. 1944

American journalist and critic

Joseph von Fraunhofer

b. 1787

German physicist and astronomer

Valentina Tereshkova

b. 1937

Russian general, pilot, and astronaut

Francesco Guicciardini

b. 1483

Italian historian and politician

Charles I of Württemberg

b. 1823

King of Württemberg from 1864 to 1891

Deaths

  • 2013Alvin Lee
  • 1986Georgia O'Keeffe
  • 1952Jürgen Stroop
  • 1939Ferdinand von Lindemann
  • 1900Gottlieb Daimler
  • 190Liu Bian

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Chrodegang
  • —Christian feast day: Colette of Corbie
  • —Christian feast day: Fridolin of Säckingen
  • —Christian feast day: Kyneburga, Kyneswide and Tibba
  • —Christian feast day: Marcian of Tortona
  • —Christian feast day: March 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • —European Day of the Righteous, commemorates those who have stood up against crimes against humanity and totalitarianism with their own moral responsibility. (Europe)
  • —Norfolk Island Foundation Day, the founding of Norfolk Island in 1788.

Historical facts, event summaries, and biographical lines above are adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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