Historical Events On March 6

Today is Thursday, March 6, the 65th day of 2014. There are 300 days left in the year. In 1909 Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo was born Ikenne, present day Ogun State Nigeria. He was a economist,

lawyer, journalist and one of founding fathers of Nigeria. He led AG (1st republic) and UPN (2nd republic)
In 2010 Endurance Idahor Nigerian footballer died.


On March 6, 1836, the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, fell to Mexican forces after a 13-day siege.

In 1834, the city of York in Upper Canada was incorporated as Toronto.In 1853, Verdi’s opera “La Traviata” premiered in Venice, Italy.

In 1933, a national bank holiday declared by President Franklin D. Roosevelt aimed at calming panicked depositors went into effect. Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak, wounded in an attempt on Roosevelt’s life the previous month, died at a Miami hospital at age 59.

In 1944, U.S. heavy bombers staged the first full-scale American raid on Berlin during World War II.
In 1953, Georgy Malenkov was named premier of the Soviet Union a day after the death of Josef Stalin.
In 1964, heavyweight boxing champion Cassius Clay officially changed his name to Muhammad Ali.

In 1967, the daughter of Josef Stalin, Svetlana Alliluyeva (ah-lee-loo-YAY’-vah), appeared at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi and declared her intention to defect to the West.

In 1970, a bomb being built inside a Greenwich Village townhouse by the radical Weathermen accidentally went off, destroying the house and killing three group members.