March 6 in history
Events on March 6
Notable events that happened on March 6 in past years.
- 2020
32 people are killed and 82 are injured when gunmen open fire on a ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack.
Wikipedia article: 6 March 2020 Kabul shooting - 2008
A gunman kills eight students in Jerusalem.
Wikipedia article: 2008 Jerusalem yeshiva attack - 2003
Air Algérie Flight 6289 crashes at the Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport in Tamanrasset, Algeria, killing 102 out of the 103 people on board.
Wikipedia article: Air Algérie Flight 6289 - 1987
The British ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds, killing 193.
Wikipedia article: MS Herald of Free Enterprise - 1975
Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement of their border dispute.
Wikipedia article: 1975 Algiers Agreement - 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.
Wikipedia article: Cologne - 1943
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.
Wikipedia article: World War II - 1930
International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Communist Party USA.
Wikipedia article: International Unemployment Day - 1901
An anarchist assassin tries to kill German Emperor Wilhelm II.
Wikipedia article: Wilhelm II - 1857
The Supreme Court of the United States rules 7–2 in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case that the Constitution does not confer citizenship on black people.
Wikipedia article: Dred Scott v. Sandford - 1820
The Missouri Compromise is signed into law by United States President James Monroe. The compromise allows Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, brings Maine into the Union as a free state, and makes the rest of the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase territory slavery-free.
Wikipedia article: Missouri Compromise - 1651
The town of Kajaani, known at the time as Cajanaburg, is founded by Count Per Brahe, the Governor-General of Finland.
Wikipedia article: Kajaani - 1323
Treaty of Paris of 1323 is signed.
Wikipedia article: Treaty of Paris (1323) - 1204
The Siege of Château Gaillard ends in a French victory over King John of England, who loses control of Normandy to King Philip II Augustus.
- 12 BC
The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor.
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