March 6 in History
1834
March 6, 1834:Toronto is incorporated as a Canadian city.
1853
March 6, 1853:Giuseppe Verdi’s three-act opera, “La traviata” is premiered at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice.
1857
March 6, 1857:The Dred Scott decision, which legalized slavery in all US territories, is announced by Roger B.Tanney, the Chief Justice of the United States.
1869
March 6, 1869:Dmitri Mendeleev, a Russian chemist, presents the first periodic table during a Russian Chemical Society meeting.
1902
March 6, 1902:Real Madrid Football Club is established in Madrid, Spain, by a group of football fans as the Madrid Foot Ball Club.
1924
March 6, 1924:The mummy case of Egyptian Pharaoh King Tut is opened by the government two years after the discovery of his burial chamber by British architect Howard Carter.
1957
March 6, 1957:Ghana is declared independent from British colonial rule by its Prime Minister, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.
1964
March 6, 1964: American boxer Cassius Clay changes his name to Muhammad Ali following his membership of the Nation of Islam.1970
March 6, 1970:“Let It Be”, a single by The Beatles is released.
1981
March 6, 1981:Television journalist Walter Cronkite makes his final appearance as the anchor of “CBS Evening News”.