March 6
Today is the 65th day of 2017, there are 300 days left in the year.
1834 - The city of York in Upper Canada was incorporated as Toronto.
1836 - The Alamo fell to Mexican forces after a 13-day siege.
1857 - The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in Dred Scott v. Sandford that Scott, a slave, was not an American citizen and therefore could not sue for his freedom in federal court.
1912 - Oreo sandwich cookies were first introduced by the National Biscuit Co., which later became Nabisco.
1930 - Clarence Birdseye started to sell prepackaged frozen food for the first time, in Springfield, Massachusetts.
1933 - A national bank holiday was declared by President Franklin D. Roosevelt aimed at calming panicked depositors.
1935 - Retired Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. died two days shy of his 94th birthday.
1944 - U.S. heavy bombers staged the first full-scale American raid on Berlin during World War II.
1957 - The former British colonies of Togoland and the Gold Coast united to form independent Ghana.
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.
1981 - Walter Cronkite, "the most trusted man in America", retired from the CBS Evening News and was replaced by Dan Rather.
1997 - Queen Elizabeth II launched the first royal website.
2007 - Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, was convicted of lying and obstructing an investigation into the 2003 leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity. (President George W. Bush later commuted Libby's 30-month prison sentence, but did not issue a pardon.)
2016 - Former first lady Nancy Reagan died in Los Angeles at age 94.
2016 - Former president Jimmy Carter announced he no longer needed treatment for cancer, less than seven months after revealing he'd been diagnosed with melanoma that had spread to his brain.
Birthdays
23 - Marcus Smart (basketball player)
28 - Agnieszka Radwanska (tennis player)
29 - Ashley Iaconetti (reality star)
31 - Jake Arrieta (baseball player)
31 - Maude Garrett (TV host)
32 - Yael Stone (actress)
33 - Anthony Johnson (MMA fighter)
38 - Tim Howard (soccer player)
42 - Aracely Arambula (actress)
45 - Shaquille O'Neal (basketball player)
49 - Moira Kelly (actress)
50 - Connie Britton (actress)
54 - D.L. Hughley (comedian/actor)
58 - Tom Arnold (actor)
70 - Kiki Dee (singer)
70 - Rob Reiner (director)
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Today in Sports History - March 6
1919 - The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Ottawa Senators to win the NHL championship.
1922 - Babe Ruth signs a three-year contract worth $52,000 a year with the New York Yankees.
1923 - The St. Louis Cardinals announce their players will wear numbers on their uniforms.
1972 - Jack Nicklaus passes Arnold Palmer as golf's all-time money winner.
1973 - In an exhibition game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Larry Hisle of the Minnesota Twins becomes baseball's first designated hitter. (He knocks in two home runs and seven RBI's in the game.)
1982 - The highest scoring game in NBA history to date occurs as the San Antonio Spurs defeat the Milwaukee Bucks 171-166 in three overtimes.
1983 - The USFL begins its first season of professional football competition.
1985 - Mike Tyson makes his professional boxing debut in Albany, New York with a first round knockout victory over Hector Mercedes.
1997 - Mike Gartner (Phoenix Coyotes) scored his 30th goal of the season. He set a record for scoring 30 goals in a season for the 17th time in his career.
Today is the 65th day of 2017, there are 300 days left in the year.
1834 - The city of York in Upper Canada was incorporated as Toronto.
1836 - The Alamo fell to Mexican forces after a 13-day siege.
1857 - The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in Dred Scott v. Sandford that Scott, a slave, was not an American citizen and therefore could not sue for his freedom in federal court.
1912 - Oreo sandwich cookies were first introduced by the National Biscuit Co., which later became Nabisco.
1930 - Clarence Birdseye started to sell prepackaged frozen food for the first time, in Springfield, Massachusetts.
1933 - A national bank holiday was declared by President Franklin D. Roosevelt aimed at calming panicked depositors.
1935 - Retired Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. died two days shy of his 94th birthday.
1944 - U.S. heavy bombers staged the first full-scale American raid on Berlin during World War II.
1957 - The former British colonies of Togoland and the Gold Coast united to form independent Ghana.
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.
1981 - Walter Cronkite, "the most trusted man in America", retired from the CBS Evening News and was replaced by Dan Rather.
1997 - Queen Elizabeth II launched the first royal website.
2007 - Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, was convicted of lying and obstructing an investigation into the 2003 leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity. (President George W. Bush later commuted Libby's 30-month prison sentence, but did not issue a pardon.)
2016 - Former first lady Nancy Reagan died in Los Angeles at age 94.
2016 - Former president Jimmy Carter announced he no longer needed treatment for cancer, less than seven months after revealing he'd been diagnosed with melanoma that had spread to his brain.
Birthdays
23 - Marcus Smart (basketball player)
28 - Agnieszka Radwanska (tennis player)
29 - Ashley Iaconetti (reality star)
31 - Jake Arrieta (baseball player)
31 - Maude Garrett (TV host)
32 - Yael Stone (actress)
33 - Anthony Johnson (MMA fighter)
38 - Tim Howard (soccer player)
42 - Aracely Arambula (actress)
45 - Shaquille O'Neal (basketball player)
49 - Moira Kelly (actress)
50 - Connie Britton (actress)
54 - D.L. Hughley (comedian/actor)
58 - Tom Arnold (actor)
70 - Kiki Dee (singer)
70 - Rob Reiner (director)
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Today in Sports History - March 6
1919 - The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Ottawa Senators to win the NHL championship.
1922 - Babe Ruth signs a three-year contract worth $52,000 a year with the New York Yankees.
1923 - The St. Louis Cardinals announce their players will wear numbers on their uniforms.
1972 - Jack Nicklaus passes Arnold Palmer as golf's all-time money winner.
1973 - In an exhibition game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Larry Hisle of the Minnesota Twins becomes baseball's first designated hitter. (He knocks in two home runs and seven RBI's in the game.)
1982 - The highest scoring game in NBA history to date occurs as the San Antonio Spurs defeat the Milwaukee Bucks 171-166 in three overtimes.
1983 - The USFL begins its first season of professional football competition.
1985 - Mike Tyson makes his professional boxing debut in Albany, New York with a first round knockout victory over Hector Mercedes.
1997 - Mike Gartner (Phoenix Coyotes) scored his 30th goal of the season. He set a record for scoring 30 goals in a season for the 17th time in his career.
