March 6
1475 - Italian artist and poet Michelangelo was born in Florence.
1834 - The city of Toronto was incorporated.
1836 - The Alamo fell to Mexican forces.
1857 - The Supreme Court ruled in Dred Scott v. Sandford that slaves were not citizens.
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 nationwide bank holiday declared by President Franklin D. Roosevelt went into effect.
1935 - Retired Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes died just two days shy of his 94th birthday.
1944 - Heavy bombers staged the first 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.
1998 - The U.S. Army honored three Americans who risked their lives and turned their weapons on fellow soldiers to stop the slaughter of Vietnamese villagers at My Lai in 1968.
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.
2016 - Former first lady Nancy Reagan died in Los Angeles at age 94.
Birthdays
22 - Savannah Stehlin (actress)
22 - Dillon Freasier (actor)
24 - Marcus Smart (basketball player)
25 - Crystal Westbrooks (model)
30 - Ashley Iaconetti (reality star)
32 - Eli Marienthal (actor)
32 - Maude Garrett (TV host)
32 - Jake Arrieta (baseball player)
33 - Yael Stone (actress)
39 - Tim Howard (soccer player)
43 - Aracely Arambula (actress)
46 - Shaquille O'Neal (basketball player)
49 - Amy Pietz (actress)
50 - Moira Kelly (actress)
51 - Connie Britton (actress)
54 - D.L. Hughley (actor)
59 - Tom Arnold (actor)
65 - Armen Keteyian (sports reporter)
71 - John Stossel (journalist)
71 - Rob Reiner (actor/director)
92 - Alan Greenspan (former Federal Reserve Chairman)
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Today in Sports History - March 6
1919 - NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens beat Ottawa Senators, three games to one with one tie.
1923 - Saint 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 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Minnesota Twins' Larry Hisle becomes the first designated hitter (he hits two homeruns and knocks in 7 RBIs).
1982 - In the highest-scoring NBA game to date, the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 171-166 in three overtimes. (The record was broken on December 13, 1983 when the Detroit Pistons defeated the Denver Nuggets 186-184.)
1983 - The United States Football League began its first season of operation.
1985 - Mike Tyson makes his professional debut in Albany, New York, a match he wins by a first round knockout of 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.
1475 - Italian artist and poet Michelangelo was born in Florence.
1834 - The city of Toronto was incorporated.
1836 - The Alamo fell to Mexican forces.
1857 - The Supreme Court ruled in Dred Scott v. Sandford that slaves were not citizens.
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 nationwide bank holiday declared by President Franklin D. Roosevelt went into effect.
1935 - Retired Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes died just two days shy of his 94th birthday.
1944 - Heavy bombers staged the first 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.
1998 - The U.S. Army honored three Americans who risked their lives and turned their weapons on fellow soldiers to stop the slaughter of Vietnamese villagers at My Lai in 1968.
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.
2016 - Former first lady Nancy Reagan died in Los Angeles at age 94.
Birthdays
22 - Savannah Stehlin (actress)
22 - Dillon Freasier (actor)
24 - Marcus Smart (basketball player)
25 - Crystal Westbrooks (model)
30 - Ashley Iaconetti (reality star)
32 - Eli Marienthal (actor)
32 - Maude Garrett (TV host)
32 - Jake Arrieta (baseball player)
33 - Yael Stone (actress)
39 - Tim Howard (soccer player)
43 - Aracely Arambula (actress)
46 - Shaquille O'Neal (basketball player)
49 - Amy Pietz (actress)
50 - Moira Kelly (actress)
51 - Connie Britton (actress)
54 - D.L. Hughley (actor)
59 - Tom Arnold (actor)
65 - Armen Keteyian (sports reporter)
71 - John Stossel (journalist)
71 - Rob Reiner (actor/director)
92 - Alan Greenspan (former Federal Reserve Chairman)
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Today in Sports History - March 6
1919 - NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens beat Ottawa Senators, three games to one with one tie.
1923 - Saint 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 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Minnesota Twins' Larry Hisle becomes the first designated hitter (he hits two homeruns and knocks in 7 RBIs).
1982 - In the highest-scoring NBA game to date, the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 171-166 in three overtimes. (The record was broken on December 13, 1983 when the Detroit Pistons defeated the Denver Nuggets 186-184.)
1983 - The United States Football League began its first season of operation.
1985 - Mike Tyson makes his professional debut in Albany, New York, a match he wins by a first round knockout of 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.
