March 6
1834 - The city of Toronto was incorporated.
1836 - The Alamo fell to Mexican forces after a 13-day siege; the battle claimed the lives of all the Texan defenders, nearly 200 strong, including William Travis, James Bowie and Davy Crockett..
1857 - The Supreme Court ruled in Dred Scott v. Sandford that slaves were not U.S. citizens and thus could not sue for their freedom.
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 Jr. died 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 the independent nation of 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.
1998 - The Army honored three Americans who’d risked their lives and turned their weapons on fellow soldiers to stop the slaughter of Vietnamese villagers at My Lai in 1968.
2002 - Independent Counsel Robert Ray issued his final report in which he wrote that former President Bill Clinton could have been indicted and probably would have been convicted in the scandal involving former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
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.
2012 - Former Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford was convicted in Houston of bilking his investors out of more than $7 billion through a Ponzi scheme. (Stanford was sentenced to 110 years in prison.)
2017 - Without fanfare, President Donald Trump signed a scaled-back version of his controversial ban on many foreign travelers, one that still barred new visas for people from six Muslim-majority countries and temporarily shut down America’s refugee program.
2021 - After working through the night on a mountain of amendments, the Senate narrowly approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, setting up final approval by the House.
Birthdays
25 - Alisha Boe (actress)
26 - Savannah Stehlin (actress)
26 - Dillon Freasier (actor)
28 - Megan Barton Hanson (model)
31 - Tyler, The Creator (rapper)
36 - Eli Marienthal (actor)
36 - Jake Arrieta (baseball player)
42 - Shaun Evans (actor)
50 - Shaquille O'Neal (basketball player)
53 - Amy Pietz (actress)
54 - Moira Kelly (actress)
55 - Connie Britton (actress)
59 - D.L. Hughley (actor)
63 - Tom Arnold (actor)
69 - Armen Keteyian (sports broadcaster)
75 - John Stossel (reporter)
75 - Kiki Dee (singer)
75 - Rob Reiner (actor/director)
75 - Anna Maria Horsford (actress)
80 - Ben Murphy (actor)
82 - Joanna Miles (actress)
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Today in Sports History - March 6
1964 - Heavyweight boxing champion Cassius Clay officially changed his name to Muhammad Ali.
1972 - Jack Nicklaus passes Arnold Palmer as golf's all-time money winner.
1973 - Larry Hisle (Minnesota Twins) became baseball's first designated hitter. The spring-training exhibition game was against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1982 - National Basketball Association history was made when San Antonio beat Milwaukee 171-166 in three overtime periods to set the record for most points by two teams in a game. The record was beaten on December 13, 1983 by the Pistons and the Nuggets when they played to a final score of 186-184.
1983 - The United States Football League began its first season of pro football competition.
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.
2019 - LeBron James scores his 32,293rd career point to pass Michael Jordan and move into fourth place on the NBA's all-time scoring list.
1834 - The city of Toronto was incorporated.
1836 - The Alamo fell to Mexican forces after a 13-day siege; the battle claimed the lives of all the Texan defenders, nearly 200 strong, including William Travis, James Bowie and Davy Crockett..
1857 - The Supreme Court ruled in Dred Scott v. Sandford that slaves were not U.S. citizens and thus could not sue for their freedom.
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 Jr. died 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 the independent nation of 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.
1998 - The Army honored three Americans who’d risked their lives and turned their weapons on fellow soldiers to stop the slaughter of Vietnamese villagers at My Lai in 1968.
2002 - Independent Counsel Robert Ray issued his final report in which he wrote that former President Bill Clinton could have been indicted and probably would have been convicted in the scandal involving former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
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.
2012 - Former Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford was convicted in Houston of bilking his investors out of more than $7 billion through a Ponzi scheme. (Stanford was sentenced to 110 years in prison.)
2017 - Without fanfare, President Donald Trump signed a scaled-back version of his controversial ban on many foreign travelers, one that still barred new visas for people from six Muslim-majority countries and temporarily shut down America’s refugee program.
2021 - After working through the night on a mountain of amendments, the Senate narrowly approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, setting up final approval by the House.
Birthdays
25 - Alisha Boe (actress)
26 - Savannah Stehlin (actress)
26 - Dillon Freasier (actor)
28 - Megan Barton Hanson (model)
31 - Tyler, The Creator (rapper)
36 - Eli Marienthal (actor)
36 - Jake Arrieta (baseball player)
42 - Shaun Evans (actor)
50 - Shaquille O'Neal (basketball player)
53 - Amy Pietz (actress)
54 - Moira Kelly (actress)
55 - Connie Britton (actress)
59 - D.L. Hughley (actor)
63 - Tom Arnold (actor)
69 - Armen Keteyian (sports broadcaster)
75 - John Stossel (reporter)
75 - Kiki Dee (singer)
75 - Rob Reiner (actor/director)
75 - Anna Maria Horsford (actress)
80 - Ben Murphy (actor)
82 - Joanna Miles (actress)
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Today in Sports History - March 6
1964 - Heavyweight boxing champion Cassius Clay officially changed his name to Muhammad Ali.
1972 - Jack Nicklaus passes Arnold Palmer as golf's all-time money winner.
1973 - Larry Hisle (Minnesota Twins) became baseball's first designated hitter. The spring-training exhibition game was against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1982 - National Basketball Association history was made when San Antonio beat Milwaukee 171-166 in three overtime periods to set the record for most points by two teams in a game. The record was beaten on December 13, 1983 by the Pistons and the Nuggets when they played to a final score of 186-184.
1983 - The United States Football League began its first season of pro football competition.
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.
2019 - LeBron James scores his 32,293rd career point to pass Michael Jordan and move into fourth place on the NBA's all-time scoring list.
