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Historical Events on March 6

  • Byzantine

    961

    Byzantine conquest of Chandax by Nikephoros Phokas, end of the Emirate of Crete.

  • Supreme Court of the United States

    1857

    The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case.

  • World War II

    1945

    World War II: Cologne is captured by American troops.

  • World War II

    1945

    World War II: Operation Spring Awakening, the last major German offensive of the war, begins.

  • Ghana

    1957

    Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British.

  • Nation of Islam

    1964

    Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad officially gives boxing champion Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali.

  • Joseph Stalin

    1967

    Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States.

  • Rhodesia

    1968

    Three rebels are executed by Rhodesia, the first executions since UDI, prompting international condemnation.

  • Provisional Irish Republican Army

    1988

    Three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers are shot dead by the SAS in Gibraltar in Operation Flavius.

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