Updated March 5, 2012, 1:28 pm
On March 6, 1857, in its Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court held that Scott, a slave, could not sue for his freedom in a federal court.
On March 6, 1885, Ring Lardner, the American writer and satirist, was born. Following his death on Sept. 25, 1933, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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On This Date
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1806 Poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning was born in Durham, England. 1834 The city of Toronto was incorporated. 1836 The Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, fell to Mexican forces after a 13-day siege. 1853 Verdi’s opera “La Traviata” premiered in Venice, Italy. 1912 Oreo sandwich cookies were first introduced by the National Biscuit Co., which later became Nabisco. 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 African colonies of the Gold Coast and Togoland became the independent nation of Ghana. 1981 Walter Cronkite signed off for the last time as anchorman of “The CBS Evening News.” 1997 Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II launched the first official royal Web site. 2006 Gov. Mike Rounds signed legislation banning most abortions in South Dakota. (The ban was later rejected by the state’s voters). 2006 Baseball Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett died at age 45. 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. Current Birthdays
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Actress Connie Britton (“American Horror Story,” “Friday Night Lights”) turns 45 years old today.
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1924 William Webster, Former FBI and CIA director, turns 88 1926 Alan Greenspan, Former Federal Reserve chairman, turns 86 1927 Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Author (“Love in the Time of Cholera”), turns 85 1944 Mary Wilson, Singer (The Supremes), turns 68 1946 David Gilmour, Rock musician (Pink Floyd), turns 66 1947 Kiki Dee, Singer, turns 65 1947 Rob Reiner, Actor, director (“All in the Family”), turns 65 1959 Tom Arnold, Actor, turns 53 1964 D.L. Hughley, Actor (“The Hughleys”), turns 48 1968 Moira Kelly, Actress, turns 44 1969 Amy Pietz, Actress (“Caroline in the City”), turns 43 1972 Shaquille O’Neal, Basketball player, turns 40 1979 Tim Howard, Soccer player, turns 33 1984 Chris Tomson, Rock musician (Vampire Weekend), turns 28
Historic Birthdays
Ring Lardner 3/6/1885 – 9/25/1933 American writer and satirist.Go to obituary »
49 John II 3/6/1405 – 7/21/1454
King of Castile (1406-54)88 Michelangelo 3/6/1475 – 2/18/1564
Italian sculptor, painter and architect36 Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac 3/6/1619 – 7/28/1655
French dramatist and satirist68 Francis Atterbury 3/6/1663 – 3/4/1732
English Anglican bishop68 Henry Laurens 3/6/1724 – 12/8/1792
American President of Continental Congress (1777-78)55 Elizabeth Barrett Browning 3/6/1806 – 6/29/1861
English poet62 George duMaurier 3/6/1834 – 10/6/1896
English caricaturist (‘Punch’)64 Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov 3/6/1844 (O.S.) – 6/8/1908 (O.S.)
Russian composer and editor83 Oscar Straus 3/6/1870 – 1/11/1954
Austrian composer
