History Events on March 06
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History Events on March 06
Georgy Malenkov succeeds Joseph Stalin as Premier of the Soviet Union and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
#Georgy_Malenkov
In 1953
Premier Tom Playford of South Australia loses power after 27 years in office.
#Thomas_Playford_IV
In 1965
Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad officially gives boxing champion Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali.
#Nation_of_Islam
In 1964
World War II: Operation Spring Awakening, the last major German offensive of the war, begins.
#Operation_Spring_Awakening
In 1945
International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Comintern.
#International_Unemployment_Day
In 1930
The British ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds, killing 193.
#MS_Herald_of_Free_Enterprise
In 1987
Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
#Dmitri_Mendeleev
In 1869
Norman Rockwell published Freedom from Want in The Saturday Evening Post with a matching essay by Carlos Bulosan as part of the Four Freedoms series.
#Norman_Rockwell
In 1943
The Siege of Château Gaillard ends in a French victory over King John of England, who loses control of Normandy to King Philip II Augustus.
#Siege_of_Château_Gaillard
In 1204
Portuguese Communist Party is founded as the Portuguese Section of the Communist International.
#Portuguese_Communist_Party
In 1921
The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case.
#Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
In 1857
Air Algérie Flight 6289 crashes at the Aguenar - Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport in Tamanrasset, Algeria, killing 102 out of the 103 people on board.
#Air_Algérie_Flight_6289
In 2003
Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "bank holiday", closing all U.S. banks and freezing all financial transactions.
#Great_Depression
In 1933
In 1902
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