March 6: Independence Day in Ghana (1957)
The Alamo
- 961 – With the completion of the Siege of Chandax, the Muslim Emirate of Crete was conquered by the Byzantine Empire.
- 1836 – Texas Revolution: Mexican forces captured the Alamo (pictured) in San Antonio from the Texians after a 13-day siege.
- 1953 – Upon the death of Joseph Stalin, Georgy Malenkov became Premier of the Soviet Union.
- 1964 – In a radio broadcast, Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad announced that American boxer Cassius Clay would change his name to Muhammad Ali.
- 1988 – In Operation Flavius, the Special Air Service killed three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers conspiring to bomb a parade of British military bands in Gibraltar.
William Claflin (b. 1818) · Camilla Collett (d. 1895) · Sheila Varian (d. 2016)
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