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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[12 BCE]] &ndash; The [[Roman emperor]] [[Augustus]] is named [[Pontifex Maximus]], incorporating the position into that of the emperor.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Kurt A. Raaflaub|author2=Mark Toher|title=Between Republic and Empire: Interpretations of Augustus and His Principate|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-UTjncU9zFgC&pg=PA380|date=21 December 1993|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-08447-6|pages=380|access-date=1 March 2020|archive-date=5 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805191744/https://books.google.com/books?id=-UTjncU9zFgC&pg=PA380|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[845]] &ndash; The [[42 Martyrs of Amorium]] are killed after refusing to convert to Islam.<ref>{{ODB | last = Kazhdan | first = Alexander | authorlink1 = Alexander Kazhdan | last2 = Ševčenko | first2 = Nancy Patterson | title = Forty-Two Martyrs of Amorion | pages = 800–801 }}</ref>
*[[1204]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Château Gaillard]] ends in a French victory over King [[John, King of England|John of England]], who loses control of [[Normandy]] to King [[Philip II of France|Philip II Augustus]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Nicholas Hooper|author2=Nick Hooper|author3=Matthew Bennett|title=The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare: The Middle Ages, 768-1487|url=https://archive.org/details/cambridgeillustr00nich|url-access=registration|date=26 January 1996|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-44049-3|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cambridgeillustr00nich/page/53 53]}}</ref>
*[[1323]] &ndash; [[Treaty of Paris (1323)|Treaty of Paris of 1323]] is signed.<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle= Flanders |volume= 10 |last= Edmundson |first= George |author-link= George Edmundson | pages = 478&ndash;480; see page 480 |quote= Under Louis of Never.....&....a treaty signed on the 6th of March 1323...}}</ref>
===1601–1900===
*[[1651]] &ndash; The town of [[Kajaani]], known at the time as ''Cajanaburg'', is founded by Count [[Per Brahe the Younger|Per Brahe]], the [[Governor-General of Finland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kajaani.fi/kajaanin-kaupungin-370-juhlavuoden-tunnus/|title=Kajaanin kaupungin 370 juhlavuoden tunnus|website=Kajaani.fi|access-date=8 April 2024|language=fi|archive-date=8 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408055955/https://www.kajaani.fi/kajaanin-kaupungin-370-juhlavuoden-tunnus/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://agricolaverkko.fi/review/opas-kajaanin-linnan-vaiheisiin/|title=Opas Kajaanin linnan vaiheisiin|first=Reijo|last=Valta|publisher=Agricola|date=21 June 2005|access-date=8 April 2024|language=fi|archive-date=8 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408055954/https://agricolaverkko.fi/review/opas-kajaanin-linnan-vaiheisiin/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1788]] &ndash; The [[First Fleet]] arrives at [[Norfolk Island]] in order to found a [[convict settlement]].
*[[1820]] &ndash; The [[Missouri Compromise]] is signed into law by President [[James Monroe]]. The compromise allows [[Missouri]] to [[admission to the Union|enter the Union]] as a [[Slave states and free states|slave state]], brings [[Maine]] into the Union as a [[Slave states and free states|free state]], and makes the rest of the northern part of the [[Louisiana Purchase]] territory slavery-free.
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Texas Revolution]]: [[Battle of the Alamo]]: After a thirteen-day [[siege]] by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman [[Davy Crockett]] and colonel [[Jim Bowie]], defending the [[Alamo Mission in San Antonio|Alamo]] are killed and the fort is captured.
*[[1857]] &ndash; The Supreme Court of the United States rules 7–2 in the ''[[Dred Scott v. Sandford]]'' case that the Constitution does not confer citizenship on black people.
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Dmitri Mendeleev]] presents the first [[periodic table]] to the Russian Chemical Society.
*[[1882]] &ndash; The [[Kingdom of Serbia|Serbian kingdom]] is re-founded.

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; Anarchist assassin tries to kill German Emperor [[Wilhelm II]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the 20th Century|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1987|page=25|isbn=0-942191-01-3}}</ref> 
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Scottish National Antarctic Expedition]]: Led by [[William Speirs Bruce]], the [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] region of [[Coats Land]] was discovered from the ''[[Scotia (barque)|Scotia]]''.<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Rudmose Brown | first1 = R. N. | author-link1 = Robert Rudmose-Brown | last2 = Pirie | first2 = J. H. | last3 = Mossman | first3 = R. C. | year = 2002 | title = The Voyage of the Scotia | publisher = Mercat Press | location = Edinburgh | isbn = 1-84183-044-5 | ref = {{sfnRef|Rudmose Brown}} |page=121}}</ref>
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Italo-Turkish War]]: Italian forces become the first to use [[airship]]s in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at [[Janzur]], from an altitude of {{convert|6,000|ft|m|disp=out}}.
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[International Unemployment Day]] demonstrations globally initiated by the Comintern. 
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Norman Rockwell]] published ''[[Freedom from Want]]'' in ''[[The Saturday Evening Post]]'' with a matching essay by [[Carlos Bulosan]] as part of the ''[[Four Freedoms (Norman Rockwell)|Four Freedoms]]'' series.
*  1943   &ndash; [[World War II]]: ''Generalfeldmarschall'' [[Erwin Rommel]] launches the [[Battle of Medenine]] in an attempt to slow down the [[British Eighth Army]]. It fails, and he leaves Africa three days later.<ref>{{cite book |last=Fraser |first=D. |title=And We Shall Shock Them: The British Army in the Second World War |publisher=A & C Black |location=London |year=2011 |isbn=978-1-44820-482-3}}</ref>
*  1943   &ndash; World War II: The [[Battle of Fardykambos]], one of the first major battles between the [[Greek Resistance]] and the occupying [[Royal Italian Army]], ends with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion, the bulk of the garrison of the town of [[Grevena]], leading to its liberation a fortnight later.<ref name="SE39">{{cite journal | url = http://www.army.gr/files/File/STRATOS_KAI_ENHMEROSH/2016/39_IAN_FEB_MAR.pdf | journal = Στρατός & Ενημέρωση | issue = 39 | year = 2016 | publisher = Hellenic Army General Staff, Information & Public Relations Directorate | language = el | title = Η Μάχη του Φαρδύκαμπου, 4-6 Μαρτίου 1943 | pages = 50–51 | access-date = 1 December 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: [[Soviet Air Forces]] bomb an evacuated town of [[Narva]] in [[German occupation of Estonia during World War II|German-occupied Estonia]], destroying the entire historical [[Swedish Empire|Swedish-era]] town.
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: [[Cologne]] is captured by American troops. On the same day, [[Operation Spring Awakening]], the last major German offensive of the war, begins.<ref>{{cite book|author1=James Sidney Lucas|author2=Matthew Cooper|title=Hitler's Elite: Leibstandarte SS, 1933-45|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BqafAAAAMAAJ|year=1975|publisher=Macdonald and Jane's|isbn=978-0-356-08142-7|page=144|access-date=2020-03-06|archive-date=2020-08-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805183756/https://books.google.com/books?id=BqafAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> 
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Ho Chi Minh]] signs [[Ho–Sainteny agreement|an agreement]] with France which recognizes [[Vietnam]] as an autonomous state in the [[French Indochina|Indochinese Federation]] and the [[French Union]].
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: The trial of [[Ethel and Julius Rosenberg]] begins.
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Georgy Malenkov]] succeeds [[Joseph Stalin]] as [[Premier of the Soviet Union]] and [[General secretary|First Secretary]] of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]].
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Ghana]] becomes the first [[Sub-Saharan Africa|Sub-Saharan]] country to gain independence from the British.
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Nation of Islam]] leader [[Elijah Muhammad]] officially gives [[boxing]] champion [[Cassius Clay]] the name [[Muhammad Ali]].
*  1964   &ndash; [[Constantine II of Greece|Constantine II]] becomes the last King of Greece.
*[[1965]] &ndash; Premier [[Thomas Playford IV|Tom Playford]] of [[South Australia]] loses power after 27 years in office.
*[[1967]] &ndash; Cold War: [[Joseph Stalin]]'s daughter [[Svetlana Alliluyeva]] [[defection|defects]] to the United States.
*[[1968]] &ndash; Three rebels are executed by [[Rhodesia]], the first executions since [[Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence|UDI]], prompting international condemnation.
*[[1970]] &ndash; An explosion at the [[Weather Underground]] safe house in Greenwich Village kills three.
*[[1975]] &ndash; The [[Zapruder film]] of the [[assassination of John F. Kennedy]] is shown in motion to a national TV audience for the first time by [[Robert J. Groden]] and [[Dick Gregory]].
*  1975   &ndash; [[1975 Algiers Agreement|Algiers Accord]]: [[Iran]] and [[Iraq]] announce a settlement of their border dispute.
*[[1984]] &ndash; In the United Kingdom, a walkout at Cortonwood Colliery in [[Brampton Bierlow]] signals the start of a [[UK miners' strike (1984–85)|strike that lasted almost a year]] and involved the majority of the country's miners.
*[[1987]] &ndash; The British ferry {{MS|Herald of Free Enterprise}} capsizes in about 90 seconds, killing 193.<ref>{{cite web |title=1987: Hundreds trapped as car ferry capsizes |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/6/newsid_2515000/2515923.stm |website=BBC News |access-date=5 March 2021 |date=6 March 1987 |archive-date=26 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126102718/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/6/newsid_2515000/2515923.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; Three [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] volunteers are shot dead by the [[Special Air Service|SAS]] in [[Gibraltar]] in [[Operation Flavius]].
*[[1992]] &ndash; The [[Michelangelo (computer virus)|Michelangelo computer virus]] begins to affect computers.
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Air Algérie Flight 6289]] crashes at the [[Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport]] in [[Tamanrasset]], Algeria, killing 102 out of the 103 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20030306-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-2T4 7T-VEZ Tamanrasset Airport (TMR)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-03-05|archive-date=2018-02-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219151255/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20030306-0|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2008]] &ndash; A [[6 March 2008 Baghdad bombing|suicide bomber kills 68 people]] (including first responders) in [[Baghdad]] on the same day that [[Mercaz HaRav massacre|a gunman kills eight students]] in [[Jerusalem]].
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Forbes]] names [[Jeff Bezos]] as the world's richest person, for the first time, at $112 billion net worth.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/wOrdQbkCFChzNn5aQutEFO/Jeff-Bezos-The-hundredbilliondollar-man.html|title=Jeff Bezos: The hundred-billion-dollar man|date=Mar 8, 2018|website=mint|access-date=March 6, 2021|archive-date=January 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127060335/https://www.livemint.com/Companies/wOrdQbkCFChzNn5aQutEFO/Jeff-Bezos-The-hundredbilliondollar-man.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; Thirty-two people are killed and 81 are injured when gunmen [[6 March 2020 Kabul shooting|open fire on a ceremony]] in [[Kabul]], Afghanistan. The [[Islamic State]] claims responsibility for the attack.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dozens killed in Kabul ceremony attack claimed by ISIL |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/kabul-gathering-attended-abdullah-hit-rocket-attack-report-200306074951081.html |access-date=7 November 2022 |work=[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]] |date=6 March 2020 |archive-date=7 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307023450/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/kabul-gathering-attended-abdullah-hit-rocket-attack-report-200306074951081.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1340]] &ndash; [[John of Gaunt]] (probable; d. 1399)
*[[1405]] &ndash; [[John II of Castile]] (d. 1454)
*[[1459]] &ndash; [[Jakob Fugger]], German merchant and banker (d. 1525)
*[[1475]] &ndash; [[Michelangelo]], Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1564)<ref>{{cite book|author=Charles Heath Wilson|title=Life and Works of Michelangelo Buonarroti|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NMne2qkDjFUC&pg=PA3|year=1876|publisher=J. Murray|pages=3|access-date=2021-03-06|archive-date=2021-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713215941/https://books.google.com/books?id=NMne2qkDjFUC&pg=PA3|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1483]] &ndash; [[Francesco Guicciardini]], Italian historian and politician (d. 1540)
*[[1493]] &ndash; [[Juan Luis Vives]], Spanish scholar and humanist (d. 1540)
*[[1495]] &ndash; [[Luigi Alamanni]], Italian poet and diplomat (d. 1556)
*[[1536]] &ndash; [[Santi di Tito]], Italian painter (d. 1603)
===1601–1900===
*[[1619]] &ndash; [[Cyrano de Bergerac]], French author and playwright (d. 1655)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Fortnightly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OgEeAQAAIAAJ|year=1939|publisher=Chapman and Hall|page=320|access-date=2020-03-01|archive-date=2020-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806020246/https://books.google.com/books?id=OgEeAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1663]] &ndash; [[Francis Atterbury]], English bishop and poet (d. 1732)
*[[1706]] &ndash; [[George Pocock]], English admiral (d. 1792)
*[[1716]] &ndash; [[Pehr Kalm]], Swedish-Finnish botanist and explorer (d. 1779)
*[[1724]] &ndash; [[Henry Laurens]], English-American merchant and politician, 5th [[President of the Continental Congress]] (d. 1792)
*[[1761]] &ndash; [[Antoine-François Andréossy]], French general and diplomat (d. 1828)
*[[1779]] &ndash; [[Antoine-Henri Jomini]], Swiss-French general (d. 1869)
*[[1780]] &ndash; [[Lucy Barnes (writer)|Lucy Barnes]], American writer (d. 1809)<ref name="Hanson1884">{{cite book|last=Hanson|first=E. R.|title=Our Woman Workers: Biographical Sketches of Women Eminent in the Universalist Church for Literary, Philanthropic and Christian Work|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l73TAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA11|edition=Public domain|year=1884|publisher=Star and Covenant Office|pages=11–|access-date=2018-09-15|archive-date=2020-08-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805182926/https://books.google.com/books?id=l73TAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA11|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1785]] &ndash; [[Karol Kurpiński]], Polish composer and conductor (d. 1857)
*[[1787]] &ndash; [[Joseph von Fraunhofer]], German physicist and astronomer (d. 1826)
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Barrett Browning]], English-Italian poet and translator (d. 1861)
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[Aaron Lufkin Dennison]], American businessman, co-founded the [[Waltham Watch Company]] (d. 1895)
*[[1817]] &ndash; [[Princess Clémentine of Orléans]] (d. 1907)
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[William Claflin]], American businessman and politician, 27th [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (d. 1905)
*[[1823]] &ndash; [[Charles I of Württemberg]] (d. 1891)
*[[1826]] &ndash; [[Annie Feray Mutrie]], British painter (d. 1893)<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Lee|editor-first=Sidney|title=Dictionary of National Biography|date=1894|publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan and Co.]]|location=New York|url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofnati39stepuoft/page/436/mode/1up|volume=XXXIX|page=436}}</ref>
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[Philip Sheridan]], Irish-American general (d. 1888)
*[[1834]] &ndash; [[George du Maurier]], French-English author and illustrator (d. 1896)<ref>{{cite book|author=Derek Pepys Whiteley|title=George Du Maurier: His Life and Work|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f0sGAAAAMAAJ|year=1948|publisher=Pellegrini & Cudahy|page=13|access-date=2020-03-01|archive-date=2020-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806020329/https://books.google.com/books?id=f0sGAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1841]] &ndash; [[Viktor Burenin]], Russian author, poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1926)
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[Georg Luger]], Austrian gun designer, designed the [[Luger pistol]] (d. 1923)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Richard Rushall]], British businessman (d. 1953)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Duan Qirui]], Chinese [[List of warlords and military cliques in the Warlord Era|warlord]] and politician (d. 1936)<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Spence | first1 = Jonathan D. | year = 1990 | title = The Search for Modern China | publisher = W.W. Norton & Company | isbn =  0-393-02708-2 |page=289}}</ref>
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Oscar Straus (composer)|Oscar Straus]], Viennese composer and conductor (d. 1954)<ref>{{cite book|author=Bernard Grun|title=Gold and silver: the life and times of Franz Lehár|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yOsHAQAAMAAJ|year=1970|publisher=W. H. Allen|page=135|isbn=9780491002042|access-date=2020-03-01|archive-date=2020-08-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805185815/https://books.google.com/books?id=yOsHAQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Afonso Costa]], Portuguese lawyer and politician, 59th [[Prime Minister of Portugal]] (d. 1937)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Ben Harney]], American pianist and composer (d. 1938)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[A. A. Kannisto]], Finnish politician (d. 1930)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kansanedustajat: Anshelm Kannisto |url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/910678.aspx |publisher=[[Parliament of Finland]] |access-date=25 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307041015/https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/910678.aspx |archive-date=7 March 2016 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}</ref>
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Rose Fyleman]], English writer and poet (d. 1957)<ref>{{cite book|last=Hay|first=Ann G.|chapter=Fyleman, Rose (Amy)|editor-first=D.L.|editor-last=Kirkpatrick|title=Twentieth-century Children's Writers|location=London|publisher=Macmillan|year=1978|isbn=978-0-33323-414-3|page=485}}</ref>
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Hunter]], New Zealand rugby player (d. 1962)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[F. Burrall Hoffman]], American architect, co-designed [[Villa Vizcaya]] (d. 1980)
*  1882   &ndash; [[Guy Kibbee]], American actor and singer (d. 1956)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Molla Mallory]], Norwegian-American tennis player (d. 1959)
*1884 &ndash; [[María Collazo]], Uruguayan journalist and activist (d. 1942)<ref>{{Cite web |title=COLLAZO, Maria - [Dictionnaire international des militants anarchistes] |url=https://www.militants-anarchistes.info/spip.php?article9397 |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=www.militants-anarchistes.info}}</ref>
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Ring Lardner]], American journalist and author (d. 1933)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Gale Group|title=Twentieth-century American Sportswriters|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h8oUAQAAIAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Gale Research|isbn=978-0-8103-9934-1|page=203|access-date=2021-03-06|archive-date=2021-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713215927/https://books.google.com/books?id=h8oUAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Bert Smith (footballer, born 1892)|Bert Smith]], English international footballer (d. 1969)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersS/BioSmithB.html|title=Bert Smith|website=englandfootballonline.com|access-date=1 March 2020|archive-date=30 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230142813/http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersS/BioSmithB.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Furry Lewis]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1981)
*  1893   &ndash; [[Ella P. Stewart]], pioneering Black American pharmacist (d. 1987)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tV3CKGuGoRkC&pg=PT113|title=Profiles of Ohio Women, 1803-2003|last=Royster|first=Jacqueline Jones|date=2003|publisher=Ohio University Press|isbn=9780821415085|language=en|access-date=2019-10-02|archive-date=2020-08-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805185942/https://books.google.com/books?id=tV3CKGuGoRkC&pg=PT113|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Albert Tessier]], Canadian priest and historian (d. 1976)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Gus Sonnenberg]], American football player and wrestler (d. 1944)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Gina Cigna]], French-Italian soprano and actress (d. 2001)
*  1900   &ndash; [[Lefty Grove]], American baseball player (d. 1975)
*  1900   &ndash; [[Henri Jeanson]], French journalist and author (d. 1970)

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Empress Kōjun]] (d. 2000)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[José Antonio Aguirre (politician)|José Antonio Aguirre]], Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st [[President of the Basque Country]] (d. 1960)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Bob Wills]], American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader (d. 1975)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for March 6: Connie Britton, Rob Reiner |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/03/06/Famous-birthdays-for-March-6-Connie-Britton-Rob-Reiner/2041678034991/#:~:text=March%206%20(UPI)%20%2D%2D%20Those,under%20the%20sign%20of%20Pisces. |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=5 March 2024 |date=6 March 2023 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307045408/https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/03/06/Famous-birthdays-for-March-6-Connie-Britton-Rob-Reiner/2041678034991/#:~:text=March%206%20(UPI)%20%2D%2D%20Those,under%20the%20sign%20of%20Pisces. |url-status=live }}</ref> 
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Lou Costello]], American actor and comedian (d. 1959)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Obafemi Awolowo]], Nigerian lawyer and politician (d. 1987)
*  1909   &ndash; [[Stanisław Jerzy Lec]], Polish poet and author (d. 1966)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Emma Bailey]], American auctioneer and author (d. 1999)<ref>{{Cite news|date=1999-09-09|title=Obituary for Emma P. Bailey, Auctioneer|pages=20|work=The Brattleboro Reformer|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88406504/obituary-for-emma-p-bailey-auctioneer/|access-date=2021-11-05|archive-date=2021-11-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105205212/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88406504/obituary-for-emma-p-bailey-auctioneer/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Mohammed Burhanuddin]], Indian spiritual leader, 52nd [[Da'i al-Mutlaq]] (d. 2014)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Ella Logan]], Scottish-American singer and actress (d. 1969)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Donald Davidson (philosopher)|Donald Davidson]], American philosopher and academic (d. 2003)
*  1917   &ndash; [[Will Eisner]], American illustrator and publisher (d. 2005)
*  1917   &ndash; [[Frankie Howerd]], English comedian (d. 1992)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Howard McGhee]], American trumpeter (d. 1987)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Lewis Gilbert]], English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2018)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Leo Bretholz]], Austrian-American [[holocaust]] survivor and author (d. 2014)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Ed McMahon]], American comedian, game show host, and announcer (d. 2009)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1923   &ndash; [[Wes Montgomery]], American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1968)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Sarah Caldwell]], American opera director, impresario, and stage director (d. 2006)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1924   &ndash; [[Ottmar Walter]], German footballer (d. 2013)
*  1924   &ndash; [[William H. Webster]], American lawyer and jurist, [[Director of Central Intelligence]]
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Ann Curtis]], American swimmer (d. 2012)<ref>{{cite web |last1=McLellan |first1=Dennis |title=Ann Curtis dies at 86; U.S. swimmer won three medals at '48 Olympics |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-xpm-2012-jul-26-la-me-ann-curtis-20120726-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=11 May 2025 |date=26 July 2012}}</ref>
*  1926   &ndash; [[Alan Greenspan]], American economist and politician<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1926   &ndash; [[Ray O'Connor]], Australian politician, 22nd [[Premier of Western Australia]] (d. 2013)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Andrzej Wajda]], Polish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2016)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[William J. Bell]], American screenwriter and producer (d. 2005)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Gordon Cooper]], American engineer, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2004)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1927   &ndash; [[Gabriel García Márquez]], Colombian journalist and author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2014)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Tom Foley]], American lawyer and politician, 57th [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] (d. 2013)
*  1929   &ndash; [[David Sheppard]], English cricketer and bishop (d. 2005)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Lorin Maazel]], French-American violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 2014)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Marc Bazin]], Haitian lawyer and politician, 49th [[President of Haiti]] (d. 2010)
*1932 &ndash; [[Jean Boht]], English actress (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hayward |first1=Anthony |title=Jean Boht obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/sep/13/jean-boht-obituary |access-date=6 March 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=13 September 2023}}</ref>
*  1932   &ndash; [[Bronisław Geremek]], Polish historian and politician, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Poland)|Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (d. 2008)
*  1932 &ndash; [[Timofei Moșneaga]], Moldovan physician and politician, [[Ministry of Health (Moldova)|Moldovan Minister of Health]] (d. 2014)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timofei Moșneaga, fost ministru al Sănătății și cel mai longeviv director al Spitalului Clinic Republican, este petrecut astăzi pe ultimul drum |url=https://sanatateinfo.md/News/Item/2377/timofei-mosneaga-fost-ministru-al-sanatatii-si-cel-mai-longeviv-director-al-spitalului-clinic-republican-este-petrecut-astazi-pe-ultimul-drum |website=Sănătate Info |language=ro}}</ref>
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Ted Abernathy]], American baseball player (d. 2004)
*  1933   &ndash; [[William Davis (journalist)|William Davis]], German-English journalist and economist (d. 2019)
*  1933   &ndash; [[Augusto, Michaela, and Lorenzo Odone|Augusto Odone]], Italian economist and inventor of [[Lorenzo's oil]] (d. 2013)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Red Simpson]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Ron Delany]], Irish runner and coach
*  1935   &ndash; [[Derek Kevan]], English footballer (d. 2013)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Bob Akin]], American race car driver and journalist (d. 2002)
*  1936   &ndash; [[Marion Barry]], American lawyer and politician, 2nd [[Mayor of the District of Columbia]] (d. 2014)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1936   &ndash; [[Choummaly Sayasone]], Laotian politician, 5th [[President of Laos]]
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Ivan Boesky]], American businessman (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wayne |first=Leslie |date=2024-05-20 |title=Ivan F. Boesky, Rogue Trader in 1980s Wall Street Scandal, Dies at 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/20/business/ivan-f-boesky-dead.html |access-date=2024-05-20 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=2024-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520155628/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/20/business/ivan-f-boesky-dead.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1937   &ndash; [[Norman Coburn]], Australian actor<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.girl.com.au/celebrities/norman-coburn.htm#:~:text=Norman%20Coburn%20(born%206%20March,as%20a%20restauranteur%|title = Norman Coburn}}</ref>
*  1937   &ndash; [[Valentina Tereshkova]], Russian general, pilot, and astronaut<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Keishu Tanaka]], Japanese politician, 17th [[Minister of Justice (Japan)|Japanese Minister of Justice]] (d. 2022)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Kit Bond]], American lawyer and politician, 47th [[Governor of Missouri]] (d. 2025)
*  1939   &ndash; [[Adam Osborne]], Thai-Indian engineer and businessman, founded the [[Osborne Computer Corporation]] (d. 2003)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Ken Danby]], Canadian painter (d. 2007)
*  1940   &ndash; [[Joanna Miles]], French-American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1940   &ndash; [[R. H. Sikes]], American golfer (d. 2023)
*  1940   &ndash; [[Willie Stargell]], American baseball player and coach (d. 2001)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1940   &ndash; [[Jeff Wooller]], English accountant and banker
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Peter Brötzmann]], German saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 2023)
*  1941   &ndash; [[Marilyn Strathern]], Welsh anthropologist and academic
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Ben Murphy]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Richard Corliss]], American journalist and critic (d. 2015)
*  1944   &ndash; [[Kiri Te Kanawa]], New Zealand soprano and actress
*  1944   &ndash; [[Mary Wilson (singer)|Mary Wilson]], American singer (d. 2021)<ref name="UPI"/> 
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Angelo Castro Jr.]], Filipino actor and journalist (d. 2012)
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Patrick Baudry]], French military officer and astronaut<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Colin |title=Interkosmos: The Eastern Bloc's Early Space Program |date=2016 |publisher=Springer Praxis Books |location=Cham |isbn=9783319241630 |page=188}}</ref>
*  1946   &ndash; [[David Gilmour]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for March 6, 2023 includes celebrities Tom Arnold, Rob Reiner |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/03/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-march-6-2023-includes-celebrities-tom-arnold-rob-reiner.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=5 March 2024 |date=6 March 2023 |archive-date=5 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305061220/https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/03/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-march-6-2023-includes-celebrities-tom-arnold-rob-reiner.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 
*  1946   &ndash; [[Martin Kove]], American actor<ref name=THR>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/cobra-kai-star-martin-kove-on-returning-to-play-iconic-character|title='Cobra Kai' Star Martin Kove On Returning to Play Iconic Character|date=August 28, 2020|accessdate=December 9, 2020|first=Abid|last=Rahman|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|quote=...the 74-year-old [as of August 2020]|archive-date=January 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122030254/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/cobra-kai-star-martin-kove-on-returning-to-play-iconic-character|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1946   &ndash; [[Richard Noble]], Scottish race car driver and businessman
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Kiki Dee]], English singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*  1947   &ndash; [[Dick Fosbury]], American high jumper (d. 2023)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1947   &ndash; [[Anna Maria Horsford]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1947   &ndash; [[Rob Reiner]], American actor, director, producer, and activist<ref name="AP"/>
*  1947   &ndash; [[Jean Seaton]], English historian and academic
*  1947   &ndash; [[John Stossel]], American journalist and author<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Stephen Schwartz (composer)|Stephen Schwartz]], American composer and producer
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Shaukat Aziz]], Pakistani economist and politician, 15th [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]]
*  1949   &ndash; [[Martin Buchan]], Scottish footballer and manager
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Arthur Roche]], English archbishop
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Gerrie Knetemann]], Dutch cyclist (d. 2004)
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Denis Napthine]], Australian politician, 47th [[Premier of Victoria]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-07/who-is-denis-napthine/4557854|title=Who is Denis Napthine?|date=7 March 2013|website=abc.net.au|access-date=2018-03-28|archive-date=2019-09-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909014126/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-07/who-is-denis-napthine/4557854|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Phil Alvin]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1953   &ndash; [[Madhav Kumar Nepal]], Nepali banker and politician, 34th [[Prime Minister of Nepal]]
*  1953   &ndash; [[Carolyn Porco]], American astronomer and academic
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Jeff Greenwald]], American author, photographer, and monologist
*  1954   &ndash; [[Harald Schumacher]], German footballer and manager
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Cyprien Ntaryamira]], Burundian politician, 5th [[President of Burundi]] (d. 1994)
*  1955   &ndash; [[Alberta Watson]], Canadian actress (d. 2015)
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Peter Roebuck]], English cricketer, journalist, and sportcaster (d. 2011)
*  1956   &ndash; [[Steve Vizard]], Australian television host, actor, and producer
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Tom Arnold (actor)|Tom Arnold]], American actor, comedian, and television host<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Sleepy Floyd]], American basketball player and coach
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Alison Nicholas]], British golfer
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[D. L. Hughley]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Linda Pearson]], Scottish sport shooter<ref>{{cite web |title=Linda Louise Pearson |url=https://www.teamscotland.scot/athlete/linda-louise-pearson/ |website=Team Scotland |access-date=10 February 2020 |language=en |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803202630/https://www.teamscotland.scot/athlete/linda-louise-pearson/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Allan Bateman]], Welsh rugby player
*  1965   &ndash; [[Jim Knight]], English politician
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Alan Davies]], English comedian, actor and screenwriter
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Julio Bocca]], Argentine ballet dancer and director
*  1967   &ndash; [[Connie Britton]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1967   &ndash; [[Glenn Greenwald]], American journalist and author 
*  1967   &ndash; [[Shuler Hensley]], American actor and singer<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Moira Kelly]], American actress and director<ref name="AP"/>
*  1968   &ndash; [[Carla McGhee]], American basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Carla McGhee |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/100411/carla-mcghee |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=5 March 2024 |archive-date=5 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305061220/https://www.wnba.com/player/100411/carla-mcghee |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Amy Pietz]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Chris Broderick]], American musician and songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Darrick Martin]], American basketball player and coach
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Shaquille O'Neal]], American basketball player, actor, businessman, sportscaster, and rapper<ref name="AP"/>
*  1972   &ndash; [[Jaret Reddick]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor 
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Michael Finley]], American basketball player
*  1973   &ndash; [[Peter Lindgren (musician)|Peter Lindgren]], Swedish guitarist and songwriter 
*  1973   &ndash; [[Greg Ostertag]], American basketball player
*  1973   &ndash; [[Trent Willmon]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Guy Garvey]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1974   &ndash; [[Matthew Guy]], Australian politician 
*  1974   &ndash; [[Brad Schumacher]], American swimmer
*  1974   &ndash; [[Beanie Sigel]], American rapper<ref name="AP"/> 
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Aracely Arámbula]], Mexican actress and singer
*  1975   &ndash; [[Yannick Nézet-Séguin]], Canadian pianist and conductor
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Ken Anderson (wrestler)|Ken Anderson]], American wrestler and actor
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Nantie Hayward]], South African cricketer
*  1977   &ndash; [[Giorgos Karagounis]], Greek footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=22719|title=Giorgos Karagounis|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=29 February 2020|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803213120/https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=22719|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1977   &ndash; [[Shabani Nonda]], Congolese footballer
*  1977   &ndash; [[Bubba Sparxxx]], American rapper and songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*  1977   &ndash; [[Marcus Thames]], American baseball player and coach
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Sage Rosenfels]], American football player
*  1978   &ndash; [[Chad Wicks]], American wrestler
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Clint Barmes]], American baseball player
*  1979   &ndash; [[David Flair]], American wrestler
*  1979   &ndash; [[Tim Howard]], American soccer player<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1979   &ndash; [[Garry Monk]], English footballer and manager<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Hugman |editor1-first=Barry J. |title=The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11 |date=2010 |publisher=Mainstream |location=Edinburgh |isbn=978-1-84596-601-0 |page=291 |url=https://archive.org/details/pfafootballerswh0000unse_v9b9 |access-date=6 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Emílson Cribari]], Brazilian footballer
*  1980   &ndash; [[Shaun Evans]], English actor and director<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Ellen Muth]], American actress
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Andranik Teymourian]], Armenian-Iranian footballer
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Daniël de Ridder]], Dutch footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifaindex.com/player/157463/daniel-de-ridder/fifa05/|title=Daniel de Ridder - FIFA 05 - Player Stats|website=www.fifaindex.com|access-date=2020-09-06|archive-date=2020-11-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104040528/https://www.fifaindex.com/player/157463/daniel-de-ridder/fifa05/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Eskil Pedersen]], Norwegian politician
*  1984   &ndash; [[Chris Tomson]], American drummer<ref name="AP"/> 
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Pierre-Édouard Bellemare]], French ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Pierre-Edouard Bellemare |url=https://www.nhl.com/kraken/player/pierre-edouard-bellemare-8477930 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=5 March 2024 |archive-date=5 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305061220/https://www.nhl.com/kraken/player/pierre-edouard-bellemare-8477930 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1985   &ndash; [[Bakaye Traoré]], French-Malian footballer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Daniel Winnik]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Daniel Winnik |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/daniel-winnik-8471476 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=5 March 2024 |archive-date=21 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221071948/https://www.nhl.com/player/daniel-winnik-8471476 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Jake Arrieta]], American baseball player
*  1986   &ndash; [[Francisco Cervelli]], Venezuelan-Italian baseball player
*  1986   &ndash; [[Timothy DeLaGhetto]], American Internet personality<ref>{{cite web|title=Dear DeLaGhetto #21 (Birthday Edition!)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5hY3cbkXx0known|website=Youtube|date=March 6, 2008|access-date=January 27, 2020}}</ref>
*  1986   &ndash; [[Ross Detwiler]], American baseball player
*  1986   &ndash; [[Eli Marienthal]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1986   &ndash; [[Charlie Mulgrew]], Scottish footballer
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Mário Bližňák]], Slovak ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mario Bliznak |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/mario-bliznak-8471863 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=5 March 2024 |archive-date=5 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305061220/https://www.nhl.com/player/mario-bliznak-8471863 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1987   &ndash; [[Kevin-Prince Boateng]], Ghanaian-German footballer
*  1987   &ndash; [[Chico Flores]], Spanish footballer
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Agnes (singer)|Agnes]], Swedish singer 
*  1988   &ndash; [[Marina Erakovic]], New Zealand tennis player 
*  1988   &ndash; [[Leonys Martín]], Cuban-American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Leonys Martin |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/leonys-martin-547982 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=5 March 2024 |archive-date=5 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305061220/https://www.mlb.com/player/leonys-martin-547982 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1988   &ndash; [[Simon Mignolet]], Belgian footballer
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Dwight Buycks]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Dwight Buycks |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202779/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=5 March 2024 |archive-date=5 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305061219/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202779/career |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1989   &ndash; [[Agnieszka Radwańska]], Polish tennis player
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Derek Drouin]], Canadian athlete<ref>{{cite web|title=Derek Drouin|url=https://www.olympic.org/derek-drouin|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=5 March 2020|archive-date=5 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805040416/https://www.olympic.org/derek-drouin|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[John Jenkins (basketball)|John Jenkins]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=John Jenkins |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203098/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=5 March 2024 |archive-date=5 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305061220/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203098/career |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1991   &ndash; [[Lex Luger (record producer)|Lex Luger]], American keyboard player and producer 
*  1991   &ndash; [[Emma McDougall]], English footballer (d. 2013)
*  1991   &ndash; [[Tyler, the Creator]], American rapper, songwriter, producer, and actor<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Nicklas Jensen]], Danish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Nicklas Jensen |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/nicklas-jensen-8476482 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=5 March 2024 |archive-date=5 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305061220/https://www.nhl.com/player/nicklas-jensen-8476482 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1993   &ndash; [[Andrés Rentería]], Colombian footballer
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Marcus Smart]], American basketball player
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Josh Hart]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Josh Hart |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1628404/josh-hart |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=5 March 2024 |archive-date=29 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229043357/https://www.nba.com/player/1628404/josh-hart |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1995   &ndash; [[Georgi Kitanov]], Bulgarian footballer
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Christian Coleman]], American sprinter<ref>{{cite web|title=Christian Coleman|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/christian-coleman-291462|publisher=World Athletics|access-date=7 February 2020|archive-date=11 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111202957/https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/christian-coleman-291462|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1996   &ndash; [[Mohamed Magdy]], Egyptian footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce71/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2022™: List of Players: Al Ahly SC |publisher=FIFA |page=1 |date=7 February 2023 |access-date=18 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212205323/https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce71/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |archive-date=12 February 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1996   &ndash; [[Timo Werner]], German footballer
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Alisha Boe]], Norwegian-American actress<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Kyle Trask]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kyle Trask Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/T/TrasKy00.htm |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |access-date=March 5, 2024 |archive-date=March 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308042458/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/T/TrasKy00.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Ylena In-Albon]], Swiss tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ylena In-Albon {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/321397/ylena-in-albon |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en |archive-date=2022-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017184442/https://www.wtatennis.com/players/321397/ylena-in-albon |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ylena In-Albon - Player Profile - Tennis |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/ylena-in-albon_prs471611/person.shtml |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Eurosport UK |language=en |archive-date=2021-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016232853/https://www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/ylena-in-albon_prs471611/person.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Armando Bacot]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Armando Bacot - Men's Basketball |url=https://goheels.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/armando-bacot/24703 |website=University of North Carolina Athletics |access-date=March 5, 2024 |archive-date=March 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315003241/https://goheels.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/armando-bacot/24703 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  2000   &ndash; [[Jacob Bertrand]], American actor<ref>{{cite tweet |user=jb_mixmatch |author=Jacob Bertrand |number=441582957333983232 |date=March 6, 2014 |title=That awkward moment when you realize its your birthday but you feel no different}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Milo Manheim]], American actor<ref>{{Cite web|author=Eric Hegedus|url=https://nypost.com/2017/07/27/camryn-manheims-son-is-a-broadway-baby-in-more-ways-than-one/|title=Camryn Manheim's son is a Broadway baby in more ways than one|work=New York Post|date=July 27, 2017|access-date=2018-03-02|archive-date=March 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303050832/https://nypost.com/2017/07/27/camryn-manheims-son-is-a-broadway-baby-in-more-ways-than-one/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Millicent Simmonds]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[190]] &ndash; [[Liu Bian]] (poisoned by [[Dong Zhuo]]) (b. 176)
* [[653]] &ndash; [[Li Ke]], prince of the Tang Dynasty (b. 619)
* [[766]] &ndash; [[Chrodegang]], Frankish bishop and saint<ref>{{cite book |last1=Blanks |first1=David |last2=Frassetto |first2=Michael |last3=Livingstone |first3=Amy |title=Medieval Monks and Their World: Ideas and Realities: Studies in Honor of Richard Sullivan |date=28 January 2019 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-474-1136-9 |page=122 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k5GFDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA122 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[903]] &ndash; [[Lu Guangqi]], Chinese official and [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor]]
*   903   &ndash; [[Su Jian]], Chinese official and chancellor
*[[1070]] &ndash; [[Ulric I, Margrave of Carniola]]
*[[1251]] &ndash; [[Rose of Viterbo]], Italian saint (b. 1235)
*[[1353]] &ndash; [[Roger Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Ruthyn]]
*[[1447]] &ndash; [[Colette of Corbie]], French abbess and saint in the Catholic Church (b. 1381)<ref name=Colette>{{cite web |title=Saint Colette {{!}} Biography & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Colette |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=29 April 2022 |language=en |archive-date=6 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306155949/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Colette |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1466]] &ndash; [[Alvise Loredan]], Venetian admiral and statesman (b. 1393)
*[[1490]] &ndash; [[Ivan the Young]], Ruler of Tver (b. 1458)
*[[1491]] &ndash; [[Richard Woodville, 3rd Earl Rivers]]
*[[1531]] &ndash; [[Pedro Arias Dávila]], Spanish explorer and diplomat (b. 1440)
===1601–1900===
*[[1616]] &ndash; [[Francis Beaumont]], English playwright (b. 1584)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Engel |first1=William E. |last2=Loughnane |first2=Rory |last3=Williams |first3=Grant |title=The Death Arts in Renaissance England: A Critical Anthology |date=8 September 2022 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-108-80039-6 |page=188 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Death_Arts_in_Renaissance_England/yy2IEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA188&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1754]] &ndash; [[Henry Pelham]], English politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1694)
*[[1758]] &ndash; [[Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington]], English politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Durham]] (b. 1705)
*[[1764]] &ndash; [[Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke]], English lawyer and politician, [[Lord Chancellor|Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1690)
*[[1796]] &ndash; [[Guillaume Thomas François Raynal]], French historian and author (b. 1713)
*[[1836]] &ndash; Deaths at the [[Battle of the Alamo]]:
**                [[James Bonham]], American lawyer and soldier (b. 1807)
**                [[James Bowie]], American colonel (b. 1796)
**                [[Davy Crockett]], American soldier and politician (b. 1786)
**                [[William B. Travis]], American lieutenant colonel and lawyer (b. 1809)
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry]], Irish colonel and diplomat, [[Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies]] (b. 1778)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[William Whewell]], English priest, historian, and philosopher (b. 1794)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Charles Farrar Browne]], American-English author and educator (b. 1834)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Louisa May Alcott]], American novelist and poet  (b. 1832)<ref>{{cite web |title=Louisa May Alcott {{!}} Biography, Childhood, Family, Books, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louisa-May-Alcott |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=26 June 2020 |language=en |archive-date=4 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604063612/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louisa-May-Alcott |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Camilla Collett]], Norwegian novelist and activist (b. 1813)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Kaʻiulani]] of Hawaii (b. 1875)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Gottlieb Daimler]], German engineer and businessman, co-founded [[Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft]] (b. 1834)

===1901–present===
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[John Henninger Reagan]], American surveyor, judge, and politician, 3rd [[Confederate States of America Secretary of the Treasury]] (b. 1818)
*1905 &ndash; [[Makar Yekmalyan]], Armenian composer (b. 1856)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Oskars Kalpaks]], Latvian colonel (b. 1882)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Ömer Seyfettin]], Turkish author and educator (b. 1884)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[John Philip Sousa]], American conductor and composer (b. 1854)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Anton Cermak]], Czech-American lawyer and politician, 44th [[Mayor of Chicago]] (b. 1873)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.]], American colonel, lawyer, and jurist, [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|Associate Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] (b. 1841)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand von Lindemann]], German mathematician and academic (b. 1852)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Francis Aveling]], Canadian priest, psychologist, and author (b. 1875)
*1941 &ndash; [[Gutzon Borglum]], American sculptor and academic, designed [[Mount Rushmore]] (b. 1867)
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Ross Lockridge Jr.]], American author, poet, and academic (b. 1914)
*1948 &ndash; [[Alice Woodby McKane]], First Black woman doctor in Savannah, Georgia (b. 1865)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://libweb.lib.georgiasouthern.edu/armstrong/SavBio/McKane_Cornelius%20and%20Alice.pdf|title=The Doctors McKane|last=Parker|first=Evelyn|access-date=2019-02-08|archive-date=2019-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131093357/http://libweb.lib.georgiasouthern.edu/armstrong/SavBio/McKane_Cornelius%20and%20Alice.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Albert François Lebrun]], French engineer and politician, 15th [[President of France]] (b. 1871)
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Ivor Novello]], Welsh singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1893)
*1951 &ndash; [[Volodymyr Vynnychenko]], Ukrainian playwright and politician, [[Prime Minister of Ukraine]] (b. 1880)
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Jürgen Stroop]], German general (b. 1895)
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]], British-born German nobleman and [[Nazi Party|Nazi]] politician (b. 1884)<ref>{{Cite ODNB |last=Zeepzat |first=Charlotte |date=3 January 2008 |title=Charles Edward, Prince, second duke of Albany (1884–1954), duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-41068 |access-date=2024-11-09 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/41068}}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Mammad Amin Rasulzade]], Azerbaijani scholar and politician (b. 1884)
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[George Formby]], English singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Paul of Greece]] (b. 1901)
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Margaret Dumont]], American actress (b. 1889)
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[John Haden Badley]], English author and educator, founded the [[Bedales School]] (b. 1865)
*1967 &ndash; [[Nelson Eddy]], American actor and singer (b. 1901)
*1967 &ndash; [[Zoltán Kodály]], Hungarian composer, linguist, and philosopher (b. 1882)
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[William Hopper]], American actor (b. 1915)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Pearl S. Buck]], American novelist, essayist, short story writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1892)
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Ernest Becker]], American anthropologist and author (b. 1924)
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Maxie Rosenbloom]], American boxer (b. 1903)
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Alvin R. Dyer]], American religious leader (b. 1903)
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[George Geary]], English cricketer and coach (b. 1893)
*1981 &ndash; [[Rambhau Mhalgi]], [[Indian people|Indian]] politician and member of the [[Lok Sabha]] (b. 1921)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bjpmirabhayandar.com/about-rambhau-mhalgi/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305211706/http://bjpmirabhayandar.com/about-rambhau-mhalgi/|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 March 2018|title=About Rambhau Mhalgi – Bharatiya Janta Party|date=5 March 2018}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Ayn Rand]], Russian-American philosopher, author, and playwright (b. 1905)
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Billy Collins Jr.]], American boxer (b. 1961)
*1984 &ndash; [[Martin Niemöller]], German pastor and theologian (b. 1892)
*1984 &ndash; [[Homer N. Wallin]], American admiral (b. 1893)
*1984 &ndash; [[Henry Wilcoxon]], Dominican-American actor and producer (b. 1905)
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Georgia O'Keeffe]], American painter (b. 1887)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Mairéad Farrell]], [[Provisional IRA]] volunteer (b. 1957)
*1988 &ndash; [[Daniel McCann]], [[Provisional IRA]] volunteer (b. 1957)
*1988 &ndash; [[Seán Savage]], [[Provisional IRA]] volunteer (b. 1965)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Melina Mercouri]], Greek actress and politician, 9th [[Ministry of Culture and Sport (Greece)|Greek Minister of Culture]] (b. 1920)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Cheddi Jagan]], Guyanese politician, 4th [[President of Guyana]] (b. 1918)
*1997 &ndash; [[Michael Manley]], Jamaican soldier, pilot, and politician, 4th [[Prime Minister of Jamaica]] (b. 1924)
*1997 &ndash; [[Ursula Torday]], English author (b. 1912)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa]], Bahrain king (b. 1933)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[John Colicos]], Canadian actor (b. 1928)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Bryan Fogarty]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1969)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Hercules (wrestler)|Hercules]], American wrestler (b. 1957)
*2004 &ndash; [[Frances Dee]], American actress (b. 1909)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Hans Bethe]], German-American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1906)
*2005 &ndash; [[Danny Gardella]], American baseball player and trainer (b. 1920)
*2005 &ndash; [[Tommy Vance]], English radio host (b. 1943)
*2005 &ndash; [[Teresa Wright]], American actress (b. 1918)
*2005 &ndash; [[Gladys Marín]], Chilean activist and political figure (b. 1938)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Anne Braden]], American journalist and activist (b. 1924)
*2006 &ndash; [[Kirby Puckett]], American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1960)
*2006 &ndash; [[Ali Farka Touré]], Malian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Denselow |first1=Robin |title=Ali Farka Toure |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/mar/08/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries |website=The Guardian |access-date=26 March 2025 |date=8 March 2006}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Jean Baudrillard]], French photographer and theorist (b. 1929)
*2007 &ndash; [[Ernest Gallo]], American businessman, co-founded [[E & J Gallo Winery]] (b. 1909)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Peter Poreku Dery]], Ghanaian cardinal (b. 1918)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Francis Magalona]], Filipino rapper, producer, and actor (b. 1964)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Endurance Idahor]], Nigerian footballer (b. 1984)
*2010 &ndash; [[Mark Linkous]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1962)
*2010 &ndash; [[Betty Millard]], American philanthropist and activist (b. 1911)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Sasao Gouland]], governor of [[Chuuk State]], Micronesia (b. 1933)<ref name="cr 16-164">{{cite web|url=https://www.cfsm.gov.fm/ifile/16th%20Congress/Resolutions/CR%2016-164.pdf|title=CR 16-164|date=March 22, 2011|accessdate=September 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230918092639/https://www.cfsm.gov.fm/ifile/16th%20Congress/Resolutions/CR%2016-164.pdf|archive-date=September 18, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Francisco Xavier do Amaral]], East Timorese politician, 1st [[President of East Timor]] (b. 1937)
*2012 &ndash; [[Donald M. Payne]], American businessman and politician (b. 1934)
*2012 &ndash; [[Helen Walulik]], American baseball player (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite web |title=Helen (Walulik) Kiely |url=https://www.aagpbl.org/profiles/helen-walulik-kiely-hensky/98 |website=www.aagpbl.org |access-date=26 March 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Chorão]], Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1970)
*2013 &ndash; [[Stompin' Tom Connors]], Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936)
*2013 &ndash; [[Alvin Lee]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist  (b. 1944)
*2013 &ndash; [[W. Wallace Cleland]], American biochemist and academic (b. 1930)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Alemayehu Atomsa]], Ethiopian educator and politician (b. 1969)
*2014 &ndash; [[Frank Jobe]], American soldier and surgeon (b. 1925)
*2014 &ndash; [[Sheila MacRae]], English-American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1921)
*2014 &ndash; [[Martin Nesbitt (politician)|Martin Nesbitt]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1946)
*2014 &ndash; [[Manlio Sgalambro]], Italian philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1924)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Fred Craddock]], American minister and academic (b. 1928)
*2015 &ndash; [[Ram Sundar Das]], Indian lawyer and politician, 18th [[Chief Minister of Bihar]] (b. 1921)
*2015 &ndash; [[Enrique "Coco" Vicéns]], Puerto Rican-American basketball player and politician (b. 1926)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Nancy Reagan]], American actress, 42nd [[List of First Ladies of the United States|First Lady of the United States]] (b. 1921)<ref>{{cite web |title=Nancy Reagan 1921-2016 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/nancy-reagan-1921-2016/ |website=www.cbsnews.com |access-date=11 March 2025 |date=6 March 2016}}</ref>
*2016 &ndash; [[Sheila Varian]], American horse trainer and breeder (b. 1937)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Robert Osborne]], American actor and historian (b. 1932)
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Peter Nicholls (writer)|Peter Nicholls]], Australian science fiction critic and encyclopedist (b. 1939)
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Lou Ottens]], Dutch engineer and inventor (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/mar/17/lou-ottens-obituary|title=Cassette Tape Lou Ottens obituary|website=The Guardian|publisher=Michael Carlson|date=2021-03-17|accessdate=2021-03-18|archive-date=2021-03-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318024249/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/mar/17/lou-ottens-obituary|url-status=live}}</ref>
*2021 &ndash; [[Graham Pink]], British nurse (b. 1929)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-05|title=Graham Pink obituary|url=http://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/may/05/graham-pink-obituary|access-date=2021-05-08|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=2021-05-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507041412/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/may/05/graham-pink-obituary|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2025]] &ndash; [[Australian Suicide (wrestler)|Australian Suicide]], Australian professional wrestler (b. 1992)<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 6, 2025 |title=¿De qué murió Australian Suicide? Autoridades investigan {{!}} RÉCORD |url=https://www.record.com.mx/columnistas-el-planchitas/de-que-murio-australian-suicide-autoridades-investigan |access-date=March 21, 2025 |website=www.record.com.mx |language=es}}</ref>
*2025 &ndash; [[Brian James (guitarist)|Brian James]], British guitarist (b. 1955)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=August |date=March 7, 2025 |title=Brian James, founding guitarist of punk's The Damned, dead at 70 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2025-03-07/brian-james-founding-guitarist-of-punks-the-damned-dead-at-70 |access-date=March 21, 2025 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]:
**[[Chrodegang]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Butler |first1=Alban |last2=Jones |first2=Kathleen |last3=Burns |first3=Paul |title=Butler's Lives of the Saints: June |date=1 January 1997 |publisher=Burns & Oates |isbn=978-0-86012-255-5 |page=43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WjpZkzfQRQwC&pg=PA43 |language=en |access-date=19 March 2023 |archive-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326164803/https://books.google.com/books?id=WjpZkzfQRQwC&pg=PA43 |url-status=live }}</ref>
**[[Colette of Corbie]]<ref name=Colette />
**[[Fridolin of Säckingen]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Fridolin of Säckingen {{!}} Irish missionary {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Fridolin-of-Sackingen |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=29 April 2022 |language=en |archive-date=24 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224110239/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Fridolin-of-Sackingen |url-status=live }}</ref>
**[[Kyneburga, Kyneswide and Tibba]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Somer |first1=John |title=The Kalendarium of John Somer |date=1998 |publisher=University of Georgia Press |isbn=978-0-8203-2092-2 |page=61 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3SxYYru9Z1QC&pg=PA61 |language=en}}</ref>
**[[Marcian of Tortona]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Watkins |first1=Basil |title=The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary |date=19 November 2015 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-0-567-66415-0 |page=463 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yzqOCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA463 |language=en}}</ref>
**[[March 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[European Day of the Righteous]], commemorates those who have stood up against crimes against humanity and totalitarianism with their own moral responsibility. ([[Europe]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Caroli |first1=Paolo |title=Transitional Justice in Italy and the Crimes of Fascism and Nazism |date=10 June 2022 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-000-59333-4 |page=212 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=omRoEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA212 |language=en |access-date=19 March 2023 |archive-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326164802/https://books.google.com/books?id=omRoEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA212 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Foundation Day (Norfolk Island)]], the founding of Norfolk Island in 1788.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Green |first1=Richard |title=The Commonwealth Yearbook 2006 |date=2006 |publisher=Nexus Strategic Partnerships Ltd. |isbn=978-0-9549629-4-4 |page=118 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PsALI1fatKIC&pg=PA118 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Independence Day (Ghana)]], celebrates the independence of [[Ghana]] from the UK in 1957.<ref>{{cite book |title=National days/national ways : historical, political, and religious celebrations around the world |date=2004 |publisher=Praeger Publishers |location=Westport, Conn. |isbn=0-275-97270-4 |page=102}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{NYT On this day|month=3|day=6}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/march/6 Historical Events on March 6] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626133431/https://www.onthisday.com/events/march/6 |date=2020-06-26 }}

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