This Day in History
06 Mar 1079
Omar ibn Ibrahim al-Chajjam completes Jalali-calendar
06 Mar 1323
Treaty of Paris - Flemish relinquish claims over the County of Zeeland
06 Mar 1447
Tommaso Parentucelli succeeds Pope Eugene IV as Nicolas V
06 Mar 1454
Thirteen Years War Delegates of the Prussian Confederation pledge allegiance to Casimir IV of Poland and the Polish king agrees to help in their struggle for independence from the Teutonic Knights.
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Supreme Court rules in Dred Scott case
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Michelangelo born
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Bayer patents aspirin
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New German attacks at Verdun: Battle of the Flanks
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U.S. is sending Marines to South Vietnam
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Operation Lam Son 719 continues
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Real Madrid founded
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Monroe signs the Missouri Compromise
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Georgia OKeeffe dies
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The death spiral of Napster begins
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez is born
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Rob Reiner born
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Sloppy safety procedures lead to ferry sinking
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The espionage trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins
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Georgi Malenkov succeeds Stalin
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