March 6... a special day?
Births
1870 Oscar Straus, Vienna Austria, composer (Ein Walzertraum)
1909 Dave Clark music promoter/songwriter 1923 Ed McMahon Detroit MI, TV host (Johnny Carson Show, Star Search)
1945 Rob Reiner Bronx NY, actor/director (All in the Family, Stand By Me)
1946 Tony Klatka rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
1959 Tom Arnold Ottuwa IA, comedian (Roseanne, True Lies)
1972 Shaquille O'Neal Newark NJ, NBA center (Magic, Lakers, Olympics-gold-96
1984 Dave Clarke
Events
1831 Edgar Allen Poe removed from West Point military academy
1834 Toronto incorporated with William Lyon Mackenzie as its 1st mayor
1836 3,000 Mexicans beat 182 Texans at the Alamo, after 13 day fight (REMEMBER THE ALAMO!)
1896 1st auto in Detroit MI, Charles B King rides his "Horseless Carriage"
1899 "Aspirin" patented by Felix Hoffmann
1961 1st London minicabs introduced
1964 Elijah Muhammad renames Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali
1970 Beatles release "Let it Be" in UK
1981 Walter Cronkite signs-off as anchorman of "The CBS Evening News"
1985 Mike Tyson KOs Hector Mercedes in 1 round in his 1st pro fight
1991 Following Iraq's capitulation in the Persian Gulf conflict, President Bush told Congress that "aggression is defeated; The war is over"