March 6

ON THIS DAY IN RECENT HISTORY ~ MARCH 6

 

 

 

 1896 - 1st auto in Detroit, Charles B King rides his "Horseless Carriage"

 1899 - "Asprin" patented by Felix Hoffmann at German company Bayer

 1902 - Census Bureau forms
 1906 - Bob Wills, TX, actor (Lone Prairie, Tornado in the Saddle), born
 1906 - Lou Costello, Paterson NJ, comedian/actor (Abbott & Costello), born

 1913 - Stewart Granger, actor (Saraband for Dead Lovers)

 1918 - US naval boat "Cyclops" disappears in Bermuda Triangle
 1921 - Police in Sunbury Penn issue edict requiring women to wear skirts at least 4" below the knee
 1922 - Babe Ruth signs 3 years at $52,000 a year NY Yankee contract
 1923 - Cards announce their players will wear numbers on their uniforms

 1923 - Ed McMahon, Detroit Mich, TV host (Johnny Carson Show, Star Search), born

 1925 - Wes Montgomery, American musician (d. 1968), born

 1930 - Clarence Birdseye develops a method for quick freezing food

 1931 - John Smith, LA California, actor (Cimarron City, Laramie, 7 Angry Men), born

 1932 - John Philip Sousa, US composer (Stars & Stripes Forever), dies at 77
 1933 - FDR declares a nationwide bank holiday
 1933 - Maxwell Anderson's "Both your Houses," premieres in NYC
 1937 - Doug Dillard, actor (Clem-Popeye), born
 1940 - 1st US telecast from an airplane, NYC

 1942 - Ben Murphy, American actor
 1944 - David Gilmore, Cambridge England, guitarist (Pink Floyd), born
 1944 - Mary Wilson, Detroit Mich, vocalist (Supremes-Where Did Our Love Go), born
 1945 - Hugh Grundy, Winchester England, drummer (Zombies-She's Not There), born
 1946 - David Jon Gilmour, rock guitarist (Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall), born
 1947 - Kiki Dee, Yorkshire England, singer (Don't Go Breaking My Heart), born
 1947 - Rob Reiner, Bronx NY, actor/director (All in the Family, Stand By Me)
 1949 - Donald York, rocker (Sha Na Na)
 1950 - Silly Putty invented

 1955 - The L.A. Examiner runs the story "Giant Disneyland Hotel Gets Under Way"

 1959 - Tom Arnold, Iowa, [Mr Roseanne Barr Arnold], actor (Tom, True Lies), born
 1959 - Fred Stone, actor (Hideaway, Westerner), dies at 85
 1959 - The Drifters recorded "There Goes My Baby." 

 1959 - Farthest radio signal heard (Pioneer IV, 400,000 miles)

 1962 - St Louis vote to build a new downtown stadium for the Cardinals
 1962 - Frank Sinatra recorded his final session for Capitol Records in Hollywood.

 1963 - Suzanne Crough, actress (Partridge Family), born
 1964 - Elijah Muhammad renames Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali
 1964 - Liz Taylor's 4th divorce (Eddie Fisher)

 1965 - "How to Succeed in Business" closes at 46th St NYC after 1415 perfs

 1966 - Barry Sadlers' "Ballad of the Green Berets" becomes #1 (13 weeks)
 1967 - Nelson Eddy, US baritone/actor (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 65
 1967 - Oscar Shaw, actor (Rhythm on the River, Marianne), dies at 76
 1970 - Beatles release "Let it Be" in UK
 1972 - Jack Nicklaus, passes Arnold Palmer as golf's all-time money winner

 1972 - Shaquille O'Neal, Newark NJ, NBA center (Magic, Lakers, Oly-gold-96), born

 1976 - Fleetwood Mac's "Rhiannon" was released.

 1976 - Worlds Ladies Fig Skating Champ in Gothenburg won by Dorothy Hamill
 1978 - Hustler publisher Larry Flynt shot & crippled by a sniper in Ga
 1981 - Walter Cronkite signs-off as anchorman of "CBS Evening News"

 1985 - Enos Slaughter & Arky Vaughan are elected to baseball Hall of Fame

 1985 - Mike Tyson KOs Hector Mercedes in 1 round in his 1st pro fight
 1985 - Yul Brynner appears in his 4,500th performance of "King & I"

 1992 - The last episode of "The Cosby Show" aired. The show had been on since Sept. of 1984.

 1995 - 9th American Comedy Award: Rodney Dangerfield
 1998 - 1st time the British flag is flown over Buckingham Palace
 2012 - Robert Sherman, American songwriter, dies at 86