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Thursday, March 6, 2014

March 6 - The Day in History

March 6 : General Interest
1899: Bayer patents aspirin

On this day in 1899, the Imperial Patent Office in Berlin registers Aspirin, the brand name for acetylsalicylic acid, on behalf of the German pharmaceutical company Friedrich Bayer & Co... read more


American Revolution
1776 : New York demands Sandy Hook lighthouse be dismantled
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/new-york-demands-sandy-hook-lighthouse-be-dismantled

Automotive
1900 : Auto pioneer Gottlieb Daimler dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/auto-pioneer-gottlieb-daimler-dies

Civil War
1857 : Supreme Court rules in Dred Scott case
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dred-scott-decision

Cold War
1953 : Georgi Malenkov succeeds Stalin
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/georgi-malenkov-succeeds-stalin

Crime
1951 : The Rosenberg trial begins
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-rosenberg-trial-begins

Disaster
1987 : Sloppy safety procedures lead to ferry sinking
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sloppy-safety-procedures-lead-to-ferry-sinking

General Interest
1475 : Michelangelo born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/michelangelo-born
1857 : Supreme Court rules in Dred Scott case
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/supreme-court-rules-in-dred-scott-case
1983 : Kohl elected West German chancellor
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kohl-elected-west-german-chancellor

Hollywood
1947 : Rob Reiner born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rob-reiner-born

Literary
1928 : Gabriel Garcia Marquez is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gabriel-garcia-marquez-is-born

Music
2001 : The death spiral of Napster begins
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-death-spiral-of-napster-begins

Old West
1986 : Georgia O'Keefe dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/georgia-okeefe-dies

Presidential
1820 : Monroe signs the Missouri Compromise
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/monroe-signs-the-missouri-compromise

Sports
1902 : Real Madrid founded
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/real-madrid-founded

Vietnam War
1965 : U.S. is sending Marines to South Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-is-sending-marines-to-south-vietnam
1971 : Operation Lam Son 719 continues
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/operation-lam-son-719-continues

World War I
1916 : New German attacks at Verdun: Battle of the Flanks
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/new-german-attacks-at-verdun-battle-of-the-flanks

World War II
1945 : Dutch Resistance ambushes SS officer-unwittingly
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dutch-resistance-ambushes-ss-officer--unwittingly


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