Summary of the Day ✨ 6 March (06/03)
Violence erupted across multiple countries as gunmen attacked a ceremony in Kabul killing 32 people, a suicide bomber killed 68 in Baghdad, and a gunman killed eight students in Jerusalem, while Air Algérie Flight 6289 crashed in Algeria killing 102 passengers. Meanwhile, Jeff Bezos was named the world’s richest person by Forbes with a $112 billion net worth, and the Michelangelo computer virus began affecting computers worldwide.
Historical Events 📜
- 2020: 32 people are killed and 82 are injured when gunmen open fire on a ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack.
- 2018: Forbes names Jeff Bezos as the world’s richest person, for the first time, at $112 billion net worth.
- 2008: A suicide bomber kills 68 people (including first responders) in Baghdad on the same day that a gunman kills eight students in Jerusalem.
- 2003: Air Algérie Flight 6289 crashes at the Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport in Tamanrasset, Algeria, killing 102 out of the 103 people on board.
- 1992: The Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect computers.
- 1988: Three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers are shot dead by the SAS in Gibraltar in Operation Flavius.
- 1987: The British ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds, killing 193.
- 1984: In the United Kingdom, a walkout at Cortonwood Colliery in Brampton Bierlow signals the start of a strike that lasted almost a year and involved the majority of the country’s miners.
- 1975: 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: Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement of their border dispute.
- 1970: An explosion at the Weather Underground safe house in Greenwich Village kills three.
- 1967: Cold War: Joseph Stalin’s daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States.
- 1965: Premier Tom Playford of South Australia loses power after 27 years in office.
- 1964: Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad officially gives boxing champion Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali.
- 1964: Constantine II becomes the last King of Greece.
Famous Births 👶
- 2001: Milo Manheim, American actor
- 2000: Armando Bacot, American basketball player
- 2000: Jacob Bertrand, American actor
- 1999: Ylena In-Albon, Swiss tennis player
- 1998: Kyle Trask, American football player
- 1997: Lee Lu-da, South Korean singer and actress
- 1996: Christian Coleman, American sprinter
- 1996: Mohamed Magdy, Egyptian footballer
- 1996: Timo Werner, German footballer
- 1995: Josh Hart, American basketball player
- 1995: Georgi Kitanov, Bulgarian footballer
- 1994: Marcus Smart, American basketball player
- 1993: Nicklas Jensen, Danish ice hockey player
- 1993: Andrés Rentería, Colombian footballer
- 1991: John Jenkins, American basketball player
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2025: Australian Suicide, Australian professional wrestler (born 1992)
- 2025: Brian James, British guitarist (born 1955)
- 2021: Lou Ottens, Dutch engineer and inventor (born 1926)
- 2021: Graham Pink, British nurse (born 1929)
- 2018: Peter Nicholls, Australian science fiction critic and encyclopedist (born 1939)
- 2017: Robert Osborne, American actor and historian (born 1932)
- 2016: Nancy Reagan, American actress, 42nd First Lady of the United States (born 1921)
- 2016: Sheila Varian, American horse trainer and breeder (born 1937)
- 2015: Fred Craddock, American minister and academic (born 1928)
- 2015: Ram Sundar Das, Indian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Minister of Bihar (born 1921)
- 2015: Enrique “Coco” Vicéns, Puerto Rican-American basketball player and politician (born 1926)
- 2014: Alemayehu Atomsa, Ethiopian educator and politician (born 1969)
- 2014: Frank Jobe, American soldier and surgeon (born 1925)
- 2014: Sheila MacRae, English-American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1921)
- 2014: Martin Nesbitt, American lawyer and politician (born 1946)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian feast day:
Chrodegang - Christian feast day:
Colette of Corbie - Christian feast day:
Fridolin of Säckingen - Christian feast day:
Kyneburga, Kyneswide and Tibba - Christian feast day:
Marcian of Tortona - Christian feast day:
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)
- Norfolk Island Foundation Day, the founding of Norfolk Island in 1788.
- Independence Day (Ghana), celebrates the independence of Ghana from the UK in 1957.