Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 6
This is a list of selected March 6 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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March 6: Independence Day in Ghana (1957)
- 1836 – Texas Revolution: Mexican forces captured the Alamo in San Antonio from the Texans after a 13-day siege.
- 1899 – The German chemical and pharmaceutical company Bayer registered Aspirin (pills pictured) as a trademark.
- 1913 – First Balkan War: The Greek army captured Bizani Fortress near Ioannina from the Turks.
- 1987 – In the worst maritime disaster involving a British registered ship in peacetime since 1919, the ferry Herald of Free Enterprise capsized while leaving the harbour of Zeebrugge, Belgium, killing 193 on board.
- 2008 – A Palestinian gunman shot and killed eight students and critically injured eleven in the library of the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva in Jerusalem.