6th March anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1908
  • United States
  • "Birth of Lou Costello, American comedian (‘Abbott and Costello’) ."
• event
  • 1834
  • Canada
  • "The city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada was founded"
  • 1857
  • United States
  • "The Dred Scott decision - the US Supreme Court overruled Congress and made slavery legal in all the territories, pushing the nation towards civil war"
  • 1884
  • United States
  • Susan B. Anthony and over 100 suffragists presented US President Chester A. Arthur with a demand that he voice his support for female suffrage
  • 1957
  • Ghana
  • Gold Coast becomes independent Ghana.
  • 1987
  • Belgium
  • "Cross-channel ferry 'Herald of Free Enterprise' left Zeebrugge, Belgium, with its bow doors open. It capsized outside the harbour, killing 188 passengers"
• Death
  • 1933
  • United States
  • "Death of Anton Cermak, Mayor of Chicago, who had been shot during a failed assassination attempt on President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt on."
  • 1973
  • United States
  • "Death of Pearl Buck, novelist and Nobel Prize winner" more
  • 1983
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Donald Maclean, British-born Soviet spy ."