March 6

Facts & Historical Events On This Day

2018

Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, was listed as the richest person on Forbes.

2018

The world's oldest message in a bottle was found.

2015

NASA's Dawn probe became the first spacecraft to orbit a dwarf planet.

1991

The first computers were affected by the Michelangelo virus, which activated annually on March 6.

1970

The Beatles released their single 'Let it Be.'

1964

Boxing champion Muhammad Ali relinquished his 'slave name' of Cassius Clay and joined Islam.

1964

Athlete Tom O'Hara smashed a world record by running 1 mile in just 3 minutes and 56.4 seconds.

1953

Georgy Malenkov succeeded Joseph Stalin as leader of the Soviet Union.

1945

A circus performer patented the modern trampoline.

1940

The first US telecast was made from an airplane flying over New York City.

1912

Oreos first went on sale.

1899

Felix Hoffmann patented one of the world's most common drugs, Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid).

1869

Dmitri Mendeleev presented the first periodic table.

1521

Portuguese Navigator Ferdinand Magellan discovered Guam, Micronesia in the Western Pacific.