On This Day in History - March 6

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What Happened On This Day In History - March 6

1788 March 6

1788-03-06

The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.

1834 March 6

1834-03-06

York, Upper Canada is incorporated as Toronto.

1840 March 6

1840-03-06

The Baltimore College of Dental Surgery opens, the first dental school.

1869 March 6

1869-03-06

Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.

1882 March 6

1882-03-06

The Serbian kingdom is refounded.

1912 March 6

1912-03-06

the Oreo cookie is introduced by Nabisco

1930 March 6

1930-03-06

International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Comintern

1945 March 6

1945-03-06

World War II: Cologne is captured by American Troops.

1946 March 6

1946-03-06

Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.

1957 March 6

1957-03-06

Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain Independence from the British

1975 March 6

1975-03-06

Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement of their border dispute.

1981 March 6

1981-03-06

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island.

1983 March 6

1983-03-06

The first United States Football League game is played.

1992 March 6

1992-03-06

Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect computers.

1995 March 6

1995-03-06

US 4.5 cents equals 156.30 Dutch guilder (record)

1998 March 6

1998-03-06

1st time the British flag is flown over Buckingham Palace.

2008 March 6

2008-03-06

A Palestinian gunman shoots and kills 8 students and critically injures 11 in the library of the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva, in Jerusalem, Israel.