417 Historic Events for March 6
|
|
|
|
|
| 1900 |
Birth |
John Henry Pyle Pafford, librarian (University of London)
|
|
|
| 1900 |
Birth |
Ludwig Donath, Vienna Austria, actor (Torn Curtain, Sirocco)
|
|
|
| 1901 |
Birth |
Mark Donskoy, Odessa Russia, director (Heart of a Mother)
|
|
|
| 1902 |
Event |
Census Bureau forms
|
|
|
| 1903 |
Birth |
Elizabeth Pinkston Becker, US, platform diver (Olympic-gold-1928)
|
|
|
| 1904 |
Birth |
Johannes C "Chris" Baay, Dutch actor (Klatergoud, Surprise Raid)
|
|
|
| 1904 |
Birth |
Hugh Williams, actor/writer (Charley's Aunt, Bank Holiday)
|
|
|
| 1906 |
Birth |
Bob Wills, TX, actor (Lone Prairie, Tornado in the Saddle)
|
|
|
| 1906 |
Birth |
Lou Costello, Paterson NJ, comedian/actor (Abbott and Costello)
|
|
|
| 1906 |
Event |
Cubs sign 3rd baseman Harry Steinfeldt to complete Tinker-Evers-Chance
|
|
|
| 1906 |
Event |
Heavy storm bursts dike flooding Vlissingen, Netherlands
|
|
|
| 1906 |
Event |
Nora Blatch is 1st woman elected to American Soc of Civil Engineers
|
|
|
| 1909 |
Event |
Gerhart Hauptmann's "Griselda," premieres in Vienna
|
|
|
| 1909 |
Birth |
Dave Clark, music promoter/songwriter
|
|
|
| 1909 |
Birth |
Obafemi Awolowo, Nigeria, pres of Nigeria (1979-83)
|
|
|
| 1911 |
Birth |
Roland Jacobi Leich, composer
|
|
|
| 1911 |
Birth |
Charles Frank, physicist
|
|
|
| 1912 |
Birth |
Madge Adam, astronomer
|
|
|
| 1913 |
Birth |
David Bowman, trade unionist
|
|
|
| 1913 |
Birth |
Ella Logan, Glasgow Scotland, actress (52nd Street, Goldwyn Follies)
|
|
|
| 1913 |
Birth |
Stewart Granger, actor (Saraband for Dead Lovers)
|
|
|
| 1914 |
Birth |
Kirill P Kondrashin, Moscow Russia, conductor (Hollywood Bowl 1981)
|
|
|
| 1915 |
Event |
Greek King Constantine I fires premier Venizelos
|
|
|
| 1916 |
Birth |
Rochelle Hudson, Okla City OK, actress (That's My Boy)
|
|
|
| 1917 |
Death |
Jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium (1899), dies at 73
|
|
|
