This day in History - March 6

417 Historic Events for March 6
1939 Birth David Spielberg, Weslaco Tx, actor (Jessica Novak, The Practice)
1939 Birth Christopher Bond, (Sen-R Missouri)
1940 Birth Willie Stargell, outfielder/1st baseman (Pirates, 1971 NL HR leader)
1940 Event 1st US telecast from an airplane, NYC
1940 Birth Joanna Miles, Nice France, actress (Cross Creek, Delta County USA)
1941 Birth Ann Winterton, British MP
1941 Birth Ben Murphy, Jonesboro Ark, actor (Name of the Game, Winds of War)
1941 Birth Karyn Kupcinet, actress (Carol-Gertrude Berg Show)
1941 Death John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum, sculptor (Mount Rushmore), dies at 73
1941 Death Leen Schijvenschuurder, Dutch February strike leader, executed
1941 Death Gutzon Borglum, sculptor (Mt Rushmore), dies at 73
1943 Event Battle at Medenine, North-Africa: Rommels assault attack
1943 Event Sukarno asks for cooperation with Japanese occupiers
1944 Birth Mary Wilson, Detroit Mich, vocalist (Supremes-Where Did Our Love Go)
1944 Birth David Gilmore, Cambridge England, guitarist (Pink Floyd)
1944 Birth Kiri Te Kanawa, Gisborne NZ, operatic soprano (Don Giovanni)
1944 Event USAF begins daylight bombing of Berlin
1945 Birth Rob Reiner, Bronx NY, actor/director (All in the Family, Stand By Me)
1945 Event Chinese 38th division occupies Lashio
1945 Event Federico Garc”a Lorca's "La Casa," premieres in Buenos Aires
1945 Event Assassination attempt on Hihere, SS Police fuhrer Rauter
1945 Event 117 SD-prisoners executed at Savage Farm
1945 Death Rudolph Karel, composer, dies at 64
1945 Death Jan Thijssen, Dutch resistance fighter, executed at Savage Farm
1945 Birth Anna Maria Horsford, NYC, actress (Thelma Frye-Amen)