March 6th in History

Michael Dobson | March 6

Davy Crockett dies at the Alamo! In other news, the US Supreme Court rules in Dred Scott, Oreo® cookies are introduced, and Cassius Clay becomes Muhammad Ali. Happy birthday to Shaquille O'Neal, astronaut Gordon Cooper, sidekick Ed McMahon, artist Will Eisner, comic Lou Costello, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Cyrano de Bergerac, and Michelangelo. RIP Georgia O'Keefe, Ayn Rand, John Philip Sousa, and Louisa May Alcott! Happy Ghana Independence Day!

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March 7th in History

Michael Dobson | March 7

Selma police attack civil rights marchers, USA for Africa releases "We are the World," and the Roman empire decrees Sunday as its official day of rest. Happy birthday to Maurice Ravel, Piet Mondrian (cover artist), Luther Burbank, and Rob Roy; RIP Stanley Kubrick, Cool Papa Bell, Alice B. Toklas, and Thomas Aquinas. Happy Albanian Teacher's Day!

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March 8th in History

Michael Dobson | March 8

It's International Women's Day! In other news, the first woman receives a pilot's license, the CD is introduced, and Georgia asks Congress to void two constitutional amendments in order to keep segregation. It's the birthday of Cyd Charisse, Skipper Alan Hale, Mississippi John Hurt, and pirate Anne Bonny; Joe DiMaggio, "Mad Jack" Churchill, Harold Lloyd, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, and Millard Fillmore died.

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