History of 6 March
- 1990 – In Afghanistan, an attempted coup to remove President Najibullah from office failed.
- 1990 – The Russian Parliament passed a law that sanctioned the ownership of private property.
- 1991 – In Paris, five men were jailed for plotting to smuggle Libyan arms to the Irish Republican Army.
- 1992 – The last episode of “The Cosby Show” aired. The show had been on since September of 1984.
- 1992 – The computer virus “Michelangelo” went into effect.
- 1997 – A gunman stole “Tete de Femme,” a million-dollar Picasso portrait, from a London gallery. The painting was recovered a week later.
- 1997 – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II launched the first official royal Web site.
- 1998 – A Connecticut state lottery accountant gunned down three supervisors and the lottery chief before killing himself.
- 2015 – The NASA space probe Dawn entred orbit around the protoplanet Ceres in the asteroid belt.
Celebrating Birthday Today
- 1981 – Ellen Muth, American actress
- 1983 – Andranik Teymourian, Armenian-Iranian footballer
- 1984 – Daniël de Ridder, Dutch footballer
- 1984 – Eskil Pedersen, Norwegian politician
- 1984 – Chris Tomson, American drummer
- 1985 – Bakaye Traoré, French-Malian footballer
- 1986 – Jake Arrieta, American baseball player
- 1986 – Francisco Cervelli, Venezuelan-Italian baseball player
- 1986 – Ross Detwiler, American baseball player
- 1986 – Eli Marienthal, American actor
- 1986 – Charlie Mulgrew, Scottish footballer
- 1987 – Kevin-Prince Boateng, Ghanaian-German footballer
- 1987 – José Manuel Flores, Spanish footballer
- 1988 – Agnes Carlsson, Swedish singer
- 1988 – Marina Erakovic, New Zealand tennis player
- 1988 – Simon Mignolet, Belgian footballer
- 1989 – Agnieszka Radwańska, Polish tennis player
- 1991 – Lex Luger, American keyboard player and producer
- 1991 – Emma McDougall, English footballer (d. 2013)
- 1991 – Tyler Gregory Okonma, American rapper
- 1993 – Andrés Rentería, Colombian footballer
- 1994 – Nathan Redmond, English footballer
- 1994 – Marcus Smart, American basketball player
- 1994 – Wesley Hoedt, Dutch footballer
- 1995 – Georgi Kitanov, Bulgarian footballer
- 1996 – Christian Coleman, American sprinter
- 1996 – Tyrell Fuimaono, Australian rugby league player
- 1996 – Timo Werner, German footballer