Unforgettable Moments In History On March 6

On March 6, many unforgettable moments in history have taken place. From important events to notable births and deaths, discover what happened on this date in history with this video. Travel through time and learn about significant moments that have shaped our world today. Don't miss out on this journey through history on March 6!

1646 Joseph Jenkes receives the 1st patent in North America for making scythes from the General Court of Massachusetts
1775 1st Negro Mason in north America initiated, Boston
1788 The British First Fleet arrives at Australian territory of Norfolk Island to found a convict settlement
1808 1st college orchestra in US founded, at Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts
1810 Illinois passes 1st state vaccination legislation in US
1829 President Andrew Jackson nominates John McLean to become an associate justice of the US Supreme Court
1831 Edgar Allan Poe court-martialed and dismissed from West Point military academy for gross neglect of duty and disobedience of orders
1836 Battle of the Alamo: After 13 days of fighting 1,500-3,000 Mexican soldiers overwhelm the Texan defenders, killing 182-257 Texans including William Travis, Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett
1857 Dred Scott Decision: US Supreme Court rules Africans cannot be US citizens
1861 Provisionary Confederate Congress establishes Confederate Army
1865 US President Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Ball
1886 1st US nurses' magazine, The Nightingale, 1st appears, NYC
1899 "Aspirin" (acetylsalicylic acid) patented by Felix Hoffmann at German company Bayer
1902 Permanent US Census office created by legislation passed by Congress
1918 US naval boat "Cyclops" disappears in Bermuda Triangle
1921 Police in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, issue an edict requiring Women to wear skirts at least 4 inches below the knee
1933 Eleanor Roosevelt is the 1st First Lady to hold an official Press Conference at the White House
1933 FDR declares a nationwide bank holiday, to shut down the banking system, pass the Emergency Banking Act and restore public confidence
1940 1st US telecast from an airplane, NYC
1950 Silly Putty goes on sale in the US
1951 Trial of Julius Rosenberg and his wife Ethel Rosenberg begins for providing top-secret information to the Soviet Union
1957 Centenary of Dred Scott slavery court decision marked by rediscovery of Scott's grave
1959 Farthest radio signal heard (Pioneer IV, 400,000 miles)
1964 Boxing legend Cassius Clay joins the Nation of Islam and changes his name to "Muhammad Ali", calling his former title a "slave name”
1967 Former union leader Jimmy Hoffa enters Lewisburg Federal Prison
1967 Muhammad Ali is ordered by selective service to be inducted
1981 Walter Cronkite signs off as anchorman of "CBS Evening News”
1982 Susan Birmingham makes then world's loudest recorded human shout (120 dB)
1985 Yul Brynner appears in his 4,500th performance of "The King & I”
1991 Following Iraq's capitulation in the Persian Gulf conflict, US President George H. W. Bush told Congress that "aggression is defeated. The war is over"
2017 US President Donald Trump signs his second executive order barring travelers from 6 mostly-Muslim countries for 90 days but leaves out Iraq
2018 World's oldest message in a bottle found in Western Australia, thrown from German ship Paula 132 years ago (12 June 1886)
2019 Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg reveals plans to turn the social media platform into a more "privacy-focused platform”
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