On This Day in History

March 6

​Historical Events​

​1479 Treaty of Alcáçovas: Portugal cedes the Canary Islands to Castile in exchange for claims in West Africa

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​1836 Battle of the Alamo: After 13 days of fighting, 1,500 to 3,000 Mexican soldiers overwhelm the Texan defenders, killing 182 to 257 Texans, including William Travis, Jim Bowie, and Davy Crockett​

​1857 Dred Scott Decision: US Supreme Court rules African Americans cannot be US citizens

​1869 Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table of the elements to the Russian Chemical Society

​1899 Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) is patented by Felix Hoffmann at the German company Bayer

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​Famous Birthdays​

Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view. ​Michelangelo​ ​1475 - 1564

Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view. ​Elizabeth Barrett Browning​ ​1806 - 1861

Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view. ​Gabriel García Márquez​ ​1927 - 2014

Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view. ​Valentina Tereshkova​ ​88th Birthday

Also Gottlieb Daimler and Alan Greenspan (99)

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​Famous Deaths​

Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view. ​Davy Crockett​ ​1786 - 1836

Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view. ​Georgia O'Keeffe​ ​1887 - 1986

​Birdseye – the Father of Frozen Food​

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Indigenous Canadians showed Clarence Birdseye how they preserved fish they had caught. Intrigued, he saw the possibilities and the frozen food industry was born.