Historical Events on March 6

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Here are some historical events that happened on March 6:

1475 - Michelangelo Buonarroti, the Italian Renaissance artist, sculptor, and painter, was born in Caprese, Italy.

1836 - The Battle of the Alamo: The siege of the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, Texas, ended as Mexican forces under General Santa Anna stormed the compound, killing the remaining defenders, including Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, and William Travis.

1853 - Verdi's Opera "La Traviata" premieres in Venice, Italy.

1857 - The United States Supreme Court handed down its decision in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case, ruling that African Americans could not be citizens and had no standing to sue in federal court.

1899 - Bayer patents aspirin.

1944 - The first flight of the Gloster Meteor, the first British jet fighter and the Allies' first operational jet aircraft.

1957 - Ghana becomes the first African country to gain independence from colonial rule when it declares independence from the United Kingdom.

1967 - Josef Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, defected to the West during a visit to the United States embassy in New Delhi.

1987 - The British ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsized off the coast of Belgium, killing 193 passengers and crew.

1992 - The Michelangelo computer virus began to affect computers worldwide.

2013 - At least 50 people were killed in a series of bomb blasts in Baghdad, Iraq.

2018 - China's National People's Congress voted to abolish presidential term limits, allowing President Xi Jinping to remain in office indefinitely.

These are just a few events that occurred on March 6 throughout history.