1857: Dred Scott Decision – US Supreme Court rules Africans cannot be US citizens.
1899: The painkiller Asprin is registered as a trademark. Acetylsalicylic acid was first isolated in 1897 by German chemist Felix Hoffmann. Today, the medication is sold by Bayer and is on the World Health Organization’s list of essential medicines.
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1869: The first periodic table of chemical elements is presented. Dmitri Mendeleev presented the system to the Russian Chemical Society on that day.
1912: One of the most famous works of art, a bust of Queen Nefertiti is found by Egyptologist, in El-Armana, Egypt. The bust provides visual proof of Nefertiti’s reputation as a timeless icon of female beauty.
1957: The Gold Coast (now known as Ghana) gained independence from Britain. Ghana became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and was led to independence by Kwame Nkrumah who transformed the country into a republic, with himself as president for life. The country was the first to gain independence from European colonialism. Before it was colonised, Ghana was made up of several independent kingdoms, including Gonja and Dagomba in the north, Ashanti in the interior, and the Fanti states along the coast.
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: Stalin’s daughter defects to the West. The Soviet dictator’s daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, caused an international uproar when she approached the United States embassy in New Delhi and later became a naturalized U.S. citizen.
1987: A British-owned cross-channel ferry the ‘Herald of Free Enterprise’ left Zeebrugge, Belgium, with its bow doors open; it capsized, killing over 180 passengers.
1995: More than 150 soldiers in Nigeria are arrested by security forces and accused of having plotted against General Abacha’s military regime.
1997: A gunman stole Picasso’s Tete De Femme from a London gallery. It was recovered a week later.
1996: The National Reconciliation Committee announces that it will take steps to improve relations between the federal government and the Ogoni people. Among other things, this will involve a fairer division of the profits generated by natural resources and better protection of the environment.
2006: The South African film Tsotsi, starring young actors Presley Chweneyagae and Terry Pheto and directed by Gavin Woods, received the Oscar for Best Foreign Film at the Oscar Awards in Hollywood. Set amidst the sprawling Johannesburg township of Soweto – where survival is the primary objective – Tsotsi (“thug” or “gangster”) traces six days in the life of a ruthless young gang leader who ends up caring for a baby accidentally kidnapped during a car-jacking.
Births on This Day, March 6
Shaquille O’Neal, 52 years
Shaquille Rashaun O’Neal, known commonly as Shaq, is an American former professional basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program Inside the NBA.
Thomas Arnold, 65 years
Thomas Duane Arnold is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for playing Arnie Thomas on Roseanne, which starred his ex-wife Roseanne Barr.
Rufus Hound, 45 years
Hound was educated at Hoe Bridge School Woking, Frensham Heights, and Godalming College, where he was elected as a Student Representative and built the college radio station. After leaving school he began working for a PR agency but started performing comedy in the evenings.
Michelangelo ( 6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564)
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, known mononymously as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. Born in the Republic of Florence, his work was inspired by models from classical antiquity and had a lasting influence on Western art.
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