Talk:March 6

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March 6

William Speirs Bruce

845 – The Abbasid Caliphate executed 42 Byzantine officials who had been captured in the sack of Amorium of 838 for refusing to convert to Islam.
1447 – Tommaso Parentucelli was elected as Pope Nicholas V in Rome.
1904 – Scottish National Antarctic Expedition: Led by William Speirs Bruce (pictured), the Antarctic region of Coats Land was discovered by the Scotia.
1988 – The Troubles: In Operation Flavius, the Special Air Service killed three volunteers of the Provisional Irish Republican Army conspiring to bomb a parade of British military bands in Gibraltar.
2000 – The Marine Parade Community Building, the mural cladding of which is the largest installation art in Singapore, was opened.

Clark Shaughnessy (b. 1892)
Joseph Berchtold (b. 1897)
Shaukat Aziz (b. 1949)
Cyprien Ntaryamira (b. 1955)

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Notable?[edit]

From WP:DOY:

What is not notable
* In general, events that would not be of interest globally/that do not have an impact
on more than one country
*Founding or openings of institutions/buildings that lack global significance or are not the
first of their kind, such as foundings of random universities, schools, museums, businesses,
or stores 
*Dates that pertain to television programs, movies, books, video games, etc. - this is not
notable on a global scale (exceptions include the breaking of world records for sales, etc.)

Based on these shouldn't these be removed?:

1925 - Pionerskaya Pravda, one of the oldest children's newspapers in Europe, is founded.

1856 - The University of Maryland, College Park is chartered as the Maryland Agricultural College.

1970 - Suspected murderer Charles Manson releases Lie: The Love & Terror Cult to help finance his defense.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by CPMcE (talk • contribs)

I would support the removal of those events. -- Mufka ^(u) ^(t) ^(c) 23:36, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

1899 and Bayer[edit]

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In a recent edit, I removed the 1899 event concerning Bayer Aspirin. None of the articles linked to this event mention "March 6," "6 March" or "March 1899" anywhere. Only "1899" is mentioned. Then, I see the event I removed is a featured event. A quick check proved the patent date is correct and a quick double-check showed I didn't miss something. I'm going to add a reference to the Aspirin article with a citation and then add the event back to this page as it is noteworthy, but for future reference, do I need to overly concern myself with a situation such as this? Kentholke (talk) 17:35, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If, as it was listed, it wasn't supported, then there is no reason not to remove it. If, after conducting your own research, you find support for it and then add it to an article, then it can be added. Then you have to ask yourself if it is notable enough for inclusion. Usually patents and such are not notable because they are really just procedural. Without looking into it further myself, I don't think this particular event is all that notable. But I'm open to being convinced otherwise. -- Mufka ^(u) ^(t) ^(c) 17:45, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for clarifying that. I don't know if I can convince you that the event is noteworthy so I'm not even going to attempt to. I feel it is noteworthy as "Bayer" is a reknowned name around the world for a very long time and the name is associated by most with the drug aspirin. It was Bayer's first major product and it is that product that helped make Bayer one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. It was the #1 selling drug in the world for many years. Summed up, it is actually aspirin that has been a major contribution to mankind. If Bayer didn't patent it, some other company would have. Thanks! Kentholke (talk) 18:07, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

March 6th founding of Faiths United Club[edit]

Maybe a mention of the founding of the International Faiths United Clobs? To promote interfaith toloration?POMOCMOI (talk) 15:23, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There is no Wikipedia article for this organisation, hence it should not be mentioned on this article. Jim Michael (talk) 06:52, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tyler The Creator[edit]

Was born on March 6, 1991 -- Tyler, the Creator please add. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.192.37.119 (talk) 19:04, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Source for this info?[edit]

The page says that the day is more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Friday or Sunday, but no proof or sources were given. This piece of information should be removed until a valid source is given. 173.68.25.111 (talk) 21:56, 6 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"the day of the dude"[edit]

recommend for deletion. --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 17:37, 6 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Independence of Ghana[edit]

I think Ghana was not the first sub-Saharan African country to gain independence from Britain. What about South Africa (1931)? Torve (talk) 08:13, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]