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Today is Sunday, March 6, the 66th day of 2016. There are 300 days left in the year.<br><br>Highlights in history on this date:<br><br>1834 - The city of York in Upper Canada is incorporated as Toronto.<br><br>1836 - Alamo mission in San Antonio, Texas, falls to Mexican army after 13-day siege in which Davy Crockett and 186 other defenders die.<br><br>1853 - Verdi's opera "La Traviata" premieres in Venice, Italy<br><br>1857 - In its Dred Scott decision, the U.S. Supreme Court holds that Scott, a slave, could not sue for his freedom in a federal court.<br><br>1922 - United States prohibits export of arms to China.<br><br>1936 - The British Supermarine Spitfire MKI takes to the air.<br><br>1945 - German city of Cologne falls to U.S. First Army in World War II.<br><br>1946 - France recognizes Vietnam as free state within Indochina Federation.<br><br>1953 - G.M. Malenkov succeeds the late Joseph Stalin as Premier of Soviet Union.<br><br>1957 - Two former British colonies of Gold Coast and Togoland form independent West African nation of Ghana; Israeli troops hand over Gaza Strip to U.N. force.<br><br>1962 - United States pledges to defend Thailand against direct Communist aggression without waiting for action by Southeast Asia Treaty Organization.<br><br>1965 - U.S. Defense Department announces that 3,500 Marines are being sent to South Vietnam - the first U.S. ground combat troops committed to fighting against Communist guerrillas.<br><br>1970 - Alexander Dubcek, former Czech Communist Party boss, is suspended from party.<br><br>1975 - Arab terrorist raid on a Tel Aviv hotel leaves 14 dead.<br><br>1988 - Thousands of Tibetans demanding independence set fires throughout their capital city of Lhasa.<br><br>1991 - Iraqi troops appear to have crushed a rebellion in Basra and are reported to be moving on other southern cities in revolt.<br><br>1994 - Somali warlord Mohammed Farah Aidid rejects a peace agreement reached by 12 other faction leaders in Cairo.<br><br>1995 - The dollar plummets to 92.70 yen, its lowest level against the yen anywhere in the world since modern exchange rates were established in the late 1940s.<br><br>1999 - Ta Mok, the last leader of the murderous Khmer Rouge, is captured by the Cambodian army and flown to the capital for trial.<br><br>2003 - An Algerian passenger jet crashes in the Sahara Desert shortly after takeoff, killing 116 people.<br><br>2006 - Several cats test positive for the deadly strain of bird flu in Austria and Poland reports its first outbreak of the disease, as the World Health Organization calls bird flu a greater global challenge than any previous infectious disease.<br><br>2008 - Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega announces that he is breaking relations with Colombia because of his opposition to the Colombian raid on a guerrilla base in Ecuador.<br><br>2010 - Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls the official version of the Sept. 11, 2011 attacks a "big lie" used by the U.S. as an excuse for battling terror.<br><br>2011 - The two opposition parties that triumphed in Ireland's election, conservative Fine Gael and left-wing Labour, agree to form the country's next coalition government after compromising on repair of the debt-battered economy.<br><br>2012 - The United States, Europe and other world powers announce that bargaining will begin [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] again with Iran over its fiercely disputed nuclear efforts.<br><br>2013 - Syria's [http://www.encyclopedia.com/searchresults.aspx?q=accelerating accelerating] humanitarian crisis hits a grim milestone: the number of U.N.-registered refugees tops 1 million, half of them children.<br><br>2014 - U.S. President Barack Obama orders the West's first sanctions in response to Russia's military takeover of Crimea, EU more cautious.<br><br>2015 - An investigation into what prosecutors call the biggest corruption scandal ever uncovered in Brazil wins Supreme Court approval to expand to dozens of top politicians for alleged ties to a kickback scheme at the state-run energy company, Petrobras.<br><br>Today's Birthdays:<br><br>Michelangelo, Italian renaissance artist (1475-1564); Cyrano de Bergerac, French author-duellist (1620-1655); Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet (1806-1861); [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html du lịch Bắc Kinh] Ed McMahon, U.S. host/announcer (1923--2009); Lorin Maazel, French-born conductor of the NY Philharmonic (1930--2014); Rob Reiner, U.S. director/actor (1947--); Shaquille O'Neal, U.S. basketball player (1972--); Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombian novelist (1927--).<br><br>Thought For Today:<br><br>Le sens commun n'est pas si commun (Common sense is not so common.) - Voltaire, French author and philosopher (1694-1778).<br><br>Advertisement
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Today is Sunday, March 6, the 66th day of 2016. There are 300 days left in the year.<br><br>Highlights in history on this date:<br><br>1834 - The city of York in Upper Canada is incorporated as Toronto.<br><br>1836 - Alamo mission in San Antonio, Texas, falls to Mexican army after 13-day siege in which Davy Crockett and 186 other defenders die.<br><br>1853 - Verdi's opera "La Traviata" premieres in Venice, Italy<br><br>1857 - In its Dred Scott decision, the U.S. Supreme Court holds that Scott, a slave, could not sue for his freedom in a federal court.<br><br>1922 - United States prohibits export of arms to China.<br><br>1936 - The British Supermarine Spitfire MKI takes to the air.<br><br>1945 - German city of Cologne falls to U.S. First Army in World War II.<br><br>1946 - France recognizes Vietnam as free state within Indochina Federation.<br><br>1953 - G.M. Malenkov succeeds the late Joseph Stalin as Premier of Soviet Union.<br><br>1957 - Two former British colonies of Gold Coast and Togoland form [http://pixabay.com/en/new-zealand-waterfall-nature-independent%20West/ independent West] African nation of Ghana; Israeli troops hand over Gaza Strip to U.N. force.<br><br>1962 - United States pledges to defend Thailand against direct Communist aggression without waiting for action by Southeast Asia Treaty Organization.<br><br>1965 - U.S. Defense Department announces that 3,500 Marines are being sent to South Vietnam - the first U.S. ground combat troops committed to fighting against Communist guerrillas.<br><br>1970 - Alexander Dubcek, former Czech Communist Party boss, is suspended from party.<br><br>1975 - Arab terrorist raid on a Tel Aviv hotel leaves 14 dead.<br><br>1988 - Thousands of Tibetans demanding independence set fires throughout their capital city of Lhasa.<br><br>1991 - Iraqi troops appear to have crushed a rebellion in Basra and are reported to be moving on other southern cities in revolt.<br><br>1994 - Somali warlord Mohammed Farah Aidid rejects a peace agreement reached by 12 other faction leaders in Cairo.<br><br>1995 - The dollar plummets to 92.70 yen, its lowest level against the yen anywhere in the world since modern exchange rates were established in the late 1940s.<br><br>1999 - Ta Mok, the last leader of the murderous Khmer Rouge, is captured by the Cambodian army and flown to the capital for trial.<br><br>2003 - An Algerian passenger jet crashes in the Sahara Desert shortly after takeoff, killing 116 people.<br><br>2006 - Several cats test positive for [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html du lịch Bắc Kinh] the deadly strain of bird flu in Austria and Poland reports its first outbreak of the disease, as the World Health Organization calls bird flu a greater global challenge than any previous infectious disease.<br><br>2008 - Nicaraguan [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html du lịch Bắc Kinh] President Daniel Ortega announces that he is breaking relations with Colombia because of his opposition to the Colombian raid on a guerrilla base in Ecuador.<br><br>2010 - Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls the official version of the Sept. 11, 2011 attacks a "big lie" used by the U.S. as an excuse for battling terror.<br><br>2011 - The two opposition parties that triumphed in Ireland's election, conservative Fine Gael and left-wing Labour, agree to form the country's next coalition government after compromising on repair of the debt-battered economy.<br><br>2012 - The United States, Europe and other world powers announce that bargaining will begin again with Iran over its fiercely disputed nuclear efforts.<br><br>2013 - Syria's accelerating humanitarian crisis hits a grim milestone: the number of U.N.-registered refugees tops 1 million, half of them children.<br><br>2014 - U.S. President Barack Obama orders the West's first sanctions in response to Russia's [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] military takeover of Crimea, EU more cautious.<br><br>2015 - An investigation into what prosecutors call the biggest corruption scandal ever uncovered in Brazil wins Supreme Court approval to expand to dozens of top politicians for alleged ties to a kickback scheme at the state-run energy company, Petrobras.<br><br>Today's Birthdays:<br><br>Michelangelo, Italian renaissance artist (1475-1564); Cyrano de Bergerac, French author-duellist (1620-1655); Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet (1806-1861); Ed McMahon, U.S. host/announcer (1923--2009); Lorin Maazel, French-born conductor of the NY Philharmonic (1930--2014); Rob Reiner, U.S. director/actor (1947--); Shaquille O'Neal, U.S. basketball player (1972--); Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombian novelist (1927--).<br><br>Thought For Today:<br><br>Le sens commun n'est pas si commun (Common sense is not so common.) - Voltaire, French author and philosopher (1694-1778).<br><br>Advertisement

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Today is Sunday, March 6, the 66th day of 2016. There are 300 days left in the year.

Highlights in history on this date:

1834 - The city of York in Upper Canada is incorporated as Toronto.

1836 - Alamo mission in San Antonio, Texas, falls to Mexican army after 13-day siege in which Davy Crockett and 186 other defenders die.

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

1857 - In its Dred Scott decision, the U.S. Supreme Court holds that Scott, a slave, could not sue for his freedom in a federal court.

1922 - United States prohibits export of arms to China.

1936 - The British Supermarine Spitfire MKI takes to the air.

1945 - German city of Cologne falls to U.S. First Army in World War II.

1946 - France recognizes Vietnam as free state within Indochina Federation.

1953 - G.M. Malenkov succeeds the late Joseph Stalin as Premier of Soviet Union.

1957 - Two former British colonies of Gold Coast and Togoland form independent West African nation of Ghana; Israeli troops hand over Gaza Strip to U.N. force.

1962 - United States pledges to defend Thailand against direct Communist aggression without waiting for action by Southeast Asia Treaty Organization.

1965 - U.S. Defense Department announces that 3,500 Marines are being sent to South Vietnam - the first U.S. ground combat troops committed to fighting against Communist guerrillas.

1970 - Alexander Dubcek, former Czech Communist Party boss, is suspended from party.

1975 - Arab terrorist raid on a Tel Aviv hotel leaves 14 dead.

1988 - Thousands of Tibetans demanding independence set fires throughout their capital city of Lhasa.

1991 - Iraqi troops appear to have crushed a rebellion in Basra and are reported to be moving on other southern cities in revolt.

1994 - Somali warlord Mohammed Farah Aidid rejects a peace agreement reached by 12 other faction leaders in Cairo.

1995 - The dollar plummets to 92.70 yen, its lowest level against the yen anywhere in the world since modern exchange rates were established in the late 1940s.

1999 - Ta Mok, the last leader of the murderous Khmer Rouge, is captured by the Cambodian army and flown to the capital for trial.

2003 - An Algerian passenger jet crashes in the Sahara Desert shortly after takeoff, killing 116 people.

2006 - Several cats test positive for du lịch Bắc Kinh the deadly strain of bird flu in Austria and Poland reports its first outbreak of the disease, as the World Health Organization calls bird flu a greater global challenge than any previous infectious disease.

2008 - Nicaraguan du lịch Bắc Kinh President Daniel Ortega announces that he is breaking relations with Colombia because of his opposition to the Colombian raid on a guerrilla base in Ecuador.

2010 - Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls the official version of the Sept. 11, 2011 attacks a "big lie" used by the U.S. as an excuse for battling terror.

2011 - The two opposition parties that triumphed in Ireland's election, conservative Fine Gael and left-wing Labour, agree to form the country's next coalition government after compromising on repair of the debt-battered economy.

2012 - The United States, Europe and other world powers announce that bargaining will begin again with Iran over its fiercely disputed nuclear efforts.

2013 - Syria's accelerating humanitarian crisis hits a grim milestone: the number of U.N.-registered refugees tops 1 million, half of them children.

2014 - U.S. President Barack Obama orders the West's first sanctions in response to Russia's vtr.org.vn military takeover of Crimea, EU more cautious.

2015 - An investigation into what prosecutors call the biggest corruption scandal ever uncovered in Brazil wins Supreme Court approval to expand to dozens of top politicians for alleged ties to a kickback scheme at the state-run energy company, Petrobras.

Today's Birthdays:

Michelangelo, Italian renaissance artist (1475-1564); Cyrano de Bergerac, French author-duellist (1620-1655); Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet (1806-1861); Ed McMahon, U.S. host/announcer (1923--2009); Lorin Maazel, French-born conductor of the NY Philharmonic (1930--2014); Rob Reiner, U.S. director/actor (1947--); Shaquille O'Neal, U.S. basketball player (1972--); Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombian novelist (1927--).

Thought For Today:

Le sens commun n'est pas si commun (Common sense is not so common.) - Voltaire, French author and philosopher (1694-1778).

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