March 6
March 6 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 300 days remain until the year's end. It falls in winter (northern hemisphere) and under the astrological sign of Pisces.
Day of year
66
Days remaining
300
ISO week
10
Zodiac
Pisces
Season
Winter
Sun declination
-6.0°
External references
Curated jump-off points to the major almanacs, encyclopaedias and primary sources for this date.
Wikipedia: this day →Britannica: this day →LoC: Today in History →History.com: this day →On-This-Day.com →BBC: On This Day →NYT: this day →Time and Date →NASA APOD archive →U.S. Naval Observatory →Wolfram|Alpha →Wikidata →Google Books →JSTOR →Internet Archive →
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Astronomy
Computed via Cooper's formula. Positive declination = Sun north of the celestial equator (Northern Hemisphere summer).
On March 6 the Sun's declination is approximately -6.0°. At this latitude the Sun is south of the celestial equator, giving the Northern Hemisphere shorter days than nights.
For specific rise/set times at your location, see the U.S. Naval Observatory, or the NASA APOD archive for any imagery published on a March 6.
Position in the year
Holidays & observances
- Independence Day (Ghana, 1957)
Events
A selection of widely-documented historical events that took place on this date. Years marked BCE follow standard astronomical convention.
- 1836 — After a 13-day siege, Mexican forces under Santa Anna captured the Alamo; about 200 Texan defenders died. ↗(190 years ago)
- 1857 — In Dred Scott v. Sandford, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that African-Americans were not citizens — a decision later overturned by the 14th Amendment. ↗(169 years ago)
- 1869 — Dmitri Mendeleev presented the first periodic table of elements to the Russian Chemical Society. ↗(157 years ago)
- 1957 — Ghana became the first sub-Saharan African colony to gain independence from European rule. ↗(69 years ago)
Notable births
Notable deaths
- 1900 — Carl Bechstein, German piano maker. ↗(126 years ago)
Numerical & calendrical curiosities
| Day-of-year (66) | 2 × 3 × 11 · composite (no) |
|---|---|
| Days remaining (300) | 2^2 × 3 × 5^2 |
| Date code DDMMYYYY | 06032026 · no palindrome in next 200 years |
| Sun declination | -5.99° (Cooper approximation) |
| Distance from solstice | 77 days |