
In a March 6but of 2012the investment bank Lehman Brothers officially announces that it is emerging from the largest bankruptcy in the history of USA.
1714.- Signature of treaty of Rastattone of the agreements of the Peace of Utrechtwhich ends the War of Spanish Succession between the kingdom of France and the Habsburg Empire.
1853.- The opera of Giuseppe Verdi“The Traviata”, premieres in the theater La Fenice of Venice.
1899.- The German pharmaceutical company Bayer patent in Berlin aspirin, trade name of the analgesic whose active ingredient is acetylsalicylic acid.
1957.- Ghana becomes the first country to Sub-Saharan Africa who gains independence.
1964.- The American boxer Cassius Marcellus Claywho would win three world heavyweight titles, embraces the Muslim faith and renames himself Muhammad Ali“God’s beloved”.
1967.- The Soviet writer Svetlana Aliluieva Stalinadaughter of the dictator Joseph Stalintakes refuge in the embassy of USA of New Delhi (India) and requests political asylum.
1980.- The writer Marguerite Yourcenar She is the first woman elected as a full member of the French Academy.
1983.- He Motorola Dynatac 8000Xfirst mobile phone for commercial use.
1987.- The British ferry “Herald of Free Enterprise” shipwrecked off the Belgian port of Zeebrugge and 192 people die.
1990.- He Supreme Soviet of the USSR approves, in line with the economic reform of Mikhail Gorbachevthe new property law.
2001.- An Argentine federal judge declares the amnesty laws unconstitutional Final Point and Due Obedience that prevented judging the crimes committed during the dictatorship.
2022.- Almost 5,000 people are arrested in several Russian cities for protesting against the invasion of Ukraineaccording to the opposition portal OVD-Info.
2024.- It is published ‘See you in August‘, posthumous work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
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1475.- Miguel Angel BuonarottiItalian Renaissance architect, sculptor and painter.
1891.- Victoria KentSpanish politics.
1906.- Lou CostelloAmerican actor.
1925.- Wes MontgomeryAmerican jazz guitarist.
1926.- Alan Greenspaneconomist, was president of the United States Federal Reserve.
1927.- Gabriel Garcia MarquezColombian writer, Nobel Prize winner 1982.
1946.- David GilmourBritish guitarist, member of Pink Floyd.
1967.- Julio BoccaArgentine dancer.
1972.- Shaquille O’NealAmerican basketball player.
2001.- Milo ManheimAmerican actor and singer.
1900.- Gottlieb DaimlerGerman automobile manufacturer.
1964.- Paul Iking of Greece.
1973.- Pearl S. BuckAmerican writer, Nobel Prize winner.
1986.- Georgia O’KeeffeAmerican artist.
1994.- Melina MercuriGreek actress and politician.
2007.- Jean BaudrillardFrench philosopher and sociologist.
2013.- Alvin LeeBritish rock guitarist and singer, member of Ten Years After.
2016.- Nancy Reaganformer American first lady.
2020.- McCoy TynerAmerican jazz pianist.
2022.- Pau RibaSpanish musician, pioneer of Catalan rock.
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