Today In History
Today is Tuesday, March 6, the 65th day of 2018. There are 300 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 1836: The Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, fell as Mexican forces led by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna stormed the fortress after a 13-day siege; the battle claimed the lives of all the Texan defenders, nearly 200 strong, including William Travis, James Bowie and Davy Crockett.
ON THIS DATE
› 1857: The U.S. Supreme Court, in Dred Scott v. Sandford, ruled 7-2 that Scott, a slave, was not an American citizen and therefore could not sue for his freedom in federal court.
› 1944: U.S. heavy bombers staged the first full-scale American raid on Berlin during World War II.
› 1967: The daughter of Josef Stalin, Svetlana Alliluyeva, appeared at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi and declared her intention to defect to the West.
› 1998: The U.S. Army honored three Americans who risked their lives and turned their weapons on fellow soldiers to stop the slaughter of Vietnamese villagers at My Lai in 1968.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Former FBI and CIA director William Webster is 94. Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is 92. Former Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova is 81. Former Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond, R-Mo., is 79. Opera singer Dame Kiri Te Kanawa is 74. Singer Mary Wilson (The Supremes) is 74. Rock musician Hugh Grundy (The Zombies) is 73. Rock singer-musician David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) is 72. Actress Anna Maria Horsford is
71. Actor-director Rob Reiner is 71. Singer Kiki Dee is 71. Fox News reporter John Stossel is
71. Actor Tom Arnold is
59. Actor D.L. Hughley is
54. Country songwriter Skip Ewing is 54. Actor Shuler Hensley is 51. Actress Connie Britton is
51. Actress Moira Kelly is
50. Actress Amy Pietz is
49. Country singer Trent Willmon is 45. Country musician Shan Farmer (Ricochet) is 44. Rapper Beanie Sigel is 44. Rapper Bubba Sparxxx is 41. Rock musician Chris Tomson (Vampire Weekend) is 34. Actor Eli Marienthal is
32. Actor Jimmy Galeota is 32. Rapper/producer Tyler, the Creator is 27. Actor Dillon Freasier is 22. Actress Savannah Stehlin is 22. Actress Millicent Simmonds (Film: “Wonderstruck”) is 15.