On this day, March 6
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.
1912 Oreo sandwich cookies were first introduced by the National Biscuit Co.
1933 A national bank holiday declared by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, aimed at calming panicked depositors, went into effect.
1964 Heavyweight boxing champion Cassius Clay officially changed his name to Muhammad Ali.
1970 A bomb being built inside a Greenwich Village townhouse in New York by the radical Weathermen accidentally went off, destroying the house and killing three group members.
1973 Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck, 80, died in Danby, Vt.
1981 Walter Cronkite signed off for the last time as principal anchorman of “The CBS Evening News.”
1998 The Army honored three Americans who’d risked their lives and turned their weapons on fellow soldiers to stop the slaughter of Vietnamese villagers at My Lai in 1968.
2002 Independent Counsel Robert Ray issued his final report in which he wrote that former President Bill Clinton could have been indicted and probably would have been convicted in the scandal involving former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
2016 Former first lady Nancy Reagan died in Los Angeles at age 94.
Today’s birthdays: Former FBI and CIA director William Webster, 99. Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, 97. Dancer-actor Carmen de Lavallade, 92. Former Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, 86. Former Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond, R-Mo., 84. Actor-writer Joanna Miles, 83. Actor Ben Murphy, 81. Opera singer Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, 79. Rock musician Hugh Grundy (The Zombies), 78. Rock singer-musician David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), 77. Actor Anna Maria Horsford, 76. Actor-director Rob Reiner, 76. Singer Kiki Dee, 76. TV consumer reporter John Stossel, 76. Composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz, 75. Rock singer-musician Phil Alvin (The Blasters), 70. Sports correspondent Armen Keteyian, 70. Actor Tom Arnold, 64. Actor D.L. Hughley, 60. Country songwriter Skip Ewing, 59. Actor Shuler Hensley, 56. Actor Connie Britton, 56. Actor Moira Kelly, 55. Actor Amy Pietz, 54. Rock musician Chris Broderick (Megadeth), 53. Basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal, 51. Country singer Trent Willmon, 50. Rapper Beanie Sigel, 49. Rapper Bubba Sparxxx, 46. Actor Shaun Evans, 43. Rock musician Chris Tomson (Vampire Weekend), 39. Actor Eli Marienthal, 37. Rapper/producer Tyler, the Creator, 32. Actor Dillon Freasier, 27. Actor Savannah Stehlin, 27.