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Friday, 6 March 2026

Day 65 of 2026  ·  300 days remaining in the year  ·  Week 10
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★ Born on this day 7 entries

1619
Cyrano de Bergerac, romantic with a long nose.
US 407 yrs ago
1756
Aaron Burr, dualist.
US 270 yrs ago
1812
Aaron Lufkin Dennison, father of American watchmaking.
US Politics & Government 214 yrs ago
1923
Ed McMahon, Heeeerrrreeeee's Johnny!
US 103 yrs ago
1937
Valentina Tereshkova, first woman cosmonaut.
US Space & Astronomy 89 yrs ago
1937
Merle Haggard, singer.
US Arts & Culture 89 yrs ago
1945
Rob Reiner, actor, director, producer, "Meat Head!"
US Arts & Culture 81 yrs ago

► Events on this day 3 entries

1665
"The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society" was first published, and is still published today.
US Arts & Culture 361 yrs ago
1836
The Alamo falls. Remember it?
US 190 yrs ago
1930
Clarence Birdseye puts the first individually packaged frozen foods on sale, in Springfield, Mass.
US 96 yrs ago