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1651 – The town of Kajaani, known at the time as Cajanaburg, is founded by Count Per Brahe, the Governor-General of Finland. [5] [6]1665 – The first joint Secretary of the Royal Society, Henry Oldenburg, publishes the first issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, the world's longest-running scientific journal.
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Cartoon by Fred Ellis published in the Daily Worker on International Unemployment Day highlighting one of the American Communist Party's mobilizing slogans.. International Unemployment Day (March 6, 1930) was a coordinated international campaign of marches and demonstrations, marked by hundreds of thousands of people in major cities around the world taking to the streets to protest mass ...
The 14,000-member Screen Actors Guild called a strike for the first time in its history, bringing to a halt the filming of eight major motion pictures and several minor ones. [21] The first 20 Soviet cosmonauts were selected in preparation for crewed spaceflight. [22] Born:
The longest official (soccer) football game in history took place at Edgeley Park, when Stockport County F.C. hosted Doncaster Rovers F.C. for a replay of a playoff game in Division Three of The Football League. The teams had played to a 2–2 tie at Doncaster, and were tied 2–2 at the end of 90 minutes regulation time and the extra 30 period.
The Sunshine State's all-time greatest snowfall was 4 inches in Milton, outside of Pensacola, on March 6, 1954, which was eclipsed on Tuesday by the measurements around Pensacola.
The following Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots made the Top 10 biggest lottery jackpots in U.S. history, as of March 6, 2024. 10 . $842.4 million Powerball drawing — Jan. 1, 2024; Michigan 9.
Italy's Po River, the country's largest, hasn't seen rain in more than 110 days. The drought threatens Italy's drinking water supply, irrigation for farming, and hydroelectric power plants for energy.