Notable Birthdays for March 6
Anna Claypoole Peale (1791-1878) - Painter of miniatures.
Aaron Lufkin Dennison (1812-1895) - Considered the "Father of Watchmaking" and co-founder of the Waltham Watch Company.
Horatio Gouverneur Wright 91820-1899) - Major General for the Union Army.
Charles Ewing (1835-1883) - Brigadier General of the Union Army.
George Dayton (1857-1938) - Founder of the Target Corporation.
Bob Wills (1905-1975) - Western swing musician who coined the phrase "ah-haa" in his music.
Lou Costello (1906-1959) - Comedian and actor of the The Abbott and Costello Show.
Emma Bailey (1910-1999) - Credited for being the first female auctioneer.
Pete Gray (1915-2002) - One-armed MLB baseball outfielder for the St. Louis Browns.
Harry Coover (1917-2011) - Inventor of Superglue.
Ed McMahon (1923-2009) - Sidekick of Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show.
Mary Wilson (1944-2021) - Founding member of the Motown musical group The Supremes.
Martin Kove (1946-Still Living) - Actor known for his role as John Kreese in The Karate Kid and Cobra Kai.
Dick Fosbury (1947-2023) - Olympic gold medalist high jumper who introduced the "back first" jump (Fosbury flop).
Stephen Schwartz (1948-Still Living) - Composer of the musical WICKED.
Memorable Events for March 6
1646 - Joseph Jenckes receives the first patent for making scythes (hand held crop cutters).
1808 - The first college orchestra is founded at Harvard.
1831 - Edgar Allan Poe is court-martialed and dismissed from West Point for gross neglect of duty and disobedience of orders.
1886 - The Nightingale become the first nurses' magazine to be printed in the U.S.
1933 - First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt becomes to first First Lady to hold a press conference.
1944 - The U.S. Army Air Forces begins bombing Berlin in the daylight.
