March 6, 1836 - After withstanding 13 days of attacks, the men defending the Alamo were overrun by Mexican forces. Almost all of the 184 men defending the fort were killed.

March 6, 1857 - The Dred Scott decision was handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Scott and his wife had filed a suit for their freedom, claiming that if their master took them to any state or territory in which slavery was forbidden, they should be set free. The court ruled against them, claiming that Congress and territorial governments did not have the power to exclude slavery from American territories.

March 6, 1886 - The Knights of Labor state a strike against the Southwestern Railroad. Approximately 9,000 members went on strike, severely affecting transcoastal trade.

March 6, 1896 - Motor City saw its first car driven on the streets of its town. Rumor has it that the driver, Charles Brady King, was told to get a horse after the car broke down.

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March 6, 1930 - The frozen food craze begins with the onset of sales of individually packaged frozen foods in Springfield, Massachusetts.

March 6, 1933 - The mayor of Chicago, Anton Cermak, dies from injuries he received in an assassination attempt on Franklin D. Roosevelt, then president-elect.

March 6, 1951 - Julius and Ethel Rosenberg go on trial for espionage. They were charged with selling atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.

March 6, 1964 - Cassius Clay, heavyweight boxing champion, takes a new name, Muhammad Ali.

"A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government."- Edward Abbey