^B{^#!16!6 March^N! National Day of Ghana. Feast day of Saints Baldred and Billfrith, St Chrodegang, St Colette, St Conon, St Cyneburga, St Fridolin, and St Tibba.
^B{1836^B} The 12-day siege of the Alamo ended, with only six survivors out of the original force of 155. ^B{1899^B} Aspirin was patented by chemist Felix Hoffman. ^B{1930^B} Clarence Birdseye's first frozen foods went on sale in Springfield, Massachusetts, US. ^B{1957^B} Ghana became independent, the first British colony to do so. ^B{1987^B} A cross-channel ferry left Zeebrugge, Belgium, with its bow doors open; it capsized suddenly outside the harbor, killing over 180 passengers. ^B{1988^B} British SAS men shot dead three IRA members in a street in Gibraltar, claiming that they had been about to attack a military parade.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Cyrano de Bergerac, French novelist and playwright, ^B{1619^B}; Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet, ^B{1806^B}; Frankie Howerd, English comedian, ^B{1922^B}; Andrzej Wajda, Polish film director, ^B{1926^B}; Valentina Tereshkova, Soviet astronaut, ^B{1937^B}; Kiri Te Kanawa, New Zealand soprano, ^B{1944^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Louisa May Alcott, US novelist, ^B{1888^B}; Gottlieb Daimler, German motor engineer who invented the motorcycle, ^B{1900^B}; Ivor Novello, Welsh composer and actor, ^B{1951^B}; George Formby, English entertainer, ^B{1961^B}; Pearl Buck, US novelist, ^B{1971^B}; Donald Maclean, English-born Soviet spy, ^B{1984^B}.
