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March 6, 2008

March 6 - Happy Birthday!

Famous people with your birthday
* Alan Greenspan, American economist
* Cyrano de Bergerac, soldier and poet
* D.L. Hughley, comedian and actor
* Ed McMahon, television personality
* Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poet
* Furry Lewis, blues guitarist
* Gabriel García Márquez, writer and Nobel Laureate
* Lou Costello, American actor comedian
* Michelangelo, artist
* Momoko Tsugunaga, singer
* Rob Reiner, American actor, comedian, and film producer
* Shaquille O'Neal, basketball player
* Tom Arnold, actor and comedian

This day in history
* 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar.
* 1857 - The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case.
* 1869 - Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
* 1899 - Bayer registers aspirin as a trademark.
* 1957 - United Kingdom colonies Gold Coast and British Togoland become the independent Republic of Ghana.
* 1964 - Prophet Elijah Muhammad officially gives Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali meaning "beloved of Allah".
* 1988 - Students at Gallaudet University go on strike in favor of the selection of a deaf university president. The protest is called Deaf President Now.

Holidays and interesting facts
* Ghana - Independence Day

Make the day meaningful (Brought to you by So what can I do?)
* Respect workers and their work.