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March 6

1475: Italian painter, sculptor and architect Michelangelo Buonarotti was born.
1834: The city of Toronto was incorporated with William Lyon Mackenzie as its first mayor.
1836: The siege of the Alamo ended when Mexican troops under General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna captured the mission fort garrisoned by Davey Crockett and 154 Texans.
1853: Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi's opera "La Traviata" was performed for the first time, in Venice.
1857: The Dred Scott decision was handed down by the Supreme Court, saying that black Americans were not full citizens.
1930: Prepackaged frozen food produced by the company set up by Clarence Birdseye went on sale for the first time in 10 stores in Springfield, Mass.
1933: A nationwide bank holiday declared by President Franklin D. Roosevelt went into effect.
1972: Jack Nicklaus eclipsed Arnold Palmer's all-time money earning total by winning the Doral Eastern Open.
1981: After 19 years on the job, Walter Cronkite signed off for the last time as principal anchorman of "The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite."
1983: The United States Football League began its first season.