Discover what happened on 6 March 1916 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Births
- Marianne Orup
- Josef Foukal
- Wichard Harrach
- Paul Wienpahl
- Jack Allan (New Zealand educationalist)
- Niels Madsen
- Joachim Press (German jurist and ornithologist (1916-2000))
- Rodolfo Hoyos, Jr. (actor (1916-1983))
- Hermann Axen (German politician (1916-1992))
- Red Callender ((1916-1992) American string bass and tuba player, member of The Wrecking Crew)
- Sidney W. Pink (American film director and producer (1916–2002))
- Gé Regter (Dutch water polo player (1916-1987))
- Piet Van den Broek
- Rochelle Hudson (American actress (1916–1972))
- Paul Boey (Belgian singer (1916–1996))
- Pavel Kalioujny (Soviet aviator (1916-2002))
- Virginia Gregg (American actress (1916–1986))
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- Aleksey Ulesov
- Carin Malmlöf-Forssling (Swedish organist, choir director, and composer)
- Helmy Halim (Egyptian film director (1916–1971))
- Kenneth Child (Anglican priest (1916-1983))
- Leonard Thompson (American historian specialized in South African history)
- Robert Alexander Walker (Canadian politician (1916–1989))
- Solomon Weingeroff (professional wrestling manager (1916–1988))
- Shin’ichi Yūki (Japanese novelist)
- Robert Rebas (Estonian art historian)
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- Dizmanas Ilgūnas (Lithuanian association football player)
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- Zorka Bradač (Slovenian pianist)
- Harvey M. Lifset (American politician in New York (1916-2005))
- Percy Ilott (Australian rules footballer)
- Lev Levin (Soviet physicist (1916-1984))
- Frances R. Nurse (New Zealand parasitologist)
- Marie Benešová
- Ferenc Kőberl (chess player)
- Frederick Charles Lough (U.S. Army Brigadier General)
- Mike Kochel (American football guard (1916-1994))
- Břetislav Kramář
- Ossy Kratz-Corell
- Antar Padilha Gonçalves
- Mariana Seifertová (Holocaust victim (born 1916))
- Jindřich Weil (holocaust victim, b. 1916-03-06)
- Charlota Weissensteinová (Holocaust victim (born 1916))
- James A. Gay III (American hotel executive and civil rights leader)
- Ella W. Wolf ((1916-1987))
- Ormsby Wilkins (Australian radio presenter)
- Marianne Orup
- Josef Foukal
- Wichard Harrach
- Paul Wienpahl
- Jack Allan (New Zealand educationalist)
- Niels Madsen
- Marianne Orup
- Josef Foukal
- Wichard Harrach
- Paul Wienpahl
- Jack Allan (New Zealand educationalist)
- Niels Madsen
Deaths
- Teizo Ihmori (Japanese scientist)
- Julian Hartmann (German jurist (1842-1916))
- Gerrit Adriaan Arnold Middelberg (politician (1846-1916))
- James Key Caird (British mathematician (1837–1916))
- Henri Auger
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- Charles C. Nott (American judge)
- George Henry Emerson (Canadian politician (1853-1916))
- William Dawson (English cricketer (1850-1916))
- Richard Aldrich McCurdy (American attorney, business executive and banker (1835-1916))
- George William Whitaker (painter from Providence, Rhode Island (1840-1916))
- Thomas Martin Jensen (Danish painter (1831-1916))
- Ina Law Robertson (American educator, philanthropist)
- Henrietta Frances Evelyn ((died 1916))
- Raymond Aynard
- Nicholas W. Day (American Civil War Union general)
- Laurent Vandersmissen
- Désiré Cooreman (priest, study master, provost, parish priest, honorary canon, conductor and composer (1827-1916))
- Adolf Herzog
- James Lycurgus Marsteller (American politician)
- Júlio Cesar Pinto Coelho