I thought it would be fun to look back in history at things that have happened on my birthday, and who else was born on the same day.

March 6 is the 65th day of the year (66th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 300 days remaining until the end of the year

Famous Birthdays

Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475  - Artist
Cyrano De Bergerac 1619  -  Playwright/Poet/Writer
Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806  - Poet
Furry Lewis 1893  - Blues Musician
George Du Maurier 1834 -British illustrator and writer
Will Eisner 1917 -American illustrator and cartoonist
Ed McMahon 1923 - Comedian/TV personality
Alan Greenspan 1926 - American Economist
Wes Montgomery 1927 - Jazz Guitarist
Leroy Gordon ‘Gordo’ Cooper 1927 - Astronaut
Gabriel Garcia-Marquez 1928 - Novelist/Journalist
Lorin Maazel 1930 - Conducter/Violinist/Composer
Marion Barry 1936 - American Politician
Sylvia Robinson 1936 - Singer/Musician/Producer
Doug Dillard 1937 - Bluegrass Banjo player
Valentina Tereshkova-Nikolaeva 1937 - First Woman in Space
Joanna Miles 1940 - American Actress
Willie Stargell 1941 - Baseball Player
Ben Murphy 1942 - American Actor
Mary Wilson (Supremes) 1944 - Singer, founding member of The Supremes
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa 1944 - Opera Singer
Rob Reiner 1945 - American Actor/Director/Producer
Hugh Grundy (The Zombies) 1945 - Musician
Kiki Dee 1947 - Singer
Dick Fosbury 1947  - Athlete
David Gimour (Pink Floyd) 1947 - Musician
Tom Arnold 1959 - Actor
Skip Ewing 1964 - Country music singer
Moira Kelly 1968  - Actress
Amy Pietz 1969 -  Actress
Shaquille O'Neal 1972 - Basketball player

Music History

1825 - Beethoven's Opus 127: String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major was performed for the first time.
1853 - Giuseppe Verdi's "La Traviata" opera debuted in Venice.
1959 - The Drifters recorded "There Goes My Baby."
1962 - Frank Sinatra recorded his final session for Capitol Records in Hollywood.
1970 - Charles Manson released his album "Lies" to finance his defense against murder charges.
1973 - John Lennon's visa extension was canceled by the New York Office of the Immigration Department. It had been granted only five days before.
1976 - Fleetwood Mac's "Rhiannon" was released.
1976 - EMI Records re-released all 22 British Beatles singles. In addition "Yesterday" was released for the first time on 45 in the U.K.
1977 - "An Evening With Diana Ross" aired on NBC-TV.
1989 - Smokey Robinson's autobiography "Inside My Life" was released.
1998 - Oasis' Liam Gallagher was charged in an Australian court after he allegedly headbutted a fan, breaking the fan's nose. He was released on $10,000 bail.
1998 - Madonna did a rare live interview at MuchMusic's Toronto headquarters.