WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2013

Today is Wednesday, March 6, the 65th day of 2013. There are 300 days left in the year.

1521 ― Magellan discovers Guam

1836 ― 3,000 Mexicans beat 182 Texans at the Alamo, after 13 day fight

1853 ― Giuseppe Verdi’s Opera “La Traviata” premieres in Venice

1899 ― “Aspirin” patented by Felix Hoffmann

1926 ― China asks for a seat in the Security council

1960 ― President Sukarno disbands Indonesia’s parliament

1964 ― Elijah Muhammad renames Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali

1970 ― Beatles release “Let it Be” in U.K.

1981 ― Walter Cronkite signs-off as anchorman of “The CBS Evening News”

1985 ― Yul Brynner appears in his 4,500th performance of “King & I”