WEDNESDAY, March 6, 2024

1808- First college orchestra in U.S. founded, at Harvard

1810-Illinois passes first state vaccination legislation in U.S.

1816-Jews are expelled from Free city of Lubeck Germany

1886-First U.S. nurses' magazine, "The Nightingale," first appears, New York, N.Y.

1933-FDR declares a nationwide bank holiday

1940-First U.S. telecast from an airplane, New York, N.Y.

1945-Chinese 38th division occupies Lashio

1957-Ghana (formerly Gold Coast) declares independence from U.K.

1961-First London minicabs introduced

1964-Elijah Muhammad renames Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali

1967-Stalin's daughter Svetlana Allilujeva asks for political asylum in U.S.

1980-French Academy, founded in 1635, elects it first woman novelist (Marguerita Youcenar)

1985-Yul Brynner appears in his 4,500th performance of "King & I"

1987-6.8 earthquake hits Ecuador, kills 100

1991-Following Iraq's capitulation in the Persian Gulf conflict, President Bush told Congress that "aggression is defeated; The war is over"

1998-Matt Beck, an angry lottery accountant kills 4 at Connecticut state lottery