Today is Thursday, March 6, the 65th day of 2014. There are 300 days left in the year.
1521 ― Magellan discovers Guam
1853 ― Giuseppe Verdi’s Opera “La Traviata” premieres in Venice
1899 ― “Aspirin” patented by Felix Hoffmann
1921 ― Police in Sunbury, Pa., issue an edict requiring women to wear skirts at least four inches below the knee
1955 ― Dutch premiere of Samuel Becketts' “Waiting for Godot”
1964 ― Elijah Muhammad renames Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali
1964 ― Liz Taylor’s third divorce (Eddie Fisher)
1970 ― Beatles release “Let it Be” in U.K.
1972 ― Jack Nicklaus passes Arnold Palmer as golf's all-time money winner
1981 ― Walter Cronkite signs-off as anchorman of “The CBS Evening News”