March 6

On This Day In History
	1924: King Tut's tomb opened On this day in 1924, the Egyptian government opened the mummy case of King Tutankhamen, ruler of Egypt in the 14th century BC, whose burial chamber had been discovered in 1922 by renowned British archaeologist Howard Carter.
Tutankhamen, gold funerary mask found in the king's tomb, 14th century BC
Biography Of The Day
	Michelangelo Born this day in 1475 was Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo, who exerted an unparalleled influence on Western sculpture, painting, and architecture and whose works rank among the most famous in existence.
Delphic Sibyl, detail of a fresco by Michelangelo, 1508–12
More Events On This Day In History
	1957 Ghana became an independent nation, led by Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah.
	1928 Latin American author Gabriel García Márquez was born in Aracataca, Colombia.
	1857 U.S. Chief Justice Roger B. Taney announced the Dred Scott decision, making slavery legal in all U.S. territories.
	1853 Giuseppe Verdi's opera La traviata premiered at La Fenice opera house in Venice.
	1836 The Alamo in Texas fell to Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna after a 13-day siege.
	1619 French satirist and dramatist Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac was born in Paris.