Unix Timestamp: 1046908800
Thursday, March 6. 2003, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Eight Israeli civilians are killed and 9 wounded when a Palestinian attacker opens fire at a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem.

France agrees to return the remains of Saartjie Baartman to South Africa.

On an episode of "The Jenny Jones Show" (Same-Sex Crushes), Scott Amedure reveals a crush on his heterosexual friend Jonathan Schmitz. Schmitz kills Amedure several days after the show.

A referendum in Moldova results in the electorate voting against possible reunification with Romania.

Prime Minister of IndiaChandra Shekhar resigns because of a dispute with former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, whose support had kept him in power.

Police seal off Brixton in South London after another night of protests against the poll tax.

Newfoundland Premier Clyde Wells confirms he will rescind Newfoundland's approval of the Meech Lake Accord.

An SR-71 sets a U.S. transcontinental speed record of 1 hour 8 minutes 17 seconds, on what is publicized as its last official flight.

Zeebrugge Disaster: A cross-channel ferry capsizes outside the harbor off Zeebrugge, Belgium 180 drown.

A year-long strike action begins in the British coal industry (see UK Miners' Strike (1984-1985)).

American porn publisher Larry Flynt is shot and paralyzed in Lawrenceville, Georgia.

Algeria recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, political leader of then East Pakistan (present day - Bangladesh), delivers his famous speech in the Racecourse Field in Dhaka, calling on the masses to be prepared to fight for national independence.

The British postal workers' strike, led by UPWGeneral SecretaryTom Jackson, ends after 47 days.

A fire in a mental hospital at Burghölzli, Switzerland, kills 28 people.

Un-recognized Rhodesia executes three black citizens, the first executions since UDI, prompting international condemnation.

Georgy Maksimilianovich Malenkov succeeds Joseph Stalin as Premier and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins.

USS ''Newport News'', the first completely air-conditioned warship,!what does that make wartime submarines...? is launched in Newport News, Virginia.

Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.

WWII: Soviet Army planes attack Narva, Estonia, destroying almost the entire old town.

Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago dies of the wound he received on February 15.

The first frozen foods of Clarence Birdseye go on sale in Springfield, Massachusetts.

The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon is destroyed by fire.

"Pionerskaya Pravda", one of the oldest children's newspapers in Europe, is founded in the Soviet Union.

İsmet İnönü forms a new government in Turkey. (2nd government)

The Finnish Air Force is founded. The blue swastika is adopted as its symbol as a tribute to the Swedish explorer and aviator Eric von Rosen, who donated the first plane. Von Rosen had painted the Buddhist symbol on the plane as his personal lucky insignia.

Real Madrid: Real Madrid was founded.

Mendeleev makes a formal presentation of his periodic table to the Russian ChemicalSociety.

While caigning for the presidency, Abraham Lincoln made a speech defending the right to strike.

"Dred Scott v. Sandford": The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War (the ruling is not overturned until the 14th Amendment in 1868).

Maryland Agricultural College (present-day University of Maryland, College Park) is chartered.

The Battle of the Alamo ends 182 Texans are slaughtered by about 5,000 Mexicans."The World Book Encyclopedia". 1970. (U.S.A.) Library of Congress catalog card number 70-79247.

York, Upper Canada, is incorporated as Toronto.

"McCulloch v. Maryland": The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Bank of the United States is constitutional.

In England, the "Habeas Corpus Parliament" (or "First Exclusion Parliament") assembles for the first time.

Joseph Jenkes, in Massachusetts, receives the first colonial machine patent.

Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor issues the Edict of Restitution, ordering all Catholic properties lost to Protestantism since 1552 are to be restored. The Edict further provides that Catholics and Lutherans (but not Calvinists, Hussites or members of other sects) are to be allowed to practice their faith.

Ferdinand Magellan discovers Guam.

Treaty of Toledo: Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain recognize the African conquests of Afonso of Africa, and he cedes the Canary Islands to Spain. (?? see Treaty of Alcáçovas )

Casimir IV of Poland renounces allegiance to the Teutonic Knights.

Pope Nicholas V succeeds Pope Eugene IV as the 208th pope.

Battle of St. James (near Avranches): An English army under John, Duke of Bedford defeats the French under Arthur de Richemont, forcing the Duke of Brittany to recognize English suzerainty.

The University of Paris strike of 1229 begins on Shrove Tuesday and lasts 2 years.