What happend on 6th March

05.03
07.03
1997

Picasso's Tete de Femme is stolen from a London gallery, and is recovered a week later.

1994

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

1992

Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed and King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke Rudolph of Burgundy.

1992

The 'Michelangelo' computer virus begins to affect computers.

1987

The British ferry M/S Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds after leaving the harbour of Zeebrugge, Belgium en route to Dover, England across the English Channel, killing 193.

1984

Twelve-month-long strike in British coal industry begins.

1983

The United States Football League begins its first year of competition.

1981

After 19 years presenting the CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite signs off for the last time.

1979

The first Viking raid on British soil at Lindisfarne where a set date for the raid is known

1976

Assyrians record a solar eclipse that will be used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.