Daily Archives: March 6, 2016

‘Love Machine’ by The Miracles peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago today (Mar 6 1976)

(Saturday, March 6, 1976)“Love Machine” by The Miracles peaked at #2 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. It was the group’s second of two number one hits on the chart (1970-1976). Continue reading ‘Love Machine’ by The Miracles peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago today (Mar 6 1976)

France recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state 70 years ago today (Mar 6 1946)


Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 1' (Mar. 1946, at 27:55)

(Wednesday, March 6, 1946; during War in Vietnam (1945–46)) — Ho Chi Minh signed the Ho–Sainteny agreement today with France which recognized Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union and permitted France to continue stationing troops in North Vietnam until 1951.

The priority for Ho at this time was the removal of 150,000 Chinese Nationalists who had been occupying (and looting) northern Vietnam since the end of World War II and was threatening to stay indefinitely.

The Alamo falls to Mexican forces 180 years ago this hour (Mar 6 1836)


Video: 'THE ALAMO: THE REAL STORY (WILD WEST HISTORY DOCUMENTARY)' (Mar 1, 1836, at 53:01)

(Sunday, March 6, 1836, at approximately 5:00 a.m. local time; during the Battle of the Alamo, part of the Texas Revolution) — The Alamo, a former Franciscan mission located near the present-day city of San Antonio, Texas, fell today to Mexican forces after a 13-day siege; 185–260 Texan settler soldiers had died in a struggle with approximately 1,800 Mexican soldiers.