March 6William Speirs Bruce845 The Abbasid Caliphate executed 42 Byzantine officials who had been captured in the sack of Amorium of 838 for refusing to convert to Islam.1447 Tommaso Parentucelli was elected as Pope NicholasV in Rome.1904 Scottish National Antarctic Expedition: Led by William Speirs Bruce (pictured), the Antarctic region of Coats Land was discovered by the Scotia.1988 The Troubles: In Operation Flavius, the Special Air Service killed three volunteers of the Provisional Irish Republican Army conspiring to bomb a parade of British military bands in Gibraltar.2000 The Marine Parade Community Building, the mural cladding of which is the largest installation art in Singapore, was opened.Clark Shaughnessy (b.1892)Joseph Berchtold (b.1897)Shaukat Aziz (b.1949)Cyprien Ntaryamira (b.1955)More anniversaries: March 5March 6March 7ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout