On This Day - March 6, 2026

Celebrations and notable events that occurred on March 6, 2026.

2026
National Days on March 6, 2026

Historical Events on March 6

Events that occurred on March 6 throughout history

1869

Chemist Dimitri Mendeleev publishes his first paper developing a new periodic table. Mendeleev’s table arranges the elements based on atomic mass, similar to chemist John Newlands, but he corrects some of Newland's errors. By this time, only 60 of the over 100 elements we know today were discovered.

1930

Clarence Birdseye begins test marketing prepackaged frozen food in Springfield, Massachusetts as Birds Eye Frosted Foods.

1950

Peter Hodgson introduces Silly Putty as a toy for the first time.

1965

"My Girl" by The Temptations hits the U.S. singles charts. Written by Smokey Robinson, the single is the first hit for the Motown Records recording label.

Born on March 6

People born on March 6

Horatio Gouverneur Wright 91820-1899)

Stephen Schwartz

Dick Fosbury

Martin Kove

Mary Wilson

Ed McMahon

Harry Coover

Pete Gray

Emma Bailey

Lou Costello

Bob Wills

George Dayton 

Charles Ewing

Aaron Lufkin Dennison

Anna Claypoole Peale