Events:
1820: Missuour Compromise signed into law by President James Monroe allowing Missouri to enter as a slave state, but making the rest of the Louisiana Purchase Territory slave-free
1981: After 19 years presenting the CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite signs off for the last time.
1853: Guiseppe Verdi's La Traviata opera premiers in Venice
Births:
1475: Michelange, Italian artist
1806: Elizateth Barrett Browning, British poet
1946: David Gilmour, British musician of Pink Floyd fame
Deaths:
Louisa May Alcott and John Phillip Sousa
Holiday/Observance:
Feast of Saint Colette, founder of the Colettine Poor Clares
March 6
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