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2018

The world’s oldest message in a bottle was discovered in Western Australia; it had been thrown overboard from the German ship Paula 132 years ago (June 12, 1886).

1992

The final episode of the television series “The Cosby Show” aired. The show had been on the air since September 1984.

1985

Future undisputed heavyweight boxing world champion Mike Tyson knocked out Hector Mercedes at 1:47 of the first round in Albany, NY, during his professional debut.

1978

Hustler publisher Larry Flynt and his lawyer are shot by a white supremacist sniper in Georgia, leaving Flynt disabled and confined to a wheelchair.

1964

Boxer Cassius Clay joins the Nation of Islam and changes his name to Muhammad Ali, calling his previous name a “slave name.”

1960

The United States announces that it will send 3,500 troops to Vietnam.

1902

The soccer club Real Madrid C.F. is founded.

1899

German researchers Felix Hoffman and Hermann Dreser invent aspirin.

1853

Giuseppe Verdi premieres his opera “La Traviata” in Venice.

1617

Louis Hébert signs a contract making him the first settler in New France. That same year, he officiated the first wedding to take place in Quebec City.

It happened on… March 6

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