About the day » Saturday March 6, 1976Calender converter

• Wessel Spoelder
• Desiree van Houtum, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2008)

• Antonia Frederica Anna Hoes (58), Vught
• Aafje Bijwaard (83), Noord-Scharwoude, Langedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Charles M Stewart III (74), Stevenson, Baltimore County, Maryland, Verenigde Staten
• Aukjen Oost (77), Kuinre
• Aaltje Ritsma (88), Oudega, Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Arie Burgerhout (83), Hilversum
• Antonius Petrus Canters (68), Rotterdam
• Bastiaan van Gent (81), Moordrecht, South Holland
• Anna Maria Petronella van Gurp (72), Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernadette Marie Octavie LEMIRE (80), Hénin-Beaumont,62110,Pas-de-Calais,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE

• 1974 » Brad Schumacher, American swimmer
• 1974 » Guy Garvey, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1974 » Matthew Guy, Australian politician
• 1975 » Aracely Arámbula, Mexican actress and singer
• 1975 » Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Canadian pianist and conductor
• 1976 » Ken Anderson, American wrestler and actor
• 1977 » Giorgos Karagounis, Greek international footballer, midfielder
• 1977 » Marcus Thames, American baseball player and coach
• 1977 » Nantie Hayward, South African cricketer
• 1977 » Shabani Nonda, DR Congolese footballer

• 1970 » William Hopper, American actor (b. 1915)
• 1973 » Pearl S. Buck, American novelist, essayist, short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
• 1974 » Ernest Becker, American anthropologist and author (b. 1924)
• 1976 » Maxie Rosenbloom, American boxer (b. 1903)
• 1977 » Alvin R. Dyer, American religious leader (b. 1903)
• 1978 » Dennis Viollet, English-American soccer player and manager (b. 1933)
• 1981 » George Geary, English cricketer and coach (b. 1893)
• 1981 » Rambhau Mhalgi, Indian politician and member of the Lok Sabha (b. 9 July 1921)
• 1982 » Ayn Rand, Russian-American philosopher, author, and playwright (b. 1905)
• 1984 » Billy Collins, Jr., American boxer (b. 1961)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Mark
4. Johannes
5. Martijn
6. Patrick
7. David
8. Peter
9. Robert
10. Michael
11. Dennis
12. Hendrik
13. Pieter
14. Richard
15. Bart
16. Ronald

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Sandra
4. Wendy
5. Esther
6. Monique
7. Elisabeth
8. Miranda
9. Linda
10. Jennifer
11. Saskia
12. Bianca
13. Cindy
14. Judith
15. Tamara
16. Patricia

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
• February 4 » In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000.
• April 9 » The EMD F40PH diesel locomotive enters revenue service with Amtrak.
• April 13 » The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.
• May 15 » Aeroflot Flight 1802 crashes in Viktorovka, Chernihiv Raion, killing all 52 people on board.
• September 6 » Cold War: Soviet Air Defence Forces pilot Viktor Belenko lands a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate in Japan and requests political asylum in the United States; his request is granted.
• October 22 » Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the US Food and Drug Administration after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs.

The temperature on March 6, 1976 was between -3.8 °C and 2.0 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (82%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.