March 6 One of the days dedicated to Vejovis (Roman Empire) Teachers Day (Albania) ~ 1277 – Stephen Tempier, bishop of Paris, condemns 219 philosophical and theological theses. 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the telephone. 1902 – Second Boer War: In the Battle of Tweebosch, a Boer commando led by Koos de la Rey inflicts the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war 1936 – World War II (Prelude to): In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland. 1945 – World War II: American troops seize the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine River at Remagen. 1965 – Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers are forcefully broken up in Selma, Alabama. 1985 – The charity single We Are the World receives its international release. 1994 – Copyright Law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that parodies of an original work are generally covered by the doctrine of fair use. 2007 – The British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected. 2009 – The Real Irish Republican Army kills two British soldiers and two civilians, the first British military deaths in Northern Ireland since The Troubles. 2009 – The Kepler space observatory, designed to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars, is launched.
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