By Day: Historical Events on March 6th

Richard I of England is wounded by a crossbow bolt while besieging the castle of Châlus-Chabrol and dies days later.

Edward, the Black Prince, son of Edward III of England, is created Duke of Cornwall, the first Duke in England.

The Council of Pisa elects Alexander V as the new pope, further deepening the Great Schism.

The Council of Constance is convened by Pope John XXIII, aiming to resolve the Great Schism.

The Missouri Compromise is enacted, allowing Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free State. so as not to upset the balance between slave and free states in the nation. It also outlawed slavery above the 36º 30' latitude line in the remainder of the Louisiana Territory. In 1857, the Supreme Court ruled in its Dred Scott v. Sandford decision that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional and upheld slavery in United States territories, denied the legality of black citizenship in America.

The Supreme Court delivers its decision in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case, ruling against Dred Scott's freedom.

Aspirin, probably the best known brand in medicine is entered in the trademark register of the Kaiserliches Patentamt (Imperial Patent Office) in Berlin by the German company Bayer, after being first successfully synthesized. Salicin, which is converted into salicylic acid in the body, is found in the bark of willows. Its therapeutic effect has been known since time immemorial. The progenitor of all physicians, Hippocrates of Kos, described it around 400 B.C. as a medicine against fever and pain; Teutons and Celts cooked a broth from willow bark as medicine. More

The Supreme Court rules that segregation on buses in Alabama is unconstitutional in the case of Browder v. Gayle.