Friday, March 6, 2026

As part of their investigation into an athletic scandal at Florida State University, the National Collegiate Athletic Association released a report alleging that 61 student athletes had engaged in academic fraud.

The Marine Parade Community Building, the mural cladding of which is the largest installation art in Singapore, was opened.

The Troubles: In Operation Flavius, the Special Air Service killed three volunteers of the Provisional Irish Republican Army conspiring to bomb a parade of British military bands in Gibraltar.

The ferry Herald of Free Enterprise capsized while leaving the harbour of Zeebrugge, Belgium, killing 193 people on board.

In a radio broadcast, Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad announced that American boxer Cassius Clay would change his name to Muhammad Ali (pictured).

Following Joseph Stalin's death, Georgy Malenkov succeeded him as Premier of the Soviet Union.

Petru Groza of the Ploughmen's Front became the first prime minister of the Communist Party-dominated government of Romania.

World War II: National Liberation Front forces defeated Italian occupiers in the Battle of Fardykambos, a major sign of the Greek resistance's growth.