This Day in History: March 6

It is March 6th, and 549 years ago today Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born in the Republic of Florence. Known simply as Michelangelo, he was a sculptor, a painter, an architect and a poet. Widely regarded as the greatest sculptor in history, his works can certainly be said to have stood the test of time. But, of course, over that time, things continued to occur on March 6.
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[@jasonfullerton7763]

I have a cat named Oreo, and he's quite the little cookie! A friend tends to call him "Hydrox knockoff cat".

[@JoshuaC923]

Friends of culture i see😂😂😂😂

[@RetiredSailor60]

Had a cat named Oreo and another one named Cookie. Lol

[@FatGuyInaTruck]

Oreos are the Hydrox knockoff

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

Oreo cat of Tumblr?

[@cbroz7492]

..I'm old enough to remember TV commercials for 'Sunshine Hydrox' cookies..

[@jandkhilbert]

When I was young, it was common to hear about "history on this day." Thanks 🤗

[@davea6314]

"...don't all good stories involve pirates?" -The History Guy

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If it's not already, that needs to be a T-shirt.

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@@TheHistoryGuyChannel It's OK that you're out of stock for men's medium T-shirts. I would rather buy a "Trump for PRISON!" T-shirt anyway.

[@TimothySielbeck]

@@davea6314 Can we imprison everyone who we think deserves it that hasn't been convicted of a crime?

[@Guitfiddlejase]

We Love You, Lance!

[@steveshoemaker6347]

On March 6 i lost my fine Doctor 30 some years......Thanks the very fine THG🎀 and i have been watching him since first started.... Thank you Sir of many years now ❣ 👍 l am in my 80's now......Old F-4 Phantom 2 fighter jet pilot Shoe🇺🇸

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

Can you imagine being the guy to succeed Stalin only to be accused of "abuse of power"? You'd think he could just make the argument "I thought that was the job description?"

[@GrinderCB]

It's interesting to note that Davey Crockett was rarely ever called "Davey" by people who knew him. He was regularly called "David" Crockett. There's speculation that the nickname may have come from the song in the 1950's that played in several Disney movies starring Fess Parker.

[@orbyfan]

Bill Hayes, who had a big hit in 1955 with "The Ballad of Davy Crockett," died on January 12, 2024 at the age of 98.

[@jasonlockhartsr4415]

I'm very sorry, but you're wrong sir. David Crockett was very much aware of the moniker "Davey" and he absolutely HATED IT. It was created LONG before the song from the 1950s. It started with a play that was written and performed before he left for Texas. The play was popular in the Washington DC area for quite some time. Unfortunately, most of the play was not based in facts. The play stylized him as Davey and the nickname followed him everywhere. He insisted that he be called David. I honor his wishes from Nacogdoches, TX.

[@Wayne3544]

You,Siir, are a master of your craft!

[@asdisskagen6487]

"Don't all good stories involve pirates?" 😂😂😂

[@mommyjsj]

I think I heard that at Mt. Vernon.

[@BogeyTheBear]

I will declare that any story already written would be vastly improved by the addition of time-travelling cowboys.

[@frankgulla2335]

Thank you for these "History on this day" episodes.

[@ghowell13]

What a great episode to wake up to! Thanks, The History Guy!!

[@onliwankannoli]

What? Only 30 seconds about the history of the Oreo? Good sir, I would have felt slighted, if not for your earlier mention of pirates.

[@BogeyTheBear]

Michelangelo made fresco paintings. One of the tools employed in such work is to sketch out the preliminary outlines onto paper, then affix these drawings to the freshly applied _intonaco_ where the markings were transferred onto the wet plaster. There they served as a guide for the actual painting. The paper draft pressed to the plaster was called a cartoon... ...so Michelangelo drew cartoons for a living.

[@nikevisor54]

Always nice to hear Canada mentioned in these :) Appreciate you remembering we're up here

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even if it has to be Toronto

[@RetiredSailor60]

I sailed through the Straits of Magellan in 1993 on USS Whidbey Island LSD 41 in support of UNITAS 34-93...

[@garysarratt1]

1985, USS Stump DD-978, UNUTAS XXVI, I think it was. The scenery and crab feast made the horrible sea state worth it!

[@RetiredSailor60]

@@garysarratt1 I agree. Had USS John Rodgers and USS Stark with us on our deployment....

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@@RetiredSailor60 I think we’re all extinct now.

[@garysarratt1]

@@RetiredSailor60 I forget which gator freighter we were with, but we felt sorry for them, with their flat bottom smacking down so bad. We weren’t a lot better, the sonar dome was no picnic.

[@RetiredSailor60]

@@garysarratt1 I bet not. It was rough going off the Chilean coast before going through the Straits.

[@Coltbreath]

Thanks History Guy! Just shared with my child who has a birthday today!

[@christopherdivirgilio9861]

Me too :)

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Happy Birthday to that child and Christopher 🎉

[@RinaTamaki_11]

I also have my bday on March 6😊

[@joanhoffman3702]

I had a dentist appointment this morning and learned it was National Dentist Day. So thank the people who keep your teeth and gums healthy!

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@@TheHistoryGuyChannelgot a video for everything dang

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You do news & share information as gracefully as did Walter, thx ;- ]

[@greggbaker7120]

My grandparents told me that,Hydrox cookies,were supposed to be a miracle cure... for Everything

[@stanleycostello9610]

Hydrox seemed to me as if it were a disinfectant. Like Lysol. Maybe that's why your grandparents said that it cured everything!

[@cbroz7492]

..like Windex in My Big Fat Greek Wedding???

[@greggbaker7120]

@@cbroz7492 Hi. This was widely publicized, ( at the time) Endorsements, by people, calling themselves doctors, and everything.

[@mikelakner5622]

Guam is awesome with so much history. Thank you, I look forward to more about it.

[@jerrywickens6766]

Good to see you again.

[@kykipz]

Gotta get my morning cup o' history before I head out to work :D

[@josephcameron530]

Awesome presentation!

[@milosterwheeler2520]

I always thought Hydrox was a knockoff of Oreo.

[@elizabethsohler6516]

Me too. For years!!

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

Back in the Saddle Again Naturally

[@elcastorgrande]

"So much history." And you tell it so well.

[@MrBengalrunner]

Thank you for sharing some amazing facts about my birthday

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Happy Birthday!

[@coldlakealta4043]

mine too - have a good one!

[@MrBucidart]

Also on 3/6/1955, my beautiful wife Debbie was born, Thank you for THE HISTORY.

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

Happy Birthday Debbie!

[@jbart1411]

I am a long time watcher of your channel, and I really appreciate your new day in history format Thanks

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Lance you should be a professor. You and your sight have a honorable PhD. Please keep up the fantastic work

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THG, you rock! Peace

[@J.A.Smith2397]

We could always go for longer videos! Tks

[@claudinedecarlisle8647]

I love your videos! You have taught me so much history. Thank you! I would love to see an episode on Scholastic Books. I couldn't wait to order on Book Fair Day in elementary school By the time we actually received them, months later, it was like Christmas, not recalling everything in the original order. Either way, thank you.

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What a cool opening. I love it.

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I appreciate you and thank you for making content.

[@roygaisser9230]

Great stuff---as usual. Thanks History Guy!!!

[@jasonkilgore1977]

Great video there sure was a lot that went on on March 6th. I never knew! Thanks

[@harleylawdude]

The classic definition of depression is ruminating about the past and fearing the future. Here, we celebrate the past, live non-judgmentally in the present and look forward to the future.

[@usapatriot4163]

Thanks for bringing us these wonderful stories of history! Learn so much from you and this channel!

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The reference to Mendeleev and the first periodic table reminds me of the Gary Larson cartoon of the cavemen describing the only element they, fictitiously of course, had in their periodic table, the element De, which they spelled "dert".

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

😅 I do remember that one....

[@stevedolesch9241]

Walter Cronkite: "That's the way it is!" I often watched him nightly when I came to Canada in 1965 from Hungary (when the four American networks becaime available, ABC, CBS, NBC & PBS). I do miss him.

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I really appreciate what you do and look forward to watching the next video. You and your team set the bar pretty high for other content creators on KZbin. I always learn something, thank you.

[@sallycormier1383]

I lived 3 years on Guam and have been to Magellan’s Landing. It always amazed me to think of people sailing there from around the world. There is nothing but ocean as far as the eye can see.

[@kellybasham3113]

Love your videos

[@tubeuser2350]

Perhaps a coincidence, but "Oreo" in Greek means "good" or "tasty" as applied to food.

[@jeffbangkok]

Saved till afternoon then my nap time after enjoying it. hehe

[@johnvradenburg192]

Walter was also a ham radio operator KB2GSD

[@GREATLORDPOOH]

I very much enjoyed it

[@ELCADAROSA]

Love these compilations! Just wish there were chapter titles to segregate the events in the video.

[@GrinderCB]

The Dred Scott decision was one of those key historical events that was severely undertaught when I was growing up. Schoolbooks generally said what it was but didn't go into detail as to its true significance. It was only many years later that I learned just how bizarre that decision was. Because the Supreme Court said that slaves weren't citizens, that appears to have lead directly to the 14th Amendment after the Civil War, the 13th of course abolishing slavery.

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Great video.

[@eugeneblue299]

Thanks.

[@shawnmiller4781]

I really hope he does something on March 28 for the Great Alaska/Good Friday earthquake. This is the 60th anniversary this year

[@mumm380]

Always wondered if you tie your own bow ties? Maybe there's a fascinating history of how ties. Love the videos

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

Yes- I tie my own ties.

[@dabking94.19]

My favorite cookie! Love the golden ones too. I call them "goldi o's. I can't eat them more than once a month or two, because I end up eating a row or two before stopping.

[@NatoBro]

One of my sons was born on March 6! 😃

[@scotto9591]

One of the reasons I watch your channel is because you bring Michelangelo and Shaquille O'Neal together in a program😅😅

[@the80hdgaming]

I have a poster of Mendelev's table... I only look at it periodically tho... 😂😂😂

[@pauldietrich6790]

I remember those...Sunshine Hydrox...

[@DarcyS369]

It’s been a strange march

[@peterlundskow4061]

I grew up with Hydrox, have always thought that the wafer part tastes so much better than Oreo! It is a shame the Hydrox is mostly unavailable except on Amazon for over $5 a package!

[@lancerevell5979]

Having eaten both, I much prefer the Oreo cookies. 😊

[@reallyseriously7020]

Malenkov, a name from 'We Didn't Start the Fire'. That song continues to educate me after decades. The last one was Sygmund Rhee. Courtesy of M*A*S*H.

[@norwichnorfolk1584]

A great day I was born 1953 👍

[@Kw1161]

Thanks for giving me the history 2 days before my Birth. Just one question; when did the Detroit Motor Car inventor get the 1st traffic ticket? 😂! Have a great day!

[@gregwilliams386]

Hydrox was made by the Sunshine Biscuit Company in 1908. They had a plant in Oakland, CA.

[@Wil_Liam1]

Sunbisco

[@ag7898]

I had no idea that Hydrox predated Oreo. Always thought it was the other way around. We always had Hydrox as a kid because, as a Jewish family doing our best to keep kosher, Oreo was not a kosher made product at the time.

[@rlosangeleskings]

Can't wait for tomorrow's version...

[@otrondal]

Big job

[@mollybell5779]

Cool. I always thought Hydrox was the knockoff.

[@elizabethbarnes9685]

I absolutely love michaelangelo’s work! However, whenever I hear his name the first pops into my head is TMNT

[@gypsyboomer]

so much history, but the one that is most important to me, my father was born on Mar 6, other wise there would be no "me" history. Thanks!

[@rdhunkins]

10:54 The movie "The Death of Stalin" is a hilarious black comedy on the aftermath of Stalin's death.

[@Solhai]

Everyday is a mundane miracle.

[@peteengard9966]

To be honest. I liked the Hydrox cookies over the Oreos.

[@mattparkent440]

I honestly prefer Hydrox, but they are much harder to find in my area.

[@nelsonbergman7706]

Are Hydrox still made? I haven't had one in years. I guess I'll have to search.

[@mattparkent440]

@@nelsonbergman7706 I've seen them in North Carolina. It's the only place where I saw them "in the wild". Any other time I've seen Hydrox is at like a random ma&pa gas station or a family owned country store.

[@TimothySielbeck]

Never heard of the term 'Texian." Always heard it as "Texican."

[@TheCleric42]

Did Santa Anna search the Alamo basement for Pee Wee’s bike?

[@tracytrawick322]

Best thumbnail on March 6, 2024 by THG 😎

[@charlesbrentner4611]

And National Buscuit Company is now known as "Nabisco." :)

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

I just ate some Oreos. Lemon and Mint. Mmm

[@goodun2974]

That oughta' clear your digestive blockage, temporarily; if I ate such a thing it'd certainly come right back up and exit through the "in" door.

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

@@goodun2974 That's terrible. Better to barf and taste it . Than to 💩 and waste it!

[@Cookie_Mationz]

My birthday!!!

[@elizabethsohler6516]

HG--I thought WK signed off with, "Good night and have a pleasant tomorrow." Who am I confusing him with? Peter Jennings?

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

Lolo. “Good night and have a pleasant tomorrow” was how Chevy Chase signed off on SNL Weekend Update.

[@elizabethsohler6516]

@@TheHistoryGuyChannel Guess I'm the idiot then! Thanks. We didn't actually watch CBS evening News when I was growing up. I think my grandparents did though.

[@PinkyJujubean]

Does Pee Wee's Big Adventure count as an Alamo movie?

[@NelloCambelli]

Ought to retake the Michelangelo & Shakeel O’Neal March 6 Birthdays - “That’s the way it was, March 6, in history. More to cme!”

[@English_Dawn]

Henry Grosmont Earl of Lancaster was made Duke of Lancaster on 6th March 1351 by Edward III. No dukedoms existed in England before the 14th Century. The Dukedom of Lancaster was A-List from the start until the present as from 1399 the Dukedom has been contingent with being the monarch and uniquely the Monarch/Duke has a political representative right in the heart of government. The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster sits in the Cabinet with the Prime Minister and other Secretarys. This was prior to "newbies" and other "Johnny-come-latelys". 😉

[@nomadmarauder-dw9re]

Until today I thought that Hydrox was the knock off.

[@jasonlockhartsr4415]

With regards to the Texas Revolution: Texians didn't react solely to the massacre at the Alamo in a manner opposite of the opinion of Santa Ana. The massacre of the troops at Goliad under the command of Colonel Fannin shortly after the fall of the Alamo was a highly significant motivator as well. In truth, it was a combination of BOTH atrocities that fueled the fires of Texas Independence. Not one or the other alone.

[@matthewlong9369]

But the question now is, on what day did Vesta from Latmos Hill descend?

[@Brooke95482]

What day of the week was the first patent granted? Today, March 6, 2024 is a Wednesday, but for many decades US patents are only granted on Tuesday.

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

March 6, 1646 was a Tuesday.

[@Brooke95482]

@@TheHistoryGuyChannel I guess that set a precedent that's lasted 378 years.

[@sharlenezuhlke1561]

My Birthday, interesting!

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

Happy Birthday!

[@terin1862]

Oreos are now made in Mexico.

[@HDCalame]

And now you know the rest of the story.

[@ashergoney]

By Dreams We Travelled And Found New Lands, and By Dreams Journey Nearly UP.. Learnt Anything New.. I'll Only Ask For Some More Time..

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❤

[@matthrivnak6572]

I think I'm going to get some Oreos tomorrow!

[@wildatheart3182]

Met my husband 20 years ago today 😜

[@BobKamp]

Oreos were first called "Cookies and Creme." The name "Oreo" comes from the two "O"s in "cOOkie" and the "RE" in "cREme", thus O-R-E-O because the creme is between two cookies.

[@crystald8465]

Today is my birthday and my daughter has loved Oreos since she was young. It all makes sense now😂🎉

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

Happy Birthday!

[@crystald8465]

​@TheHistoryGuyChannel Omgoodness thank you!!! I have enjoyed your channel for years !

[@tsagert7276]

2:27 Those animal drawings on the right side, were those signatures of indians?

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

Yes.

[@Jay-hj5tl]

This guy should be the official historian of the United states. No joke...