Historical Events for 6th March 2023

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1628 - Emperor Ferdinand II delegates Restitutie-edict
1646 - Joseph Jenkes receives the 1st patent in North America for making scythes from the General Court of Massachusetts
1664 - King Louis XIV and Emperor of Brandenburg signs covenant
1831 - Vincenzo Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula" premieres at Teatro Carcano in Milan, Italy
1853 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera "La Traviata" premieres at Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Italy
1915 - Greek King Constantine I fires premier Venizelos
1943 - Sukarno asks for cooperation with Japanese occupiers
2018 - Pope Francis announces that murdered Salvadorean Archbishop Óscar Romero will be made a saint
2018 - "Highest overdose death rates ever recorded in the US", 142,000 overdoses in 2016-17 period according to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2018 - American WWII aircraft carrier USS Lexington rediscovered in Australia's Coral Sea, lost during 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea

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