Historical Events for 6th March 2026

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1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of the Prussian Confederation pledge allegiance to the Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland, Casimir IV, who agrees to help in their struggle for independence from the Teutonic Knights
1665 - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society begins publication
1946 - France recognizes Vietnam statehood within Indo-Chinese federation
1967 - WACS TV channel 25 in Dawson, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1974 - Australian cricketing brothers Ian (145 and 121) and Greg Chappell (247no and 133) score unique twin centuries in drawn 1st Test vs New Zealand in Wellington
1990 - SR-71 sets a transcontinental record, flying 2,404 miles in 1:08:17
2018 - American WWII aircraft carrier USS Lexington rediscovered in Australia's Coral Sea, lost during 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea
2021 - Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama is vaccinated against COVID-19 in Dharamsala, India and urges others to do so

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