This Day in History

March 6

1921  
Portuguese Communist Party is founded as the Portuguese Section of the Communist International.
1946  
Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
1953  
Georgy Malenkov succeeds Joseph Stalin as Premier of the Soviet Union and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1957  
Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain Independence from the British
1964
Nation of Islam's Elijah Muhammad officially gives boxing champion Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali.
1968  
Three black males are executed by Rhodesia, the first executions since UDI, prompting international condemnation.
1975  
Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement of their border dispute.