TODAY IN HISTORY

Thursday, March  06, 2014 AP Highlight in History:  On March 6, 1857, the Supreme Court in Dred Scott v. Sandford ruled against a slave suing for his freedom and said Congress had no right to limit the expansion of slavery.   AP Photo/Washington University in St. Louis
On this date in: 1806 Poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning was born in Durham, England. 1834 The city of Toronto was incorporated. 1836 The Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, fell to Mexican forces after a 13-day siege. 1853 Verdi's opera "La Traviata" premiered in Venice, Italy. 1912 Oreo sandwich cookies were first introduced by the National Biscuit Co., which later became Nabisco. 1933 A nationwide bank holiday declared by President Franklin D. Roosevelt went into effect. 1935 Retired Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. died two days shy of his 94th birthday. 1944 Heavy bombers staged the first American raid on Berlin during World War II. AP Photo 1957 The former British African colonies of the Gold Coast and Togoland became the independent nation of Ghana. 1970 A bomb being built inside a Greenwich Village townhouse by the radical Weathermen accidentally went off, destroying the house and killing three group members. 1981 Walter Cronkite signed off for the last time as anchorman of "The CBS Evening News." Cronkite signs off 2007 Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, was convicted of lying and obstructing an investigation into the 2003 leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity.		Video HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS DAY IN HISTORY Today's Birthdays: Actress Connie Britton ("Nashville," "Friday Night Lights") turns 47 years old today. AP Photo/Chris Pizzello Name Profession Age William Webster Former FBI and CIA director 90 Alan Greenspan Former Federal Reserve chairman 88 Gabriel Garcia Marquez Author ("Love in the Time of Cholera") 87 Mary Wilson Singer (The Supremes) 70 David Gilmour Rock musician (Pink Floyd) 68 Kiki Dee Singer 67 Tom Arnold Actor 55 D.L. Hughley Actor ("The Hughleys") 50 Moira Kelly Actress 46 Amy Pietz Actress ("Caroline in the City") 45 Shaquille O'Neal Basketball player 42 Tim Howard Soccer player 35 Chris Tomson Rock musician (Vampire Weekend) 30 Actor-director Rob Reiner turns 67 years old today. AP Photo/Matt Sayles