On this day in history - Today, March, 6

Today in History

• 1869 The first periodic table of chemical elements is presented

  Dmitri Mendeleev presented the system to the Russian Chemical Society on that day.

• 1899 The painkiller Asprin is registered as a trademark

  Acetylsalicylic acid was first isolated in 1897 by German chemist Felix Hoffmann. Today, the medicat

• 1957 Ghana becomes the first African country to gain independence from colonial rule

  Ghana emerged as a sovereign state from the former British colonies Gold Coast and Togoland. Kwame N

• 1967 Stalin's daughter defects to the West

  The Soviet dictator's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, caused an international uproar when she approac

• 1987 193 people die when a ferry capsizes in the North Sea

  The Herald of Free Enterprise sank just minutes after leaving the Belgian port of Zeebrugge.