MARCH 6
1836:The Alamo fell to Mexican forces.
1857:The Supreme Court ruled in Dred Scott v. Sandford that slaves were not citizens.
1930:Clarence Birdseye started to sell prepackaged frozen food for the first time, in Springfield, Massachusetts.
1957:The former British colonies of Togoland and the Gold Coast united to form independent Ghana.
1981:Walter Cronkite, "the most trusted man in America," retired from the CBS Evening News and was replaced by Dan Rather.
1997:Queen Elizabeth II launched the first royal website.
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