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Today in History: March 6

1820 The Missouri Compromise is enacted by Congress and signed by President James Monroe, providing for the admission of Missouri into the Union as a slave state, but prohibits slavery in the rest of the northern Louisiana Purchase territory.

1836 Battle of the Alamo: After 13 days of fighting 1,500-3,000 Mexican soldiers overwhelm the Texan defenders, killing 182-257 Texans including William Travis, Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett

1857 The Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision holds that blacks cannot be citizens.

1943 British RAF fliers bomb Essen and the Krupp arms works in the Ruhr, Germany.

1967 President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his plan to establish a draft lottery.

1973 President Richard Nixon imposes price controls on oil and gas.

1980 Islamic militants in Tehran say that they will turn over the American hostages to the Revolutionary Council.

1981 President Reagan announces plans to cut 37,000 federal jobs.

2018 "Highest overdose death rates ever recorded in the US", 142,000 overdoses in 2016-17 period according to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

2020 Russia refuses to reduce oil production over COVID-19 fears, breaking with Saudi Arabia and OPEC and prompting a price war

2021 Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama is vaccinated against COVID-19 in Dharamsala, India and urges others to do so

Born on March 6

1475 Michelangelo Buonarroti, painter, sculptor and architect.

1908 Lou Costello, American comedian, partner of Bud Abbott.

1937 Valentina Nikolayeva-Tereshkova, Russian astronaut, the first woman to orbit the Earth.

JOTD
4 college guys go on a weekend road trip.

They are having such a good time that they decide to play hooky and skip out on their Monday exam in psychology. They all send their professor an email saying they had a flat tire while out of town and the professor said no problem, unexpected things happen. They could take it on Tuesday.
Celebrating their white lie they had another big night out and headed back on Monday. When they got back on campus Tuesday they went and saw their professor and she asked if they were all right, thanked them for letting her know ahead of time, and told them to get ready for the test.
Inwardly laughing they were separated into four separate rooms so as not to cheat. All four flipped over the sheet and saw only two questions:
For 5% credit, what does DSM stand for in the DSM-5?
For 95% credit, which tire went flat?