March 6, 1981 (Friday)
- After 19 years as the anchorman of the CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite signed off for the last time. Cronkite had anchored the show since April 16, 1962.
- Born: Ellen Muth, American actress (Dead Like Me), in Milford, CT
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Famous quotes containing the word march:
“Then you should say what you mean, the March Hare went on.
I do, Alice hastily replied; at leastat least I mean what I saythats the same thing, you know. Not the same thing a bit! said the Hatter. Why you might just as well say that I see what I eat is the same thing as I eat what I see!”
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (18321898)