1886年3月6日
On March 6, 1886, the Knights of Labor hit the picket line to protest to protest the practices of the Southwestern Railroad system. By striking against Southwestern, the Knights were also taking on the company's chief, high-flying Wall Street financier Jay Gould. Though they could hardly match Gould's vast reservoir of money, the Knights had numbers on their side: some 9,000 workers walked off the job, which effectively halted service on 5,000 miles of track. In the process, the workers landed a glancing blow at Gould's finances: the strike ultimately saddled Southwestern rail with losses totaling $3 million. The Knights were also able to impede the trans-coastal trade network that had come to depend on a fully operational rail system. Of course, the strike also exacted a sharp toll on the workers, who forfeited $900,000 in wages and eventually began to suffer from hunger. The Knights' battle against Gould and Southwestern Railroad stretched for a good two months before the strikers finally returned to work in May of 1886.
1926年3月6日
Alan Greenspan, future chairman of the Federal Reserve, is born in New York City.
2001年3月6日 周小川表示未考虑A、B股合并的问题
周小川出席九届人大四次会议港区代表讨论会,当记者追问周小川有关A、B股会否合并时, 周小川表示,今次出台的B股政策,并没有考虑A、B股的合并问题。