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March 6, 2018

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Historical Context for March 6, 2018

In 2018, the world population was approximately 7,729,902,781 people[†]

Notable Deaths

Peter Nicholls (writer)

2018Peter Nicholls, Australian science fiction critic and encyclopedist (born 1939)[†]

Peter Douglas Nicholls was an Australian literary scholar and critic. He was the creator and a co-editor of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction with John Clute.

Historical Events

Forbes

2018Forbes names Jeff Bezos as the world's richest person, for the first time, at $112 billion net worth.[†]

Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917. It has been owned by the Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014. Its chairman and editor-in-chief is Steve Forbes. The company is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey. Sherry Phillips is the current CEO of Forbes as of January 1, 2025.

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Headlines from March 6, 2018

Antoni Porowski Can Cook

By Bonnie Wertheim

The “Queer Eye” food and wine guy is more capable in the kitchen than the show lets on. Not that he has to prove it to you.

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