6 March

1909 Bill Schindler born 1917 Oswald Karch born 1921 Piero Carini born 1931 Jimmy Stewart born 1940 William Ferguson born 1971 Mario Andretti won the South African Grand Prix 1976 Niki Lauda won the South African Grand Prix 1999 Eddie Irvine won the Australian Grand Prix 2005 Giancarlo Fisichella won the Australian Grand Prix