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What Happened on May 6th This Day in History

Year	Name
2013	Three women, kidnapped and missing for more than a decade, are found alive in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States.
2010	In just 36 minutes, the Dow-Jones average plunged nearly 1,000 points in what is known as the 2010 Flash Crash.
2002	Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated following a radio-interview at the Mediapark in Hilversum.
2002	Founding of SpaceX.
2001	During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.
1999	The first elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly are held.
1998	Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league record held by Roger Clemens. He threw a one-hitter and did not walk a batter in his fifth career start.
1998	Steve Jobs of Apple Inc. unveils the first iMac.
1997	The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank's 300-year history.
1996	The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared.
1994	Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François Mitterrand officiate at the opening of the Channel Tunnel.
1988	All thirty-six passengers and crew were killed when Widerøe Flight 710 crashed into Mt. Torghatten in Brønnøy.
1984	One hundred and three Korean Martyrs are canonized by Pope John Paul II in Seoul.
1983	The Hitler Diaries are revealed as a hoax after being examined by new experts.
1976	The 6.5 Mw  Friuli earthquake affected Northern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 900–978 dead and 1,700–2,400 injured.
1975	During a lull in fighting, 100,000 Armenians gather in Beirut for the 60th anniversary commemorations of the Armenian genocide.
1972	Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara after being convicted of attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order.
1966	Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors murders in England.
1960	More than 20 million viewers watch the first televised royal wedding when Princess Margaret marries Anthony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey.
1954	Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
1949	EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation.
1945	World War II: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allied troops.
1945	World War II: The Prague Offensive, the last major battle of the Eastern Front, begins.
1942	World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.
1941	At California's March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show.
1941	The first flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.
1940	John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
1937	Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
1935	New Deal: Under the authority of the newly-enacted Federal Emergency Relief Administration, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issues Executive Order 7034 to create the Works Progress Administration.
1933	The Deutsche Studentenschaft attacked Magnus Hirschfeld's Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, later burning many of its books.
1916	Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists are executed in Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Djemal Pasha.
1916	Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while calling upon the people to rise up against the French, and is later deposed and exiled to Réunion island.
1915	Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
1915	Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: The SY Aurora broke loose from its anchorage during a gale, beginning a 312-day ordeal.
1910	George V becomes King of Great Britain, Ireland, and many overseas territories, on the death of his father, Edward VII.
1906	The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
1901	The first issue of Gorkhapatra, the oldest still running state-owned Nepali newspaper was published.[3]
1889	The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
1882	Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed to death by Fenian assassins in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
1882	The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
1877	Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Lakota surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
1863	American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with the defeat of the Army of the Potomac by the Army of Northern Virginia.
1861	American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.
1857	The East India Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry whose sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British in the lead up to the War of Indian Independence.
1840	The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1835	James Gordon Bennett, Sr. publishes the first issue of the New York Herald.
1801	Captain Thomas Cochrane in the 14-gun HMS Speedy captures the 32-gun Spanish frigate El Gamo.
1782	Construction begins on the Grand Palace, the royal residence of the King of Siam in Bangkok, at the command of King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.
1757	Battle of Prague: A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War.
1757	The end of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757).
1757	English poet Christopher Smart is admitted into St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement to mental asylums.
1682	Louis XIV of France moves his court to the Palace of Versailles.
1659	English Restoration: A faction of the British Army removes Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth and reinstalls the Rump Parliament.
1593	The Dutch city of Coevorden held by the Spanish, falls to a Dutch and English force.
1542	Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, the capital of Portuguese India at the time.
1541	King Henry VIII orders English-language Bibles be placed in every church. In 1539 the Great Bible would be provided for this purpose.
1536	The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Spanish.
1527	Spanish and German troops sack Rome; many scholars consider this the end of the Renaissance.

Famous People Born on May 6

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Year	Name
973	Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1024)
1955	Nicholas Alexander, 7th Earl of Caledon, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Armagh
1979	Gerd Kanter, Estonian discus thrower
1979	Jon Montgomery, Canadian skeleton racer and television host
1986	Goran Dragic, Slovenian basketball player
1961	George Clooney, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1961	Gina Riley, Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter
1987	Meek Mill, American rapper
1976	Iván de la Peña, Spanish footballer
1965	Leslie Hope, Canadian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter

Famous People Deaths On May 6

Here is a list of some famous peope who died on May 6. For full list please click on the link above.

Date	Name
1187	Ruben III, Prince of Armenia (b. 1145)
2010	Robin Roberts, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1926)
1990	Charles Farrell, American actor (b. 1900)
1907	Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1830)
2021	Kentaro Miura, Japanese manga artist (b. 1966)
1970	Alexander Rodzyanko, Russian general (b. 1879)
2000	Gordon McClymont, Australian ecologist and academic (b. 1920)
1952	Maria Montessori, Italian-Dutch physician and educator (b. 1870)
1987	William J. Casey, American politician, 13th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1913)
1973	Ernest MacMillan, Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1893)