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Day of the year
May 6 is the 126th day of the year (127th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 239 days remain until the end of the year.
Events Pre-1600 1601–1900 1901–present 1901 – The first issue of Gorkhapatra , the oldest still running state-owned Nepali newspaper was published.[4] [5] 1906 – The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar ).1910 – George V becomes King of Great Britain, Ireland, and many overseas territories, on the death of his father, Edward VII .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.[6] 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. 1933 – The Deutsche Studentenschaft attacked Magnus Hirschfeld 's Institut für Sexualwissenschaft , later burning many of its books.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 .[7] 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.1940 – John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath .1941 – At California 's March Field , Bob Hope performs his first USO show.1941 – The first flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt . 1942 – World War II : On Corregidor , the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.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. 1949 – EDSAC , the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer , runs its first operation.[8] 1954 – Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes .1960 – More than 20 million viewers watch the first televised royal wedding when Princess Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey .1966 – Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors murders in England.1972 – Deniz Gezmiş , Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara after being convicted of attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order.1975 – During a lull in fighting, 100,000 Armenians gather in Beirut for the 60th anniversary commemorations of the Armenian genocide .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.1983 – The Hitler Diaries are revealed as a hoax after being examined by new experts.1984 – One hundred and three Korean Martyrs are canonized by Pope John Paul II in Seoul .1988 – All thirty-six passengers and crew were killed when Widerøe Flight 710 crashed into Mt. Torghatten in Brønnøy .1994 – Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François Mitterrand officiate at the opening of the Channel Tunnel .1996 – The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland , eight days after he disappeared.1997 – The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank's 300-year history.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.[9] 1999 – The first elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly are held.2001 – During a trip to Syria , Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque .2002 – Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated following a radio-interview at the Mediapark in Hilversum .2002 – Founding of SpaceX .[10] 2004 – The final episode of the television sitcom Friends was aired.[11] 2010 – In just 36 minutes, the Dow-Jones average plunged nearly 1,000 points in what is known as the 2010 Flash Crash .2013 – Three women , kidnapped and missing for more than a decade, are found alive in Cleveland, Ohio , in the United States.[12] 2023 – The coronation of Charles III and Camilla as King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms is held in Westminster Abbey , London .[13] 2023 – Eight people are killed and seven injured in a mass shooting in Allen, Texas . The perpetrator is killed by a police officer.[14] Births Pre-1600 1601–1900 1635 – Johann Joachim Becher , German physician and alchemist (d. 1682)1668 – Alain-René Lesage , French author and playwright (d. 1747)1680 – Jean-Baptiste Stuck , Italian-French cellist and composer (d. 1755)1713 – Charles Batteux , French philosopher and academic (d. 1780)1714 – Anton Raaff , German tenor (d. 1797)1742 – Jean Senebier , Swiss pastor and physiologist (d. 1809)1758 – André Masséna , French general (d. 1817)1758 – Maximilien Robespierre , French politician (d. 1794)[17] 1769 – Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1824)1769 – Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette , French mathematician and academic (d. 1834) 1781 – Karl Christian Friedrich Krause , German philosopher and author (d. 1832)1797 – Joseph Brackett , American religious leader and composer (d. 1882)1800 – Roman Sanguszko , Polish general (d. 1881)1827 – Hermann Raster , German-American journalist and politician (d. 1891)1836 – Max Eyth , German engineer and author (d. 1906)1843 – Grove Karl Gilbert , American geologist and academic (d. 1918)1848 – Henry Edward Armstrong , English chemist and academic (d. 1937)1851 – Aristide Bruant , French singer and actor (d. 1925)1856 – Sigmund Freud , Austrian neurologist and psychoanalyst (d. 1939)1856 – Robert Peary , American admiral and explorer (d. 1920) 1861 – Motilal Nehru , Indian lawyer and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (d. 1931)1868 – Gaston Leroux , French journalist and author (d. 1927)1869 – Junnosuke Inoue , Japanese businessman and central banker, 8th and 11th Governor of the Bank of Japan (d. 1932)1870 – Walter Rutherford , Scottish golfer (d. 1936)1871 – Victor Grignard , French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)1871 – Christian Morgenstern , German author and poet (d. 1914) 1872 – Willem de Sitter , Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1934)1872 – Djemal Pasha , Ottoman general (d. 1922) 1879 – Bedřich Hrozný , Czech orientalist and linguist (d. 1952)1879 – Hendrik van Heuckelum , Dutch footballer (d. 1929) 1880 – Winifred Brunton , English-South African painter and illustrator (d. 1959)1880 – Ernst Ludwig Kirchner , German-Swiss painter (d. 1938) 1883 – Alberto Collo , Italian actor (d. 1955)1895 – Júlio César de Mello e Souza , Brazilian mathematician and author (d. 1974)1895 – Fidél Pálffy , Hungarian soldier and politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (d. 1946) 1895 – Rudolph Valentino , Italian actor (d. 1926) 1896 – Rolf Maximilian Sievert , Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1966)1897 – Paul Alverdes , German author and poet (d. 1979)1898 – Konrad Henlein , Czech soldier and politician (d. 1945)1901–present 1902 – Max Ophüls , German-American director and screenwriter (d. 1957)1903 – Toots Shor , American businessman, founded Toots Shor's Restaurant (d. 1977)1904 – Moshé Feldenkrais , Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (d. 1984)1904 – Catherine Lacey , English actress (d. 1979) 1904 – Harry Martinson , Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1978) 1906 – André Weil , French mathematician and academic (d. 1998)1907 – Peter Barnes , Executed Irish Republican (d. 1940)[18] 1907 – Weeb Ewbank , American football player and coach (d. 1998) 1911 – Guy des Cars , French journalist and author (d. 1993)1913 – Carmen Cavallaro , American pianist (d. 1989)1913 – Stewart Granger , English-American actor (d. 1993) 1915 – Orson Welles , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1985)1915 – Theodore H. White , American historian, journalist, and author (d. 1986) 1916 – Robert H. Dicke , American physicist and astronomer (d. 1997)1918 – Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan , emir of Abu Dhabi and first president of the United Arab Emirates (d. 2004)1920 – Kamisese Mara , Fijian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Fiji (d. 2004)1923 – Harry Watson , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2002)1924 – Nestor Basterretxea , Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 2014)1924 – Patricia Helen Kennedy , American socialite, activist, and author (d. 2006)[19] 1924 – Denny Wright , English guitarist, composer, and producer (d. 1992) 1929 – Rosemary Cramp , English archaeologist and academic (d. 2023)1929 – Paul Lauterbur , American chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007) 1931 – Willie Mays , American baseball player and coach (d. 2024)[20] 1932 – Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath , English lieutenant and politician (d. 2020)1934 – Richard Shelby , American lawyer and politician1937 – Rubin Carter , American-Canadian boxer (d. 2014)1942 – Ariel Dorfman , Argentinian author, playwright, and academic1943 – Andreas Baader , German terrorist, co-founded the Red Army Faction (d. 1977)1943 – Milton William Cooper , American conspiracy theorist and author (d. 2001) 1943 – James Turrell , American sculptor and illustrator 1944 – Masanori Murakami , Japanese baseball player1945 – Jimmie Dale Gilmore , American country singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer1945 – Bob Seger , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1947 – Alan Dale , New Zealand actor1947 – Martha Nussbaum , American philosopher and author 1950 – Jeffery Deaver , American journalist and author1951 – Samuel Doe , Liberian sergeant and politician, 21st President of Liberia (d. 1990)1952 – Chiaki Mukai , Japanese physician and astronaut[21] 1952 – Gerrit Zalm , Dutch economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1953 – Alexander Akimov , Ukrainian Chernobyl worker (d. 1986)1953 – Tony Blair , British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1953 – Graeme Souness , Scottish international footballer and manager[22] 1954 – Dora Bakoyannis , Greek politician, 120th Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs 1955 – Tom Bergeron , American television host1955 – John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness , English academic and politician, Secretary of State for Defence 1959 – Charles Hendry , English politician1960 – Keith Dowding , English political scientist, philosopher, and academic1960 – Roma Downey , Irish-American actress and producer 1960 – John Flansburgh , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1960 – Anne Parillaud , French actress 1961 – George Clooney , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter1961 – Tom Hunter , Scottish businessman and philanthropist[23] 1961 – Frans Timmermans , Dutch politician and diplomat, First Vice President of the European Commission 1962 – Tom Brake , English politician1963 – Alessandra Ferri , Italian ballerina1965 – Leslie Hope , Canadian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter1968 – Lætitia Sadier , French singer and keyboard player1969 – Jim Magilton , Northern Irish footballer and coach1971 – Chris Shiflett , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1972 – Martin Brodeur , Canadian ice hockey player1976 – Iván de la Peña , Spanish footballer1977 – Mark Eaton , American ice hockey player and coach1977 – Chantelle Newbery , Australian diver 1978 – John Abraham , American football player1978 – Tony Estanguet , French slalom canoeist[24] 1978 – Fredrick Federley , Swedish journalist and politician 1979 – Gerd Kanter , Estonian discus thrower1979 – Jon Montgomery , Canadian skeleton racer and television host 1980 – Brooke Bennett , American swimmer1980 – Dimitris Diamantidis , Greek professional basketball player 1980 – Ricardo Oliveira , Brazilian footballer 1982 – Jason Witten , American football player[25] 1983 – Dani Alves , Brazilian footballer1983 – Gabourey Sidibe , American actress 1983 – Trinley Thaye Dorje , Tibetan religious leader, the 17th Karmapa Lama 1985 – Chris Paul , American basketball player1986 – Goran Dragic , Slovenian basketball player1987 – Dries Mertens , Belgian footballer1987 – Meek Mill , American rapper 1987 – Gerardo Parra , Venezuelan baseball player and coach[26] 1987 – Adrienne Warren , American actress 1988 – Ryan Anderson , American basketball player[27] 1988 – Dakota Kai , New Zealand professional wrestler 1989 – Dominika Cibulková , Slovak tennis player1989 – Cameron Heyward , American football player[28] 1990 – José Altuve , Venezuelan baseball player1990 – Péter Gulácsi , Hungarian footballer[29] 1992 – Brendan Gallagher , Canadian ice hockey player1992 – Baekhyun , South Korean musician and actor 1992 – Jonas Valančiūnas , Lithuanian basketball player[30] 1993 – Gustavo Gómez , Paraguayan footballer1993 – Naomi Scott , English actress[31] 1994 – Mateo Kovačić , Croatian international footballer1997 – Duncan Scott , Scottish swimmer2002 – Cole Palmer , English footballer[32] 2002 – Angel Reese , American basketball player[33] 2019 – Prince Archie of Sussex [34] Deaths Pre-1600 698 – Eadberht , bishop of Lindisfarne 850 – Ninmyō , Japanese emperor (b. 808)932 – Qian Liu , Chinese warlord and king (b. 852)988 – Dirk II , count of Frisia and Holland 1002 – Ealdwulf , Archbishop of York , Abbot of Peterborough and Bishop of Worcester 1187 – Ruben III, Prince of Armenia (b. 1145)1236 – Roger of Wendover , Benedictine monk and chronicler 1471 – Edmund Beaufort , English commander (b. 1438)1471 – Thomas Tresham , Speaker of the House of Commons 1475 – Dieric Bouts , Flemish painter (b. 1415)1483 – Queen Jeonghui , Korean regent (b. 1418)1502 – James Tyrrell , English knight (b. 1450)1527 – Charles III, Duke of Bourbon , Count of Montpensier and Dauphin of Auvergne (b. 1490)1540 – Juan Luís Vives , Spanish scholar (b. 1492)1596 – Giaches de Wert , Flemish-Italian composer (b. 1535)1601–1900 1631 – Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington , English historian and politician, founded the Cotton library (b. 1570)1638 – Cornelius Jansen , Dutch-French bishop and theologian (b. 1585)1708 – François de Laval , French-Canadian bishop (b. 1623)1757 – Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton , English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1683)1757 – Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin , Prussian field marshal (b. 1684) 1782 – Christine Kirch , German astronomer and academic (b. 1696)1840 – Francisco de Paula Santander , Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (b. 1792)1859 – Alexander von Humboldt , German geographer and explorer (b. 1769)1862 – Henry David Thoreau , American essayist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1817)1867 – Socrates Nelson , American businessman and politician (b. 1814)[35] 1877 – Johan Ludvig Runeberg , Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804)1882 – Thomas Henry Burke , Irish civil servant (b. 1829)1882 – Lord Frederick Cavendish , British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1836) 1888 – Abraham Joseph Ash , American rabbi (b. c. 1813)[36] 1901–present 1905 – Robert Herbert , English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (b. 1831)1907 – Emanuele Luigi Galizia , Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1830)1910 – Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)[37] 1919 – L. Frank Baum , American novelist (b. 1856)1939 – Konstantin Somov , Russian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1869)1949 – Maurice Maeterlinck , Belgian-French poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)1951 – Élie Cartan , French mathematician and physicist (b. 1869)1952 – Maria Montessori , Italian-Dutch physician and educator (b. 1870)1959 – Maria Dulęba , Polish actress (b. 1881)1959 – Ragnar Nurkse , Estonian-American economist and academic (b. 1907) 1961 – Lucian Blaga , Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (b. 1895)1963 – Theodore von Kármán , Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1881)1963 – Ted Weems , American violinist, trombonist, and bandleader (b. 1901) 1963 – Monty Woolley , American raconteur, actor, and director (b. 1888) 1967 – Zhou Zuoren , Chinese author and translator (b. 1885)1970 – Alexander Rodzyanko , Russian general (b. 1879)1973 – Ernest MacMillan , Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1893)1975 – József Mindszenty , Hungarian cardinal (b. 1892)1980 – María Luisa Bombal , Chilean writer (b. 1910)1983 – Ezra Jack Keats , American author and illustrator (b. 1916)1983 – Kai Winding , Danish-American trombonist and composer (b. 1922) 1984 – Mary Cain , American journalist and politician (b. 1904)1984 – Bonner Pink , English politician (b. 1912) 1987 – William J. Casey , American politician, 13th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1913)1989 – Earl Blaik , American football player and coach (b. 1897)1990 – Charles Farrell , American actor (b. 1900)1991 – Wilfrid Hyde-White , English actor (b. 1903)1992 – Marlene Dietrich , German-American actress and singer (b. 1901)1993 – Ann Todd , English actress and producer (b. 1909)1995 – Noel Brotherston , Northern Irish footballer (b. 1956)2000 – Gordon McClymont , Australian ecologist and academic (b. 1920)2002 – Murray Adaskin , Canadian violinist, composer, conductor, and educator (b. 1906)2002 – Otis Blackwell , American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1932) 2002 – Pim Fortuyn , Dutch sociologist, academic, and politician (b. 1948) 2002 – Bjørn Johansen , Norwegian saxophonist (b. 1940) 2003 – Art Houtteman , American baseball player and journalist (b. 1927)2004 – Virginia Capers , American actress and singer (b. 1925)2004 – Philip Kapleau , American monk and educator (b. 1912) 2004 – Barney Kessel , American guitarist and composer (b. 1923) 2006 – Grant McLennan , Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1958)2006 – Lorne Saxberg , Canadian journalist (b. 1958) 2007 – Enéas Carneiro , Brazilian physician and politician (b. 1938)2007 – Curtis Harrington , American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1926) 2009 – Kevin Grubb , American race car driver (b. 1978)2010 – Robin Roberts , American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1926)2012 – James R. Browning , American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (b. 1918)2012 – James Isaac , American director and producer (b. 1960) 2012 – Jean Laplanche , French psychoanalyst and author (b. 1924) 2013 – Giulio Andreotti , Italian journalist and politician, 41st Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1919)2013 – Severo Aparicio Quispe , Peruvian bishop (b. 1923) 2013 – Michelangelo Spensieri , Italian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1949) 2014 – Wil Albeda , Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Social Affairs (b. 1925)2014 – William H. Dana , American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1930) 2014 – Jimmy Ellis , American boxer (b. 1940) 2014 – Billy Harrell , American baseball player and scout (b. 1928) 2014 – Antony Hopkins , English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1921) 2014 – Maria Lassnig , Austrian painter and academic (b. 1919) 2014 – Farley Mowat , Canadian environmentalist and author (b. 1921) 2015 – Novera Ahmed , Bangladeshi sculptor (b. 1930)2015 – Denise McCluggage , American race car driver and journalist (b. 1927) 2015 – Jim Wright , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1922) 2016 – Patrick Ekeng , Cameroonian footballer (b. 1990)2016 – Reg Grundy , Australian businessman (b. 1923) 2021 – Kentaro Miura , Japanese manga artist (b. 1966)[38] 2022 – George Pérez , American comic book artist and writer (b. 1954)[39] 2024 – Bernard Pivot , French journalist, interviewer and host (b. 1935)[40] 2024 – Brian Wenzel , Australian actor (b. 1929)[41] Holidays and observances References External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to
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