May, 6th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Thursday 06, 2004:
The last episode of the popular television sitcom Friends airs.

Monday 06, 2002:
The World Wrestling Federation announces that they have changed their name to World Wrestling Entertainment after losing a court battle with the World Wildlife Fund.

Thursday 06, 1999:
In New York, a parole board votes to release Amy Fisher, in prison for the last 7 years for shooting her lover's wife.

Wednesday 06, 1998:
The body of former CIA director William Colby was found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he’d disappeared.

Friday 06, 1994:
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François Mitterrand inaugurate the opening of the Channel Tunnel – a tunnel under the English Channel linking England and France for the first time since the end of the Great Ice Age.

Friday 06, 1988:
An airplane going from Namsos to Brønnøysund in Norway crashes into the side of the Torghatten mountain, and all the 36 passengers and crew dies.

Wednesday 06, 1981:
A jury of architects and sculptors unanimously selects Maya Ying Lin's design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial from 1,421 other entries.

Friday 06, 1966:
Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors Murders in England.

Thursday 06, 1954:
Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.

Sunday 06, 1945:
1945 - World War II: Begun the Prague Offensive (the last major battle of the Eastern Front)

Wednesday 06, 1942:
World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.

Tuesday 06, 1941:
At California's March Field Bob Hope performs his first USO show.

Monday 06, 1940:
John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.

Thursday 06, 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.

Monday 06, 1935:
New Deal: Executive Order 7034 creates the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

Friday 06, 1910:
George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII.

Monday 06, 1889:
The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.

Sunday 06, 1877:
Realizing that his people were weakened by cold and hunger, Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Sioux surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.

Wednesday 06, 1863:
American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends, with a defeat of the Army of the Potomac under General Joseph Hooker by Confederate troops under Stonewall Jackson.

Monday 06, 1861:
American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.

Wednesday 06, 1835:
James Gordon Bennett, Sr. publishes the first issue of the New York Herald.

Monday 06, 1816:
The American Bible Society is founded in New York City.

Friday 06, 1757:
A Prussian army fought an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War.

Wednesday 06, 1682:
Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles.

Wednesday 06, 1536:
King Henry VIII orders Bible be placed in every church.

Friday 06, 1527:
Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/06-may/on-this-day.html


People born on May 06

1972:
Martin Brodeur, Canadian hockey player (b: May 6, 1972) (Biography of Martin Brodeur)

1964:
Dana Hill, American actress (b: May 6, 1964 ; d: July 15, 1996) (Biography of Dana Hill)

1961:
George Clooney, American actor (b: May 6, 1961) (Biography of George Clooney)

1960:
John Flansburgh, American musician (They Might Be Giants) (b: May 6, 1960) (Biography of John Flansburgh)

1955:
Tom Bergeron, American game show host (b: May 6, 1955) (Biography of Tom Bergeron)

1953:
Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b: May 6, 1953) (Biography of Tony Blair)

1952:
Michael O'Hare, American actor (b: May 6, 1952) (Biography of Michael O'Hare)

1948:
Mary MacGregor, American singer (b: May 6, 1948) (Biography of Mary MacGregor)

1947:
Martha Nussbaum, American philosopher (b: May 6, 1947) (Biography of Martha Nussbaum)

1945:
Bob Seger, American singer (b: May 6, 1945) (Biography of Bob Seger)
Jimmie Dale Gilmore, American musician (b: May 6, 1945) (Biography of Jimmie Dale Gilmore)

1937:
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, American boxer (b: May 6, 1937) (Biography of Rubin Carter)

1931:
Willie Mays, baseball player (b: May 6, 1931) (Biography of Willie Mays)

1921:
Erich Fried, German author (b: May 6, 1921) (Biography of Erich Fried)

1920:
Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, first Prime Minister of Fiji and President of Fiji (b: May 6, 1920 ; d: April 18, 2004) (Biography of Kamisese Mara)

1915:
Orson Welles, American director (b: May 6, 1915 ; d: October 10, 1985) (Biography of Orson Welles)
Theodore H. White, American writer (b: May 6, 1915 ; d: May 15, 1986) (Biography of Theodore H. White)

1906:
Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican writer (b: May 6, 1906 ; d: June 16, 2005) (Biography of Enrique Laguerre)

1904:
Moshe Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-born founder of the Feldenkrais method (b: May 6, 1904 ; d: July 1, 1984) (Biography of Moshe Feldenkrais)

1902:
Max Ophüls, German-born director (b: May 6, 1902 ; d: March 25, 1957) (Biography of Max Ophüls)
Harry Golden, American journalist (b: May 6, 1902 ; d: October 2, 1981) (Biography of Harry Golden)

1895:
Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (b: May 6, 1895 ; d: August 23, 1926) (Biography of Rudolph Valentino)

1882:
Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany (b: May 6, 1882) (Biography of Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany)

1880:
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter (b: May 6, 1880) (Biography of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner)

1879:
Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist (b: May 6, 1879 ; d: December 12, 1952) (Biography of Bedrich Hrozny)

1871:
Victor Grignard, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: May 6, 1871 ; d: December 13, 1935) (Biography of Victor Grignard)
Christian Morgenstern, German author (b: May 6, 1871) (Biography of Christian Morgenstern)

1868:
Gaston Leroux, French writer (b: May 6, 1868) (Biography of Gaston Leroux)

1856:
Robert Peary, American explorer (b: May 6, 1856 ; d: February 20, 1920) (Biography of Robert Peary)
Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychiatrist (b: May 6, 1856 ; d: September 23, 1939) (Biography of Sigmund Freud)

1797:
Joseph Brackett, American religious leader and composer (b: May 6, 1797 ; d: July 4, 1882) (Biography of Joseph Brackett)

1758:
André Masséna, French marshal (b: May 6, 1758 ; d: April 4, 1817) (Biography of André Masséna)
Maximilien Robespierre, French Revolutionary (b: May 6, 1758 ; d: July 28, 1794) (Biography of Maximilien Robespierre)

1638:
Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (b: May 6, 1638 ; d: May 30, 1696) (Biography of Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell)

1574:
Pope Innocent X (b: May 6, 1574 ; d: January 5, 1655) (Biography of Pope Innocent X)

1501:
Pope Marcellus II (b: May 6, 1501 ; d: May 6, 1555) (Biography of Pope Marcellus II)

1397:
Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b: May 6, 1397 ; d: May 18, 1450) (Biography of Sejong the Great of Joseon)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/06-may/births.html

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People who died on May 06

2002:
Pim Fortuyn, Dutch politician (b: February 19, 1948 ; d: May 6, 2002) (Biography of Pim Fortuyn)

1995:
Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Braganca (d: May 6, 1995) (Biography of Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Braganca)

1992:
Marlene Dietrich, German actress and singer (b: December 27, 1901 ; d: May 6, 1992) (Biography of Marlene Dietrich)

1987:
William Casey, American director of the Central Intelligence Agency (b: March 13, 1913 ; d: May 6, 1987) (Biography of William Casey)

1961:
Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (b. 1895) (b: May 9, 1895 ; d: May 6, 1961) (Biography of Lucian Blaga)

1952:
Maria Montessori, Italian educator (b: August 31, 1870 ; d: May 6, 1952) (Biography of Maria Montessori)

1949:
Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b: August 29, 1862 ; d: May 6, 1949) (Biography of Maurice Maeterlinck)

1919:
L. Frank Baum, American author (b: May 15, 1856 ; d: May 6, 1919) (Biography of L. Frank Baum)

1910:
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b: November 9, 1841 ; d: May 6, 1910) (Biography of Edward VII of the United Kingdom)

1902:
Bret Harte, American writer (b: August 25, 1836 ; d: May 6, 1902) (Biography of Bret Harte)

1862:
Henry David Thoreau, American writer and philosopher (b: July 12, 1817 ; d: May 6, 1862) (Biography of Henry David Thoreau)

1859:
Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist and explorer (b: September 14, 1769 ; d: May 6, 1859) (Biography of Alexander von Humboldt)

1757:
Maximilian Ulysses Reichsgraf von Browne, Austrian field marshal (b: October 23, 1705 ; d: May 6, 1757) (Biography of Maximilian Ulysses Reichsgraf von Browne)
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, British politician (b: October 25, 1683 ; d: May 6, 1757) (Biography of Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton)
Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (b: October 26, 1684 ; d: May 6, 1757) (Biography of Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin)

1708:
François de Laval, first bishop of New France (b: April 30, 1623 ; d: May 6, 1708) (Biography of François de Laval)

1638:
Cornelius Jansen, French bishop and religious reformer (b: October 28, 1585 ; d: May 6, 1638) (Biography of Cornelius Jansen)

1631:
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, English politician (b: January 22, 1570 ; d: May 6, 1631) (Biography of Robert Bruce Cotton)

1620:
Hayyim ben Joseph Vital (d: May 6, 1620) (Biography of Hayyim ben Joseph Vital)

1596:
Giaches de Wert (d: May 6, 1596) (Biography of Giaches de Wert)

1555:
Pope Marcellus II (b: May 6, 1501 ; d: May 6, 1555) (Biography of Pope Marcellus II)

1502:
James Tyrrell (d: May 6, 1502) (Biography of James Tyrrell)

680:
Muawiyah I (d: May 6, 680) (Biography of Muawiyah I)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/06-may/deaths.html