Today in History - History - May 6th

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

1906Tsar Nicolas II of Russia claims right to legislate by decree and restricts the power of the Duma (Russian Parliament)

1941Joseph Stalin became premier of Russia

1864US Civil War: Battle of Wilderness - Confederate General longstreet seriously injured

1984Baltimore Oriole Cal Ripken Jr hits for cycle

1915Red Sox Babe Ruth pitching debut & 1st HR, loses to Yanks 4-3 in 15

1990Tom Cruise is ticketed for careless operation of a vehicle in SC

1864US Civil war: General Sherman begins advance to Atlanta Georgia

1835James Gordon Bennett, Sr. publishes the first issue of the New York Herald (price 1 cent).

1994Lennox Lewis TKOs Phil Jackson in 8 for heavyweight boxing title

1895Rudolph Valentino, Castellaneta Italy, sheik/actor (Eagle)

1961George Clooney, Lexington Kentucky, actor (Dr Douglas Ross-ER, Batman)

1915Orson Welles [George], Kenosha Wisc, actor (Citizen Kane, War of the Worlds), (d. 1985)

1861Rabindranath Tagore, Hindu poet/mystic/composer (Nobel 1913)

1931Willie Mays, Westfield Alabama, baseball centerfielder (Giants, NY Mets), "Say Hey Kid" (660 HRs, MVP 1954)

1856Sigmund Freud, Freiberg in Mähren, Moravia, Austrian neurologist and father of psychology, (d. 1939)

1987Actor Yun Fat Chow (31) weds Jasmine Tan

1950Elizabeth Taylor (18) marries for the 1st time to hotel heir Conrad "Nicky" Hilton (23)

1975Actor Sean Connery (44) weds Micheline Roquebrune in Casablanca

2000Actor Noah Wyle (28) weds makeup artist Tracy Warbin

1952Maria Montessori, Italian physician/educationist, dies at 81

1862Henry David Thoreau, US writer/pacifist (Walden Pond), dies at 44

1987William J Casey, director of CIA (1981-87), dies at 73

1859Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist, dies at 89

1949Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian philosopher (Nobel 1911), dies at 86

1992Marlene Dietrich, [Maria Losch], actress (Angel), dies in Paris at 90