Notable Historical Events on May 6th
May 6th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1312 |
Pope Clement V closes Council of Vienna |
1527 |
Spanish & German Imperial troops sack Rome; ending Renaissance |
1529 |
Battle at Gogra: Mogol emperor Babur beats Afghans & Bengals |
1536 |
King Henry VIII orders bible be placed in every church in England |
1542 |
Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, the capital of Portuguese India at the time. |
1598 |
Archduke Albrecht & Isabella become monarch of Southern Netherlands |
1604 |
Leon VII Spanish poet's first poem is published: La Cocina. |
1626 |
Dutch colonist Peter Minuit buys Manhattan Island from local Indians for 60 guilders worth of trinkets |
1642 |
Ville Marie (Montreal) forms |
1644 |
Johan Mauritius resigns as governor of Brazil |
1648 |
Battle at Zolty Wody-Bohdan Chmielricki's Cossaks beat John II Casimir |
1672 |
Brandenburg monarch Frederik Willem signs treaty with Netherlands |
1682 |
Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles. |
1733 |
1st international boxing match: Bob Whittaker beats Tito di Carni |
1753 |
French King Louis XV observes transit of Mercury at Mendon Castle |
1757 |
Battle of Prague: Frederick II of Prussia's forces defeat Austrian army |
1787 |
1st Black Masonic Lodge (African # 459) forms Prince Hall, Boston |
1794 |
Haiti, under Toussaint L'Ouverture, revolts against France |
1804 |
Suriname sold to English (until Feb, 1816) |
1833 |
John Deere makes 1st steel plough |
1835 |
James Gordon Bennett, Sr. publishes the first issue of the New York Herald (price 1 cent). |
1840 |
1st postage stamps (Penny Black) issued (Great Britain) |
1844 |
Johan Thorbecke argue general right to vote |
1848 |
Otto Tank ends slavery in Suriname colony |
1851 |
Dr John Gorrie patents a "refrigeration machine" |
1851 |
Linus Yale patents Yale lock |
1851 |
New slave regulations go into effect in Suriname |
1851 |
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce starts |
1853 |
1st major US rail disaster kills 46 (Norwalk, Connecticut) |
1860 |
SF Olympic Club, 1st US athletic club forms |
1860 |
Giuseppe Garibaldi's Mille sets sail from Genoa to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. |
1861 |
Arkansas & Tennessee becomes 9th & 10th states to secede from US |
1861 |
Jefferson Davis approves a bill declaring War between US & Confederacy |
1864 |
US Civil War: Battle of Port Walthall Junction, VA |
1864 |
US Civil War: Battle of Wilderness - Confederate General longstreet seriously injured |
1864 |
US Civil war: General Sherman begins advance to Atlanta Georgia |
1882 |
Chinese Exclusion Act: US Congress ceases Chinese immigration |
1882 |
Epping Forest, England, dedicated by Queen Victoria |
1882 |
Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed and killed during the Phoenix Park Murders in Dublin. |
1889 |
Universal Exposition opens in Paris, Eiffel Tower completed |
1890 |
Mormon Church renounces polygamy [1006-Truth Restored (Morman pub)] |
1891 |
Conductors on London General Omnibus Company go on strike |
1895 |
21st Kentucky Derby: Soup Perkins aboard Halma wins in 2:37.50 |
1896 |
22nd Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Ben Brush wins in 2:07.75 |
1896 |
Samuel Pierpont Langley flies his unpiloted Number 5 aircraft using a catapult launch from a boat on the Potomac River, USA. The aircraft travels almost 3/4 of a mile - ten times further than any previous heavier-than-air flying machine. |
1902 |
British SS Camorta sinks off Rangoon; 739 die |
1902 |
Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" (BG) |
1902 |
Zulu assault at Holkrantz South-Africa |
1903 |
Chicago White Sox commit 12 errors against Detroit Tigers |
1904 |
American Lung Association holds its 1st meeting |
1906 |
"Temporary" permit to erect overhead wires on Market Street, San Francisco |
1906 |
Tsar Nicolas II of Russia claims right to legislate by decree and restricts the power of the Duma (Russian Parliament) |
1907 |
33rd Kentucky Derby: Andy Minder aboard Pink Star wins in 2:12.6 |
1910 |
George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII. |
1913 |
King Nikita I of Montenegro vacates Skoetari, North-Albania |
1914 |
British House of Lords rejects women's suffrage |
1915 |
German U-20 sinks Centurion SE of Ireland |
1915 |
Red Sox Babe Ruth pitching debut & 1st HR, loses to Yanks 4-3 in 15 |
1915 |
The Allies on Cape Helles launch three attacks to enlarge their beachheads; after terrible losses, they advance about three miles |
1916 |
Belgian troop march into Kigali, German East-Africa |
1917 |
St Louis Brown Bob Groom no-hits Chicago White Sox, 3-0 |
1919 |
Paris Peace Conference disposes of German colonies; Ger E Africa is assigned to Britain & France, German SW Africa to South Africa |
1921 |
American Soccer League forms |
1925 |
Ty Cobb hits his 5th HR in 2 games tying Cap Ansons record of 1884 |
1929 |
AL announces it will discontinue MVP award |
1929 |
NY to SF footrace begins |
1933 |
59th Kentucky Derby: Don Meade aboard Brokers Tip wins in 2:06.8 |
1933 |
Italy & USSR sign trade agreement |
1934 |
Red Sox score 12 runs in 4th inning including record 4 consecutive triples hit by Carl Reynolds, Moose Solters, Rick Ferrell, & B Walters |
1935 |
British King George & Queen Mary celebrates silver jubilee |
1935 |
KTM-AM in Los Angeles California changes call letters to KEHE (now KABC) |
1935 |
Pulitzer prize awarded to Audrey Wurdemann (Bright Ambush) |
1937 |
German airship Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, NJ (36 die) |
1938 |
Dutch writer Maurits Dekker sentenced to 50 days for "offending a friendly head of state" (Hitler) |
1939 |
1st performance of Honegger/Claudel's "Jeanne d'Arc Ouch B-cher" |
1939 |
65th Kentucky Derby: James Stout aboard Johnstown wins in 2:03.4 |
1940 |
Pulitzer prize awarded to John Steinbeck (Grapes of Wrath) |
1941 |
Joseph Stalin became premier of Russia |
1941 |
At California's March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show. |
1942 |
Corregidor & Philippines surrender to Japanese Armies |
1943 |
British 1st army opens assault on Tunis |
1944 |
70th Kentucky Derby: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 2:04.2 |
1944 |
KJR-AM in Seattle Wash swaps calls with KOMO |
1945 |
Gen J Blaskowitz surrenders German troops in Netherlands |
1945 |
World War II: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allied troops (first was on December 11, 1941). |
1946 |
Pulitzer prize awarded to Arthur M Schlesinger (Age of Jackson)" |
1948 |
"Sally" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 36 performances |
1950 |
"Great to Be Alive" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 52 perfs |
1950 |
76th Kentucky Derby: William Boland on Middleground wins in 2:01.6 |
1951 |
Pitts Pirate Cliff Chambers no-hits Boston Brave, 3-0 |
1953 |
Brown's Bobo Holloman 1st major league start, no-hits Phila A's, 6-0 |
1954 |
Roger Bannister of Britain breaks 4 minute mile (3:59:4) |
1955 |
West Germany joins NATO |
1956 |
Gus Bell (Reds) homers off Bob Miller in both ends of a double header |
1956 |
WRCB TV channel 3 in Chattanooga, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting |
1957 |
Italian government of Segni resigns |
1957 |
Last broadcast of "I Love Lucy" on CBS-TV |
1957 |
Pulitzer prize awarded to John F Kennedy (Profiles in Courage) |
1959 |
Iceland gunboats shoot at British fishing ships |
1960 |
US President Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act of 1960 |
1960 |
Students attack Dutch embassy in Djakarta |
1960 |
Trotsky's murderer Jacques Mornard (Ramon Mercader) freed in Mexico |
1961 |
87th Kentucky Derby: John Sellers aboard Carry Back wins in 2:04 |
1961 |
Omer Vanaudenhove chosen chairman of Belgium Liberal Party |
1962 |
1st nuclear warhead fired from Polaris submarine (Ethan Allen) |
1962 |
Antonio Segni elected president of Italy |
1962 |
Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Tournament |
1962 |
Pathet Lao breaks cease fire/conquerors Nam Tha Laos |
1962 |
US performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean |
1963 |
Pulitzer prize awarded to Barbara Tuchman (Guns of August) |
1964 |
Joe Orton's "Entertaining Mr Sloan" premieres in London |
1965 |
Lawry & Simpson complete opening stand of 382 against W Indies |
1966 |
Canadian Minister of Finance announces a $20 Centennial gold coin |
1966 |
Most runs scored in 11th inning (9) Phils score 5 to beat Pirates 8-7 |
1966 |
Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors Murders in England. |
1967 |
400 students seize administration building at Cheyney State College |
1967 |
93rd Kentucky Derby: Bobby Ussery on Proud Clarion wins in 2:00.6 |
1967 |
Maureen Wilton runs female world record marathon (3:15:22) |
1967 |
Zakir Hussain elected 1st Moslem president of India |
1968 |
Street battle between students & troops in Paris, 1000 injured |
1968 |
Giants reliever Lindy McDaniel sets NL record of 225th consecutive errorless game (108 chances consecutively since June 16, 1964) |
1968 |
Spain closes border to Gibraltar except to Spaniards |
1969 |
Northern Ireland Prime Minister Chichester-Clark announces an amnesty for all offences associated with demonstrations since 5 October 1968, resulting in the release of, among others, Ian Paisley and Ronald Bunting |
1970 |
Yuchiro Miura of Japan skies down Mt Everest |
1970 |
Irish Prime Minister Jack Lynch sacks two ministers in the Irish government over allegations of illegal arms importation |
1972 |
98th Kentucky Derby: Ron Turcotte aboard Riva Ridge wins in 2:01.8 |
1972 |
Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara for attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order. |
1973 |
1st WHA championship, New England Whalers beat Win Jets, 4 games to 1 |
1973 |
Judy Rankin wins LPGA American Defender-Raleigh Golf Classic |
1974 |
A's pitcher Paul Lindblad makes an errant throw in 1st inning of 6-3 loss to Balt ends his record streak of 385 consecutive errorless games |
1974 |
Bundy victim Roberta Parks disappears from OSU, Corvallis, Ore |
1974 |
Smallest attendance at Phila's Veterans Stadium (4,149) |
1974 |
Stolen "Guitar Player" painting by Jan Vermeer found in London |
1974 |
West German Chancellor Willy Brandt resigns |
1975 |
Bundy victim Lynette Culver disappears from Pocatello, Idaho |
1975 |
Early warnings provided by REACT (ham radio operators) means only |
1975 |
3 people die in tornado that strikes Omaha, Nebraska |
1976 |
An earthquake strikes Friuli in Northern Italy, causing 989 deaths and the destruction of entire villages. |
1977 |
"Beatles at Hollywood Bowl" released in UK |
1978 |
104th Kentucky Derby: Steve Cauthen aboard Affirmed wins in 2:01.2 |
1978 |
South Africa military goes into Angola |
1979 |
Fred Markham set a bicycle speed record of 818 kph over 200 m |
1979 |
Louis LaRusso II's "Knockout" premieres in NYC |
1979 |
Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament |
1979 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
1981 |
"Inacent Black" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 14 performances |
1981 |
Mariners manager Maury Wills is fired & replaced by Rene Lachemann |
1981 |
US expels Libyan diplomats |
1982 |
Seattle Mariner Gaylord Perry becomes 15th pitcher to win 300 games |
1984 |
Baltimore Oriole Cal Ripken Jr hits for cycle |
1984 |
Jose Napoleon Duarte wins El Salvador presidential election |
1985 |
17th Space Shuttle Mission (51-B)-Challenger 7 lands at Edwards AFB |
1986 |
Berlin: Real Madrid wins 15th UEFA Cup |
1986 |
Donald E Pelotte becomes 1st native American bishop |
1986 |
France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island |
1987 |
Gary Hart denies affair with model Donna Rice |
1987 |
Mario Andretti sets one-lap speed record at Indy at 218.204 MPH |
1987 |
Niroslav Milhailovic begins 54 hours of telling jokes |
1987 |
PTL's Jim Bakker & Rich Dortch dismissed from Assemblies of God |
1987 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
1988 |
Graeme Hick scores 405 for Worcs v Somerset 35 fours 11 sixes |
1988 |
Doughnutgate incident: NJ Devils' coach Jim Schoenfeld tells referee Don Koharski to 'eat another doughnut you fat pig!,' he is suspended |
1989 |
115th Kentucky Derby: Pat Valenzuela on Sunday Silence wins in 2:05 |
1990 |
Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic |
1990 |
Former president PW Botha quit South Africa's ruling National Party |
1990 |
Tom Cruise is ticketed for careless operation of a vehicle in SC |
1991 |
Phillie Lenny Dykstra slams his sports car into 2 trees |
1991 |
Seppo Raty of Finland sets javelin record to 301' 9" |
1991 |
Space Shuttle STS 39 (Discovery 12) lands |
1992 |
NY Met Anthony Young begins losing streak of at least 26 games |
1992 |
Werder Bremen wins 32nd Europe Cup II |
1993 |
STS-55 (Columbia) lands |
1994 |
Chunnel linking England & France officially opens |
1994 |
Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait sets fire to the couch on Tonight Show |
1994 |
US House of Representatives passes the Federal Assault Weapons Ban |
1994 |
Lennox Lewis TKOs Phil Jackson in 8 for heavyweight boxing title |
1994 |
Nelson Mandela and the ANC, finally confirmed winners in South Africa's first post apartheid election |
1995 |
121st Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens on Thunder Gulch wins in 2:01.2 |
1995 |
ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Mike Aulby |
1995 |
Classic Sports Network begins on cable TV |
1996 |
Guatemala's leftist guerrillas sign key accord with government of President Alvaro Arzu aimed at ending 35 years of civil war |
1996 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Hartford CT on WCCC 106.9 FM |
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 |
Army Staff Sgt Delmar Simpson gets 25-year sentence for rape |
1997 |
Michael Jackson & Bee Gees inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |
1997 |
NHL Hartford Whalers become Carolina Hurricanes |
1997 |
Rick Pitino becomes coach of Boston Celtics |
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 5th career start. |
2000 |
126th Kentucky Derby: Kent Desormeaux aboard Fusaichi Pegasus wins in 2:01.12 |
2001 |
During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque. |
2002 |
Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is shot and killed by an animal rights activist. |
2004 |
TV sitcom Friends airs season finale in 10th and final season in US (52.5 million viewers) |
2006 |
132nd Kentucky Derby: Edgar Prado aboard Barbaro wins in 2:01.36 |
2008 |
Chaiten Volcano erupts in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people. |
2010 |
The second largest intraday point swing in Dow Jones Industrial Average history occurs. |
2011 |
The US Department of Labor states that 244,000 jobs were created in April, with 235,000 added in February and 221,000 in March, but unemployment continues to grow, reaching 9% |
2012 |
Francois Hollande elected President of France |
2012 |
Greeck parliamentary election results in 60% support for parties opposed to austerity measures |
2013 |
10 people are killed and 26 people are injured after a wave of attacks across Iraq |
2013 |
13 people are killed in clashes with Bangladeshi police in Dhaka |
2013 |
15 people are killed and 50 are injured after a bomb detonates at a political rally in Pakistan |
2013 |
Wal-Mart becomes the largest company by revenue on the Fortune 500 list |
2013 |
The US Senate passes a bill enabling taxing of online sales |
2016 |
Airstrikes Kill More Than 30 in Syrian Refugee Camp |
2016 |
Rebels capture village near Aleppo, 73 killed: monitor |
2016 |
Alberta wildfire may stall Canada's second-quarter growth |
2016 |
Alberta wildfire could cost insurers as much as C$9 billion -BMO |
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