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May 6 Events in History - May 6 Birthdays - May 6 Deaths
May 6, 1997 Michael Jackson and Bee Gees inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
May 6, 1997 NHL Hartford Whalers become Carolina Hurricanes
May 6, 1997 Rick Pitino becomes coach of Boston Celtics
May 6, 1996 Guatemala's leftist guerrillas sign key accord with government of Pres
May 6, 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Hartford, Connecticut on WCCC 106.9 FM
May 6, 1996 Alvaro Arzu aimed at ending 35 years of civil war
May 6, 1995 121st Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens on Thunder Gulch wins in 2:01.2
May 6, 1995 ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Mike Aulby
May 6, 1995 Classic Sports Network begins on cable TV
May 6, 1994 Chunnel linking England and France officially opens
May 6, 1994 Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait sets fire to the couch on Tonight Show
May 6, 1994 House passes the assault weapons ban
May 6, 1994 Lennox Lewis TKOs Phil Jackson in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
May 6, 1994 Nelson Mandela and his ANC, finally confirmed winners in South Africa
May 6, 1993 STS-55 (Columbia) lands
May 6, 1992 New York Met Anthony Young begins losing streak of at least 26 games
May 6, 1992 Werder Bremen wins 32nd Europe Cup II
May 6, 1991 Phillie Lenny Dykstra slams his sports car into 2 trees
May 6, 1991 Seppo Raty of Finland sets javelin record to 301' 9"
May 6, 1991 Space Shuttle STS 39 (Discovery 12) lands
May 6, 1990 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
May 6, 1990 Former president PW Botha quit South Africa's ruling National Party
May 6, 1989 115th Kentucky Derby: Pat Valenzuela on Sunday Silence wins in 2:05
May 6, 1988 Graeme Hick scores 405 for Worcs vs. Somerset 35 fours 11 sixes
May 6, 1988 Doughnutgate incident: New Jersey Devils' coach Jim Schoenfeld tells referee Don Koharski to 'eat another doughnut you fat pig!,' he is suspended
May 6, 1987 Gary Hart denies affair with model Donna Rice
May 6, 1987 Mario Andretti sets one-lap speed record at Indy at 218.204 MPH
May 6, 1987 Niroslav Milhailovic begins 54 hours of telling jokes
May 6, 1987 PTL's Jim Bakker and Rich Dortch dismissed from Assemblies of God
May 6, 1987 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
May 6, 1986 Berlin: Real Madrid wins 15th UEFA Cup
May 6, 1986 Donald E. Pelotte becomes 1st native American bishop
May 6, 1986 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
May 6, 1985 17th Space Shuttle Mission (51-B)-Challenger 7 lands at Edwards AFB
May 6, 1984 Baltimore Oriole Cal Ripken, Jr. hits for cycle
May 6, 1984 Jose Napoleon Duarte wins El Salvador presidential election
May 6, 1982 Seattle Mariner Gaylord Perry becomes 15th pitcher to win 300 games
May 6, 1981 "Inacent Black" opens at Biltmore Theater New York City for 14 performances
May 6, 1981 Mariners manager Maury Wills is fired and replaced by Rene Lachemann
May 6, 1981 U.S. expels Libyan diplomats
May 6, 1979 Fred Markham set a bicycle speed record of 818 kph over 200 m
May 6, 1979 Louis LaRusso II's "Knockout," premieres in New York City
May 6, 1979 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament
May 6, 1979 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
May 6, 1978 104th Kentucky Derby: Steve Cauthen aboard Affirmed wins in 2:01.2
May 6, 1978 South Africa military goes into Angola
May 6, 1977 "Beatles at Hollywood Bowl," released in U.K.
May 6, 1975 3 people die in tornado that strikes Omaha, Nebraska
May 6, 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
May 6, 1974 Smallest attendance at Phila's Veterans Stadium (4,149)
May 6, 1974 Stolen "Guitar Player" painting by Jan Vermeer found in London
May 6, 1974 West German chancellor W. Brandt resigns
May 6, 1973 1st WHA championship, New England Whalers beat Win Jets, 4 games to 1
May 6, 1973 Judy Rankin wins LPGA American Defender-Raleigh Golf Classic
May 6, 1972 98th Kentucky Derby: Ron Turcotte aboard Riva Ridge wins in 2:01.8
May 6, 1970 Yuchiro Miura of Japan skies down Mt. Everest
May 6, 1968 Battle between students and troops in Paris, 1000 injured
May 6, 1968 Giants reliever Lindy McDaniel sets NL record of 225th consecutive errorless game (108 chances consecutively since June 16, 1964)
May 6, 1968 Spain closes border to Gibraltar except to Spaniards
May 6, 1967 400 students seize administration building at Cheyney State College
May 6, 1967 93rd Kentucky Derby: Bobby Ussery on Proud Clarion wins in 2:00.6
May 6, 1967 Maureen Wilton runs female world record marathon (3:15:22)
May 6, 1967 Zakir Hussain elected 1st Moslem president of India
May 6, 1966 Canadian Minister of Finance announces a $20 Centennial gold coin
May 6, 1966 Most runs scored in 11th inning (9) Phils score 5 to beat Pirates 8-7
May 6, 1965 Lawry and Simpson complete opening stand of 382 against W Indies
May 6, 1964 Joe Orton's "Entertaining Mr. Sloan," premieres in London
May 6, 1963 Pulitzer prize awarded to Barbara Tuchman (Guns of August)
May 6, 1962 1st nuclear warhead fired from Polaris submarine (Ethan Allen)
May 6, 1962 Antonio Segni elected president of Italy
May 6, 1962 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Tournament
May 6, 1962 Pathet Lao breaks cease fire/conquerors Nam Tha Laos
May 6, 1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean
May 6, 1961 87th Kentucky Derby: John Sellers aboard Carry Back wins in 2:04
May 6, 1961 Omer Vanaudenhove chosen chairman of Belgium Liberal Party
May 6, 1960 English prince Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jones (Lord Snowdon)
May 6, 1960 President Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act of 1960
May 6, 1960 Students attack Dutch embassy in Djakarta
May 6, 1960 Trotsky's murderer Jacques Mornard (Ramon Mercader), freed in Mexico
May 6, 1957 Italian government of Segni resigns
May 6, 1957 Last broadcast of "I Love Lucy" on CBS-TV
May 6, 1957 Pulitzer prize awarded to John F Kennedy (Profiles in Courage)
May 6, 1956 Gus Bell (Reds) homers off Bob Miller in both ends of a double header
May 6, 1956 WRCB TV channel 3 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (NBC) begins broadcasting
May 6, 1955 West Germany joins NATO
May 6, 1954 Roger Bannister of Britain breaks 4 minute mile (3:59:4)
May 6, 1953 Brown's Bobo Holloman 1st major league start, no-hits Philadelphia A's, 6-0
May 6, 1951 Pittsburgh Pirate Cliff Chambers no-hits Boston Brave, 3-0
May 6, 1950 "Great to Be Alive" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 52 performances
May 6, 1950 76th Kentucky Derby: William Boland on Middleground wins in 2:01.6
May 6, 1950 Liz Taylor's 1st marriage to Conrad Hilton, Jr.
May 6, 1948 "Sally" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 36 performances
May 6, 1946 Pulitzer prize awarded to Arthur M. Schlesinger (Age of Jackson)
May 6, 1945 General J. Blaskowitz surrenders German troops in Netherlands
May 6, 1944 70th Kentucky Derby: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 2:04.2
May 6, 1944 KJR-AM in Seattle Washington swaps calls with KOMO
May 6, 1943 British 1st army opens assault on Tunis
May 6, 1942 Corregidor and Philippines surrender to Japanese Armies
May 6, 1941 Joseph Stalin became premier of Russia
May 6, 1940 Pulitzer prize awarded to John Steinbeck (Grapes of Wrath)
May 6, 1939 1st performance of Honegger/Claudel's "Jeanne d'Arc Ouch B-cher"
May 6, 1939 65th Kentucky Derby: James Stout aboard Johnstown wins in 2:03.4
May 6, 1938 Dutch writer Maurits Dekker sentenced to 50 days for "offending a friendly head of state" (Hitler)
May 6, 1937 Dirigible Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey (36 die)
May 6, 1935 British King George and Queen Mary celebrates silver jubilee
May 6, 1935 KTM-AM in Los Angeles California changes call letters to KEHE (now KABC)
May 6, 1935 Pulitzer prize awarded to Audrey Wurdemann (Bright Ambush)
May 6, 1934 Red Sox score 12 runs in 4th inning including record 4 consecutive triples hit by Carl Reynolds, Moose Solters, Rick Ferrell, and B Walters
May 6, 1933 59th Kentucky Derby: Don Meade aboard Brokers Tip wins in 2:06.8
May 6, 1933 Italy and U.S.S.R. sign trade agreement
May 6, 1929 AL announces it will discontinue MVP award
May 6, 1929 New York to San Francisco footrace begins
May 6, 1925 Ty Cobb hits his 5th HR in 2 games tying Cap Ansons record of 1884
May 6, 1921 American Soccer League forms
May 6, 1919 Paris Peace Conference disposes of German colonies; German East Africa is assigned to Britain and France, German SW Africa to South Africa
May 6, 1917 St. Louis Brown Bob Groom no-hits Chicago White Sox, 3-0
May 6, 1916 Belgian troop march into Kigali, German East-Africa
May 6, 1915 Allies attack Cape Helles, Hellespont
May 6, 1915 German U-20 sinks Centurion SE of Ireland
May 6, 1915 Red Sox Babe Ruth pitching debut and 1st HR, loses to Yanks 4-3 in 15
May 6, 1914 British House of Lords rejects women suffrage
May 6, 1913 King Nikita I of Montenegro vacates Skoetari, North-Albania
May 6, 1910 King George V ascends to British throne
May 6, 1907 33rd Kentucky Derby: Andy Minder aboard Pink Star wins in 2:12.6
May 6, 1906 "Temporary" permit to erect overhead wires on Market St. SF
May 6, 1904 American Lung Association holds its 1st meeting
May 6, 1903 Chicago White Sox commit 12 errors against Detroit Tigers
May 6, 1902 British SS Camorta sinks off Rangoon; 739 die
May 6, 1902 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place"
May 6, 1902 Zulu assault at Holkrantz South-Africa
May 6, 1896 22nd Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Ben Brush wins in 2:07.75
May 6, 1895 21st Kentucky Derby: Soup Perkins aboard Halma wins in 2:37
May 6, 1891 Conductors on London General Omnibus Company go on strike
May 6, 1890 Mormon Church renounces polygamy [1006-Truth Restored (Morman pub)]
May 6, 1889 Universal Exposition opens in Paris, Eiffel Tower completed
May 6, 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act: U.S. Congress ceases Chinese immigration
May 6, 1882 Epping Forest England dedicated by Queen Victoria
May 6, 1864 Battle of Port Walthall Junction, Virginia
May 6, 1864 Battle of Wilderness-Gen Longstreet seriously injured
May 6, 1864 General Sherman begins advance to Atlanta Georgia
May 6, 1861 Arkansas and Tennessee becomes 9th and 10th state to secede from US
May 6, 1861 Jefferson Davis approves a bill declaring War between U.S. and Confederacy
May 6, 1860 San Francisco Olympic Club, 1st U.S. athletic club forms
May 6, 1853 1st major U.S. rail disaster kills 46 in Norwalk, Connecticut
May 6, 1851 Dr. John Gorrie patents a "refrigeration machine"
May 6, 1851 Linus Yale patents Yale-lock
May 6, 1851 San Francisco Chamber of Commerce starts
May 6, 1848 Otto Tank ends slavery in Suriname colony
May 6, 1844 Johan Thorbecke argue general right to vote
May 6, 1835 1st edition of New York Herald (price 1 cents )
May 6, 1833 John Deere makes 1st steel plow
May 6, 1804 Suriname sold to English (until Feb, 1816)
May 6, 1794 Haiti, under Toussaint L'Ouverture, revolts against France
May 6, 1787 1st Black Masonic Lodge (African # 459) forms Prince Hall, Boston
May 6, 1757 Battle at Prague: Frederik II of Prussia beats emperor army
May 6, 1753 French King Louis XV observes transit of Mercury at Mendon Castle
May 6, 1733 1st international boxing match: Bob Whittaker beats Tito di Carni
May 6, 1672 Brandenburgs monarch Frederik Willem signs treaty with Netherlands
May 6, 1648 Battle at Zolty Wody-Bohdan Chmielricki's Cossaks beat John II Casimir
May 6, 1644 Johan Mauritius resigns as governor of Brazil
May 6, 1642 Ville Marie (Montreal) forms
May 6, 1626 Dutch colonist Paul Minuit buys Manhattan for $24 in trinkets
May 6, 1598 Arch duke Albrecht and Isabella become monarch of Southern Netherlands
May 6, 1536 King Henry VIII, orders bible be placed in every church
May 6, 1529 Battle at Gogra: Mogol emperor Babur beats Afghans and Bengals
May 6, 1527 Spanish and German Imperial troops sack Rome; ending Renaissance
May 6, 1476 Emperor Frederik III of Habsburg and duke Charles the Stout arrange marriage of their children
May 6, 1312 Pope Clement V closes Council of Vienna



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