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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 |