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May 6 this yearin various calendars Akan Nwonawukuo Armenian 20 Mareri 1475 Aztec Xocotlhuetzi 16, 13 Cuetzpalin Babylonian 18 Nisanu, 2337 SE Balinese pawukon Menga, Beteng, Menala, Pon, Aryang, Buda of Taulu, Uma, Jangur, Sri Bengali 23 Boisakh , BS 1433 Chinese Yang Metal Dragon ・Winnowing Basket Mansion Fire Horse Year, Month 3 , Day 20Lixia , 15 days until Xiaoman )Common Era 6 May 2026 CE Coptic 28 Parmouti , AM 1742Egyptian 20 Thoth , 2775 NE Ethiopian 28 Miyāzyā, 2018 Amätä Məhrät French Republican Décade II, Septidi de Floréal de l'Année 234 de la République Gregorian 6 May , AD 2026 Hebrew 19 Iyar , AM 5786Omer 34 Hindu Mūla ・Siddha Vaiśākha , 1948 SE Pañcamī , Kṛishna pakṣa of Vaiśākha , 2083 VE Rāudra ・5127 KY ・1,872,701 Icelandic Miðvikudagur, 14 Harpa 2026 Islamic 19 Dhu al-Qi'dah , AH 1447tabular method ) ISO week date 2026-W19-3 Japanese 20 Yayoi , Reiwa 8Rikka , 15 days until Shōman ) Julian 23 April , AD 2026 (AM 7534)Julian day 2461167 Korean 20 Yongdal , 4359 DE Maya 13.0.13.10.4 17 Uo , 13 Kan Roman ante diem IX Kalendas Maias , MMDCCLXXIX AUC Solar Hijri 16 Ordibehesht , SH 1405 Tibetan 20 nag pa, me pho rta
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Day of the year
May 6 is the 126th day of the year (127th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 239 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
1901 – The first issue of Gorkhapatra ,Nepali newspaper, is published.1906 – The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar ).1910 – George V becomes King of Great Britain, Ireland, and many overseas territories, on the death of his father, Edward VII .1915 – Babe Ruth , then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox , hits his first major league home run.1915 – Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition : The SY Aurora breaks loose from its anchorage during a gale , beginning a 312-day ordeal.
1916 – Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists are executed in Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Djemal Pasha .1916 – Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while calling upon the people to rise up against the French, and is later deposed and exiled to Réunion island.
1933 – The Deutsche Studentenschaft attack Magnus Hirschfeld 's Institut für Sexualwissenschaft , later burning many of its books.1935 – New Deal : Under the authority of the newly-enacted Federal Emergency Relief Administration , President Franklin D. Roosevelt issues Executive Order 7034 to create the Works Progress Administration .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.1940 – John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath 1941 – At California 's March Field , Bob Hope performs his first USO show.1941 – The first flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt .
1942 – World War II : On Corregidor , the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.1945 – World War II: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allied troops.1945 – World War II: The Prague Offensive , the last major battle of the Eastern Front , begins.
1949 – EDSAC , the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer , runs its first operation.1954 – Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes .1960 – More than 20 million viewers watch the first televised royal wedding when Princess Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey .1966 – Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors murders in England.1972 – Deniz Gezmiş , Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara after being convicted of attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order.1975 – During a lull in fighting, 100,000 Armenians gather in Beirut for the 60th anniversary commemorations of the Armenian genocide .1976 – The 6.5 M w Friuli earthquake affects Northern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme ), leaving 900–978 dead and 1,700–2,400 injured.1983 – The Hitler Diaries 1984 – One hundred and three Korean Martyrs are canonized by Pope John Paul II in Seoul .1988 – All thirty-six passengers and crew are killed when Widerøe Flight 710 crashes into Mt. Torghatten in Brønnøy .1994 – Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François Mitterrand officiate at the opening of the Channel Tunnel .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 – 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 fifth career start.1998 – Steve Jobs of Apple Inc . unveils the first iMac .
1999 – The first elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly are held.2001 – During a trip to Syria , Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque .2002 – Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated following a radio interview at the Mediapark in Hilversum .2004 – The final episode of the television sitcom Friends 2010 – In just 36 minutes, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunges nearly 1,000 points in what is known as the 2010 Flash Crash .2013 – Three women , kidnapped and missing for more than a decade, are found alive in Cleveland, Ohio , in the United States.2023 – The coronation of Charles III and Camilla as King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms is held in Westminster Abbey , London .2023 – Eight people are killed and seven injured in a mass shooting in Allen, Texas . The perpetrator is killed by a police officer. Births
1635 – Johann Joachim Becher , German physician and alchemist (died 1682)1668 – Alain-René Lesage , French author and playwright (died 1747)1680 – Jean-Baptiste Stuck , Italian-French cellist and composer (died 1755)1713 – Charles Batteux , French philosopher and academic (died 1780)1714 – Anton Raaff , German tenor (died 1797)1742 – Jean Senebier , Swiss pastor and physiologist (died 1809)1758 – André Masséna , French general (died 1817)1758 – Maximilien Robespierre , French politician (died 1794)
1769 – Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1824)1769 – Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette , French mathematician and academic (died 1834)
1781 – Karl Christian Friedrich Krause , German philosopher and author (died 1832)1797 – Joseph Brackett , American religious leader and composer (died 1882)1800 – Roman Sanguszko , Polish general (died 1881)1827 – Hermann Raster , German-American journalist and politician (died 1891)1836 – Max Eyth , German engineer and author (died 1906)1843 – Grove Karl Gilbert , American geologist and academic (died 1918)1848 – Henry Edward Armstrong , English chemist and academic (died 1937)1851 – Aristide Bruant , French singer and actor (died 1925)1856 – Sigmund Freud , Austrian neurologist and psychoanalyst (died 1939)1856 – Robert Peary , American admiral and explorer (died 1920)
1861 – Motilal Nehru , Indian lawyer and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (died 1931)1868 – Gaston Leroux , French journalist and author (died 1927)1869 – Junnosuke Inoue , Japanese businessman and central banker, 8th and 11th Governor of the Bank of Japan (died 1932)1870 – Walter Rutherford , Scottish golfer (died 1936)1871 – Victor Grignard , French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1935)1871 – Christian Morgenstern , German author and poet (died 1914)
1872 – Willem de Sitter , Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (died 1934)1872 – Djemal Pasha , Ottoman general (died 1922)
1879 – Bedřich Hrozný , Czech orientalist and linguist (died 1952)1879 – Hendrik van Heuckelum , Dutch footballer (died 1929)
1880 – Winifred Brunton , English-South African painter and illustrator (died 1959)1880 – Ernst Ludwig Kirchner , German-Swiss painter (died 1938)
1883 – Alberto Collo , Italian actor (died 1955)1895 – Júlio César de Mello e Souza , Brazilian mathematician and author (died 1974)1895 – Fidél Pálffy , Hungarian soldier and politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (died 1946)
1895 – Rudolph Valentino , Italian actor (died 1926)
1896 – Rolf Maximilian Sievert , Swedish physicist and academic (died 1966)1897 – Paul Alverdes , German author and poet (died 1979)1898 – Konrad Henlein , Czech soldier and politician (died 1945)1902 – Max Ophüls , German-American director and screenwriter (died 1957)1903 – Toots Shor , American businessman, founded Toots Shor's Restaurant (died 1977)1904 – Moshé Feldenkrais , Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (died 1984)1904 – Catherine Lacey , English actress (died 1979)
1904 – Harry Martinson , Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (died 1978)
1906 – André Weil , French mathematician and academic (died 1998)1907 – Peter Barnes , Executed Irish Republican (died 1940)1907 – Weeb Ewbank , American football player and coach (died 1998)
1911 – Guy des Cars , French journalist and author (died 1993)1913 – Carmen Cavallaro , American pianist (died 1989)1913 – Stewart Granger , English-American actor (died 1993)
1915 – Orson Welles , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1985)1915 – Theodore H. White , American historian, journalist, and author (died 1986)
1916 – Robert H. Dicke , American physicist and astronomer (died 1997)1918 – Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan , emir of Abu Dhabi and first president of the United Arab Emirates (died 2004)1920 – Kamisese Mara , Fijian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Fiji (died 2004)1923 – Harry Watson , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2002)1924 – Nestor Basterretxea , Spanish painter and sculptor (died 2014)1924 – Patricia Helen Kennedy , American socialite, activist, and author (died 2006)
1929 – Rosemary Cramp , English archaeologist and academic (died 2023)1929 – Paul Lauterbur , American chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007)
1930 – David Carpenter , American serial killer
1931 – Willie Mays , American baseball player and coach (died 2024)1932 – Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath , English lieutenant and politician (died 2020)1934 – Richard Shelby , American lawyer and politician1937 – Rubin Carter , American-Canadian boxer (died 2014)1942 – Ariel Dorfman , Argentinian author, playwright, and academic1943 – Andreas Baader , German terrorist, co-founded the Red Army Faction (died 1977)1943 – Milton William Cooper , American conspiracy theorist and author (died 2001)
1943 – James Turrell , American sculptor and illustrator
1944 – Masanori Murakami , Japanese baseball player1945 – Jimmie Dale Gilmore , American country singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer1945 – Bob Seger , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947 – Alan Dale , New Zealand actor1947 – Martha Nussbaum , American philosopher and author
1950 – Jeffery Deaver , American journalist and author1951 – Samuel Doe , Liberian sergeant and politician, 21st President of Liberia (died 1990)1952 – Chiaki Mukai , Japanese physician and astronaut1952 – Gerrit Zalm , Dutch economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
1953 – Alexander Akimov , Ukrainian Chernobyl worker (died 1986)1953 – Tony Blair , British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1953 – Graeme Souness , Scottish international footballer and manager
1954 – Dora Bakoyannis , Greek politician, 120th Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs 1955 – Tom Bergeron , American television host1955 – John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness , English academic and politician, Secretary of State for Defence
1959 – Charles Hendry , English politician1960 – Keith Dowding , English political scientist, philosopher, and academic1960 – Roma Downey , Irish-American actress and producer
1960 – John Flansburgh , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1960 – Anne Parillaud , French actress
1961 – George Clooney , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter1961 – Tom Hunter , Scottish businessman and philanthropist
1961 – Frans Timmermans , Dutch politician and diplomat, First Vice President of the European Commission
1963 – Alessandra Ferri , Italian ballerina1965 – Leslie Hope , Canadian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter1968 – Lætitia Sadier , French singer and keyboard player1969 – Jim Magilton , Northern Irish footballer and coach1971 – Chris Shiflett , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1972 – Martin Brodeur , Canadian ice hockey player1976 – Iván de la Peña , Spanish footballer1977 – Mark Eaton , American ice hockey player and coach1977 – Chantelle Newbery , Australian diver
1978 – John Abraham , American football player1978 – Tony Estanguet , French slalom canoeist
1978 – Fredrick Federley , Swedish journalist and politician
1979 – Gerd Kanter , Estonian discus thrower1979 – Jon Montgomery , Canadian skeleton racer and television host
1980 – Brooke Bennett , American swimmer1980 – Dimitris Diamantidis , Greek professional basketball player
1980 – Ricardo Oliveira , Brazilian footballer
1982 – Jason Witten , American football player1983 – Dani Alves , Brazilian footballer1983 – Gabourey Sidibe , American actress
1983 – Trinley Thaye Dorje , Tibetan religious leader, the 17th Karmapa Lama
1985 – Chris Paul , American basketball player1986 – Goran Dragic , Slovenian basketball player1987 – Dries Mertens , Belgian footballer1987 – Meek Mill , American rapper
1987 – Gerardo Parra , Venezuelan baseball player and coach
1987 – Adrienne Warren , American actress
1988 – Ryan Anderson , American basketball player1988 – Dakota Kai , New Zealand professional wrestler
1989 – Dominika Cibulková , Slovak tennis player1989 – Cameron Heyward , American football player
1990 – Jose Altuve , Venezuelan baseball player1990 – Péter Gulácsi , Hungarian footballer
1992 – Brendan Gallagher , Canadian ice hockey player1992 – Baekhyun , South Korean musician and actor
1992 – Jonas Valančiūnas , Lithuanian basketball player
1993 – Gustavo Gómez , Paraguayan footballer1993 – Naomi Scott , English actress and singer
1994 – Mateo Kovačić , Croatian international footballer1997 – Maymay Entrata , Filipino model, entertainer and singer-songwriter1997 – Ranz Kyle , Filipino social media personality and entertainer
1997 – Duncan Scott , Scottish swimmer
1998 – Luigi Mangione , suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson1999 – Pato O'Ward , Mexican racing driver2002 – Cole Palmer , English footballer2002 – Angel Reese , American basketball player
2006 – Sadie Sandler , American actress2019 – Prince Archie of Sussex Deaths
Pre-1600
698 – Eadberht , bishop of Lindisfarne 850 – Ninmyō , Japanese emperor (born 808)932 – Qian Liu , Chinese warlord and king (born 852)988 – Dirk II , count of Frisia and Holland 1002 – Ealdwulf , Archbishop of York , Abbot of Peterborough and Bishop of Worcester 1187 – Ruben III, Prince of Armenia (born 1145)1236 – Roger of Wendover , Benedictine monk and chronicler 1471 – Edmund Beaufort , English commander (born 1438)1471 – Thomas Tresham , Speaker of the House of Commons
1475 – Dieric Bouts , Flemish painter (born 1415)1483 – Queen Jeonghui , Korean regent (born 1418)1502 – James Tyrrell , English knight (born 1450)1527 – Charles III, Duke of Bourbon , Count of Montpensier and Dauphin of Auvergne (born 1490)1540 – Juan Luís Vives , Spanish scholar (born 1492)1596 – Giaches de Wert , Flemish-Italian composer (born 1535)1631 – Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington , English historian and politician, founded the Cotton library (born 1570)1638 – Cornelius Jansen , Dutch-French bishop and theologian (born 1585)1708 – François de Laval , French-Canadian bishop (born 1623)1757 – Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton , English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1683)1757 – Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin , Prussian field marshal (born 1684)
1782 – Christine Kirch , German astronomer and academic (born 1696)1840 – Francisco de Paula Santander , Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (born 1792)1859 – Alexander von Humboldt , German geographer and explorer (born 1769)1862 – Henry David Thoreau , American essayist, poet, and philosopher (born 1817)1867 – Socrates Nelson , American businessman and politician (born 1814)1877 – Johan Ludvig Runeberg , Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (born 1804)1882 – Thomas Henry Burke , Irish civil servant (born 1829)1882 – Lord Frederick Cavendish , British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (born 1836)
1888 – Abraham Joseph Ash , American rabbi (born c. 1813)1905 – Robert Herbert , English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (born 1831)1907 – Emanuele Luigi Galizia , Maltese architect and civil engineer (born 1830)1910 – Edward VII of the United Kingdom (born 1841)1911 – René Vallon , French aviator (born 1880)1919 – L. Frank Baum , American novelist (born 1856)1939 – Konstantin Somov , Russian-French painter and illustrator (born 1869)1949 – Maurice Maeterlinck , Belgian-French poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1862)1951 – Élie Cartan , French mathematician and physicist (born 1869)1952 – Maria Montessori , Italian-Dutch physician and educator (born 1870)1959 – Maria Dulęba , Polish actress (born 1881)1959 – Ragnar Nurkse , Estonian-American economist and academic (born 1907)
1961 – Lucian Blaga , Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (born 1895)1963 – Theodore von Kármán , Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (born 1881)1963 – Ted Weems , American violinist, trombonist, and bandleader (born 1901)
1963 – Monty Woolley , American raconteur, actor, and director (born 1888)
1967 – Zhou Zuoren , Chinese author and translator (born 1885)1970 – Alexander Rodzyanko , Russian general (born 1879)1973 – Ernest MacMillan , Canadian conductor and composer (born 1893)1975 – József Mindszenty , Hungarian cardinal (born 1892)1980 – María Luisa Bombal , Chilean writer (born 1910)1983 – Ezra Jack Keats , American author and illustrator (born 1916)1983 – Kai Winding , Danish-American trombonist and composer (born 1922)
1984 – Mary Cain , American journalist and politician (born 1904)1984 – Bonner Pink , English politician (born 1912)
1987 – William J. Casey , American politician, 13th Director of Central Intelligence (born 1913)1989 – Earl Blaik , American football player and coach (born 1897)1990 – Charles Farrell , American actor (born 1900)1991 – Wilfrid Hyde-White , English actor (born 1903)1992 – Marlene Dietrich , German-American actress and singer (born 1901)1993 – Ann Todd , English actress and producer (born 1909)1995 – Noel Brotherston , Northern Irish footballer (born 1956)2000 – Gordon McClymont , Australian ecologist and academic (born 1920)2002 – Murray Adaskin , Canadian violinist, composer, conductor, and educator (born 1906)2002 – Otis Blackwell , American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1932)
2002 – Pim Fortuyn , Dutch sociologist, academic, and politician (born 1948)
2002 – Bjørn Johansen , Norwegian saxophonist (born 1940)
2003 – Art Houtteman , American baseball player and journalist (born 1927)2004 – Virginia Capers , American actress and singer (born 1925)2004 – Philip Kapleau , American monk and educator (born 1912)
2004 – Barney Kessel , American guitarist and composer (born 1923)
2006 – Grant McLennan , Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1958)2006 – Lorne Saxberg , Canadian journalist (born 1958)
2007 – Enéas Carneiro , Brazilian physician and politician (born 1938)2007 – Curtis Harrington , American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1926)
2009 – Kevin Grubb , American race car driver (born 1978)2010 – Robin Roberts , American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1926)2012 – James R. Browning , American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (born 1918)2012 – James Isaac , American director and producer (born 1960)
2012 – Jean Laplanche , French psychoanalyst and author (born 1924)
2013 – Giulio Andreotti , Italian journalist and politician, 41st Prime Minister of Italy (born 1919)2013 – Severo Aparicio Quispe , Peruvian bishop (born 1923)
2013 – Michelangelo Spensieri , Italian-Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1949)
2014 – Wil Albeda , Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Social Affairs (born 1925)2014 – William H. Dana , American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (born 1930)
2014 – Jimmy Ellis , American boxer (born 1940)
2014 – Billy Harrell , American baseball player and scout (born 1928)
2014 – Antony Hopkins , English pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1921)
2014 – Maria Lassnig , Austrian painter and academic (born 1919)
2014 – Farley Mowat , Canadian environmentalist and author (born 1921)
2015 – Novera Ahmed , Bangladeshi sculptor (born 1930)2015 – Denise McCluggage , American race car driver and journalist (born 1927)
2015 – Jim Wright , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (born 1922)
2016 – Patrick Ekeng , Cameroonian footballer (born 1990)2016 – Reg Grundy , Australian businessman (born 1923)
2021 – Kentaro Miura , Japanese manga artist (born 1966)2022 – George Pérez , American comic book artist and writer (born 1954)2024 – Bernard Pivot , French journalist, interviewer and host (born 1935)2024 – Brian Wenzel , Australian actor (born 1929)
2026 – Ted Turner , American media mogul (born 1938)