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Birthday May 06, 0973 Henry II, Holy Roman emperor (1014-24) |
Birthday May 06, 1740 John Penn, signer of the Declaration of Independence |
Birthday May 06, 1758 Robespierre, French Revolutionary leader |
Birthday May 06, 1843 Grove Karl Gilbert, geologist, investigated Lake Bonneville, Utah |
Birthday May 06, 1856 Robert Peary, artic explorer |
Birthday May 06, 1856 Sigmund Freud, cigar smoker |
Birthday May 06, 1859 Luis Mar¡a Drago, Argentine statesman, anti-interventionist |
Birthday May 06, 1861 Rabindranath Tagore, Hindu poet, mystic, composer (Nobel 1913) |
Birthday May 06, 1870 AP Giannini, founder of Bank of America |
Birthday May 06, 1888 Emmanuel Celler, former congressman |
Birthday May 06, 1895 Rudolph Valentino, sheik |
Birthday May 06, 1902 Max Ophulus, film director |
Birthday May 06, 1902 Harry Golden, writer |
Birthday May 06, 1903 Aram Khachaturian, composer |
Birthday May 06, 1904 Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist, poet (Trade Wind) (Nobel 1974) |
Birthday May 06, 1905 Toots Shor, raconteur, restaurateur |
Birthday May 06, 1907 Weeb Ewbank, NFL coach (Baltimore Colts, New York Jets) |
Birthday May 06, 1915 Orson Welles, Actor (Citizen Kane, War of the Worlds, Third Man) |
Birthday May 06, 1915 Theodore H. White, historian, writer |
Birthday May 06, 1924 Mimi Benzell, in Bridgeport |
Birthday May 06, 1926 Marguerite Piazza, operatic soprano |
Birthday May 06, 1931 Willie Mays, baseball player, the "Say Hey Kid." |
Birthday May 06, 1962 Lori Singer, in Chorpus Christi Texas |
History May 06, 1527 Sack of Rome - End Renaissance |
History May 06, 1626 Peter Minuet purchases Manhattan Island for $24 |
History May 06, 1775 William Franklin warns Dartmouth of repercussions from Lexington and Concord |
History May 06, 1794 Haiti - under Toussaint L'Ouverture - revolts against France |
History May 06, 1840 1st postage stamps issued - by Britain |
History May 06, 1851 Dr John Farrie Patents a "refrigeration machine" |
History May 06, 1851 SF Chamber of Commerce starts |
History May 06, 1860 SF Olympic Club - 1st US athletic club founded |
History May 06, 1861 Arkansas becomes 9th state to secede from US |
History May 06, 1864 Grant and Lee continue fighting in the Wilderness |
History May 06, 1876 The theft of Duchess of Devonshire stirs interest |
History May 06, 1882 Lord Cavendish assassinated at Dublin - Ireland |
History May 06, 1890 Mormon Church renounces polygamy |
History May 06, 1906 Temporary permit to erect overhead wires on Market Street |
History May 06, 1911 Hangman George Maledon dies |
History May 06, 1915 Red Sox Babe Ruth pitching debut & 1st HR - loses to Yanks 4-3 in 15 |
History May 06, 1915 Second Battle of Krithia, Gallipoli |
History May 06, 1933 FDR creates the WPA |
History May 06, 1937 The Hindenburg disaster |
History May 06, 1937 Dirigible Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst - NJ (36 die) |
History May 06, 1937 Hindenburg explodes in New Jersey |
History May 06, 1940 John Steinbeck wins a Pulitzer for The Grapes of Wrath |
History May 06, 1942 All American forces in the Philippines surrender unconditionally |
History May 06, 1953 Bobo Holloman's 1st major league start - a no-hitter |
History May 06, 1954 Roger Bannister breaks four-minutes mile |
History May 06, 1954 First four-minute mile |
History May 06, 1954 Roger Bannister breaks 4 min mile (3:59:4) |
History May 06, 1962 1st nuclear warhead is fired from Polaris submarine (Ethan Allen) |
History May 06, 1970 Students launch nationwide protest |
History May 06, 1972 South Vietnamese defenders hold on to An Loc |
History May 06, 1984 Spinal Tap stages a comeback at CBGB's in New York City |
History May 06, 1985 17th Space Shuttle Mission - Challenger 7 returns to Earth |
History May 06, 1991 Harry Gant is oldest NASCAR winner — again |
History May 06, 1992 Gorbachev reviews the Cold War |
History May 06, 2004 Final episode of Friends airs on NBC |
History May 06, 2013 Ohio kidnap victims rescued after years in captivity |