This Day in History for 6th May

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 100 of 193

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
1542 - Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, the capital of Portuguese India at the time.
1598 - Arch duke 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 - Brandenburgs 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 at Prague: Frederik II of Prussia beats emperor 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)
The Sun King Louis XIV 1833 - John Deere makes 1st steel plow
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 - SF 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 - Battle of Port Walthall Junction, VA
Confederate General James Longstreet 1864 - Battle of Wilderness-Gen Longstreet seriously injured
1864 - 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
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 St SF
1907 - 33rd Kentucky Derby: Andy Minder aboard Pink Star wins in 2:12.6
1910 - King George V ascends to British throne
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 suffrage
1915 - Allies attack Cape Helles, Hellespont
1915 - German U-20 sinks Centurion SE of Ireland
Baseball Great Babe Ruth 1915 - Red Sox Babe Ruth pitching debut & 1st HR, loses to Yanks 4-3 in 15
1916 - Belgian troop march into Kigali, German East-Africa
1917 - St Louis Brown Bob Groom no-hits Chic 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 - Dirigible 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
Author John Steinbeck 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
Soviet Union Premier Joseph Stalin 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 - Pres Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act of 1960
1960 - Students attack Dutch embassy in Djakarta

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 243

973 - Henry II, Roman Catholic German king/emperor (1002/14-24)
1397 - Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (d. 1450)
1501 - Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italy, humanist/Pope (1555, 22 days)
1581 - Frans Francken, the Younger, painter
1606 - Lorenzo Lippi, [Perlone Zipoli], poet/painter
1638 - Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1696)
1713 - Charles Batteux, French philosopher (d. 1780)
1758 - Maximilien Robespierre, Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat (1781)
1759 - Francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician
1769 - Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1824)
1785 - Arvir A Afzelius, Swedish story teller
1786 - Ludwig Borne, writer
1790 - Vaclav Vilem Wurfel, composer
1797 - Joseph Brackett, American religious leader and composer (d. 1882)
1800 - Ferdinand Marcucci, composer
1800 - Roman Sanguszko, Polish aristocrat and general (d. 1881)
1801 - George Sears Greene, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1899
1802 - Friedrich Wilhelm Schirmer, artist
1806 - Chapin Aaron Harris, US, found America Society of Dental Surgeons
1809 - William Walker, composer
1812 - Marin R Delany, Charlestown Va, 1st black major in US Medical Corp
1813 - Joseph Tarr Copeland, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1893
1814 - Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, violinist/composer
1825 - Joseph Bailey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
1829 - Phoebe Ann Coffin, 1st female ordained minister in New England
1830 - Guido Gezelle, Flemish priest/poet
1838 - Alfred Humphreys Pease, composer
1843 - Grove Karl Gilbert, geologist, investigated Lake Bonneville, Utah
1849 - Wyatt Eaton, artist
1856 - Robert Edwin Peary, US, arctic explorer (North Pole-Apr 6 1909)
Father of Psychology Sigmund Freud (1856) 1856 - Sigmund Freud, Freiberg in Mähren, Moravia, Austrian neurologist and father of psychology, (d. 1939)
1858 - Georges Adolphe Hue, composer
1859 - Luis Maria Drago, Argentina, statesman, anti-interventionist
1859 - Willem J T Kloos, Dutch poet (Act of Simple Justice)
1861 - Radindranath Tagore, Hindu poet/mystic/composer (Nobel 1913)
1861 - Motilal Nehru, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1931)
1868 - Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont, Poland, novelist (Chiopi, Nobel-1924)
1868 - Gaston Leroux, French writer (d. 1927)
1869 - Joseph Cuvelier, Belgian historian/archivist
1870 - Amedos Peter Giannine, San Jose California, founded Bank of America
1870 - John McCutcheon, cartoonist (Pulitzer Prize-1931)
1871 - August Reusner, composer
1871 - Ch Morgenstern, writer
1871 - Victor Grignard, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
1872 - Willem de Sitter, Dutch scientist (d. 1934)
1875 - William Daniel Leahy, Iowa, 5 star admiral/chief of staff (1949)
1879 - Johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist
1879 - Bedrich Hrozny, Czech orientalist (d. 1952)
1880 - Baron W Edmund, Archangel & Ironside, British fieldmarshal
1882 - Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany (d. 1951)
1883 - Jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher/author [or May 9]
1888 - Emmanuel Celler, (Rep-D-NY, 1923-73)
1889 - Arthur Morison, typographer
1890 - Claire Whitney, NY, silent film actress (Blind Fools, Haunted Mine)
1894 - Filip Lazar, composer
1895 - Rudolph Valentino, Castellaneta Italy, sheik/actor (Eagle)
1895 - Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian Nazi (d. 1946)
1895 - Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian writer (d. 1974)
1897 - Paul Alverdes, German writer (Pfeiferstube)
1898 - Daniel Gerber, Freemont Mi, beloved by babies at mealtime
1899 - Billy Cotton, British entertainer (d. 1969)
1902 - Walter Dawson, British Air Chief marshall
1902 - Harry Golden, American journalist (d. 1981)
1902 - Max Ophüls, German-born director (d. 1957)
1903 - Toots Shor, New York restaurateur (d. 1977)
1904 - Catherine Lacey, London England, actress (Sorcerors)
1904 - Harry Martinson, Sweden, novelist/poet (Trade Wind-Nobel 1974)
1904 - Raymond Bailey, American actor (d. 1980)
1904 - Moshe Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-born founder of the Feldenkrais method (d. 1984)
1905 - Norman De Tar, composer
1905 - [Bernard] Toots Shor, raconteur/restauranteur (Toots Shor)
1906 - Andre Weil, [Bourbaki], French/US mathematician
1906 - Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican writer (d. 2005)
1907 - Weeb Ewbank, NFL coach (Baltimore Colts, NY Jets)
1908 - Necil Kazim Akses, composer
1909 - Loyd Sigmon, American amateur ("ham") radio broadcastor (d. 2004)
1910 - Antoon Breyne, Belgian journalist
1912 - Barend Roest Crollius, painter/writer (Chronicle Sins of Youth)
1912 - Bill Quinn, NYC, actor (Rifleman, Van Ranseleer-All in the Family)
1912 - Hugh Martell, British Vice Admiral
1913 - Carmen Cavallaro, NYC, actor (Hollywood Canteen, Diamond Horseshoe)
1913 - Gyula David, composer
1913 - Jack [John T] Aitken, British anatomist
1913 - Kenneth Horne, English paper manufacturer/multi-millionaire
1913 - Ronald Harris, British 1st Church Estates Commissioner
1913 - Stewart Granger, [James Stewart], London, actor (Prisoner of Zenda)
1915 - George Perle, Bayonne NJ, composer (12 Tone Tonality)
1915 - John Arnold, British high court judge
1915 - May Henriquez-Alvarez, Curacao, sculptor
Actor Orson Welles (1915) 1915 - Orson Welles [George], Kenosha Wisc, actor (Citizen Kane, War of the Worlds), (d. 1985)
1915 - Theodore H White, historian/writer (Making of President)
1916 - Adriana Caselotti, animation voice (Show White)
1917 - Kal Mann, American lyricist (d. 2001)
1918 - Godfrey Ridout, composer
1918 - Sydney Chatton, England
1919 - Frank Ereaut, Balliff of Jersey
1920 - John Henderson, Lord-Lieutenant (Berkshire England)
1921 - Erich Freid, writer
1921 - Freddy Randall, jazz trumpeteer
1921 - Robert Fell, CEO (British Stock Exchange)

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Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 12 of 12

1476 - Emperor Frederik III of Habsburg & duke Charles the bold arrange marriage of their children
1950 - Liz Taylor's 1st marriage (Conrad Hilton Jr)
1960 - English princess Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jones (Lord Snowdon) at Westminster Abbey
1997 - "The X-files" actor David Duchovny (36) weds actress Tea Leoni (31) in the garden of the Grace Church School
2001 - Actress-singer Billie Piper (18) weds media mogul Chris Evans (35) at the Little Church of the West in Las Vegas
2006 - Former WWF Women's Champion Sable (38) weds IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar (28) in Medina, Minnesota
2006 - "Scooter" techno rocker lead singer H.P. Baxxter (40) weds model Simone Mustert at Tremsbuttel Castle near Hamburg
2006 - Duchess of Cornwall's daughter Laura Parker-Bowles (28) weds former Calvin Klein model Harry Lopes (28) at Church of Saint Cyriac in Lacock, Wiltshire
2006 - "Coronation Street" actress Julia Haworth (26) weds Jon Wormald at St. Stephen's CE Church in Burnley, Lancashire
2006 - Race car driver "Champ Car World Series" two time winner Sebastien Bourdais (27) weds Claire Bagot at Cathedral Saint-Julien in Le Mans, France
2007 - Evanescence singer Amy Lee (25) weds Josh Hartzler (29) in Little Rock, Arkansas
2007 - "The Fast and the Furious" actress Jordana Brewster (27) weds movie producer Andrew Form (38) in Bahamas

Famous Divorces

Divorces 1 - 1 of 1

2006 - "Dallas" actress Victoria Principal (56) divorces plastic surgeon Harry Glassman (63) due to irreconcilable differences after nearly 21 years of marriage

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 100 of 115

523 - Thrasamunde, king of Vandalen
680 - Muawiyah I, caliph (b. 602)
988 - Dirk II, West Frisian count of Holland
1085 - King Alfonso VI, of Leon conquered Toledo, dies
1124 - Balak, Emir of Aleppo, murdered
1475 - Dieric Bouts, Dutch painter, dies at about 64
1502 - James Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower (executed)
1527 - Karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37
1540 - Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48
1596 - Giaches de Wert, Flemish composer (b. 1535)
1620 - Hayyim ben Joseph Vital, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1543)
1631 - Robert Bruce Cotton, English politician
1638 - Cornelius Jansen, theologian (Jansenism), dies
1642 - Frans Francken, the Younger, Flemish painter, dies on 61st birthday
1666 - Paul Siefert, composer, dies at 79
1678 - Joseph de La Barre, composer, dies at 44
1708 - François de Laval, first bishop of New France (b. 1623)
1727 - Catharina I, Latvia tsarina of Russia, dies at about 42
1739 - Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed), dies at 63
1757 - Maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705)
1757 - Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, British politician (b. 1683)
1757 - Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (b. 1684)
1776 - James Kent, composer, dies at 76
1794 - Jean-Jacques Beauvarget-Charpentier, composer, dies at 59
1814 - George Joseph Vogler, composer, dies at 64
1836 - Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer, dies at 78
1840 - Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian president and independence leader (b. 1792)
1841 - John Thomson, composer, dies at 35
1852 - Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer, dies at 75
1856 - William Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies
1859 - Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, explorer/scientist, dies
Naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1859) 1859 - Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist, dies at 89
1862 - Henry David Thoreau, US writer/pacifist (Walden Pond), dies at 44
1864 - Henry Livermore Abbott, US Union brig-general, dies in battle
1864 - Micah Jenkins, Confederate brig-general (friendly fire), dies at 28
1877 - Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet (b. 1804)
1882 - Frederick Cavendish, assassinated by Fenian Invincibles, in Dublin
1882 - Thomas Henry Burke, assassinated by Fenian Invincibles, in Dublin
1890 - Hubert Leonard, composer, dies at 71
1892 - Ernest Guiraud, composer, dies at 54
1904 - Franz von Lenbach, German painter, dies at 67
1910 - Edward VII, King of England (1901-10), dies at 68
1916 - Dirk Bos, Dutch MP (Liberal), dies at 53
1916 - Earl Ross Drake, composer, dies at 50
1919 - Frank Lyman Baum, author (Wizard of Oz), dies at 62
1924 - Carel S Adama van Scheltema, poet/writer (socialism), dies at 47
Naturalist/Pacifist Henry David Thoreau (1862) 1936 - Hans Jelmoli, composer, dies at 59
1948 - 43 communist rebels, executed in Athens
1949 - A L Ochse, cricketer (10 wickets in 3 Tests for S Afr 1927-29), dies
1949 - Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian philosopher (Nobel 1911), dies at 86
1950 - Agnes Smedley, writer, dies
1951 - Élie Cartan, French mathematician (b. 1869)
1952 - Alberto Savinio, Italian composer (Capitano Ulisse), dies at 60
1952 - Maria Montessori, Italian physician/educationist, dies at 81
1960 - Paul Abraham, Hungarian composer (Blume von Hawaii), dies at 67
1961 - Lucian Blaga, philosopher/poet (Transcendental censor), dies at 65
1963 - Monty Wooley, actor (Pied Piper, Man Who Came to Dinner), dies at 74
1963 - Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-born physicist (b. 1881)
1964 - Harold Morris, composer, dies at 74
1967 - Zhou Zuoren, Chinese writer (b. 1885)
1971 - Helene Weigel, Austrian/German actress (Metropolis), dies at 70
Educator Maria Montessori (1952) 1972 - Deniz Gezmiş, Turkish Left-wing Political Activist (b. 1947)
1973 - Ernest MacMillan, composer, dies at 79
1975 - Jozsef Mindszenty, [Joseph Prehm], Hungarian cardinal, dies at 83
1976 - Karel M J F Cruysberghs, Flemish author (On the Pulpit), dies at 85
1978 - Ethelda Bleibtrey, US swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1920), dies at 76
1978 - Ko van Dijk Jr, Dutch actor (Zaak M P), dies at 61
1982 - Sam Baker, dies
1983 - Kai Winding, American trombonist and jazz composer (b. 1922)
1984 - Bonner Pink, Conservative Party politician
1984 - Mary Cain, Mississippi newspaper editor and politician (b. 1904)
1985 - Julie Vega, Filipino child actress and singer (b. 1968)
1987 - William J Casey, director of CIA (1981-87), dies at 73
1989 - Guy Williams, actor (Zorro, Lost in Space)
1990 - Charles Farrell, actor (Vern-My Little Margie), dies at 89
1991 - Anthony van Kampen, writer (Ketelbinkie, Geschonden Eldorado), dies
CIA Director William Casey (1987) 1991 - Chucky Mullins, US soccer player, dies
1991 - Thomas A Carlin, dies at 62
1991 - Wilfrid Hyde-White, Brits actor (Peyton Place/140+ films), dies at 87
1992 - Jilly Rizzo, restauranteur/friend of Frank Sinatra, dies in car at 75
1992 - Marlene Dietrich, [Maria Losch], actress (Angel), dies in Paris at 90
1992 - Gaston Reiff, Belgian athlete (b. 1921)
1993 - Ann Todd, actress (Things to Come, Danny Boy), dies of stroke at 84
1993 - Minnie Gentry, actress (Def by Temptation), dies in NY at 77
1994 - Fred Sadoff, actor (Quiet American), dies of AIDS at 67
1994 - Haskell "Cool Papa" Sadler, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 59
1994 - Helen Lessore, artist, dies at 86
1994 - Montague Modlyn, broadcaster, dies at 72
1994 - Moses Rosen, Romania's chief rabbi, dies at 81
1995 - Dona Maria Pia de Braganca, pretender to Port throne, dies at 88
1995 - Leanoard "Red" Truss, R&B singer, dies at 47
Singer/Actress Marlene Dietrich (1992) 1995 - Nicholas Palmer, TV writer/producer, dies at 57
1995 - Noel Brotherston, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1956)
1995 - Hilda Toledano (b. 1907)
1996 - Frank Hercules, writer, dies at 85
1996 - Geoffrey Dawes, physiologist, dies at 78
1996 - Geoffrey Hodges, bomb disposal expert, dies at 87
1996 - Joseph Stone, lawyer, dies at 79
1996 - Leon Joseph Suenens, cardinal, dies at 91
1996 - Michael Gerzon, mathematician, dies at 50