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06 May 1925
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Patrick Meany: CEO (Rank Organization)
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06 May 1925
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Ty Cobb hits his 5th HR in 2 games tying Cap Ansons record of 1884
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| 75 years anniversary |
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06 May 1950
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birth
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Robbie McIntosh: Drummer (Average White Band - Show your Hand)
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06 May 1950
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death
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Agnes Smedley: Writer
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06 May 1950
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"Great to Be Alive" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 52 performances
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06 May 1950
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76th Kentucky Derby: William Boland on Middleground wins in 2:01.6
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06 May 1950
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birth
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Robbie McIntosh, Scottish drummer (Average White Band and The Senate) (d. 1974) |
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06 May 1950
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birth
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Jeffery Deaver, American journalist and author |
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06 May 1950
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music
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birth Robbie McIntosh, Average White Band, (1975 US No.1 & UK No.6 single 'Pick Up The Pieces). He died on 23rd August 1974.
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| 50 years anniversary |
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06 May 1975
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3 people die in tornado that strikes Omaha, Nebraska
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06 May 1975
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Bundy victim Lynette Culver disappears from Pocatello, Idaho
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06 May 1975
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Early warnings provided by REACT (ham radio operators) means only
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06 May 1975
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During a lull in fighting, 100,000 Armenians gather in Beirut to commemorate 60th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. |
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06 May 1975
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death
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József Mindszenty, Hungarian cardinal (b. 1892) |
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| 25 years anniversary |
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06 May 2000
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death
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Gordon McClymont, Australian ecologist and academic (b. 1920) |
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| 20 years anniversary |
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06 May 2005
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music
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US coffee shop chain Starbucks banned the sale of Bruce Springsteen's latest album Devils and Dust over concerns about its adult content. The retailer - which stocked CDs at its branches in the US - said it would be promoting other albums instead.
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| 15 years anniversary |
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06 May 2010
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death
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Robin Roberts, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1926) |
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| 10 years anniversary |
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06 May 2015
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death
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Jim Wright, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1922) |
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06 May 2015
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death
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Denise McCluggage, American race car driver and journalist (b. 1927) |
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06 May 2015
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death
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Novera Ahmed, Bangladeshi sculptor (b. 1930) |
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06 May 2015
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death
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Errol Brown, Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (Hot Chocolate) (b. 1943) |
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06 May 2015
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music
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British-Jamaican singer and songwriter Errol Brown, best known as the frontman of the soul and funk band Hot Chocolate died of liver cancer at his home in the Bahamas. Their hits included 'You Sexy Thing', 'So You Win Again' and 'Brother Louie'. His break in music came in 1969 when he recorded a version of 'Give Peace a Chance' with some friends. Unable to change the lyrics without John Lennon's permission, he sent a copy to his record label, Apple, and the song was released with Lennon's approval.
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06 May 2015
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music
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The results of the evolution of western pop music, spanning from 1960 to 2010, was published in The Royal Society Open Science Journal. The scientists who looked at more than 17,000 songs found three music revolutions - in 1964, 1983 and 1991. In 1964 the invasion of British bands introduced a radical new rocky sound. Synthesisers, samplers and drum machines, drove a second major style shift in 1983. The third, in 1991, came about when rap and hip-hop went mainstream. The team also refuted claims that pop music was starting to sound the same.
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