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Events on the 6th of May in history

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06 May 1312 Pope Clement V closes Council of Vienna
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06 May 1476 Emperor Frederik III of Habsburg and Duke Charles the Stout arrange marriage of their children
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06 May 1527 Spanish and German Imperial troops sack Rome; ending Renaissance
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06 May 1527 Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. 147 Swiss Guards, including their commander, die fighting the forces of Charles V in order to allow Pope Clement VII to escape into Castel Sant'Angelo.
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06 May 1529 Battle at Gogra: Mogol Emperor Babur beats Afghans and Bengals
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06 May 1536 King Henry VIII orders English-language Bibles be placed in every church.
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06 May 1536 The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Spanish.
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06 May 1542 Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, the capital of Portuguese India at the time.
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06 May 1598 Archduke Albrecht and Isabella become Monarch of Southern Netherlands
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06 May 1626 Dutch colonist Paul Minuit buys Manhattan for $24 in trinkets
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06 May 1642 Ville Marie (Montreal) forms
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06 May 1644 Johan Mauritius resigns as Governor of Brazil
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06 May 1659 English Restoration: A faction of the British Army removes Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth and reinstalls the Rump Parliament.
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06 May 1672 Brandenburgs monarch Frederik Willem signs treaty with Netherlands
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06 May 1682 Louis XIV moves his court to the Palace of Versailles.
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06 May 1733 1st international boxing match: Bob Whittaker beats Tito di Carni
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06 May 1753 French King Louis XV observes transit of Mercury at Mendon Castle
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06 May 1757 Battle at Prague: Frederik II of Prussia beats Emperor army
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06 May 1757 English poet Christopher Smart is admitted into St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement to mental asylums.
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06 May 1757 The end of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757).
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06 May 1757 Battle of Prague: A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War.
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06 May 1782 Construction begins on the Grand Palace, the royal residence of the King of Siam in Bangkok, at the command of King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.
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06 May 1787 1st Black Masonic Lodge (African # 459) forms Prince Hall, Boston
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06 May 1801 Captain Thomas Cochrane in the 14-gun HMS Speedy captures the 32-gun Spanish frigate El Gamo.
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06 May 1804 Suriname sold to English (until Feb, 1816)
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06 May 1833 John Deere makes 1st steel plow
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06 May 1835 1st edition of New York Herald (price 1 cent)
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06 May 1835 James Gordon Bennett, Sr. publishes the first issue of the New York Herald.
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06 May 1840 1st postage stamps (Penny Black) issued (Great Britain)
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06 May 1840 The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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06 May 1844 Johan Thorbecke argue general right to vote
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06 May 1844 The Glaciarium, the world's first mechanically frozen ice rink, opens.
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06 May 1848 Otto Tank ends slavery in Suriname colony
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06 May 1851 Dr John Gorrie patents a "refrigeration machine"
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06 May 1851 Linus Yale patents Yale-lock
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06 May 1851 New slave regulations go into effect in Suriname
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06 May 1851 San Francisco Chamber of Commerce starts
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06 May 1853 1st major US rail disaster kills 46 (Norwalk, Connecticut)
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06 May 1857 The British East India Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry whose sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British and is considered to be the First Martyr in the War of Indian Independence.
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06 May 1860 San Francisco Olympic Club, 1st US athletic club forms
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06 May 1861 Arkansas and Tennessee becomes 9th and 10th state to secede from US
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06 May 1861 Jefferson Davis approves a bill declaring War between US and Confederacy
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06 May 1861 American Civil War: Richmond, Virginia is declared the new capital of the Confederate States of America.
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06 May 1861 American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.
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06 May 1863 American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with the defeat of the Army of the Potomac by Confederate troops.
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06 May 1864 Battle of Wilderness - General Longstreet seriously injured
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06 May 1864 General Sherman begins advance to Atlanta, Georgia
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06 May 1877 Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Sioux surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
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06 May 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act: US Congress ceases Chinese immigration
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06 May 1882 Epping Forest England dedicated by Queen Victoria
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06 May 1882 The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
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06 May 1882 Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed and killed during the Phoenix Park Murders in Dublin.
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06 May 1889 Universal Exposition opens in Paris, Eiffel Tower completed
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06 May 1889 The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
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06 May 1890 Mormon Church renounces polygamy [1006-Truth Restored (Morman pub)]
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06 May 1891 Conductors on London General Omnibus Company go on strike
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06 May 1896 22nd Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Ben Brush wins in 2:07.75
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06 May 1902 British SS Camorta sinks off Rangoon; 739 die
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06 May 1902 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" (BG)
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06 May 1902 Zulu assault at Holkrantz South-Africa
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06 May 1902 Macario Sakay establishes the Tagalog Republic with himself as President.
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06 May 1903 Chicago White Sox commit 12 errors against Detroit Tigers
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06 May 1904 American Lung Association holds its 1st meeting
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06 May 1906 "Temporary" permit to erect overhead wires on Market St, San Francisco
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06 May 1907 33rd Kentucky Derby: Andy Minder aboard Pink Star wins in 2:12.6
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06 May 1910 King George V ascends to British throne
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06 May 1910 George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII.
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06 May 1913 King Nikita I of Montenegro vacates Skoetari, North-Albania
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06 May 1914 British House of Lords rejects women suffrage
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06 May 1915 Allies attack Cape Helles, Hellespont
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06 May 1915 German U-20 sinks Centurion SE of Ireland
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06 May 1915 Red Sox Babe Ruth pitching debut and 1st HR, loses to Yanks 4-3 in 15
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06 May 1915 Babe Ruth hits his first major league home run while pitching for the Boston Red Sox.
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06 May 1916 Belgian troop march into Kigali, German East-Africa
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06 May 1916 Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists executed in the Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Jamal Pasha, the Ottoman wāli.
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06 May 1919 Paris Peace Conference disposes of German colonies; Ger E Africa is assigned to Britain and France, German SW Africa to South Africa
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06 May 1921 American Soccer League forms
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06 May 1925 Ty Cobb hits his 5th HR in 2 games tying Cap Ansons record of 1884
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06 May 1929 AL announces it will discontinue MVP award
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06 May 1929 New York to SF footrace begins
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06 May 1933 59th Kentucky Derby: Don Meade aboard Brokers Tip wins in 2:06.8
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06 May 1933 Italy and the USSR sign trade agreement
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06 May 1933 The Deutsche Studentenschaft attacked Magnus Hirschfeld's Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, later burning many of its books.
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06 May 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
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06 May 1935 British King George and Queen Mary celebrates silver jubilee
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06 May 1935 KTM-AM in Los Angeles California changes call letters to KEHE (now KABC)
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06 May 1935 Pulitzer prize awarded to Audrey Wurdemann (Bright Ambush)
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06 May 1935 The first flight of the Curtiss P-36 Hawk.
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06 May 1935 New Deal: Executive Order 7034 creates the Works Progress Administration.
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06 May 1937 Dirigible Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey (36 die)
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06 May 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.
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06 May 1938 Dutch writer Maurits Dekker sentenced to 50 days for "offending a friendly head of state" (Hitler)
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06 May 1939 65th Kentucky Derby: James Stout aboard Johnstown wins in 2:03.4
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06 May 1940 Pulitzer prize awarded to John Steinbeck (Grapes of Wrath)
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06 May 1940 John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
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06 May 1941 Joseph Stalin became Premier of Russia
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06 May 1941 The first flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.
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06 May 1941 At California's March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show.
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06 May 1942 Corregidor and Philippines surrender to Japanese Armies
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06 May 1942 World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.
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06 May 1943 British 1st army opens assault on Tunis
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06 May 1944 70th Kentucky Derby: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 2:04.2
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06 May 1944 KJR-AM in Seattle Washington swaps calls with KOMO
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06 May 1945 Gen J Blaskowitz surrenders German troops in the Netherlands
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06 May 1945 World War II: The Prague Offensive, the last major battle of the Eastern Front, begins.
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06 May 1945 World War II: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allied troops.
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06 May 1946 Pulitzer prize awarded to Arthur M Schlesinger (Age of Jackson)"
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06 May 1948 "Sally" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 36 performances
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06 May 1949 EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation.
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06 May 1950 "Great to Be Alive" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 52 performances
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06 May 1950 76th Kentucky Derby: William Boland on Middleground wins in 2:01.6
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06 May 1951 Pittsburgh Pirate Cliff Chambers no-hits Boston Brave, 3-0
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06 May 1954 Roger Bannister of Britain breaks 4 minute mile (3:59:4)
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06 May 1954 Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
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06 May 1955 West Germany joins NATO
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06 May 1956 Gus Bell (Reds) homers off Bob Miller in both ends of a double header
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06 May 1956 WRCB TV channel 3 in Chattanooga, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting
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06 May 1957 Italian government of Segni resigns
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06 May 1957 Last broadcast of "I Love Lucy" on CBS-TV
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06 May 1957 Pulitzer prize awarded to John F Kennedy (Profiles in Courage)
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06 May 1959 Iceland gunboats shoot at British fishing ships
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06 May 1960 English Prince Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jones (Lord Snowdon)
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06 May 1960 President Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act of 1960
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06 May 1960 Students attack Dutch embassy in Djakarta
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06 May 1960 More than 20 million viewers watch the first televised royal wedding when Princess Margaret marries Anthony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey.
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06 May 1961 87th Kentucky Derby: John Sellers aboard Carry Back wins in 2:04
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06 May 1961 Omer Vanaudenhove chosen Chairman of Belgium Liberal Party
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06 May 1962 1st nuclear warhead fired from Polaris submarine (Ethan Allen)
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06 May 1962 Antonio Segni elected President of Italy
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06 May 1962 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Tournament
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06 May 1962 Pathet Lao breaks cease fire / conquerors Nam Tha Laos
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06 May 1962 St. Martín de Porres is canonized by Pope John XXIII.
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06 May 1963 Pulitzer prize awarded to Barbara Tuchman (Guns of August)
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06 May 1965 Lawry and Simpson complete opening stand of 382 against West Indies
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06 May 1966 Canadian Minister of Finance announces a $20 Centennial gold coin
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06 May 1966 Most runs scored in 11th inning (9) Phils score 5 to beat Pirates 8-7
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06 May 1966 Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors murders in England.
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06 May 1967 400 students seize administration building at Cheyney State College
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06 May 1967 93rd Kentucky Derby: Bobby Ussery on Proud Clarion wins in 2:00.6
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06 May 1967 Maureen Wilton runs female world record marathon (3:15:22)
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06 May 1967 Zakir Hussain elected 1st Moslem President of India
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06 May 1968 Battle between students and troops in Paris, 1000 injured
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06 May 1968 Giants reliever Lindy McDaniel sets NL record of 225th consecutive errorless game (108 chances consecutively since June 16, 1964)
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06 May 1968 Spain closes border to Gibraltar except to Spaniards
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06 May 1970 Yuchiro Miura of Japan skies down Mt Everest
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06 May 1972 98th Kentucky Derby: Ron Turcotte aboard Riva Ridge wins in 2:01.8
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06 May 1972 Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara for attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order.
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06 May 1973 1st WHA championship, New England Whalers beat Win Jets, 4 games to 1
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06 May 1973 Judy Rankin wins LPGA American Defender-Raleigh Golf Classic
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06 May 1974 Bundy victim Roberta Parks disappears from OSU, Corvallis, Ore
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06 May 1974 Stolen "Guitar Player" painting by Jan Vermeer found in London
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06 May 1974 W German chancellor W Brandt resigns
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06 May 1975 3 people die in tornado that strikes Omaha, Nebraska
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06 May 1975 Bundy victim Lynette Culver disappears from Pocatello, Idaho
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06 May 1975 Early warnings provided by REACT (ham radio operators) means only
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06 May 1975 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 1976 An earthquake strikes the Friuli region of northeastern Italy, causing 989 deaths and the destruction of entire villages.
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06 May 1977 "Beatles at Hollywood Bowl, " released in the UK
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06 May 1978 104th Kentucky Derby: Steve Cauthen aboard Affirmed wins in 2:01.2
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06 May 1978 South Africa military goes into Angola
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06 May 1979 Fred Markham set a bicycle speed record of 818 km/h over 200 m
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06 May 1981 "Inacent Black" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 14 performances
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06 May 1981 Mariners manager Maury Wills is fired and replaced by Rene Lachemann
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06 May 1981 US expels Libyan diplomats
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06 May 1981 A jury of architects and sculptors unanimously selects Maya Ying Lin's design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial from 1,421 other entries.
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06 May 1982 Seattle Mariner Gaylord Perry becomes 15th pitcher to win 300 games
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06 May 1983 The Hitler Diaries are revealed as a hoax after examination by experts.
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06 May 1984 Baltimore Oriole Cal Ripken Jr hits for cycle
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06 May 1984 Jose Napoleon Duarte wins El Salvador presidential election
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06 May 1984 One hundred three Korean Martyrs are canonized by Pope John Paul II in Seoul.
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06 May 1985 17th Space Shuttle Mission (51-B) - Challenger 7 lands at Edwards AFB
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06 May 1986 Berlin: Real Madrid wins 15th UEFA Cup
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06 May 1986 Donald E Pelotte becomes 1st native American Bishop
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06 May 1987 Gary Hart denies affair with model Donna Rice
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06 May 1987 Mario Andretti sets one-lap speed record at Indy at 218.204 mph
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06 May 1987 Niroslav Milhailovic begins 54 hours of telling jokes
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06 May 1988 Graeme Hick scores 405 for Worcs vs. Somerset 35 fours 11 sixes
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06 May 1989 115th Kentucky Derby: Pat Valenzuela on Sunday Silence wins in 2:05
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06 May 1989 Cedar Point opens Magnum XL-200, the first roller coaster to break the 200 ft height barrier, therefore spawning what is known as the "coaster wars".
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06 May 1990 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
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06 May 1990 Tom Cruise is ticketed for careless operation of a vehicle in SC
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06 May 1991 Phillie Lenny Dykstra slams his sports car into 2 trees
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06 May 1991 Space Shuttle STS 39 (Discovery 12) lands
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06 May 1992 New York Met Anthony Young begins losing streak of at least 26 games
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06 May 1992 Werder Bremen wins 32nd Europe Cup II
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06 May 1993 STS-55 (Columbia) lands
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06 May 1994 Chunnel linking England and France officially opens
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06 May 1994 Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait sets fire to the couch on Tonight Show
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06 May 1994 House passes the assault weapons ban
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06 May 1994 Lennox Lewis TKOs Phil Jackson in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
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06 May 1994 Nelson Mandela and his ANC, finally confirmed winners in South Africa
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06 May 1994 Former Arkansas state worker Paula Jones files a lawsuit against United States President Bill Clinton, alleging that he had sexually harassed her in 1991.
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06 May 1994 Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François Mitterrand officiate at the opening of the Channel Tunnel.
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06 May 1995 121st Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens on Thunder Gulch wins in 2:01.2
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06 May 1995 ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Mike Aulby
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06 May 1995 Classic Sports Network begins on cable TV
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06 May 1996 Alvaro Arzu aimed at ending 35 years of civil war
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06 May 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Hartford CT on WCCC 106.9 FM
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06 May 1996 The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared.
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06 May 1997 Army Staff Sgt Delmar Simpson gets 25-year sentence for rape
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06 May 1997 Michael Jackson & Bee Gees inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
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06 May 1997 NHL Hartford Whalers become Carolina Hurricanes
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06 May 1997 Rick Pitino becomes coach of Boston Celtics
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06 May 1997 The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank's 300-year history.
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06 May 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.
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06 May 1999 The first elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly are held.
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06 May 2001 During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.
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06 May 2004 The series finale of the television sitcom Friends is aired on NBC. The finale attracts 52.46 million viewers, making it the sixth most watched television series finale in U.S. history.
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06 May 2013 Three women missing for more than a decade are found alive in the U.S. city of Cleveland, Ohio. Their captor, Ariel Castro, is taken into custody.
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06 May 2014 Six people are injured in a knife attack at a Chinese train station in Guangzhou.
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