WillDekkard
05-06-2010, 03:44 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on This Date in History
- May 6th
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* 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.
* 1536 King Henry VIII orders English language Bibles be placed in every church.
* 1542 Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, the capital of Portuguese India at the time.
* 1682 Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles.
* 1757 Battle of Prague A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War.
* 1816 The American Bible Society is founded in New York City.
* 1835 James Gordon Bennett, Sr. publishes the first issue of the New York Herald.
* 1840 The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
* 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 India's Independence.
* 1861 American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.
* 1861 American Civil War: Richmond, Virginia is declared the new capital of the Confederate States of America.
* 1863 American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with the defeat of the Army of the Potomac by Confederate troops.
* 1877 Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Sioux surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
* 1882 Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed and killed during the Phoenix Park Murders in Dublin.
* 1882 The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
* 1889 The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
* 1910 George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII.
* 1935 New Deal: Executive Order 7034 creates the Works Progress Administration.
* 1935 The first flight of the Curtiss P-36 Hawk.
* 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 (first is on December 11, 1941).
* 1945 World War II: The Prague Offensive, the last major battle of the Eastern Front, begins.
* 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 Anthony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey.
* 1962 St. Martνn de Porres is canonized by Pope John XXIII.
* 1966 Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors Murders in England.
* 1972 Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hόseyin İnan are executed in Ankara for attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order.
* 1976 An earthquake strikes Friuli, causing 989 deaths and the destruction of entire villages.
* 1981 A jury of architects and sculptors unanimously selects Maya Ying Lin's design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial from 1,421 other entries.
* 1983 The Hitler diaries are revealed as a hoax after examination by experts.
* 1984 103 Korean Martyrs are canonized by Pope John Paul II in Seoul
* 1989 Cedar Point opens Magnum XL-200, the first roller coaster to break the 200 ft height barrier, therefore spawning what is considered to be the coaster wars.
* 1994 Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President Franηois Mitterrand officiate at the opening of the Channel Tunnel.
* 1994 Former Arkansas state worker Paula Jones files suit against President Bill Clinton, alleging that he had sexually harassed her in 1991.
* 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 5th career start.
* 1999 First elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly 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 by an animal rights activist.
* 2008 Chaiten Volcano erupts in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.
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- May 6th
c/p from Wikipedia
* 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.
* 1536 King Henry VIII orders English language Bibles be placed in every church.
* 1542 Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, the capital of Portuguese India at the time.
* 1682 Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles.
* 1757 Battle of Prague A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War.
* 1816 The American Bible Society is founded in New York City.
* 1835 James Gordon Bennett, Sr. publishes the first issue of the New York Herald.
* 1840 The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
* 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 India's Independence.
* 1861 American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.
* 1861 American Civil War: Richmond, Virginia is declared the new capital of the Confederate States of America.
* 1863 American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with the defeat of the Army of the Potomac by Confederate troops.
* 1877 Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Sioux surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
* 1882 Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed and killed during the Phoenix Park Murders in Dublin.
* 1882 The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
* 1889 The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
* 1910 George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII.
* 1935 New Deal: Executive Order 7034 creates the Works Progress Administration.
* 1935 The first flight of the Curtiss P-36 Hawk.
* 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 (first is on December 11, 1941).
* 1945 World War II: The Prague Offensive, the last major battle of the Eastern Front, begins.
* 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 Anthony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey.
* 1962 St. Martνn de Porres is canonized by Pope John XXIII.
* 1966 Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors Murders in England.
* 1972 Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hόseyin İnan are executed in Ankara for attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order.
* 1976 An earthquake strikes Friuli, causing 989 deaths and the destruction of entire villages.
* 1981 A jury of architects and sculptors unanimously selects Maya Ying Lin's design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial from 1,421 other entries.
* 1983 The Hitler diaries are revealed as a hoax after examination by experts.
* 1984 103 Korean Martyrs are canonized by Pope John Paul II in Seoul
* 1989 Cedar Point opens Magnum XL-200, the first roller coaster to break the 200 ft height barrier, therefore spawning what is considered to be the coaster wars.
* 1994 Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President Franηois Mitterrand officiate at the opening of the Channel Tunnel.
* 1994 Former Arkansas state worker Paula Jones files suit against President Bill Clinton, alleging that he had sexually harassed her in 1991.
* 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 5th career start.
* 1999 First elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly 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 by an animal rights activist.
* 2008 Chaiten Volcano erupts in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.
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