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Day Of The Week: May 6

What day of the week?

May 6, 2024 is the 127th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 239 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Monday.

If you are into daily horoscope then Taurus is your zodiac sign. Emerald is your modern birthstone. Sapphire is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

Historical Events: May 6

  • 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.
  • 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
    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.
  • 1960
    More than 20 million viewers watch the first televised royal wedding when Princess Margaret marries Anthony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey.
  • 1962
    St. Martín de Porres is canonized by Pope John XXIII.
  • 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.

Who were born on May 6?

  • 1769
    Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1824)
  • 1917
    Kal Mann, American lyricist (d. 2001)
  • 1928
    Robert Poujade, French politician
  • 1934
    Richard Shelby, American politician
  • 1936
    Bernard Lemaire, French Canadian businessman (Cascades)
  • 1953
    Michelle Courchesne, Quebec politician
  • 1964
    Dana Hill, American actress (d. 1996)
  • 1979
    Gerd Kanter, Estonian discus thrower
  • 1983
    Dani Alves, Brazilian footballer
  • 1987
    Moon Geun Young, South Korean actress

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