Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: May 6
May 6, 2025 is the 126th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 239 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Tuesday.
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
- 1757 –English poet Christopher Smart is admitted into St Luke’s Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement to mental asylums.
- 1801 –Captain Thomas Cochrane in the 14-gun HMS Speedy captures the 32-gun Spanish frigate El Gamo.
- 1840 –The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- 1935 –New Deal: Executive Order 7034 creates the Works Progress Administration.
- 1941 –At California’s March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show.
- 1976 –An earthquake strikes Friuli, causing 989 deaths and the destruction of entire villages.
- 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.
- 2002 –Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated by an animal rights activist.
Who were born on May 6?
- 1871 –Christian Morgenstern, German author (d. 1914)
- 1895 –Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian Nazi (d. 1946)
- 1920 –Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Fijian statesman (d. 2004)
- 1920 –Ross Hunter, American film producer (d. 1996)
- 1948 –Mary MacGregor, American singer
- 1949 –Ross Bagdasarian, Jr., American voice actor and cartoonist
- 1972 –Naoko Takahashi, Japanese long-distance runner
- 1977 –Christophe Brandt, Belgian cyclist
- 1980 –Mark Ladwig, American figure skater
- 1986 –Roman Kreuziger, Czech Astana pro cyclist
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