أحداث 6 آيار/ مايو

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 during the Sack of Rome 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.

1604 - Leon VII Spanish poet's first poem is published: La Cocina.

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 is 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.

1860 - Giuseppe Garibaldi's Mille sets sail from Genoa to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

1861 - American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.

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.


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.

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 was 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. Martín 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 Hüseyin 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 when experts examine the books and conclude that they are fake.

1988 - An airplane flying from Namsos to Brønnøysund in Norway crashes into the side of the Torghatten mountain, killing all 36 passengers and crew.

1994 - Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François 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.

2001 - During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.

2002 - Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is shot and killed by an animal rights activist.

2008 - Chaiten Volcano erupts in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.
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1397 - Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (d. 1450)
1501 - Pope Marcellus II (d. 1555)
1574 - Pope Innocent X (d. 1655)
1638 - Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1696)
1713 - Charles Batteux, French philosopher (d. 1780)
1758 - André Masséna, French marshal (d. 1817)
1758 - Maximilien Robespierre, French Revolutionary (d. 1794)
1769 - Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1824)
1769 - Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician (d. 1834)
1797 - Joseph Brackett, American religious leader and composer (d. 1882)
1800 - Roman Sanguszko, Polish aristocrat and general (d. 1881)
1856 - Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychiatrist (d. 1939)
1856 - Robert Peary, American explorer (d. 1920)
1861 - Motilal Nehru, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1931)
1868 - Gaston Leroux, French writer (d. 1927)
1871 - Victor Grignard, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
1871 - Christian Morgenstern, German author (d. 1914)
1872 - Willem de Sitter, Dutch scientist (d. 1934)
1879 - Bedrich Hrozny, Czech orientalist (d. 1952)
1880 - Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter (d. 1938)
1882 - Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany (d. 1951)
1895 - Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian Nazi (d. 1946)
1895 - Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian writer (d. 1974)
1895 - Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (d. 1926)
1897 - Paul Alverdes, German writer (d. 1979)
1899 - Billy Cotton, British entertainer (d. 1969)
1902 - Harry Golden, American journalist (d. 1981)
1902 - Max Ophüls, German-born director (d. 1957)
1903 - Toots Shor, New York restaurateur (d. 1977)
1904 - Raymond Bailey, American actor (d. 1980)
1904 - Moshe Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-born founder of the Feldenkrais method (d. 1984)
1904 - Harry Martinson, Nobel laureate (d. 1978)
1906 - Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican writer (d. 2005)
1909 - Loyd Sigmon, American amateur ("ham") radio broadcastor (d. 2004)
1913 - Carmen Cavallaro, American pianist (d. 1989)
1913 - Stewart Granger, English film actor (d. 1993)
1915 - Orson Welles, American director (d. 1985)
1915 - Theodore White, American writer (d. 1986)
1916 - Robert H. Dicke, American physicist (d. 1997)
1917 - Kal Mann, American lyricist (d. 2001)
1920 - Ross Hunter, American film producer (d. 1996)
1920 - Kamisese Mara, 1st Prime Minister of Fiji and President of Fiji (d. 2004)
1921 - Erich Fried, German author (d. 1988)
1922 - Camille Laurin, Quebec psychiatrist and politician (d. 1999)
1922 - Otmar Suitner, Austrian conductor
1923 - Vladimir Etush, Russian actor
1924 - Denny Wright, British guitarist (d. 1992)
1924 - Patricia Kennedy Lawford, American socialite (d. 2006)
1926 - Gilles Grégoire, Quebec politician, co-founder of the Parti Québécois (d. 2006)
1928 - Robert Poujade, French politician
1929 - Paul Lauterbur, Nobel laureate (d. 2007)
1931 - Willie Mays, American baseball player
1934 - Richard Shelby, American politician
1936 - Bernard Lemaire, French Canadian businessman (Cascades)
1937 - Rubin Carter, American boxer
1938 - Jean Garon, Quebec economist and politician
1938 - Larry Gogan, Irish radio personality
1942 - Rin Kaiho, professional Go player
1943 - Andreas Baader, leader of the German organization Red Army Faction (d. 1977)
1944 - Anton Furst, American production designer (d. 1991)
1944 - Masanori Murakami, First Japanese baseball player in major leagues
1945 - Jimmie Dale Gilmore, American musician
1945 - Bob Seger, American singer/songwriter
1947 - Martha Nussbaum, American philosopher
1947 - Alan Dale, New Zealand actor
1948 - Mary MacGregor, American singer
1951 - Samuel Doe, President of Liberia (d. 1990)
1952 - Christian Clavier, French actor
1952 - Gregg Henry, American actor and country musician
1952 - Michael O'Hare, American actor
1953 - Tony Blair, former British prime minister
1953 - Michelle Courchesne, Quebec politician
1953 - Graeme Souness, Scottish footballer/manager
1954 - Dora Bakoyannis, Greek politician
1955 - Tom Bergeron, American game show host
1958 - Lolita Flores, Spanish singer and actress
1960 - Roma Downey, Northern Irish actress
1960 - John Flansburgh, American musician
1960 - Anne Parillaud, French actress
1960 - Phyllis Treigle, American soprano
1961 - George Clooney, American actor
1962 - Adam Yellin, American record producer
1965 - Leslie Hope, Canadian actress
1964 - Dana Hill, American actress (d. 1996)
1968 - Lætitia Sadier, French singer (Stereolab)
1969 - Jim Magilton, Northern Irish footballer
1970 - Kavan Smith, Canadian actor
1971 - Chris Shiflett, Guitarist for Foo Fighters
1972 - Martin Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 - Marc Chouinard, French Canadian ice hockey player
1978 - John Abraham, American football player
1978 - Fredrick Federley, Swedish politician
1978 - Alexander Fedorov, Russian bodybuilder
1979 - Nikki Hayes, Irish radio personality
1980 - Scott Colton, American professional wrestler
1980 - Mario Stojić, Croatian basketball player
1980 - Ricardo Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
1980 - Taebin, Korean singer (1TYM)
1980 - Kelly van der Veer, Dutch reality TV star
1981 - Matthew Leone, bassist of Madina Lake
1981 - Nathan Leone, lead singer of Madina Lake
1981 - Mark O'Connell, American drummer (Taking Back Sunday)
1983 - Adrianne Palicki, American actress
1985 - Chris Paul, All-Star NBA Point Guard
1986 - Cindy Daniel, Quebec singer
1986 - Tyler Hynes, Canadian actor
1987 - Moon Geun-young, South Korean actress
1996 - Dominic Scott Kay, American actor
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[edit] Deaths
680 - Muawiyah I, caliph (b. 602)
1502 - James Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower (executed)
1596 - Giaches de Wert, Flemish composer (b. 1535)
1620 - Hayyim ben Joseph Vital, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1543)
1631 - Robert Bruce Cotton, English politician
1638 - Cornelius Jansen, French bishop and religious reformer (b. 1585)
1708 - François de Laval, first bishop of New France (b. 1623)
1757 - Maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705)
1757 - Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, British politician (b. 1683)
1757 - Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (b. 1684)
1840 - Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian president and independence leader (b. 1792)
1859 - Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist and explorer (b. 1769)
1862 - Henry David Thoreau, American author and philosopher (b. 1817)
1877 - Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet (b. 1804)
1882 - Thomas Henry Burke, civil servant (b.1829) and Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician (b.1836) in the Phoenix Park Murders.
1902 - Bret Harte, American author (b. 1836)
1910 - King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)
1919 - L. Frank Baum, American writer (b. 1856)
1939 - Konstantin Somov, Russian writer (b. 1869)
1949 - Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
1951 - Élie Cartan, French mathematician (b. 1869)
1952 - Maria Montessori, Italian educator (b. 1870)
1961 - Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (b. 1895)
1963 - Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-born physicist (b. 1881)
1963 - Monty Woolley, American actor (b. 1888)
1967 - Zhou Zuoren, Chinese writer (b. 1885)
1970 - Aleksandr Rodzyanko, Russian general (b. 1879)
1972 - Deniz Gezmiş, Turkish Left-wing Political Activist (b. 1947)
1973 - Ernest MacMillan, Canadian orchestra conductor and composer (b. 1893)
1975 - József Mindszenty, Hungarian Catholic Cardinal (b. 1892)
1983 - Kai Winding, American trombonist and jazz composer (b. 1922)
1984 - Bonner Pink, Conservative Party politician
1984 - Mary Cain, Mississippi newspaper editor and politician (b. 1904)
1985 - Julie Vega, Filipino child actress and singer (b. 1968)
1987 - William Casey, American Central Intelligence Agency director (b. 1913)
1989 - Earl Blaik, Former American football coach (b. 1897)
1990 - Charles Farrell, American actor (b. 1901)
1991 - Wilfrid Hyde-White, English actor (b. 1903)
1992 - Marlene Dietrich, German actress (b. 1901)
1992 - Jilly Rizzo, restaurateur (b. 1917)
1993 - Ann Todd, English actress (b. 1909)
1995 - Noel Brotherston, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1956)
1995 - Hilda Toledano (b. 1907)
2002 - Otis Blackwell, American pianist, singer and songwriter (b. 1932)
2002 - Pim Fortuyn, Dutch politician (b. 1948)
2003 - Art Houtteman, baseball player (b. 1927)
2004 - Philip Kapleau, American Zen teacher (b. 1912)
2004 - Barney Kessel, American jazz guitarist (b. 1923)
2006 - Lillian Asplund, last American RMS Titanic survivor (b. 1906)
2006 - Shigeru Kayano, Japanese Ainu activist (b. 1926)
2006 - Grant McLennan, co-founder of Australian band The Go-Betweens (b. 1958)
2006 - Lorne Saxberg, Canadian television journalist (b. 1958)
2007 - Enéas Carneiro, Brazilian politician (b. 1938)
2007 - Curtis Harrington, American film director (b. 1926)
2007 - Đorđe Novković, Croatian songwriter (b. 1943)
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