Historical Events In May - 06

1992  On May - 06 werder Bremen wins 32nd Europe Cup II   

1992  On this day in history jilly Rizzo, restauranteur/friend of Frank Sinatra, dies in car at 75   

1993  On May - 06 sTS-55 (Columbia) lands   

1993  On May - 06 ann Todd, actress (Things to Come, Danny Boy), dies of stroke at 84   

1994  Chunnel linking England & France officially opens on May - 06.   

1994  Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait sets fire to the couch on Tonight Show on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history house passes the assault weapons ban   

1994  On this day in history lennox Lewis TKOs Phil Jackson in 8 for heavyweight boxing title   

1994  Nelson Mandela & his ANC, finally confirmed winners in South Africa on May - 06.   

1994  Fred Sadoff, actor (Quiet American), dies of AIDS at 67 on this day in history.   

1995  Classic Sports Network begins on cable TV on this day in history.   

1995  Dona Maria Pia de Braganca, pretender to Port throne, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1996  Guatemala's leftist guerrillas sign key accord with government of President on this day in history.   

1996  On May - 06 howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Hartford CT on WCCC 106.9 FM   

1996  On May - 06 frank Hercules, writer, dies at 85   

1997  Army Staff Sergeant Delmar Simpson gets 25-year sentence for rape on this day in history.   

1997  Michael Jackson & Bee Gees inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on this day in history.   

2007  A.C. Paranavaí wins its first ever Paraná State Championship on this day in history.   

2007  On May - 06 manchester United wins the English Premier League.   

2007  On this day in history nicolas Sarkozy is elected President of the French Republic, defeating Ségolène Royal with 53% of the vote in the French Presidential Election.   

2007  Panathinaikos BC wins basketball's Euroleague after beating CSKA Moscow 93-91 in Athens Olympic stadium on May - 06.   

2012  On May - 06 francois Hollande elected President of France   

2013  10 people are killed and 26 people are injured after a wave of attacks across Iraq on this day in history.   

2014  On this day in history boko Haram's leader, Abubakar Shekau, releases a 57 minute video boasting about abducting schoolgirls in Nigeria   

2017  On this day in history bus crash in Arusha region, Tanzania kills 35   

2017  143rd Kentucky Derby: Always Dreaming ridden by John Velasquez wins on May - 06.   

2017  On May - 06 84 abducted schoolgirls released in exchange for Boko Haram suspects in Nigeria   

2017  France bans too thin fashion models and makes labeling of digitally enhanced photos mandatory on May - 06.   

2019  In its first report since 2005, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) warns that biodiversity loss is "accelerating", with over a million species now threatened with extinction; the decline of the natural living world is "unprecedented" and largely a result of human actions, according to the report on this day in history.   

2019  On May - 06 syrian Civil War: The Syrian Army launches a major ground offensive against one of the last rebel strongholds in the country.May 8 - A British teenager, Isabelle Holdaway, 17, is reported to be the first patient ever to receive a genetically modified phage therapy to treat a drug-resistant infection.   

2020  UK becomes the first European country to report over 30,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus COVID-19 Learn More on this day in history.   

2020  Astronomers announce the discovery of the first black hole located in a star system visible to the naked eye on this day in history.   

2020  On this day in history [COVID-19 pandemic] New evidence indicates that an Algerian-born French fishmonger, who had not traveled to China and did not have contact with any Chinese nationals, was treated for pneumonia from an unknown source on December 27, 2019, now identified as COVID-19.   

2023  On May - 06 the coronation of Charles III and Camilla as King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms is held in Westminster Abbey, London.   

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1397  On this day in history birth of sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (d. 1450)   

1501  Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italy, humanist/Pope (1555, 22 days) was born on this day in history.   

1581  Frans Francken, the Younger, painter was born on May - 06.   

1606  Lorenzo Lippi, [Perlone Zipoli], poet/painter was born on this day in history.   

1638  On this day in history birth of henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1696)   

1713  Charles Batteux, French philosopher (d. 1780) was born on this day in history.   

1758  Maximilien Robespierre, Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat (1781) was born on May - 06.   

1759  On this day in history birth of francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician   

0523  Death of Thrasamunde, king of Vandalen on this day in history.   

0680  Death of Muawiyah I, caliph (b. 602) on this day in history.   

0988  Death of Dirk II, West Frisian count of Holland on this day in history.   

1085  King Alfonso VI, of Leon conquered Toledo, dies on this day in history.   

1124  On May - 06 death of balak, Emir of Aleppo, murdered   

1475  On this day in history dieric Bouts, Dutch painter, dies at about 64   

1502  On this day in history death of james Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower (executed)   

1527  Karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37 on May - 06.