Historical Events In May - 06
Thursday, 23 March 2023
1833 John Deere makes 1st steel plow on this day in history.
1835 The first edition of New York Herald (price 1¢) on May - 06.
1835 1st edition of NY Herald (price 1 cent) on this day in history.
1836 Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer, dies at 78 on May - 06.
1838 On May - 06 alfred Humphreys Pease, composer
1840 On this day in history the first postage stamps (Penny Black) issued (Great Britain) (try and buy it now!)
1840 1st postage stamps (Penny Black) issued (Great Britain) on May - 06.
1841 On this day in history john Thomson, composer, dies at 35
1843 On this day in history grove Karl Gilbert, geologist, investigated Lake Bonneville, Utah
1844 Johan Thorbecke argue general right to vote on May - 06.
1848 On this day in history otto Tank ends slavery in Suriname colony
1849 On this day in history wyatt Eaton, artist
1851 Dr John Gorrie patents a "refrigeration machine" on May - 06.
1851 On this day in history linus Yale patents Yale-lock
1851 On May - 06 new slave regulations go into effect in Suriname
1851 On this day in history san Fransisco Chamber of Commerce starts
1852 Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer, dies at 75 on May - 06.
1853 On May - 06 the first major US rail disaster kills 46 (Norwalk CT)
1853 On May - 06 1st major US rail disaster kills 46 (Norwalk, Connecticut)
1856 On May - 06 the birth of Robert Peary, American Artic explorer
1856 The birth of Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychologist on May - 06.
1856 Robert Edwin Peary, US, arctic explorer (North Pole-Apr 6 1909) on May - 06.
1856 On May - 06 william Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies
1858 Georges Adolphe Hue, composer on May - 06.
1859 On May - 06 luis Maria Drago, Argentina, statesman, anti-interventionist
1859 On May - 06 friedrich Heinrich Alexander, explorer/scientist, dies
1860 On this day in history sF Olympic Club, 1st US athletic club forms
1861 On May - 06 arkansas & Tennessee become 9th & 10th states to secede from US
1861 On May - 06 jefferson Davis approves a bill declaring War between US & Confederacy
1861 On this day in history arkansas & Tennessee becomes 9th & 10th state to secede from US
1861 On this day in history radindranath Tagore, Hindu poet/mystic/composer (Nobel 1913)
1862 Henry David Thoreau, US writer/pacifist (Walden Pond), dies at 44 on May - 06.
1864 Battle of Port Walthall Junction VA on this day in history.
1864 On this day in history general Sherman begins advance to Atlanta GA
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