Historical Events In May - 06
Friday, 22 September 2023
1833 John Deere makes 1st steel plow on this day in history.
1835 The first edition of New York Herald (price 1¢) on this day in history.
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 this day in history alfred Humphreys Pease, composer
1840 The first postage stamps (Penny Black) issued (Great Britain) (try and buy it now!) on May - 06.
1840 On May - 06 1st postage stamps (Penny Black) issued (Great Britain)
1841 On May - 06 john Thomson, composer, dies at 35
1843 On this day in history grove Karl Gilbert, geologist, investigated Lake Bonneville, Utah
1844 On this day in history johan Thorbecke argue general right to vote
1848 On May - 06 otto Tank ends slavery in Suriname colony
1849 Wyatt Eaton, artist on this day in history.
1851 Dr John Gorrie patents a "refrigeration machine" on May - 06.
1851 Linus Yale patents Yale-lock on this day in history.
1851 New slave regulations go into effect in Suriname on May - 06.
1851 San Fransisco Chamber of Commerce starts on May - 06.
1852 On this day in history charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer, dies at 75
1853 The first major US rail disaster kills 46 (Norwalk CT) on May - 06.
1853 1st major US rail disaster kills 46 (Norwalk, Connecticut) on this day in history.
1856 On May - 06 the birth of Robert Peary, American Artic explorer
1856 On May - 06 the birth of Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychologist
1856 Robert Edwin Peary, US, arctic explorer (North Pole-Apr 6 1909) on May - 06.
1856 On this day in history william Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies
1858 Georges Adolphe Hue, composer on May - 06.
1859 On this day in history luis Maria Drago, Argentina, statesman, anti-interventionist
1859 On May - 06 friedrich Heinrich Alexander, explorer/scientist, dies
1860 SF Olympic Club, 1st US athletic club forms on May - 06.
1861 On this day in history 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 Radindranath Tagore, Hindu poet/mystic/composer (Nobel 1913) on this day in history.
1862 Henry David Thoreau, US writer/pacifist (Walden Pond), dies at 44 on this day in history.
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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