Page 3: Historical Events In May - 06
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
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 On May - 06 1st edition of NY Herald (price 1 cent)
1836 Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.
1838 Alfred Humphreys Pease, composer on this day in history.
1840 The first postage stamps (Penny Black) issued (Great Britain) (try and buy it now!) on May - 06.
1840 1st postage stamps (Penny Black) issued (Great Britain) on May - 06.
1841 On May - 06 john Thomson, composer, dies at 35
1843 Grove Karl Gilbert, geologist, investigated Lake Bonneville, Utah on this day in history.
1844 Johan Thorbecke argue general right to vote on this day in history.
1848 On May - 06 otto Tank ends slavery in Suriname colony
1849 Wyatt Eaton, artist on this day in history.
1851 On this day in history dr John Gorrie patents a "refrigeration machine"
1851 On May - 06 linus Yale patents Yale-lock
1851 On May - 06 new slave regulations go into effect in Suriname
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 this day in history.
1853 On this day in history 1st major US rail disaster kills 46 (Norwalk, Connecticut)
1856 The birth of Robert Peary, American Artic explorer on May - 06.
1856 On this day in history 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 On May - 06 georges Adolphe Hue, composer
1859 On this day in history luis Maria Drago, Argentina, statesman, anti-interventionist
1859 On this day in history friedrich Heinrich Alexander, explorer/scientist, dies
1860 SF Olympic Club, 1st US athletic club forms on this day in history.
1861 On May - 06 arkansas & Tennessee become 9th & 10th states to secede from US
1861 Jefferson Davis approves a bill declaring War between US & Confederacy on May - 06.
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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