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Friday, 11 July 2025

1920  On this day in history john Henderson, Lord-Lieutenant (Berkshire England)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1921  On May - 06 american Soccer League forms  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1924  Carel S Adama van Scheltema, poet/writer (socialism), dies at 47 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1925  On May - 06 ty Cobb hits his 5th HR in 2 games tying Cap Ansons record of 1884  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1929  AL announces it will discontinue MVP award on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1933  Italy & USSR sign trade agreement on May - 06.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1933  59th Kentucky Derby: Don Meade aboard Brokers Tip wins in 2:06.8 on May - 06.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1934  Red Sox score 12 runs in 4th inning including record 4 consecutive triples hit by Carl Reynolds, Moose Solters, Rick Ferrell, & B Walters on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1935  On May - 06 british King George & Queen Mary celebrates silver jubilee  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1936  Hans Jelmoli, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1937  Dirigible Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst NJ (36 die, captured on film and radio live) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1937  On this day in history the Hindenberg airship catches fire and is destroyed while in the USA  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1937  Dirigible Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, NJ (36 die) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1938  On this day in history dutch writer Maurits Dekker sentenced to 50 days for "offending a friendly head of state" (Hitler)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1939  1st performance of Honegger/Claudel's "Jeanne d'Arc Ouch B-cher" on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1940  On May - 06 pulitzer prize awarded to John Steinbeck (Grapes of Wrath)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1941  Joseph Stalin became premier of Russia on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1942  On May - 06 cAPT Milton Miles arrives in Chungking, China, to begin building an intelligence and guerilla training organization, Naval Group China  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1942  Corregidor & Philippines surrender to Japanese Armies on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  British first army opens assault on Tunis on May - 06.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  British 1st army opens assault on Tunis on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  70th Kentucky Derby: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 2:04.2 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  General J Blaskowitz surrenders German troops in Netherlands on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  On May - 06 german troops north of Italy surrender to General Devers of the U.S. 7th Army division.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  Naval landing force evacuates 500 Marshallese from Jaluit Atoll, Marshall Islands on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  On this day in history tarakan town and airstrip captured  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  On this day in history gen J Blaskowitz surrenders German troops in Netherlands  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1946  Pulitzer prize awarded to Arthur M Schlesinger (Age of Jackson)" on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1948  On May - 06 "Sally" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 36 performances  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1948  43 communist rebels, executed in Athens on May - 06.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1949  On this day in history a L Ochse, cricketer (10 wickets in 3 Tests for S Afr 1927-29), dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1950  Liz Taylor's first marriage (Conrad Hilton Jr) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1950  On May - 06 "Great to Be Alive" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 52 perfs  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1950  On May - 06 agnes Smedley, writer, dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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1397  Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (d. 1450) was born on May - 06.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1501  Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italy, humanist/Pope (1555, 22 days) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1581  Frans Francken, the Younger, painter was born on May - 06.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1606  Lorenzo Lippi, [Perlone Zipoli], poet/painter was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1638  Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1696) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1713  On this day in history birth of charles Batteux, French philosopher (d. 1780)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1758  On this day in history birth of maximilien Robespierre, Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat (1781)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1759  Francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician was born on May - 06.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In May - 06

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0523  On May - 06 death of thrasamunde, king of Vandalen  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0680  Death of Muawiyah I, caliph (b. 602) on May - 06.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0988  On May - 06 death of dirk II, West Frisian count of Holland  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1085  On May - 06 king Alfonso VI, of Leon conquered Toledo, dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1124  On this day in history death of balak, Emir of Aleppo, murdered  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1475  On May - 06 dieric Bouts, Dutch painter, dies at about 64  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1502  Death of James Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower (executed) on May - 06.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1527  Karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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