Page 7: Historical Events In May - 06

1951  On May - 06 pitts Pirate Cliff Chambers no-hits Boston Brave, 3-0   

1952  On May - 06 alberto Savinio, Italian composer (Capitano Ulisse), dies at 60   

1953  On May - 06 brown's Bobo Holloman 1st major league start, no-hits Phila A's, 6-0   

1954  On this day in history roger Bannister of Britain breaks 4 minute mile (3 59 4)   

1954  On this day in history roger Bannister of Britain breaks 4 minute mile (3:59:4)   

1955  On May - 06 west Germany joins NATO   

1956  On May - 06 gus Bell (Reds) homers off Bob Miller in both ends of a double header   

1957  Italian Government of Segni resigns on May - 06.   

1957  Last broadcast of "I Love Lucy" on CBS-TV on this day in history.   

1957  Pulitzer prize awarded to John F Kennedy (Profiles in Courage) on this day in history.   

1957  Italian govt of Segni resigns on this day in history.   

1959  On May - 06 iceland gunboats shoot at British fishing ships   

1960  On May - 06 england's Princess Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jones (Lord Snowdon)   

1960  President Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act of 1960 on May - 06.   

1960  Students attack Dutch embassy in Djakarta on May - 06.   

1960  Trotsky's murderer Jacques Mornard (Ramón Mercader), freed in México on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history paul Abraham, Hungarian composer (Blume von Hawaii), dies at 67   

1961  On May - 06 lucian Blaga, philosopher/poet (Transcendental censor), dies at 65   

1962  On May - 06 antonio Segni elected President of Italy   

1962  On May - 06 first nuclear warhead fired from Polaris submarine (Ethan Allen)   

1962  Pathet Lao breaks cease fire/conquerors Nam Tha Laos on this day in history.   

1962  On May - 06 uS performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean   

1963  Pulitzer prize awarded to Barbara Tuchman (Guns of August) on this day in history.   

1963  Monty Wooley, actor (Pied Piper, Man Who Came to Dinner), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1964  Harold Morris, composer, dies at 74 on May - 06.   

1966  Canadian Minister of Finance announces a $20 Centennial gold coin on this day in history.   

1967  400 students seize administration building at Cheyney State College on May - 06.   

1967  Zakir Hussain elected first Moslem President of India on May - 06.   

1968  Battle between students & troops in Paris France, 1000 injured on May - 06.   

1968  On this day in history spain closes border to Gibraltar except to Spaniards   

1970  On this day in history yuchiro Miura of Japan skis down Mount Everest   

1971  On this day in history helene Weigel, Austrian/German actress (Metropolis), dies at 70   

1972  In the second most active dog-fight day of the war, Navy flyers shot down two iG-17s and two MiG-21s on this day in history.   

1973  Ernest MacMillan, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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1397  On May - 06 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 May - 06.   

1581  Frans Francken, the Younger, painter was born on this day in history.   

1606  On this day in history birth of lorenzo Lippi, [Perlone Zipoli], poet/painter   

1638  Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1696) was born on this day in history.   

1713  On May - 06 birth of charles Batteux, French philosopher (d. 1780)   

1758  On this day in history birth of maximilien Robespierre, Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat (1781)   

1759  Francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician was born on this day in history.   

0523  On May - 06 death of thrasamunde, king of Vandalen   

0680  Death of Muawiyah I, caliph (b. 602) on May - 06.   

0988  Death of Dirk II, West Frisian count of Holland on May - 06.   

1085  On this day in history king Alfonso VI, of Leon conquered Toledo, dies   

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

1475  Dieric Bouts, Dutch painter, dies at about 64 on May - 06.   

1502  Death of James Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower (executed) on this day in history.   

1527  On this day in history karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37