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  Roger Bannister of Britain breaks 4 minute mile (3 59 4) on this day in history.  

1954  Roger Bannister of Britain breaks 4 minute mile (3:59:4) on this day in history.  

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  On May - 06 italian Government of Segni resigns  

1957  Last broadcast of "I Love Lucy" on CBS-TV on May - 06.  

1957  On May - 06 pulitzer prize awarded to John F Kennedy (Profiles in Courage)  

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

1959  On this day in history iceland gunboats shoot at British fishing ships  

1960  On this day in history england's Princess Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jones (Lord Snowdon)  

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

1960  On May - 06 students attack Dutch embassy in Djakarta  

1960  On May - 06 trotsky's murderer Jacques Mornard (Ramón Mercader), freed in México  

1960  On May - 06 paul Abraham, Hungarian composer (Blume von Hawaii), dies at 67  

1961  Lucian Blaga, philosopher/poet (Transcendental censor), dies at 65 on May - 06.  

1962  Antonio Segni elected President of Italy on this day in history.  

1962  First nuclear warhead fired from Polaris submarine (Ethan Allen) on this day in history.  

1962  Pathet Lao breaks cease fire/conquerors Nam Tha Laos on May - 06.  

1962  US performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean on May - 06.  

1963  On May - 06 pulitzer prize awarded to Barbara Tuchman (Guns of August)  

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 this day in history.  

1966  Canadian Minister of Finance announces a $20 Centennial gold coin on May - 06.  

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  On May - 06 battle between students & troops in Paris France, 1000 injured  

1968  Spain closes border to Gibraltar except to Spaniards on this day in history.  

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

1971  Helene Weigel, Austrian/German actress (Metropolis), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italy, humanist/Pope (1555, 22 days)  

1581  On this day in history birth of frans Francken, the Younger, painter  

1606  Lorenzo Lippi, [Perlone Zipoli], poet/painter was born on May - 06.  

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  Maximilien Robespierre, Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat (1781) was born on this day in history.  

1759  On May - 06 birth of francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician  

0523  Death of Thrasamunde, king of Vandalen on May - 06.  

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 May - 06 king Alfonso VI, of Leon conquered Toledo, dies  

1124  Death of Balak, Emir of Aleppo, murdered on this day in history.  

1475  On this day in history dieric Bouts, Dutch painter, dies at about 64  

1502  Death of James Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower (executed) on May - 06.  

1527  Karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37 on this day in history.