Historical Events In May - 06

1992  On this day in history werder Bremen wins 32nd Europe Cup II  

1992  On May - 06 jilly Rizzo, restauranteur/friend of Frank Sinatra, dies in car at 75  

1993  STS-55 (Columbia) lands on May - 06.  

1993  Ann Todd, actress (Things to Come, Danny Boy), dies of stroke at 84 on May - 06.  

1994  Chunnel linking England & France officially opens on this day in history.  

1994  Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait sets fire to the couch on Tonight Show on this day in history.  

1994  House passes the assault weapons ban on this day in history.  

1994  On May - 06 lennox Lewis TKOs Phil Jackson in 8 for heavyweight boxing title  

1994  On May - 06 nelson Mandela & his ANC, finally confirmed winners in South Africa  

1994  On this day in history fred Sadoff, actor (Quiet American), dies of AIDS at 67  

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1995  On this day in history classic Sports Network begins on cable TV  

1995  On May - 06 dona Maria Pia de Braganca, pretender to Port throne, dies at 88  

1996  On May - 06 guatemala's leftist guerrillas sign key accord with government of President  

1996  On May - 06 howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Hartford CT on WCCC 106.9 FM  

1996  On this day in history frank Hercules, writer, dies at 85  

1997  Army Staff Sergeant Delmar Simpson gets 25-year sentence for rape on May - 06.  

1997  On May - 06 michael Jackson & Bee Gees inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame  

2007  On May - 06 a.C. Paranavaí wins its first ever Paraná State Championship.  

2007  On May - 06 manchester United wins the English Premier League.  

2007  On this day in history nicolas Sarkozy is elected President of the French Republic, defeating Ségolène Royal with 53% of the vote in the French Presidential Election.  

2007  On May - 06 panathinaikos BC wins basketball's Euroleague after beating CSKA Moscow 93-91 in Athens Olympic stadium.  

2012  On this day in history francois Hollande elected President of France  

2013  On May - 06 10 people are killed and 26 people are injured after a wave of attacks across Iraq  

2014  On May - 06 boko Haram's leader, Abubakar Shekau, releases a 57 minute video boasting about abducting schoolgirls in Nigeria  

2017  Bus crash in Arusha region, Tanzania kills 35 on May - 06.  

2017  143rd Kentucky Derby: Always Dreaming ridden by John Velasquez wins on May - 06.  

2017  On May - 06 84 abducted schoolgirls released in exchange for Boko Haram suspects in Nigeria  

2017  On May - 06 france bans too thin fashion models and makes labeling of digitally enhanced photos mandatory  

2019  In its first report since 2005, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) warns that biodiversity loss is "accelerating", with over a million species now threatened with extinction; the decline of the natural living world is "unprecedented" and largely a result of human actions, according to the report on this day in history.  

2019  Syrian Civil War: The Syrian Army launches a major ground offensive against one of the last rebel strongholds in the country.May 8 - A British teenager, Isabelle Holdaway, 17, is reported to be the first patient ever to receive a genetically modified phage therapy to treat a drug-resistant infection on this day in history.  

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1397  Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (d. 1450) was born on this day in history.  

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

1638  On May - 06 birth of henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1696)  

1713  On this day in history 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  On May - 06 birth of francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician  

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

0680  On May - 06 death of muawiyah I, caliph (b. 602)  

0988  On May - 06 death of dirk II, West Frisian count of Holland  

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  Dieric Bouts, Dutch painter, dies at about 64 on this day in history.  

1502  On May - 06 death of james Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower (executed)  

1527  On May - 06 karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37