6 May
Notable Births
Angel Reese
b. 2002
American basketball player (born 2002)
Cole Palmer
b. 2002
English footballer (born 2002)
Pato O'Ward
b. 1999
Mexican racing driver (born 1999)
Maymay Entrata
b. 1997
Filipino actress and singer (born 1997)
Duncan Scott (swimmer)
b. 1997
Scottish swimmer (born 1997)
Mateo Kovačić
b. 1994
Croatian footballer (born 1994)
Gustavo Gómez
b. 1993
Paraguayan footballer (born 1993)
Naomi Scott
b. 1993
British actress and singer (born 1993)
Brendan Gallagher
b. 1992
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1992)
Baekhyun
b. 1992
South Korean singer (born 1992)
Jonas Valančiūnas
b. 1992
Lithuanian basketball player (born 1992)
Jose Altuve
b. 1990
Venezuelan baseball player (born 1990)
Péter Gulácsi
b. 1990
Hungarian footballer (born 1990)
Dominika Cibulková
b. 1989
Slovak tennis player
Cameron Heyward
b. 1989
American football player (born 1989)
Ryan Anderson (basketball, born 1988)
b. 1988
American basketball player
George Clooney
b. 1961
American actor and filmmaker (born 1961)
Bob Seger
b. 1945
American singer-songwriter (born 1945)
Orson Welles
b. 1915
American actor and filmmaker (1915–1985)
Sigmund Freud
b. 1856
Austrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)
Notable Deaths
Bernard Pivot
d. 2024
French journalist (1935–2024)
Brian Wenzel
d. 2024
Australian actor (1929–2024)
George Pérez
d. 2022
American comic book artist and writer (1954–2022)
Kentaro Miura
d. 2021
Japanese manga artist (1966–2021)
Patrick Ekeng
d. 2016
Cameroonian footballer (1990–2016)
Reg Grundy
d. 2016
Australian businessman (1923–2016)
Novera Ahmed
d. 2015
Bangladeshi artist (1939 – 2015)
Denise McCluggage
d. 2015
American journalist (1927–2015)
Jim Wright
d. 2015
American politician (1922–2015)
Wil Albeda
d. 2014
Dutch politician (1925–2014)
William H. Dana
d. 2014
NASA research pilot and astronaut (1930–2014)
Jimmy Ellis (boxer)
d. 2014
American boxer (1940–2014)
Billy Harrell
d. 2014
American baseball player (1928–2014)
Maria Lassnig
d. 2014
Austrian artist (1919–2014)
Farley Mowat
d. 2014
Canadian writer and environmentalist (1921–2014)
Giulio Andreotti
d. 2013
Prime Minister of Italy (1963–1968; 1974–1976)
James R. Browning
d. 2012
American judge (1918–2012)
James Isaac
d. 2012
American film director
Marlene Dietrich
d. 1992
German and American actress (1901–1992)
L. Frank Baum
d. 1919
American author (1856–1919)
On This Day in History
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2023
The coronation of Charles III and Camilla as King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms is held in Westminster Abbey, London.
Coronation of Charles III and Camilla
2023
Eight people are killed and seven injured in a mass shooting in Allen, Texas. The perpetrator is killed by a police officer.
2023 Allen, Texas, mall shooting
2013
Three women, kidnapped and missing for more than a decade, are found alive in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States.
Ariel Castro kidnappings
2010
In just 36 minutes, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunges nearly 1,000 points in what is known as the 2010 Flash Crash.
Dow Jones Industrial Average
2004
The final episode of the television sitcom Friends is aired.
The Last One (Friends)
2002
Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated following a radio interview at the Mediapark in Hilversum.
Pim Fortuyn
2001
During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.
Syria
1999
The first elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly are held.
Devolution
1998
Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league record held by Roger Clemens. He threw a one-hitter and did not walk a batter in his fifth career start.
Kerry Wood
1998
Steve Jobs of Apple Inc. unveils the first iMac.
Steve Jobs
1997
The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank's 300-year history.
Bank of England
1996
The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared.
Central Intelligence Agency
1994
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François Mitterrand officiate at the opening of the Channel Tunnel.
Elizabeth II
1988
All thirty-six passengers and crew are killed when Widerøe Flight 710 crashes into Mt. Torghatten in Brønnøy.
Widerøe Flight 710
1984
One hundred and three Korean Martyrs are canonized by Pope John Paul II in Seoul.
Korean Martyrs
1983
The Hitler Diaries are revealed as a hoax after being examined by new experts.
Hitler Diaries
1976
The 6.5 Mw Friuli earthquake affects Northern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 900–978 dead and 1,700–2,400 injured.
1976 Friuli earthquake
1975
During a lull in fighting, 100,000 Armenians gather in Beirut for the 60th anniversary commemorations of the Armenian genocide.
60th anniversary of the Armenian genocide commemorations in Beirut
1972
Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara after being convicted of attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order.
Deniz Gezmiş
1966
Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors murders in England.
Moors murders