About May 6
May 6, 2025 is the 126th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 239 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
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Taurus is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 287 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On May 6
- 1542 –Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, the capital of Portuguese India at the time.
- 1757 –Battle of Prague – A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years’ War.
- 1835 –James Gordon Bennett, Sr. publishes the first issue of the New York Herald.
- 1844 –The Glaciarium, the world’s first mechanically frozen ice rink, opens.
- 1861 –American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.
- 1861 –American Civil War: Richmond, Virginia is declared the new capital of the Confederate States of America.
- 1863 –American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with the defeat of the Army of the Potomac by Confederate troops.
- 1882 –The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
- 1889 –The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
- 1910 –George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII.
- 1941 –The first flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.
- 1945 –World War II: The Prague Offensive, the last major battle of the Eastern Front, begins.
- 1954 –Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
- 1972 –Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara for attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order.
- 1976 –An earthquake strikes Friuli, causing 989 deaths and the destruction of entire villages.
- 1981 –A jury of architects and sculptors unanimously selects Maya Ying Lin’s design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial from 1,421 other entries.
- 1994 –Former Arkansas state worker Paula Jones files a lawsuit against President Bill Clinton, alleging that he had sexually harassed her in 1991.
- 1994 –Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François Mitterrand officiate at the opening of the Channel Tunnel.
- 2001 –During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.
- 2002 –Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated by an animal rights activist.
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