About May 6
May 6, 2024 is the 127th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 239 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
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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 268 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On May 6
- 1536 –King Henry VIII orders English language Bibles be placed in every church.
- 1682 –Louis XIV of France moves his court to the Palace of Versailles.
- 1816 –The American Bible Society is founded in New York City.
- 1840 –The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- 1844 –The Glaciarium, the world’s first mechanically frozen ice rink, opens.
- 1857 –The British East India Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry whose sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British and is considered to be the First Martyr in the War of Indian Independence.
- 1861 –American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.
- 1889 –The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
- 1935 –New Deal: Executive Order 7034 creates the Works Progress Administration.
- 1935 –The first flight of the Curtiss P-36 Hawk.
- 1941 –At California’s March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show.
- 1960 –More than 20 million viewers watch the first televised royal wedding when Princess Margaret marries Anthony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey.
- 1976 –An earthquake strikes Friuli, causing 989 deaths and the destruction of entire villages.
- 1983 –The Hitler diaries are revealed as a hoax after examination by experts.
- 1984 –103 Korean Martyrs are canonized by Pope John Paul II in Seoul
- 1989 –Cedar Point opens Magnum XL-200, the first roller coaster to break the 200 ft height barrier, therefore spawning what is considered to be the “coaster wars”.
- 1996 –The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared.
- 1997 –The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank’s 300-year history.
- 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 5th career start.
- 2001 –During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.
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