About May 6
May 6, 2021 is the 126th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 239 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
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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 271 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.
- 1757 –Battle of Prague – A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years’ War.
- 1801 –Captain Thomas Cochrane in the 14-gun HMS Speedy captures the 32-gun Spanish frigate El Gamo.
- 1816 –The American Bible Society is founded in New York City.
- 1835 –James Gordon Bennett, Sr. publishes the first issue of the New York Herald.
- 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: 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.
- 1910 –George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII.
- 1935 –The first flight of the Curtiss P-36 Hawk.
- 1940 –John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
- 1941 –At California’s March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show.
- 1945 –World War II: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allied troops.
- 1954 –Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
- 1962 –St. Martín de Porres is canonized by Pope John XXIII.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1999 –First elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly held.
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