May 6th, 1478

Born on May 6th, 1478

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on May 6th?

May 6th, 2013

Amanda Berry escaped from the Cleveland, Ohio, home of her captor, Ariel Castro, having been held there with two other women for ten years.

May 6th, 2008

British barrister Mark Saunders was shot dead by police after a five-hour siege at his home in Chelsea, London.

May 6th, 1991

Time magazine published the article "The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power" by Richard Behar criticizing the Church of Scientology, leading to years of legal conflict.

May 6th, 1988

Widerøe Flight 710 crashed into the fog-covered mountain of Torghatten in Brønnøy, Norway, killing all 36 people on board.

May 6th, 1954

At Oxford's Iffley Road Track, English runner Roger Bannister became the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.

May 6th, 1941

American entertainer Bob Hope performed his first show with the United Service Organizations, beginning a 50-year involvement with them.

May 6th, 1937

The German airship Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during an attempt to dock at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey, killing 36 people.

May 6th, 1915

Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: SY Aurora, anchored in McMurdo Sound, broke loose during a gale, beginning a 312-day ordeal in the Ross Sea and Southern Ocean for her 18-man crew.

May 6th, 1882

U.S. president Chester A. Arthur signed the Chinese Exclusion Act into law (cartoon pictured), implementing a ban on Chinese immigration to the United States that remained for 61 years.

May 6th, 1801

French Revolutionary Wars: The 32-gun Spanish frigate El Gamo was captured by the outmanned and outgunned HMS Speedy.

May 6th, 1782

Construction began on the Grand Palace (pictured) in Bangkok, the official residence of the king of Thailand.

May 6th, 1757

English poet Christopher Smart was admitted to St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement to mental asylums.

May 6th, 1536

Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire: Sapa Inca emperor Manco Inca Yupanqui's army began a ten-month siege of Cusco against a garrison of Spanish conquistadors and Indian auxiliaries led by Hernando Pizarro.

May 6th, 1910

George V becomes King of Great Britain, Ireland, and many overseas territories, on the death of his father, Edward VII.

May 6th, 1906

The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 6th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 6th?

34

Chukwuma Akabueze

Footballer

*May 6th, 1989, Ilorin

74

Kjell Bækkelund

Norwegian musician (1930-2004)

*May 6th, 1930, Oslo †May 13th, 2004, Oslo

83

Sigmund Freud

Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)

*May 6th, 1856, Příbor †September 23rd, 1939, London

78

Victoria Bond

American composer

*May 6th, 1945, Los Angeles

43

Wolke Hegenbarth

Actress

*May 6th, 1980, Meerbusch

53

Marcellus II

Pope of the Catholic Church and bishop of Rome from 9 April to 1 May 1555

*May 6th, 1501, Montefano †May 1st, 1555, Rome

70

Tony Blair

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

*May 6th, 1953, Edinburgh

58

Jan Tore Sanner

Norwegian politician

*May 6th, 1965, Bærum Municipality

62

George Clooney

American actor and filmmaker (born 1961)

*May 6th, 1961, Lexington

64

Victor Grignard

French chemist (1871-1935)

*May 6th, 1871, Cherbourg †December 13th, 1935, 7th arrondissement of Lyon

62

Skanderbeg

Albanian noble and military commander (1405–1468)

*May 6th, 1405, Sinë †January 17th, 1468, Lezhë

19

Rayhan Fadillah

Badminton player

*May 6th, 2004, Tanah Bumbu Regency

58

Gaston Leroux

French author and journalist

*May 6th, 1868, Paris †April 15th, 1927, Nice

36

Maximilien Robespierre

French revolutionary lawyer and politician (1758–1794)

*May 6th, 1758, Arras †July 28th, 1794, Paris

50

Nicholas II of Russia

Emperor of Russia from 1894 to 1917

*May 6th, 1868, Pushkin †July 17th, 1918, Yekaterinburg

71

Christian Clavier

French actor and screenwriter

*May 6th, 1952, Paris

40

Daniel Alves

Former Brazilian Football Federation player

*May 6th, 1983, Juazeiro

63

Anne Parillaud

French actress

*May 6th, 1960, 12th arrondissement of Paris

36

Andreas Hindelang

German footballer

*May 6th, 1987, Oberstdorf

31

Jonas Valančiūnas

Lithuanian professional basketball player

*May 6th, 1992, Utena

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57

Thomas More

English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)

*February 7th, 1478, London †July 6th, 1535, Tower Hill

50

Baldassarre Castiglione

Italian Renaissance author (1478-1529)

*December 6th, 1478, Marcaria †February 8th, 1529, Toledo

63

Francisco Pizarro

Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire

*March 16th, 1478, Trujillo, Cáceres †June 26th, 1541, Lima

56

Clement VII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1523 to 1534

*May 26th, 1478, Florence †September 25th, 1534, Rome

72

Gian Giorgio Trissino

Italian Renaissance humanist

*July 8th, 1478, Vicenza †December 8th, 1550, Rome

28

Philip I of Castile

Duke of Burgundy and King of Castile

*June 22nd, 1478, Bruges †September 25th, 1506, Burgos

32

Giorgione

Venetian Renaissance painter (1478-1510)

*January 1st, 1478, Castelfranco Veneto †January 1st, 1510, Venice

19

John, Prince of Asturias

Prince of Asturias

*June 30th, 1478, Seville †October 4th, 1497, Salamanca

65

Louis V

Elector Palatine

*July 2nd, 1478, Heidelberg †March 16th, 1544, Heidelberg

43

Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham

3rd Duke of Buckingham, born in Wales

*February 3rd, 1478, Brecon †May 17th, 1521, Tower Hill

49

Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland

English noble

*January 14th, 1478, Alnwick Castle †May 19th, 1527, Wressle Castle

55

Barbara Jagiellon

Duchess consort of Saxony and Margravine consort of Meissen (1478-1534)

*July 15th, 1478, Sandomierz †February 15th, 1534, Leipzig

78

Konrad Pellikan

Conradus Pellicanus of Rouffach (8 January 1478 - 6 Aprl 1556), Old Testament scholar and a correspondent of Desiderius Erasmus

*January 8th, 1478, Rouffach †April 6th, 1556, Zürich

82

Giulio d'Este

Illegitimate son of Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1478-1561)

*July 13th, 1478, Ferrara †March 13th, 1561, Ferrara

56

Anastasia von Brandenburg

(1478-1534)

*March 14th, 1478, Ansbach †July 4th, 1534, Ilmenau

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No: With 365 days 1478 is a normal year and no leap year.

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