May 6th, 1978

Born on May 6th, 1978

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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

Born on May 6th, 1978

45

Tony Estanguet

Canoe racer

*May 6th, 1978, Pau

45

Afshin

Iranian singer-songwriter

*May 6th, 1978, Babol

45

Riitta-Liisa Roponen

Finnish cross-country skier

*May 6th, 1978, Haukipudas

45

Alexandr Fedorov

Russian bodybuilder

*May 6th, 1978, Saint Petersburg

45

Fredrick Federley

Swedish politician and MEP for the Center Party 2014-2020

*May 6th, 1978, Köping

45

John Abraham

American football player

*May 6th, 1978, Timmonsville

45

Gregori J. Martin

American actor and director

*May 6th, 1978, Yonkers

45

Maureen Elisabeth Shay

American actress

*May 6th, 1978, Rochester

45

Abdullah Yılmaz

Turkish association football referee

*May 6th, 1978, Trabzon

45

Nuno Lopes

Portuguese actor

*May 6th, 1978, Lisbon

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Who's birthday is on May 6th?

43

Wolke Hegenbarth

Actress

*May 6th, 1980, Meerbusch

34

Chukwuma Akabueze

Footballer

*May 6th, 1989, Ilorin

58

Jan Tore Sanner

Norwegian politician

*May 6th, 1965, Bærum Municipality

74

Kjell Bækkelund

Norwegian musician (1930-2004)

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

78

Victoria Bond

American composer

*May 6th, 1945, Los Angeles

70

Tony Blair

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

*May 6th, 1953, Edinburgh

40

Daniel Alves

Former Brazilian Football Federation player

*May 6th, 1983, Juazeiro

62

George Clooney

American actor and filmmaker (born 1961)

*May 6th, 1961, Lexington

42

Tara Stiles

American yoga teacher

*May 6th, 1981, Morris

46

Christophe Brandt

Road bicycle racer

*May 6th, 1977, Liège

36

Andreas Hindelang

German footballer

*May 6th, 1987, Oberstdorf

83

Sigmund Freud

Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)

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

19

Rayhan Fadillah

Badminton player

*May 6th, 2004, Tanah Bumbu Regency

43

Tore Kullgren

Swedish association football player

*May 6th, 1980, Lidingö Municipality

55

Lætitia Sadier

French singer

*May 6th, 1968, Vincennes

31

Jonas Valančiūnas

Lithuanian professional basketball player

*May 6th, 1992, Utena

63

Anne Parillaud

French actress

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

71

Christian Clavier

French actor and screenwriter

*May 6th, 1952, Paris

61

Mario Kummer

East German racing cyclist and team manager

*May 6th, 1962, Suhl

52

Geneva Carr

American actress

*May 6th, 1971, Jackson

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Born in 1978

45

Miroslav Klose

German association football player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

45

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

45

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

46

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

45

Marit Berger Røsland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*September 21st, 1978, Lørenskog

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

46

Didier Drogba

Ivorian and French association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

45

Kim Yong-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*May 13th, 1978, Incheon

45

Yim Bang-eun

Badminton player

*April 25th, 1978, Incheon

46

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

45

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

45

Jessica Pilnäs

Swedish singer

*July 5th, 1978, Åryd

45

Poo Bear

American songwriter and singer

*September 4th, 1978, Connecticut

46

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

46

Donna Kellogg

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1978, Derby

45

Rio Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1978)

*November 7th, 1978, Camberwell

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No: With 365 days 1978 is a normal year and no leap year.

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