May 6th, 1979

Born on May 6th, 1979

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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, 1979

44

Gerd Kanter

Estonian discus thrower

*May 6th, 1979, Tallinn

44

Kerry Ellis

British stage actress and singer

*May 6th, 1979, Haughley

44

Stacey Oristano

American actress

*May 6th, 1979, Arlington

44

Akbar Gbaja-Biamila

American football player and talk show co-host (born 1979)

*May 6th, 1979, Los Angeles

44

Jon Montgomery

Canadian skeleton racer

*May 6th, 1979, Russell

44

Jan Erik Mikalsen

Norwegian contemporary music composer (1979-)

*May 6th, 1979, Kristiansund Municipality

44

Jocivalter Liberato

Brazilian footballer

*May 6th, 1979, Foz do Iguaçu

44

Nidia Bermejo

Peruvian actress

*May 6th, 1979, Lima

44

Sara Wijayanto

Indonesian actress and singer

*May 6th, 1979, Jakarta

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

43

Wolke Hegenbarth

Actress

*May 6th, 1980, Meerbusch

34

Chukwuma Akabueze

Footballer

*May 6th, 1989, Ilorin

74

Kjell Bækkelund

Norwegian musician (1930-2004)

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

58

Jan Tore Sanner

Norwegian politician

*May 6th, 1965, Bærum Municipality

40

Daniel Alves

Former Brazilian Football Federation player

*May 6th, 1983, Juazeiro

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

42

Tara Stiles

American yoga teacher

*May 6th, 1981, Morris

62

George Clooney

American actor and filmmaker (born 1961)

*May 6th, 1961, Lexington

43

Tore Kullgren

Swedish association football player

*May 6th, 1980, Lidingö Municipality

36

Andreas Hindelang

German footballer

*May 6th, 1987, Oberstdorf

19

Rayhan Fadillah

Badminton player

*May 6th, 2004, Tanah Bumbu Regency

83

Sigmund Freud

Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)

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

46

Christophe Brandt

Road bicycle racer

*May 6th, 1977, Liège

31

Jonas Valančiūnas

Lithuanian professional basketball player

*May 6th, 1992, Utena

55

Lætitia Sadier

French singer

*May 6th, 1968, Vincennes

45

Tony Estanguet

Canoe racer

*May 6th, 1978, Pau

63

Anne Parillaud

French actress

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

71

Christian Clavier

French actor and screenwriter

*May 6th, 1952, Paris

38

Chris Paul

American professional basketball player

*May 6th, 1985, Lewisville

Same year
Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

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No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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