May 6th, 1988

Born on May 6th, 1988

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 13,000 days old!

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What happened on May 6th, 1988?

May 6th, 1988

All thirty-six passengers and crew were killed when Widerøe Flight 710 crashed into Mt. Torghatten in Brønnøy.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widerøe_Flight_710

May 6th, 1988

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widerøe_Flight_710

What else 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, 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.

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

Born on May 6th, 1988

35

Ryan Anderson

American basketball player

*May 6th, 1988, Sacramento

35

Alexis Ajinça

French basketball player

*May 6th, 1988, Saint-Étienne

35

Dakota Kai

New Zealand professional wrestler

*May 6th, 1988, Auckland

35

Marcus Cannon

American football player

*May 6th, 1988, Odessa

35

Miranda Ayim

Canadian women's basketball player

*May 6th, 1988, Chatham-Kent

35

Ramon de Morais Motta

Brazilian footballer

*May 6th, 1988, Cachoeiro de Itapemirim

35

King Charles

English singer and songwriter

*May 6th, 1988, Greater London

35

Yoo Byung-jae

South Korean television personality

*May 6th, 1988, Hongseong County

35

Ali Rehman Khan

Pakistani actor

*May 6th, 1988, Islamabad

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

34

Chukwuma Akabueze

Footballer

*May 6th, 1989, Ilorin

43

Wolke Hegenbarth

Actress

*May 6th, 1980, Meerbusch

36

Andreas Hindelang

German footballer

*May 6th, 1987, Oberstdorf

74

Kjell Bækkelund

Norwegian musician (1930-2004)

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

36

Moon Geun-young

South Korean actress

*May 6th, 1987, Gwangju

58

Jan Tore Sanner

Norwegian politician

*May 6th, 1965, Bærum Municipality

40

Daniel Alves

Former Brazilian Football Federation player

*May 6th, 1983, Juazeiro

31

Jonas Valančiūnas

Lithuanian professional basketball player

*May 6th, 1992, Utena

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

19

Rayhan Fadillah

Badminton player

*May 6th, 2004, Tanah Bumbu Regency

36

Dries Mertens

Belgian association football player

*May 6th, 1987, Leuven

62

George Clooney

American actor and filmmaker (born 1961)

*May 6th, 1961, Lexington

36

Meek Mill

American rapper (born 1987)

*May 6th, 1987, Philadelphia

37

Roman Kreuziger

Road bicycle racer, born 1986

*May 6th, 1986, Moravská Třebová

83

Sigmund Freud

Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)

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

34

David de la Cruz

Spanish cyclist

*May 6th, 1989, Sabadell

38

Chris Paul

American professional basketball player

*May 6th, 1985, Lewisville

34

Dominika Cibulková

Slovak tennis player

*May 6th, 1989, Bratislava

42

Tara Stiles

American yoga teacher

*May 6th, 1981, Morris

Same year
Born in 1988

35

Adele

British singer

*May 5th, 1988, Tottenham

36

Wang Yihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

35

Mizuki Fujii

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1988, Ashikita

35

Ma Jin

Badminton player

*May 7th, 1988, Nantong

35

Arun Vishnu

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Kozhikode

36

Line Damkjær Kruse

Badminton player

*January 7th, 1988, Aarhus

36

Chan Yun Lung

Badminton player

*February 29th, 1988, Hong Kong

35

Gzuz

German rapper

*June 29th, 1988, Hamburg

36

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

36

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Norwegian musician

*February 26th, 1988, Kongsberg Municipality

35

Pramod Bhagat

Indian para-badminton player

*June 4th, 1988, Attabira

35

Jérôme Boateng

German association football player

*September 3rd, 1988, West Berlin

35

Mats Hummels

German association football player

*December 16th, 1988, Bergisch Gladbach

35

Sara Hjort Ditlevsen

Danish actress

*May 23rd, 1988, Copenhagen

35

Monika Lewczuk

Polish singer-songwriter and former model

*June 10th, 1988, Łomża

36

Gabi Tóth

Hungarian singer

*January 17th, 1988, Tapolca

35

Friðrik Dór

Icelandic singer

*October 7th, 1988, Hafnarfjörður

36

Marcel Schmelzer

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Magdeburg

35

Lyna bonasera

Belgian actress

*May 17th, 1988, West Los Angeles

35

Savitree Amitrapai

Badminton player

*November 19th, 1988, Bangkok

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Yes: 1988 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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