May 6th, 1997

Born on May 6th, 1997

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What happened on May 6th, 1997?

May 6th, 1997

The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank's 300-year history.

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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, 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.

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

Born on May 6th, 1997

26

Francisco Sierralta

Chilean association football player

*May 6th, 1997, Las Condes

26

Elisa Mörzinger

Austrian alpine skier

*May 6th, 1997, Austria

26

Duncan Scott

Scottish swimmer

*May 6th, 1997, Glasgow

26

Marina Mazepa

Ukrainian actress

*May 6th, 1997, Konotop

26

Nathan Silva

Football player

*May 6th, 1997, Oliveira

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Who's birthday is on May 6th?

34

Chukwuma Akabueze

Footballer

*May 6th, 1989, Ilorin

43

Wolke Hegenbarth

Actress

*May 6th, 1980, Meerbusch

19

Rayhan Fadillah

Badminton player

*May 6th, 2004, Tanah Bumbu Regency

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

78

Victoria Bond

American composer

*May 6th, 1945, Los Angeles

31

Jonas Valančiūnas

Lithuanian professional basketball player

*May 6th, 1992, Utena

70

Tony Blair

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

*May 6th, 1953, Edinburgh

36

Andreas Hindelang

German footballer

*May 6th, 1987, Oberstdorf

62

George Clooney

American actor and filmmaker (born 1961)

*May 6th, 1961, Lexington

83

Sigmund Freud

Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)

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

40

Daniel Alves

Former Brazilian Football Federation player

*May 6th, 1983, Juazeiro

29

Mateo Kovačić

Croatian association football player

*May 6th, 1994, Linz

30

Naomi Scott

British actress

*May 6th, 1993, Hounslow

28

Marko Pjaca

Croatian association football player

*May 6th, 1995, Zagreb

31

Byun Baek-hyun

South Korean singer

*May 6th, 1992, Wonmi-gu

27

Tyrell Fuimaono

Australian rugby league footballer (b. 1996)

*May 6th, 1996, Penrith

36

Moon Geun-young

South Korean actress

*May 6th, 1987, Gwangju

63

Anne Parillaud

French actress

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

42

Tara Stiles

American yoga teacher

*May 6th, 1981, Morris

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Born in 1997

26

Zara Larsson

Swedish singer and songwriter

*December 16th, 1997, Solna Municipality

27

Zheng Siwei

Chinese badminton player

*February 26th, 1997, Wenzhou

27

Bad Gyal

Spanish singer

*March 7th, 1997, Vilassar de Mar

27

Victor Leksell

Swedish singer

*April 4th, 1997, Torslanda

27

Becky G

American singer and actress

*March 2nd, 1997, Inglewood

26

Dechapol Puavaranukroh

Thai badminton player

*May 20th, 1997, Chonburi

27

Li Yinhui

Chinese badminton player

*March 11th, 1997, Wuhan

27

Princesa Alba

Chilean singer

*February 16th, 1997, Santiago

26

Leony

German pop singer

*June 25th, 1997, Chammünster

26

Yuta Watanabe

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1997, Suginami-ku

27

Chloë Grace Moretz

American actress (born 1997)

*February 10th, 1997, Atlanta

27

Bella Poarch

American singer and social media personality (born 1997)

*February 9th, 1997, Philippines

26

Raye

British singer and songwriter

*October 24th, 1997, Tooting

27

Aaron Chia Teng Fong

Malaysian badminton player

*February 24th, 1997, Malacca

26

Dardan

German rapper

*October 2nd, 1997, Stuttgart

26

Apache 207

German rapper

*October 23rd, 1997, Ludwigshafen

26

Charles Leclerc

Monegasque racing driver

*October 16th, 1997, Monte Carlo

26

Malala Yousafzai

Pakistani children's education activist

*July 12th, 1997, Mingora

26

Fabian Reese

German association football player

*November 29th, 1997, Kiel

26

Julian Ryerson

Norwegian association football player

*November 17th, 1997, Lyngdal

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No: With 365 days 1997 is a normal year and no leap year.

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