May 6th, 2016

Born on May 6th, 2016

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

43

Wolke Hegenbarth

Actress

*May 6th, 1980, Meerbusch

74

Kjell Bækkelund

Norwegian musician (1930-2004)

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

19

Rayhan Fadillah

Badminton player

*May 6th, 2004, Tanah Bumbu Regency

78

Victoria Bond

American composer

*May 6th, 1945, Los Angeles

58

Jan Tore Sanner

Norwegian politician

*May 6th, 1965, Bærum Municipality

70

Tony Blair

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

*May 6th, 1953, Edinburgh

83

Sigmund Freud

Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)

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

62

George Clooney

American actor and filmmaker (born 1961)

*May 6th, 1961, Lexington

36

Andreas Hindelang

German footballer

*May 6th, 1987, Oberstdorf

40

Daniel Alves

Former Brazilian Football Federation player

*May 6th, 1983, Juazeiro

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

64

Victor Grignard

French chemist (1871-1935)

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

55

Lætitia Sadier

French singer

*May 6th, 1968, Vincennes

61

Mario Kummer

East German racing cyclist and team manager

*May 6th, 1962, Suhl

63

Martina Jäschke

East German diver

*May 6th, 1960, Merseburg

42

Tara Stiles

American yoga teacher

*May 6th, 1981, Morris

58

Gaston Leroux

French author and journalist

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

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8

Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck

Elder son of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan and Queen Ashi Jetsun Pema

*February 5th, 2016, Lingkana Palace

8

Prince Oscar, Duke of Skåne

Son of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland

*March 2nd, 2016, Karolinska University Hospital

8

Prince Alexander, Duke of Södermanland

Elder son of Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden

*April 19th, 2016, Danderyd Municipality

7

Prince Liam of Nassau

Son of Prince Félix of Luxembourg

*November 28th, 2016, Geneva

7

Dream Kardashian

Child of Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna

*November 10th, 2016, Los Angeles

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