May 6th, 2023

Born on May 6th, 2023

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

74

Kjell Bækkelund

Norwegian musician (1930-2004)

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

43

Wolke Hegenbarth

Actress

*May 6th, 1980, Meerbusch

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

64

Victor Grignard

French chemist (1871-1935)

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

71

Christian Clavier

French actor and screenwriter

*May 6th, 1952, Paris

55

Lætitia Sadier

French singer

*May 6th, 1968, Vincennes

58

Gaston Leroux

French author and journalist

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

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

36

Moon Geun-young

South Korean actress

*May 6th, 1987, Gwangju

50

Nicholas II of Russia

Emperor of Russia from 1894 to 1917

*May 6th, 1868, Pushkin †July 17th, 1918, Yekaterinburg

29

Mateo Kovačić

Croatian association football player

*May 6th, 1994, Linz

38

Chris Paul

American professional basketball player

*May 6th, 1985, Lewisville

37

Roman Kreuziger

Road bicycle racer, born 1986

*May 6th, 1986, Moravská Třebová

31

Byun Baek-hyun

South Korean singer

*May 6th, 1992, Wonmi-gu

52

Geneva Carr

American actress

*May 6th, 1971, Jackson

30

Naomi Scott

British actress

*May 6th, 1993, Hounslow

43

Tore Kullgren

Swedish association football player

*May 6th, 1980, Lidingö Municipality

36

Dries Mertens

Belgian association football player

*May 6th, 1987, Leuven

69

Marie-Aude Murail

French writer

*May 6th, 1954, Le Havre

36

Maximilien Robespierre

French revolutionary lawyer and politician (1758–1794)

*May 6th, 1758, Arras †July 28th, 1794, Paris

52

Till Brönner

German jazz musician

*May 6th, 1971, Viersen

4

Prince Archie of Sussex

Son of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex

*May 6th, 2019, Portland Hospital

81

Ariel Dorfman

Chilean writer

*May 6th, 1942, Buenos Aires

40

Adrianne Palicki

American actress

*May 6th, 1983, Toledo

36

Meek Mill

American rapper (born 1987)

*May 6th, 1987, Philadelphia

44

Gerd Kanter

Estonian discus thrower

*May 6th, 1979, Tallinn

46

Christophe Brandt

Road bicycle racer

*May 6th, 1977, Liège

53

Manuel Baldizón

Guatemalan politician, lawyer

*May 6th, 1970, Flores

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No: With 365 days 2023 is a normal year and no leap year.

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