Guide Note
This page provides a timeline of notable events that occurred on this day in history.
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May 6 Events
May 6 2000 - 2008
- 2008: Police in San Diego arrest 96 people during a raid at a San Diego State University
- 2008: Stephen Colbert wins the Webby Person of the Year awarded by Google
- 2008: Barack Obama wins the North Carolina Democratic Primary contest
- 2008: Hillary Rodham Clinton wins the Indiana Democratic Primary contest.
- 2007: Nicolas Sarkozy wins the French Presidential Elections beating Ségolène Royal. Sarkozy would replace Jacques Chirac on May 16
- 2007: Kim Clijsters of Germany, retires from Tennis
May 6 1990 - 1999
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May 6 1980 - 1989
- 1981: Design by Maya Ying Lin, a 21 year old Yale University architecture student from Ohio, selected to become the Vietnam War Memorial
May 6 1970 - 1979
- 1976: Hundreds are killed in the Italian Alps town of Maiano after an earthquake so powerful strikes even people in Venice could feel it
May 6 1960 - 1969
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May 6 1950 - 1959
- 1954: British Runner Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes during a track meet at Oxford
May 6 1940 - 1949
- 1942: On the Philippine Island of Corregidor During World War II American Forces surrender to the Japanese
May 6 1930 - 1939
May 6 1910 - 1919
- 1915: Citizen Kane director Orson Welles is born in Kenosha, Wisconsin
- 1910: Kind of England, Kind Edward VII dies
May 6 1900 - 1909
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May 6 1850 - 1899
- 1889: In Paris France the Eiffel Tower is opened to the public for the first time during the Worlds Fair
- 1856: Psychologist Sigmund Freud is born in Freiberg, Moravia, now the Czech Republic
May 6 History Information
- Wikipedia: May 6 Entry
- Library of Congress: May 6 in History
- The New York Times: May 6 News Archive
- BBC News: May 6 British News Archive
- CBC News: May 6 Canadian News Archive
- YouTube Video: Associated Press: May 6 History (Time 1:28)