Historical Events In May - 06
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1833 On May - 06 john Deere makes 1st steel plow
1835 The first edition of New York Herald (price 1¢) on this day in history.
1835 1st edition of NY Herald (price 1 cent) on May - 06.
1836 Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer, dies at 78 on May - 06.
1838 On this day in history alfred Humphreys Pease, composer
1840 The first postage stamps (Penny Black) issued (Great Britain) (try and buy it now!) on this day in history.
1840 On this day in history 1st postage stamps (Penny Black) issued (Great Britain)
1841 On this day in history john Thomson, composer, dies at 35
1843 On May - 06 grove Karl Gilbert, geologist, investigated Lake Bonneville, Utah
1844 Johan Thorbecke argue general right to vote on this day in history.
1848 On this day in history otto Tank ends slavery in Suriname colony
1849 On May - 06 wyatt Eaton, artist
1851 On this day in history dr John Gorrie patents a "refrigeration machine"
1851 On this day in history linus Yale patents Yale-lock
1851 On May - 06 new slave regulations go into effect in Suriname
1851 On May - 06 san Fransisco Chamber of Commerce starts
1852 Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1853 The first major US rail disaster kills 46 (Norwalk CT) on this day in history.
1853 On May - 06 1st major US rail disaster kills 46 (Norwalk, Connecticut)
1856 On May - 06 the birth of Robert Peary, American Artic explorer
1856 On this day in history the birth of Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychologist
1856 Robert Edwin Peary, US, arctic explorer (North Pole-Apr 6 1909) on this day in history.
1856 William Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies on this day in history.
1858 On May - 06 georges Adolphe Hue, composer
1859 Luis Maria Drago, Argentina, statesman, anti-interventionist on May - 06.
1859 Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, explorer/scientist, dies on this day in history.
1860 On May - 06 sF Olympic Club, 1st US athletic club forms
1861 Arkansas & Tennessee become 9th & 10th states to secede from US on May - 06.
1861 Jefferson Davis approves a bill declaring War between US & Confederacy on May - 06.
1861 On May - 06 arkansas & Tennessee becomes 9th & 10th state to secede from US
1861 Radindranath Tagore, Hindu poet/mystic/composer (Nobel 1913) on this day in history.
1862 Henry David Thoreau, US writer/pacifist (Walden Pond), dies at 44 on May - 06.
1864 Battle of Port Walthall Junction VA on May - 06.
1864 On this day in history general Sherman begins advance to Atlanta GA
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