Historical Events In May - 06
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1951 Pitts Pirate Cliff Chambers no-hits Boston Brave, 3-0 on May - 06.
1952 Alberto Savinio, Italian composer (Capitano Ulisse), dies at 60 on May - 06.
1953 Brown's Bobo Holloman 1st major league start, no-hits Phila A's, 6-0 on this day in history.
1954 On this day in history roger Bannister of Britain breaks 4 minute mile (3 59 4)
1954 Roger Bannister of Britain breaks 4 minute mile (3:59:4) on this day in history.
1955 West Germany joins NATO on May - 06.
1956 Gus Bell (Reds) homers off Bob Miller in both ends of a double header on May - 06.
1957 On this day in history italian Government of Segni resigns
1957 On May - 06 last broadcast of "I Love Lucy" on CBS-TV
1957 Pulitzer prize awarded to John F Kennedy (Profiles in Courage) on May - 06.
1957 Italian govt of Segni resigns on this day in history.
1959 On May - 06 iceland gunboats shoot at British fishing ships
1960 On this day in history england's Princess Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jones (Lord Snowdon)
1960 On May - 06 president Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act of 1960
1960 On this day in history students attack Dutch embassy in Djakarta
1960 Trotsky's murderer Jacques Mornard (Ramón Mercader), freed in México on May - 06.
1960 On this day in history paul Abraham, Hungarian composer (Blume von Hawaii), dies at 67
1961 On May - 06 lucian Blaga, philosopher/poet (Transcendental censor), dies at 65
1962 Antonio Segni elected President of Italy on this day in history.
1962 First nuclear warhead fired from Polaris submarine (Ethan Allen) on this day in history.
1962 On this day in history pathet Lao breaks cease fire/conquerors Nam Tha Laos
1962 US performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean on May - 06.
1963 On May - 06 pulitzer prize awarded to Barbara Tuchman (Guns of August)
1963 Monty Wooley, actor (Pied Piper, Man Who Came to Dinner), dies at 74 on this day in history.
1964 On this day in history harold Morris, composer, dies at 74
1966 On May - 06 canadian Minister of Finance announces a $20 Centennial gold coin
1967 400 students seize administration building at Cheyney State College on this day in history.
1967 On this day in history zakir Hussain elected first Moslem President of India
1968 On May - 06 battle between students & troops in Paris France, 1000 injured
1968 Spain closes border to Gibraltar except to Spaniards on this day in history.
1970 Yuchiro Miura of Japan skis down Mount Everest on May - 06.
1971 On May - 06 helene Weigel, Austrian/German actress (Metropolis), dies at 70
1972 On this day in history in the second most active dog-fight day of the war, Navy flyers shot down two iG-17s and two MiG-21s.
1973 On May - 06 ernest MacMillan, composer, dies at 79
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