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What are the important events that happened on May 6? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
May 6: Facts & Myths About This Day
May 6 is the 126th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 239 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 23, 2021 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 27,004,320 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaicosahexagon’ day.
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Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 271 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 3,058 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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May 6 Historical Events
- 1659 –English Restoration: A faction of the British Army removes Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth and reinstalls the Rump Parliament.
- 1682 –Louis XIV of France moves his court to the Palace of Versailles.
- 1816 –The American Bible Society is founded in New York City.
- 1935 –New Deal: Executive Order 7034 creates the Works Progress Administration.
- 1998 –Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league record held by Roger Clemens. He threw a one-hitter and did not walk a batter in his 5th career start.
Who were born on May 6?
- 1574 –Pope Innocent X (d. 1655)
- 1856 –Robert Peary, American explorer (d. 1920)
- 1882 –Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany (d. 1951)
- 1945 –Bob Seger, American singer/songwriter
- 1956 –Lakis Lazopoulos, Greek comedian and scriptwriter
Who died on May 6?
- 1984 –Bonner Pink, British Conservative Party politician (b. 1912)
- 1989 –Earl Blaik, former American football coach (b. 1897)
- 1993 –Ann Todd, English actress (b. 1909)
- 2004 –Barney Kessel, American jazz guitarist (b. 1923)
- 2007 –Curtis Harrington, American film director (b. 1926)
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