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 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 239 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 23, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 485,136 hours 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 287 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 4,519 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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May 6 Historical Events
- 1844 –The Glaciarium, the world’s first mechanically frozen ice rink, opens.
- 1861 –American Civil War: Richmond, Virginia is declared the new capital of the Confederate States of America.
- 1882 –The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
- 1935 –The first flight of the Curtiss P-36 Hawk.
- 1941 –The first flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.
- 1972 –Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara for attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order.
- 1996 –The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared.
- 1997 –The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank’s 300-year history.
- 2002 –Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated by an animal rights activist.
- 2004 –Aslan Abashidze, leader of Georgia’s autonomous republic of Adjara resigns after public protests and months of stalemate with the central authorities.
Who were born on May 6?
- 1868 –Gaston Leroux, French writer (d. 1927)
- 1880 –Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter (d. 1938)
- 1904 –Moshe Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-born founder of the Feldenkrais method (d. 1984)
- 1924 –Patricia Kennedy Lawford, American socialite (d. 2006)
- 1936 –Bernard Lemaire, French Canadian businessman (Cascades)
- 1960 –John Flansburgh, American musician (They Might Be Giants)
- 1979 –Gerd Kanter, Estonian discus thrower
- 1979 –Nikki Hayes, Irish radio personality
- 1983 –Dani Alves, Brazilian footballer
- 1986 –Roman Kreuziger, Czech Astana pro cyclist
Who died on May 6?
- 680 –Muawiyah I, Caliph of Umayyad (b. 602)
- 1596 –Giaches de Wert, Flemish composer (b. 1535)
- 1757 –Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, British politician (b. 1683)
- 1913 –Alexandros Schinas, Greek assassin of King George I (b. 1870)
- 1952 –Maria Montessori, Italian educator (b. 1870)
- 1961 –Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (b. 1895)
- 1989 –Earl Blaik, former American football coach (b. 1897)
- 1992 –Gaston Reiff, Belgian athlete (b. 1921)
- 1992 –Jilly Rizzo, restaurateur (b. 1917)
- 1993 –Ann Todd, English actress (b. 1909)
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