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 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 239 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 23, 2022 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 27,529,920 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 261 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 3,423 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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May 6 Historical Events
- 1542 –Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, the capital of Portuguese India at the time.
- 1801 –Captain Thomas Cochrane in the 14-gun HMS Speedy captures the 32-gun Spanish frigate El Gamo.
- 1840 –The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- 1861 –American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.
- 1861 –American Civil War: Richmond, Virginia is declared the new capital of the Confederate States of America.
- 1882 –Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed and killed during the Phoenix Park Murders in Dublin.
- 1945 –World War II: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allied troops.
- 1960 –More than 20 million viewers watch the first televised royal wedding when Princess Margaret marries Anthony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey.
- 1984 –103 Korean Martyrs are canonized by Pope John Paul II in Seoul
- 2001 –During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.
Who were born on May 6?
- 1405 –George Kastrioti Skanderbeg, Albanian hero (d. 1468)
- 1868 –Gaston Leroux, French writer (d. 1927)
- 1920 –Ross Hunter, American film producer (d. 1996)
- 1921 –Erich Fried, German author (d. 1988)
- 1948 –Mary MacGregor, American singer
- 1953 –Michelle Courchesne, Quebec politician
- 1964 –Tony Scalzo, American musician (Fastball)
- 1965 –Leslie Hope, Canadian actress
- 1977 –Marc Chouinard, French Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985 –Chris Paul, American basketball player
Who died on May 6?
- 1596 –Giaches de Wert, Flemish composer (b. 1535)
- 1620 –Hayyim ben Joseph Vital, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1543)
- 1757 –Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (b. 1684)
- 1919 –L. Frank Baum, American writer (b. 1856)
- 1961 –Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (b. 1895)
- 1985 –Julie Vega, Filipino child actress and singer (b. 1968)
- 1987 –William Casey, American Central Intelligence Agency director (b. 1913)
- 1990 –Charles Farrell, American actor (b. 1901)
- 1992 –Jilly Rizzo, restaurateur (b. 1917)
- 1993 –Ann Todd, English actress (b. 1909)
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