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Day Of The Week: May 6
May 6, 2025 is the 126th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 239 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Taurus is your zodiac sign. Emerald is your modern birthstone. Sapphire is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: May 6
- 1536 –King Henry VIII orders English language Bibles be placed in every church.
- 1863 –American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with the defeat of the Army of the Potomac by Confederate troops.
- 1882 –Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed and killed during the Phoenix Park Murders in Dublin.
- 1935 –New Deal: Executive Order 7034 creates the Works Progress Administration.
- 1941 –The first flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.
- 1962 –St. Martín de Porres is canonized by Pope John XXIII.
- 1972 –Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara for attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order.
- 1981 –A jury of architects and sculptors unanimously selects Maya Ying Lin’s design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial from 1,421 other entries.
- 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.
- 2002 –Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated by an animal rights activist.
Who were born on May 6?
- 1501 –Pope Marcellus II (d. 1555)
- 1921 –Erich Fried, German author (d. 1988)
- 1924 –Denny Wright, British guitarist (d. 1992)
- 1924 –Patricia Kennedy Lawford, American socialite (d. 2006)
- 1948 –Mary MacGregor, American singer
- 1952 –Michael O'Hare, American actor
- 1964 –Dana Hill, American actress (d. 1996)
- 1977 –Marc Chouinard, French Canadian ice hockey player
- 1978 –Aleksandr Fyodorov, Russian bodybuilder
- 1983 –Raquel Zimmermann, Brazilian model
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