Today in History
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1937 The Hindenburg zeppelin filled with hydrogen goes up in flames
The footage showing a colossal fireball engulfing the German airship during a landing attempt in Lak
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1954 Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run a mile in under 4 minutes
The British athlete took 3 minutes and 59.4 seconds to cover 1609 meters. The current record by Moro
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1976 A massive earthquake hits northeast Italy
939 people died and 157,000 were left homeless in Italy's worst earthquake, which measured 6.5 on th
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1994 The Channel Tunnel linking the United Kingdom with France is opened
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François Mitterrand inaugurated the “C
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2004 The final episode of Friends is aired
The immensely popular sitcom about Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Joey, Chandler, and Ross had been produce
Births On This Day,
May, 6
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1961 George Clooney
American actor, director, producer, screenwriter
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1953 Tony Blair
Scottish/English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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1915 Orson Welles
American actor, director, producer, screenwriter
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1856 Sigmund Freud
Austrian neurologist
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1758 Maximilien de Robespierre
French lawyer, politician
Deaths On This Day,
May, 6
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1992 Marlene Dietrich
German/American actress, singer
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1952 Maria Montessori
Italian physician, educator
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1919 L. Frank Baum
American author
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1862 Henry David Thoreau
American writer, philosopher
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1859 Alexander von Humboldt
German geographer, explorer
