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May 6th, 2006 (May 06 2006) | Death | Lillian Asplund, last American RMS Titanic survivor (born in 1906) | |
May 6th, 2006 (May 06 2006) | Death | Shigeru Kayano, Japanese Ainu activist (born in 1926) | |
May 6th, 2006 (May 06 2006) | Death | Grant McLennan, co-founder of Australian band The Go-Betweens (born in 1958) | |
May 6th, 2006 (May 06 2006) | Death | Lorne Saxberg, Canadian television journalist (born in 1958) | |
May 6th, 1996 (May 06 1996) | Event | The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared. | |
May 6th, 1996 (May 06 1996) | Birth | Dominic Scott Kay, American actor | |
May 6th, 1986 (May 06 1986) | Birth | Cindy Daniel, Quebec singer | |
May 6th, 1986 (May 06 1986) | Birth | Tyler Hynes, Canadian actor | |
May 6th, 1976 (May 06 1976) | Event | An earthquake strikes Friuli, causing 989 deaths and the destruction of entire villages. | |
May 6th, 1966 (May 06 1966) | Event | Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors Murders in England. | |
May 6th, 1936 (May 06 1936) | Birth | Bernard Lemaire, French Canadian businessman (Cascades) | |
May 6th, 1926 (May 06 1926) | Birth | Gilles Gregoire, Quebec politician, co-founder of the Parti Quebecois (died in 2006) | |
May 6th, 1916 (May 06 1916) | Birth | Robert H. Dicke, American physicist (died in 1997) | |
May 6th, 1906 (May 06 1906) | Birth | Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican writer (died in 2005) | |
May 6th, 1856 (May 06 1856) | Birth | Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychiatrist (died in 1939) | Sigmund Freud Quotes |
May 6th, 1856 (May 06 1856) | Birth | Robert Peary, American explorer (died in 1920) | |
May 6th, 1816 (May 06 1816) | Event | The American Bible Society is founded in New York City. | |
May 6th, 1596 (May 06 1596) | Death | Giaches de Wert, Flemish composer (born in 1535) | |
May 6th, 1536 (May 06 1536) | Event | King Henry VIII orders English language Bibles be placed in every church. | |