May 6: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

May 6th marks the 126th day of the Gregorian calendar year (or the 127th in case of leap years). There are 239 days remaining until the end of the year. People born on this day are under the sign of Taurus. Famous birthdays on this day include George Clooney (1961), Tony Blair (1953) and Orson Welles (1915).
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Holidays

Saint Justus
Sinaites of Serbia
New Martyr Demetrios of the Peloponnesus (d. 1803)
Seraphim the Struggler of Mt. Domvu
Micah of Radonezh
New Martyr Elias Ardunis
Righteous Job the Long-suffering (OT)
Barbarus the soldier, with Bacchus, Callimachus and Dionysios
Barbaros the Robber in Thessaly
Blessed Prudentia
Saint Benedicta of Rome
Saint Dominic Savio, patron saint of studying youth
Saint Lucius
Saint John in the Oil
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Events

2019 After six days of intense airstrikes in the area, the Syrian Arab Army launched a ground offensive against HTS-held areas in northern Hama, and southern Idlib.
2018 Three Palestinian men were killed and two more injured by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), who opened fire on them. They were trying to undermine the Israeli-Gazan border fencing. A Hamas outpost close to the border was also attacked by the IDF, who claimed that it was used to launch incendiary kitses and other objects to try to burn Israeli fields.
2017 War in Afghanistan (2001-present). Pope Francis condemns the U.S. military’s largest non-nuclear explosive, the Mother of All Bombs. He says that the term "mother" should be avoided when referring to a deadly weapon.
2016 Syrian Civil War: Aleppo offensive (May 2016: More than 72 people are killed in clashes in Khan Tuman, Syria between Al-Nusra Front forces and Syrian government forces.
2015 Alexion Pharmaceuticals has agreed to buy Synageva BioPharma (a manufacturer of rare diseases treatments) for US$8.6 Billion.
2014 2014 pro-Russian unrest Ukraine: Sergey Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister, says that no new talks in Geneva will be held to end the crisis unless proRussian groups are involved.
2013 Afghanistan-Pakistan skirmishes : A border guard from Afghanistan is killed, and two Pakistani soldiers are wounded in border violence.
2012 Unknown circumstances have caused the deaths of hundreds of dolphins off the coast of Peru.
2011 Yemen 2011 Protests: Protests are continuing in Yemen
2010 The Dow Jones Industrial Average experiences its largest intraday point loss ever: 998.5 points. Some shares fell to almost zero during the market's collapse. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 347.80 points or 3.20 percent to 10,520.32 by the close of trading. Standard & Poor’s 500 Index dropped 3.24 percent to 1,128.15. The Nasdaq Composite index lost 3.44 percent to 2,319.64
2009 The European Parliament delayed its planned reform of the European Union’s telecommunications policy.
2008 William Earl Lynd, 53, is executed in Jackson, Georgia USA by lethal injection. Lynd was convicted in December 1988 of the murder of Ginger Moore.
2007 In the ongoing Palestinian violence, Palestinian extremists attack a UN-run Gaza elementary school. At least one person was killed and at least seven others were injured.
2006 The People's Republic of China announced that Vatican-approved Paul Pei Junmin will be ordained as Catholic bishop on Sunday. This announcement comes just days after diplomatic tensions arising from the unilateral ordination of two bishops by Beijing.
2005 The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the FCC exceeded its authority by trying to impose the "broadcast Flag" on hardware manufacturers.
2004 After months of interminable negotiations with the central authorities and public protests, Aslan Abashidze, the leader of Georgia's autonomous republic Adjara, resigns.
2003 Buckingham Palace announced that Prince Edward, Earl and Sophie, Countess, of Wessex, are expecting their first child. The child is due to be born May 6, 2003. He or she will be Queen ElizabethnbspII's seventh grandchild and Prince Philip, Duke d'Edinburgh's seventh.
2002 Pim Fortuyn, a Dutch politician, is assassinated in the name of an animal rights activist.
2001 Pope John Paul II enters a mosque as the first pope during a trip to Syria.
1999 First elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly held.
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.
1997 Army Staff Sgt Delmar Simpson gets 25-year sentence for rape
1996 Alvaro Arzu aimed at ending 35 years of civil war
1995 Classic Sports Network begins on cable TV.
1994 Chunnel linking England and France officially opens
1993 STS-55 (Columbia) lands.
1992 New York Mets' Anthony Young begins losing streak of at least 26 games.
1991 Phillie Lenny Dykstra slams his sports car into 2 trees
1990 Tom Cruise is ticketed for careless operation of a vehicle in SC
1989 115th Kentucky Derby: Pat Valenzuela on Sunday Silence wins in 2:05.
1988 Graeme Hick scores 405 for Worcestershire versus Somerset 35 fours 11 sixes.
1987 Gary Hart denies affair with model Donna Rice
1986 Donald E Pelotte becomes first native American bishop.
1985 17th Space Shuttle Mission (51-B)-Challenger 7 lands at Edwards Air Force Base.
1984 Baltimore Orioles' player Cal Ripken Jr hits for the cycle.
1983 The Hitler diaries are revealed as a hoax after examination by experts.
1982 Seattle Mariners' Gaylord Perry becomes 15th pitcher to win 300 games.
1981 Inacent Black opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 14 performances
1979 Fred Markham set a bicycle speed record of 81.8 kph over 200 metres.
1978 104th Kentucky Derby: Steve Cauthen aboard Affirmed wins in 2:01.2.
1977 Beatles at Hollywood Bowl, released in the UK
1976 An earthquake strikes Friuli, causing 989 deaths and the destruction of entire villages.
1975 3 people die in tornado that strikes Omaha, Nebraska
1974 Bundy victim Roberta Parks disappears from OSU, Corvallis, Ore
1973 Judy Rankin wins LPGA American Defender-Raleigh Golf Classic.
1972 98th Kentucky Derby: Ron Turcotte aboard Riva Ridge wins in 2:01.8.
1971 The Ceylon government begins a major offensive against the People's Liberation Front.
1970 Yuchiro Miura of Japan skis down Mount Everest.
1968 Spain closes border to Gibraltar except to Spaniards.
1967 400 students seize administration building at Cheyney State College.
1966 Canadian Minister of Finance announces a $20 Centennial gold coin
1965 Lawry and Simpson complete opening stand of 382 against West Indies.
1963 Pulitzer prize awarded to Barbara Tuchman
1962 Pathet Lao breaks cease fire / conquerors Nam Tha Laos
1961 Omer Vanaudenhove chosen chairman of Belgium Liberal Party.
1960 English Prince Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jones
1959 Iceland gunboats shoot at British fishing ships.
1957 Last broadcast of I Love Lucy on CBS-TV
1956 WRCB TV channel 3 in Chattanooga, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting
1955 West Germany joins NATO
1954 Roger Bannister runs the first sub-four minute mile.
1952 Farouk of Egypt has himself announced as a descendant of prophet Muhammad.
1951 Pittsburgh Pirates' player Cliff Chambers no-hits Boston Braves, 3-0.
1950 Great to Be Alive closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 52 performances
1949 EDSAC, the first practicable stored-program computer, runs its first program at Cambridge University.
1946 Pulitzer prize awarded to Arthur M Schlesinger (Age of Jackson) 17271
1944 KJR-AM in Seattle Washington swaps calls with KOMO
1943 British 1st Army opens assault on Tunis, Tunisia.
1942 World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.
1941 At California's March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show.
1940 Pulitzer prize awarded to John Steinbeck
1939 65th Kentucky Derby: James Stout aboard Johnstown wins in 2:03.4.
1938 Dutch writer Maurits Dekker sentenced to 50 days for "offending a friendly head of state" (Adolf Hitler).
1937 Dirigible Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey (36 die)
1935 British King George and Queen Mary celebrates silver jubilee
1933 Italy and the USSR sign trade agreement
1930 The Great Salmas Earthquake in Iran (7.3 on the Richter Scale) kills 4,000 people.
1929 AL announces it will discontinue MVP award
1925 Ty Cobb hits his 5th HR in 2 games tying Cap Ansons record of 1884
1921 American Soccer League formed.
1919 Paris Peace Conference disposes of German colonies; German East Africa is assigned to Britain and France, German Southwest Africa to South Africa.
1916 Belgian troop march into Kigali, German East-Africa.
1915 Allies attack Cape Helles, Hellespont.
1914 British House of Lords rejects women suffrage.
1913 King Nikita I of Montenegro vacates Skoetari, North-Albania.
1910 King George V ascends to British throne.
1907 33rd Kentucky Derby: Andy Minder aboard Pink Star wins in 2:12.6.
1904 American Lung Association holds its first meeting.
1903 Chicago White Sox commit 12 errors against Detroit Tigers.
1902 Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place
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