Today in History
What happened on the 6th of May in history?
Change Date:
- 1527
Sack of Rome - End Renaissance
- 1626
Peter Minuet purchases Manhattan Island for $24
- 1794
Haiti - under Toussaint L'Ouverture - revolts against France
- 1840
1st postage stamps issued - by Britain
- 1851
SF Chamber of Commerce starts
- 1851
Dr John Farrie Patents a "refrigeration machine"
- 1860
SF Olympic Club - 1st US athletic club founded
- 1861
Arkansas becomes 9th state to secede from US
- 1882
Lord Cavendish assassinated at Dublin - Ireland
- 1890
Mormon Church renounces polygamy
- 1906
Temporary permit to erect overhead wires on Market Street
- 1915
Red Sox Babe Ruth pitching debut & 1st HR - loses to Yanks 4-3 in 15
- 1937
Dirigible Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst - NJ (36 die)
- 1953
Bobo Holloman's 1st major league start - a no-hitter
- 1954
Roger Bannister breaks 4 min mile (3:59:4)
- 1962
1st nuclear warhead is fired from Polaris submarine (Ethan Allen)
- 1985
17th Space Shuttle Mission - Challenger 7 returns to Earth