History Events on May 06
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History Events on May 06
Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
#Hindenburg_disaster
In 1937
All thirty-six passengers and crew were killed when Widerøe Flight 710 crashed into Mt. Torghatten in Brønnøy.
#Widerøe_Flight_710
In 1988
The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
#Eiffel_Tower
In 1889
Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated following a radio-interview at the Mediapark in Hilversum.
#Pim_Fortuyn
In 2002
The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared.
#Central_Intelligence_Agency
In 1996
The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
#Russian_Constitution_of_1906
In 1906
Captain Thomas Cochrane in the 14-gun HMS Speedy captures the 32-gun Spanish frigate El Gamo.
#Thomas_Cochrane,_10th_Earl_of_Dundonald
In 1801
Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed to death by Fenian assassins in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
#Thomas_Henry_Burke_(civil_servant)
In 1882
World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.
#World_War_II
In 1942
The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
#Penny_Black
In 1840
More than 20 million viewers watch the first televised royal wedding when Princess Margaret marries Anthony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey.
#Princess_Margaret,_Countess_of_Snowdon
In 1960
American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with the defeat of the Army of the Potomac by the Army of Northern Virginia.
#Battle_of_Chancellorsville
In 1863
Spanish and German troops sack Rome; many scholars consider this the end of the Renaissance.
#Sack_of_Rome_(1527)
In 1527
English poet Christopher Smart is admitted into St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement to mental asylums.
#Christopher_Smart
In 1757
Battle of Prague: A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War.
#Battle_of_Prague_(1757)
In 1757
The 6.5 Mw? Friuli earthquake affected Northern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 900-978 dead and 1,700-2,400 injured.
#1976_Friuli_earthquake
In 1976
The end of Konbaung-Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740-1757).
#Konbaung-Hanthawaddy_War
In 1757
Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists are executed in Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Djemal Pasha.
#Martyrs'_Square,_Beirut
In 1916
World War II: The Prague Offensive, the last major battle of the Eastern Front, begins.
#Prague_Offensive
In 1945
In 1966
In 1949
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