History Events on May 06

Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, the capital of Portuguese India at the time.
#Francis_Xavier

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François Mitterrand officiate at the opening of the Channel Tunnel.
#Elizabeth_II

World War II: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allied troops.
#Mildred_Gillars

The first flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.
#Republic_P-47_Thunderbolt

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

All thirty-six passengers and crew were killed when Widerøe Flight 710 crashed into Mt. Torghatten in Brønnøy.
#Widerøe_Flight_710

The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
#Eiffel_Tower

Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated following a radio-interview at the Mediapark in Hilversum.
#Pim_Fortuyn

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

Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while attempting to call upon the people to rise up against the French, and is later deposed and exiled to Réunion island.
#Vietnam

John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
#John_Steinbeck

American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.
#American_Civil_War

The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
#Russian_Constitution_of_1906

Captain Thomas Cochrane in the 14-gun HMS Speedy captures the 32-gun Spanish frigate El Gamo.
#Thomas_Cochrane,_10th_Earl_of_Dundonald

George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII.
#George_V

Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed to death by Fenian assassins in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
#Thomas_Henry_Burke_(civil_servant)

World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.
#World_War_II

The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
#Penny_Black

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

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

Spanish and German troops sack Rome; many scholars consider this the end of the Renaissance.
#Sack_of_Rome_(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

Battle of Prague: A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War.
#Battle_of_Prague_(1757)

New Deal: Under the authority of the newly-enacted Federal Emergency Relief Administration, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issues Executive Order 7034 to create the Works Progress Administration.
#New_Deal

During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.
#Syria

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 fifth career start.
#Kerry_Wood

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

The end of Konbaung-Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740-1757).
#Konbaung-Hanthawaddy_War

Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists are executed in Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Djemal Pasha.
#Martyrs'_Square,_Beirut

The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
#United_States_Congress

At California's March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show.
#California

World War II: The Prague Offensive, the last major battle of the Eastern Front, begins.
#Prague_Offensive

Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
#Roger_Bannister

Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
#Babe_Ruth

One hundred three Korean Martyrs are canonized by Pope John Paul II in Seoul.
#Korean_Martyrs

Construction begins on the Grand Palace, the royal residence of the King of Siam in Bangkok, at the command of King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.
#Grand_Palace