About May 6
May 6, 2025 is the 126th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 239 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
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Taurus is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 287 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On May 6
- 1659 –English Restoration: A faction of the British Army removes Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth and reinstalls the Rump Parliament.
- 1682 –Louis XIV of France moves his court to the Palace of Versailles.
- 1816 –The American Bible Society is founded in New York City.
- 1857 –The British East India Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry whose sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British and is considered to be the First Martyr in the War of Indian Independence.
- 1861 –American Civil War: Richmond, Virginia is declared the new capital of the Confederate States of America.
- 1877 –Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Sioux surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
- 1882 –The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
- 1882 –Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed and killed during the Phoenix Park Murders in Dublin.
- 1935 –New Deal: Executive Order 7034 creates the Works Progress Administration.
- 1941 –The first flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.
- 1945 –World War II: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allied troops.
- 1954 –Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
- 1962 –St. Martín de Porres is canonized by Pope John XXIII.
- 1972 –Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara for attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order.
- 1984 –103 Korean Martyrs are canonized by Pope John Paul II in Seoul
- 1989 –Cedar Point opens Magnum XL-200, the first roller coaster to break the 200 ft height barrier, therefore spawning what is considered to be the “coaster wars”.
- 1994 –Former Arkansas state worker Paula Jones files a lawsuit against President Bill Clinton, alleging that he had sexually harassed her in 1991.
- 1997 –The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank’s 300-year history.
- 2001 –During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.
- 2010 –The second largest intraday point swing in Dow Jones Industrial Average history occurs.
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