Editing May 6 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1527]] &ndash; Spanish and German troops [[Sack of Rome (1527)|sack Rome]]; many scholars consider this the end of the [[Renaissance]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Zirpolo|first=Lilian H.|title=Historical Dictionary of Renaissance Art|location=Lanham, Md.|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|date=2016|isbn=9781442264663|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lyvCDAAAQBAJ|page=430}}</ref>
*[[1536]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Cuzco]] commences, in which [[Inca Empire|Incan]] forces attempt to retake the city of [[Cuzco]] from the Spanish.
*[[1541]] &ndash; King [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] orders [[Bible translations into English|English-language Bibles]] be placed in every church. In 1539 the [[Great Bible]] would be provided for this purpose.
*[[1542]] &ndash; [[Francis Xavier]] reaches [[Old Goa]], the capital of [[Portuguese India]] at the time.
*[[1594]] &ndash; The Dutch city of [[Coevorden]] held by the Spanish, [[Siege of Coevorden (1593)|falls to a Dutch and English force]].<ref>Knight, Charles Raleigh: ''Historical records of The Buffs, East Kent Regiment (3rd Foot) formerly designated the Holland Regiment and Prince George of Denmark's Regiment''. Vol I. London, Gale & Polden, 1905, [http://ia600408.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?zip=/23/items/historicalrecor00kniggoog/historicalrecor00kniggoog_tif.zip&file=historicalrecor00kniggoog_tif/historicalrecor00kniggoog_0072.tif&scale=4&rotate=0 p. 37-38]</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1659]] &ndash; [[Restoration (England)|English Restoration]]: A [[Wallingford House party|faction]] of the [[British Army]] removes [[Richard Cromwell]] as [[Lord Protector]] of the Commonwealth and reinstalls the [[Rump Parliament]].
*[[1682]] &ndash; [[Louis XIV of France]] moves his court to the [[Palace of Versailles]].
*[[1757]] &ndash; [[Battle of Prague (1757)|Battle of Prague]]: A [[Prussian army]] fights an Austrian army in [[Prague]] during the [[Seven Years' War]].
*  1757   &ndash; The end of [[Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War]], and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757).
*  1757   &ndash; English poet [[Christopher Smart]] is admitted into [[St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics]] in London, beginning [[Asylum confinement of Christopher Smart|his six-year confinement]] to [[Psychiatric hospital|mental asylums]].
*[[1782]] &ndash; Construction begins on the [[Grand Palace]], the royal residence of the [[Monarchy of Thailand|King of Siam]] in [[Bangkok]], at the command of King [[Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke]].
*[[1801]] &ndash; Captain [[Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald|Thomas Cochrane]] in the 14-gun {{HMS|Speedy|1782|6}} [[Action of 6 May 1801|captures]] the 32-gun [[Spanish frigate El Gamo|Spanish frigate ''El Gamo'']].
*[[1835]] &ndash; [[James Gordon Bennett, Sr.]] publishes the first issue of the ''[[New York Herald]]''.
*[[1840]] &ndash; The [[Penny Black]] [[postage stamp]] becomes valid for use in the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]].
*[[1857]] &ndash; The [[East India Company]] disbands the 34th Regiment of [[Bengal Native Infantry]] whose [[sepoy]] [[Mangal Pandey]] had earlier revolted against the British in the lead up to the [[War of Independence of 1857|War of Indian Independence]].
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Arkansas in the American Civil War|Arkansas]] secedes from the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]].
*[[1863]] &ndash; American Civil War: The [[Battle of Chancellorsville]] ends with a major defeat of the Union's [[Army of the Potomac]] under [[Joseph Hooker]] by the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[Army of Northern Virginia]] under [[Robert E. Lee]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Battle of Chancellorsville|url=https://www.nps.gov/frsp/learn/historyculture/chist.htm|author=A. Wilson Green|website=NPS.gov|publisher=National Park Service|date=January 22, 2023|access-date=May 17, 2024}}</ref>
*[[1877]] &ndash; Chief [[Crazy Horse]] of the [[Oglala Lakota]] surrenders to United States troops in [[Nebraska]].
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Thomas Henry Burke (civil servant)|Thomas Henry Burke]] and [[Lord Frederick Cavendish]] are stabbed to death by [[Fenian]] assassins in [[Phoenix Park Murders|Phoenix Park, Dublin]].
*  1882   &ndash; The [[United States Congress]] passes the [[Chinese Exclusion Act]].
*[[1889]] &ndash; The [[Eiffel Tower]] is officially opened to the public at the [[Exposition Universelle (1889)|Universal Exposition]] in Paris.

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; The first issue of ''[[Gorkhapatra]],'' the oldest still running state-owned [[Nepali language|Nepali]] newspaper was published.<ref>{{Cite web |title=गोरखापत्र ११९ वर्षमा, यस्तो छ गोरखापत्रको इतिहास |url=https://shilapatra.com/detail/4991/ |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=गोरखापत्र ११९ वर्षमा, यस्तो छ गोरखापत्रको इतिहास |archive-date=2022-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609125821/https://shilapatra.com/detail/4991 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=diwakar |date=2020-07-21 |title=History of Nepali newspapers: It began 400 years late, but downfall might just follow global trend - OnlineKhabar English News |url=https://english.onlinekhabar.com/history-of-nepali-newspapers.html |access-date=2022-05-08 |language=en-GB |archive-date=2022-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426123521/https://english.onlinekhabar.com/history-of-nepali-newspapers.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1906]] &ndash; The [[Russian Constitution of 1906]] is adopted (on April 23 by the [[Julian calendar]]).
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[George V]] becomes King of Great Britain, Ireland, and many overseas territories, on the death of his father, [[Edward VII]].
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Babe Ruth]], then a pitcher for the [[Boston Red Sox]], hits his first major league home run.
*  1915   &ndash; [[Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition]]: The [[SY Aurora|SY ''Aurora'']] [[SY Aurora's drift|broke loose from its anchorage during a gale]], beginning a 312-day ordeal.<ref>{{cite book | last = Haddelsey | first = Stephen | title = Ice Captain | publisher = The History Press | location = Stroud, Gloucestershire | year = 2008 | isbn = 978-0-7509-4348-2  |pages=51&ndash;52}}</ref>
*[[1916]] &ndash; Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists are executed in [[Martyrs' Square, Beirut]] by [[Djemal Pasha]].
*  1916   &ndash; [[Vietnam]]ese Emperor [[Duy Tân]] is captured while calling upon the people to rise up against the French, and is later deposed and exiled to [[Réunion]] island.
*[[1933]] &ndash; The [[Deutsche Studentenschaft]] attacked [[Magnus Hirschfeld]]'s [[Institut für Sexualwissenschaft]], later burning many of its books.
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[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]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Leighninger|first=Robert D.|title=Long-Range Public Investment: The Forgotten Legacy of the New Deal|location=Columbia, S.C.|publisher=University of South Carolina Press|date=2007|isbn=9781570036637|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gHfTOzPQjtQC|pages=58–60}}</ref>
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Hindenburg disaster]]: The [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[zeppelin]] ''Hindenburg'' catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at [[Lakehurst, New Jersey]]. Thirty-six people are killed.
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[John Steinbeck]] is awarded the [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction|Pulitzer Prize]] for his novel ''[[The Grapes of Wrath]]''.
*[[1941]] &ndash; At [[California]]'s [[March Field]], [[Bob Hope]] performs his first [[United Service Organizations|USO]] show.
*  1941   &ndash; The first flight of the [[Republic P-47 Thunderbolt]].
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: On [[Corregidor]], the last American forces in the [[Philippines]] [[Battle of Corregidor|surrender]] to the Japanese.
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: [[Mildred Gillars|Axis Sally]] delivers her last [[propaganda]] broadcast to [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] troops.
*  1945   &ndash; World War II: The [[Prague Offensive]], the last major battle of the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front]], begins.
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator|EDSAC]], the first practical electronic digital [[Von Neumann architecture|stored-program computer]], runs its first operation.<ref>{{cite book|last=Warford|first=J. Stanley|title=Computer Systems|location=Sudbury, Mass.|publisher=Jones and Bartlett|date=2005|isbn=9780763732394|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XtM3aQ-E9NoC|page=618}}</ref>
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Roger Bannister]] becomes the first person to run the [[Middle distance track event#Mile|mile]] in [[four-minute mile|under four minutes]].
*[[1960]] &ndash; More than 20&nbsp;million viewers watch the first televised [[Wedding of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones|royal wedding]] when [[Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon|Princess Margaret]] marries [[Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon|Antony Armstrong-Jones]] at [[Westminster Abbey]].
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Myra Hindley]] and [[Ian Brady]] are sentenced to [[Life imprisonment (England and Wales)|life imprisonment]] for the [[Moors murders]] in England.
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Deniz Gezmiş]], Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in [[Ankara]] after being convicted of attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order.
*[[1975]] &ndash; During a lull in fighting, 100,000 Armenians gather in Beirut for the [[60th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide commemorations in Beirut|60th anniversary commemorations]] of the [[Armenian genocide]].
*[[1976]] &ndash; The 6.5 {{M|w}} [[1976 Friuli earthquake|Friuli earthquake]] affected [[Northern Italy]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of X (''Extreme''), leaving 900–978 dead and 1,700–2,400 injured.
*[[1983]] &ndash; The ''[[Hitler Diaries]]'' are revealed as a hoax after being examined by new experts.
*[[1984]] &ndash; One hundred and three [[Korean Martyrs]] are [[Canonization|canonized]] by [[Pope John Paul II]] in [[Seoul]].
*[[1988]] &ndash; All thirty-six passengers and crew were killed when [[Widerøe Flight 710]] crashed into [[Torghatten|Mt. Torghatten]] in [[Brønnøy Municipality|Brønnøy]].
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth II]] of the United Kingdom and French President [[François Mitterrand]] officiate at the opening of the [[Channel Tunnel]].
*[[1996]] &ndash; The body of former [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] director [[William Colby]] is found washed up on a riverbank in southern [[Maryland]], eight days after he disappeared.
*[[1997]] &ndash; The [[Bank of England]] is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank's 300-year history.
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[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.
*1998 &ndash; [[Steve Jobs]] of [[Apple Inc.|Apple Inc]]. unveils the first [[iMac]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tech-history.com/6-may-apple-unveils-first-gen-imac/|title=6 May - Apple Unveils First Gen iMac|date=May 7, 2020|access-date=May 7, 2020|archive-date=May 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511024957/https://tech-history.com/6-may-apple-unveils-first-gen-imac/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; The first elections to the [[devolution|devolved]] [[Scottish Parliament]] and [[Welsh Assembly]] are held.
*[[2001]] &ndash; During a trip to [[Syria]], [[Pope John Paul II]] becomes the first pope to enter a [[mosque]].
*[[2002]] &ndash; Dutch politician [[Pim Fortuyn]] is [[assassination of Pim Fortuyn|assassinated]] following a radio-interview at the Mediapark in [[Hilversum]].
*  2002   &ndash; Founding of [[SpaceX]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://businesssearch.sos.ca.gov/CBS/SearchResults?SearchType=CORP&SearchCriteria=space+exploration&SearchSubType=Keyword|title=California Business Search (C2414622 – Space Exploration Technologies Corp)|access-date=2021-08-22|archive-date=2017-03-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312201217/https://businesssearch.sos.ca.gov/CBS/SearchResults?SearchType=CORP&SearchCriteria=space+exploration&SearchSubType=Keyword|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; The [[The Last One (Friends)|final episode]] of the television sitcom [[Friends]] was aired.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7176-2004May7.html |title=A Big Hug Goodbye to ''Friends'' and Maybe to the Sitcom |access-date=December 28, 2008 |author=Shales, Tom |date=May 7, 2004 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |archive-date=November 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107055436/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7176-2004May7.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2010]] &ndash; In just 36 minutes, the [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] plunged nearly 1,000 points in what is known as the [[2010 flash crash|2010 Flash Crash]].
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Ariel Castro kidnappings|Three women]], kidnapped and missing for more than a decade, are found alive in [[Cleveland, Ohio]], in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|last=Atassi|first=Leila|title=Berry, DeJesus, Knight found alive, police source confirms|work=The Plain Dealer|date=May 6, 2013|access-date=May 6, 2019|url=https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2013/05/tv_station_reports_berry_dejes.html|archive-date=May 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514191643/http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2013/05/tv_station_reports_berry_dejes.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; The [[coronation of Charles III and Camilla]] as [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|King]] and [[List of British royal consorts|Queen]] of the [[United Kingdom]] and the other [[Commonwealth realm]]s is held in [[Westminster Abbey]], [[London]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coronation on 6 May for King Charles and Camilla, Queen Consort |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63172425 |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=[[BBC News]]  |archive-date=October 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011170432/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63172425 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  2023   &ndash; Eight people are killed and seven injured in [[Allen Premium Outlets shooting|a mass shooting]] in [[Allen, Texas]]. The perpetrator is killed by a police officer.<ref>{{cite web |title=8 killed and 7 wounded in Texas mall shooting. The gunman is also dead |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/06/us/allen-texas-mall-shooter-reports/index.html |website=CNN |date=6 May 2023 |access-date=7 May 2023 |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507003744/https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/06/us/allen-texas-mall-shooter-reports/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>