May 6
1882 - Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which barred Chinese immigrants from the United States for 10 years, over President Chester A. Arthur's veto.
1889 - The Universal Exposition opened in Paris, marking the completion and dedication of the Eiffel Tower.
1910 - Britain's Edwardian era ended with the death of King Edward VII; he was succeeded by George V.
1935 - The Works Progress Administration began operating under an executive order signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1937 - The German airship Hindenburg blew up and burst into flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey.
1941 - Dictator Joseph Stalin became premier of Russia.
1942 - During World War II, some 15,000 American and Filipino troops on Corregidor island surrendered to Japanese forces.
1994 - The Chunnel, a tunnel linking England and France underneath the English Channel, opened to traffic.
1994 - Former Arkansas state worker Paula Jones filed a lawsuit against President Bill Clinton, alleging he had sexually harassed her in 1991. (Jones would reach a settlement with Clinton in November 1998.)
1999 - Scotland elected its first separate parliament in more than 300 years.
2004 - President George W. Bush apologized for the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers, calling it “a stain on our country’s honor”; he rejected calls for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s resignation.
2006 - Lillian Gertrud Asplund, the last American survivor of the sinking of the Titanic, died in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, at age 99.
2010 - A computerized sell order triggered a "flash crash" on Wall Street, sending the Dow Jones industrials to a loss of nearly 1,000 points in less than half an hour.
2013 - Kidnap-rape victims Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, who went missing separately about a decade earlier while in their teens or early 20s, were rescued from a house just south of downtown Cleveland. (Their captor, Ariel Castro, hanged himself in prison in September 2013 at the beginning of a life sentence plus 1,000 years.)
2021 - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a 48-page elections bill that Republicans said would guard against fraud and vote harvesting; Democrats and voting rights advocates said it was an attempt to make it harder for some people to vote.
2023 - Britain's King Charles III was crowned at Westminster Abbey in a coronation ceremony steeped in ancient ritual.
Birthdays
22 - Angel Reese (basketball player)
22 - Emily Alyn Lind (actress)
27 - Sofia Jamora (model)
30 - Noah Galvin (actor)
31 - Naomi Scott (actress/singer)
34 - Jose Altuve (actor)
36 - Dakota Kai (professional wrestler)
37 - Meek Mill (rapper)
38 - Sasheer Zamata (actress/comedian)
39 - KJ Smith (actress)
39 - Chris Paul (basketball player)
41 - Adrianne Palicki (actress)
42 - Tiffany Coyne (actress/model)
46 - Stacey Oristano (actress)
58 - Geneva Carr (actress)
59 - Leslie Hope (actress)
63 - Clay O'Brien (actor)
63 - George Clooney (actor)
64 - Julianne Phillips (actress)
64 - Roma Downey (actress)
69 - Tom Bergeron (TV host)
72 - Gregg Henry (actor)
76 - Richard Cox (actor)
77 - Alan Dale (actor)
79 - Bob Seger (singer)
93 - Willie Mays (baseball player)
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Today in Sports History - May 6
1915 - Babe Ruth hit his first major league home run while playing for the Boston Red Sox. The game was also his pitching debut.
1946 - The New York Yankees became the first major league baseball team to travel by plane.
1954 - Medical student Roger Bannister became the first man to run a mile in under four minutes (3:59.4) during a track meet in Oxford, England.
1973 - The New England Whalers beat the Winnipeg Jets in the first WHA championship.
1997 - The NHL's Hartford Whalers became the Carolina Hurricanes.
1998 - Kerry Wood of the Chicago Cubs strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league record held by Roger Clemens, throwing a one-hitter in what was just his fifth career start.
2016 - Major League Baseball and the player's union announced the Pirates-Marlins series in Puerto Rico would be moved to Marlins Park in Florida due to concerns about the Zika virus.
2019 - Pablo Sandoval becomes just the second player in MLB history since 1900 to throw a scoreless inning, hit a home run and steal a base in the same game in the San Francisco Giants' 12-4 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. (Christy Mathewson is the only other player to have accomplished the feat, doing so in 1905.)
1882 - Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which barred Chinese immigrants from the United States for 10 years, over President Chester A. Arthur's veto.
1889 - The Universal Exposition opened in Paris, marking the completion and dedication of the Eiffel Tower.
1910 - Britain's Edwardian era ended with the death of King Edward VII; he was succeeded by George V.
1935 - The Works Progress Administration began operating under an executive order signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1937 - The German airship Hindenburg blew up and burst into flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey.
1941 - Dictator Joseph Stalin became premier of Russia.
1942 - During World War II, some 15,000 American and Filipino troops on Corregidor island surrendered to Japanese forces.
1994 - The Chunnel, a tunnel linking England and France underneath the English Channel, opened to traffic.
1994 - Former Arkansas state worker Paula Jones filed a lawsuit against President Bill Clinton, alleging he had sexually harassed her in 1991. (Jones would reach a settlement with Clinton in November 1998.)
1999 - Scotland elected its first separate parliament in more than 300 years.
2004 - President George W. Bush apologized for the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers, calling it “a stain on our country’s honor”; he rejected calls for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s resignation.
2006 - Lillian Gertrud Asplund, the last American survivor of the sinking of the Titanic, died in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, at age 99.
2010 - A computerized sell order triggered a "flash crash" on Wall Street, sending the Dow Jones industrials to a loss of nearly 1,000 points in less than half an hour.
2013 - Kidnap-rape victims Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, who went missing separately about a decade earlier while in their teens or early 20s, were rescued from a house just south of downtown Cleveland. (Their captor, Ariel Castro, hanged himself in prison in September 2013 at the beginning of a life sentence plus 1,000 years.)
2021 - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a 48-page elections bill that Republicans said would guard against fraud and vote harvesting; Democrats and voting rights advocates said it was an attempt to make it harder for some people to vote.
2023 - Britain's King Charles III was crowned at Westminster Abbey in a coronation ceremony steeped in ancient ritual.
Birthdays
22 - Angel Reese (basketball player)
22 - Emily Alyn Lind (actress)
27 - Sofia Jamora (model)
30 - Noah Galvin (actor)
31 - Naomi Scott (actress/singer)
34 - Jose Altuve (actor)
36 - Dakota Kai (professional wrestler)
37 - Meek Mill (rapper)
38 - Sasheer Zamata (actress/comedian)
39 - KJ Smith (actress)
39 - Chris Paul (basketball player)
41 - Adrianne Palicki (actress)
42 - Tiffany Coyne (actress/model)
46 - Stacey Oristano (actress)
58 - Geneva Carr (actress)
59 - Leslie Hope (actress)
63 - Clay O'Brien (actor)
63 - George Clooney (actor)
64 - Julianne Phillips (actress)
64 - Roma Downey (actress)
69 - Tom Bergeron (TV host)
72 - Gregg Henry (actor)
76 - Richard Cox (actor)
77 - Alan Dale (actor)
79 - Bob Seger (singer)
93 - Willie Mays (baseball player)
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Today in Sports History - May 6
1915 - Babe Ruth hit his first major league home run while playing for the Boston Red Sox. The game was also his pitching debut.
1946 - The New York Yankees became the first major league baseball team to travel by plane.
1954 - Medical student Roger Bannister became the first man to run a mile in under four minutes (3:59.4) during a track meet in Oxford, England.
1973 - The New England Whalers beat the Winnipeg Jets in the first WHA championship.
1997 - The NHL's Hartford Whalers became the Carolina Hurricanes.
1998 - Kerry Wood of the Chicago Cubs strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league record held by Roger Clemens, throwing a one-hitter in what was just his fifth career start.
2016 - Major League Baseball and the player's union announced the Pirates-Marlins series in Puerto Rico would be moved to Marlins Park in Florida due to concerns about the Zika virus.
2019 - Pablo Sandoval becomes just the second player in MLB history since 1900 to throw a scoreless inning, hit a home run and steal a base in the same game in the San Francisco Giants' 12-4 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. (Christy Mathewson is the only other player to have accomplished the feat, doing so in 1905.)