John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath. Date: May 6, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today)
The first flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. Date: May 6, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today)
At California's March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show. Date: May 6, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese. Date: May 6, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: The Prague Offensive, the last major battle of the Eastern Front, begins. Date: May 6, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allied troops. Date: May 6, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation. Date: May 6, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today)
Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes. Date: May 6, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today)
More than 20 million viewers watch the first televised royal wedding when Princess Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey. Date: May 6, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)
Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors murders in England. Date: May 6, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)