Vietnamese 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. Date: May 6, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today)
Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists are executed in Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Djemal Pasha. Date: May 6, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Deutsche Studentenschaft attack Magnus Hirschfeld's Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, later burning many of its books. Date: May 6, 1933 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1933 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: May 6, 1935 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1935 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: May 6, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1937 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)