May 6 in History

Historical Events on May 6

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: Arkansas secedes from the Union.

1882 The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.

1916 Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while attempting to call upon the people to rise up against the French, and later being deposed and exiled to Réunion island.

1935 New Deal: Executive Order 7034 creates the Works Progress Administration.

1941 At California's March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show.

1942 World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.

1994 Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François Mitterrand officiate at the opening of the Channel Tunnel.

2001 During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.

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Famous Birthdays on May 6

1758 Maximilien Robespierre

1856 Sigmund Freud

1915 Orson Welles

1953 Tony Blair

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Famous Deaths on May 6

1859 Alexander von Humboldt

1862 Henry David Thoreau

1910 Edward VII

2013 Giulio Andreotti

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