EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
May 6
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Day 125 of 2026 | Week 19 | 234 days until Christmas 🎅
HISTORIC EVENTS
The coronation of Charles III and Camilla as King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms is held in Westminster Abbey, London.
Eight people are killed and seven injured in a mass shooting in Allen, Texas. The perpetrator is killed by a police officer.
Three women, kidnapped and missing for more than a decade, are found alive in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States.
In just 36 minutes, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged nearly 1,000 points in what is known as the 2010 Flash Crash.
The final episode of the television sitcom Friends was aired.
Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated following a radio-interview at the Mediapark in Hilversum.
Founding of SpaceX.
During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.
The first elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly are held.
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.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
American jazz tuba and euphonium player
American golfer (4 PGA Tour titles
PhD/Astronaut (STS 65
British politician and cabinet minister (L)
American session and touring keyboardist (CS&N
British rock climber
American game show host (America's Funniest Home Videos
first female Greek politician to be Minister of Foreign Affairs (2006-9)
Russian cosmonaut and test pilot
Scottish soccer midfielder (54 caps; Middlesbrough FC
American actress (Josephine Baker; Equal Justice)
Quebec politician and former President of the Treasury Board
Japanese astronaut who took part is missions STS-65 and STS-95
French actor (Les Visiteurs (The Visitors))
Scottish guitarist
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