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TODAY IN HISTORY

May 6

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Day 125 of 2026 | Week 19 | 234 days until Christmas 🎅

HISTORIC EVENTS

1
2023

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.

2
2023

Eight people are killed and seven injured in a mass shooting in Allen, Texas. The perpetrator is killed by a police officer.

3
2013

Three women, kidnapped and missing for more than a decade, are found alive in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States.

4
2010

In just 36 minutes, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged nearly 1,000 points in what is known as the 2010 Flash Crash.

5
2004

The final episode of the television sitcom Friends was aired.

6
2002

Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated following a radio-interview at the Mediapark in Hilversum.

7
2002

Founding of SpaceX.

8
2001

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

9
1999

The first elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly are held.

10
1998

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

1956 Brad Felt

American jazz tuba and euphonium player

1956 Tim Simpson

American golfer (4 PGA Tour titles

1955 Donald A Thomas

PhD/Astronaut (STS 65

1955 John Hutton

British politician and cabinet minister (L)

1955 Kim Bullard

American session and touring keyboardist (CS&N

1955 Ron Fawcett

British rock climber

1955 Tom Bergeron

American game show host (America's Funniest Home Videos

1954 Dora Bakoyannis

first female Greek politician to be Minister of Foreign Affairs (2006-9)

1954 Sergei Nikolayevich Tresvyatsky

Russian cosmonaut and test pilot

1953 Graeme Souness

Scottish soccer midfielder (54 caps; Middlesbrough FC

1953 Lynn Whitfield

American actress (Josephine Baker; Equal Justice)

1953 Michelle Courchesne

Quebec politician and former President of the Treasury Board

1952 Chiaki Naito-Mukai

Japanese astronaut who took part is missions STS-65 and STS-95

1952 Christian Clavier

French actor (Les Visiteurs (The Visitors))

1951 Davey Johnstone

Scottish guitarist

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