On This Day for May 6 - Hindenburg disaster, Sigmund Freud is featured, and more

Created: 2020-05-06 21:07 Updated: 2020-05-06 21:07 Notebook: On this Day in History

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May 06

FEATURED BIOGRAPHY

Sigmund Freud

FEATURED EVENT

1937

Hindenburg disaster

MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY

2004: The final episode of the television sitcom Friends aired and was watched by more than 52 million viewers.

1992: German American actress Marlene Dietrich—whose beauty, voice, aura of sophistication, and languid sensuality made her one of the world's most glamorous film stars—died in Paris. [Take our women in classic cinema quiz.]

1961: American actor George Clooney—who emerged in the 1990s as a popular leading man, known for his good looks and versatility, and who later became a respected director and screenwriter—was born. [Sort fact from fiction in our actor quiz.]

1954: Roger Bannister of Britain became the first athlete to run a mile in less than four minutes.

1953: British Labour Party leader Tony Blair, who in 1997 became the youngest British prime minister since 1812, was born. [Test your knowledge of British culture and politics .]

1942: The American garrison on Corregidor Island, under the command of General Jonathan M. Wainwright, surrendered to Japanese invaders after a 27-day standoff during World War II. [ Do you know your World War battles?]

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ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY

1915

Orson Welles
American actor, director and writer

1961

George Clooney
American actor and director

1856

Sigmund Freud
Austrian psychoanalyst

1953

Tony Blair
prime minister of United Kingdom

1758

Maximilien Robespierre
French revolutionary