History for May 6

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Maximilien Robespierre 1758 - French revolutionary, Sigmund Freud 1856 - Psychiatrist, originated psychoanalysis, Rudolph Valentino (Rodolfo Pietro Filiberto Raffaello Guglielmi di Valentina) 1895 - Actor 


(George) Orson Welles 1915 - Actor ("War of the Worlds", "A Man for All Seasons", "Catch-22"), Willie (Howard) Mays 1931 - Baseball player, Bob Seger 1945 - Musician, singer


Tom Bergeron 1955 - TV Host ("Dancing with the Stars"), George (Timothy) Clooney 1961 - Actor (TV: "The Facts of Life", "E/R", Movies: "Batman & Robin", "Ocean's 11"), son of broadcast journalist Nick Clooney, nephew of singer Rosemary Clooney, Roma Downey 1963 - Actress ("Touched by an Angel") 



1527 - German troops began sacking Rome, bringing about the end of the Renaissance. 


1851 - The mechanical refrigerator was patented by Dr. John Gorrie. 


1851 - Linus Yale patented the clock-type lock. 












1889 - The Universal Exposition opened in Paris, France, marking the dedication of the Eiffel Tower. Also at the exposition was the first automobile in Paris, the Mercedes-Benz. 


1937 - The German airship Hindenburg crashed and burned in Lakehurst, NJ. Thirty-six people (of the 97 on board) were killed. 


1941 - Joseph Stalin assumed the Soviet premiership. 


1942 - During World War II, the Japanese seized control of the Philippines. About 15,000 Americans and Filipinos on Corregidor surrendered to the Japanese. 


1957 - U.S. Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his book "Profiles in Courage". 



1960 - Republican U.S. President Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1960. 



1994 - Former Arkansas state worker Paula Jones filed suit against U.S. President Clinton. The case alleged that he had sexually harassed her in 1991.