History for May 6

History for May 6 - On-This-Day.com
Maximilien Robespierre 1758 - French revolutionary, Sigmund Freud 1856 - Psychiatrist, originated psychoanalysis, Robert E. Peary, Sr. 1856 - Explorer


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"), Tony Blair 1953 - British Prime Minister


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


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


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.


1941 - Bob Hope gave his first USO show at California's March Field.


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


1960 - 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.