May 6

May 6 is the 126th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (127th in leap years). There are 239 days remaining.

Births:

• 1758: Maximilian Robespierre, French revolutionary
• 1856: Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychiatrist, founder of psychoanalysis
• 1915: Orson Welles, American director (Citizen Kane)
• 1945: Bob Seger, American singer
• 1961: George Clooney, American actor

Events:

Events:

• 1937: The Hindenburg zeppelin explodes

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