TODAY HISTORY LESSON: MAY 6
1527 German troops begin sacking Rome. Libraries are destroyed, the Pope is captured and thousands are killed.
1536 King Henry VIII, orders bible be placed in every church
1833 John Deere makes 1st steel plow
1835 James Gordon Bennett published the “New York Herald” for the first time.
1856 U.S. Army troops from Fort Tejon and Fort Miller prepare to ride out to protect Keyesville, California, from Yokut Indian attack.
1861 Arkansas becomes the ninth state to secede from the Union.
1864 In the second day of the Battle of the Wilderness between Union General Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate General Robert E. Lee, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet is wounded by his own men.
1877 Chief Crazy Horse surrenders to U.S. troops in Nebraska. Crazy Horse brought General George Custer to his end.
1882 The U.S. Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act. The act barred Chinese immigrants from the U.S. for 10 years.
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.
1890 Mormon Church renounces polygamy
1919 Paris Peace Conference disposes of German colonies; German East Africa is assigned to Britain & France, German Southwest Africa to South Africa
1937 German airship Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 35 of the 97 on board and 1 on the ground
1938 Dutch writer Maurits Dekker sentenced to 50 days for “offending a friendly head of state” (Hitler)
1942 During World War II, the Japanese seized control of the Philippines. About 15,000 Americans and Filipinos on Corregidor surrendered to the Japanese.
1945 Axis Sally makes her final propaganda broadcast to Allied troops.
1960 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1960.
1967 400 students seize administration building at Cheyney State College
1981 A jury of international architects and sculptors unanimously selected Maya Ying Lin’s entry for the design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
1987 PTL’s Jim Bakker & Rich Dortch dismissed from Assemblies of God
1988 Doughnutgate incident: New Jersey Devils’ coach Jim Schoenfeld tells referee Don Koharski to ‘eat another doughnut you fat pig!,’ he is suspended
1994 The Channel Tunnel linking the United Kingdom with France is opened
1994 House passes the assault weapons ban
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.
1999 Scotland elected its first separate parliament in three centuries.
REFERENCE: history.net, onthisday.com, thepeopleshistory.com, timeanddate.com, scopesys.com, on-this-day.com
