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Monday, May 6, 2013

This will be 126th day of the year and 239 days will remain in the year.

Hebrew calendar — 26 Iyyar 5773
Chinese calendar — the 27th day of the 3rd month of 4711 (Kui Si)
Islamic calendar — (note)

May 6 Birthdays

Robert Peary
1856–1920, American arctic explorer

Sigmund Freud
psychoanalyst (1856)

Rudolph Valentino
actor (1895)

Orson Welles
actor, director, producer (1915)

Willie Mays
baseball player (1931)

Tony Blair
British political leader (1953)

May 2013

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
			1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30	31

May 6 in History

1882

Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act over President Chester A. Arthur's veto.

1889

The Universal Exposition opened in Paris, marking the completion and dedication of the Eiffel Tower.

1937

The German airship Hindenburg blew up and burst into flames at Lakehurst, N.J.

1941

Dictator Joseph Stalin became the premier of Russia.

1954

British athlete Roger Bannister became the first person to run a mile in under four minutes (3:59:4).

1994

The Chunnel between England and France officially opened.

1999

Scotland elected its first separate parliament in three centuries.

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Note: Dates in the Islamic calendar are provided for planning purposes only, and calculated with the hdate Islamic calendar program for moonrise in Boston, Masschusetts. Depending on your location and other factors, this result may differ from actual religious observances by one day. Please consult your local religious authority for any religious determinations of hejiric date.