Daily Calendar for May 6th, 2021

The Old Farmer's Almanac daily calendar gives you quick reference for the significant events on any day throughout the year.

1830s

• 1834: London and Gore Railroad Co. incorporated

1840s

• 1840: First postage stamps issued in the U.K.

1850s

• 1851: Dr. John Gorrie patented an ice machine

• 1851: Linus Yale, Jr. received a patent for a lock and key

• Born 1856: Sigmund Freud (neurologist & psychiatrist)

1860s

• Died 1862: Henry David Thoreau (writer)

• 1864: Confederate General James Longstreet was seriously wounded by his own troops by mistake, Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia

1890s

• Born 1895: Rudolph Valentino (actor)

• 1896: Successful flight of Samuel Langley's model Aerodrome No. 5 aircraft

1910s

• Born 1915: Orson Welles (actor & director)

• 1915: Babe Ruth hit his first homerun

• Died 1919: L. Frank Baum (author)

1930s

• Born 1931: Willie Mays (baseball player)

• Died 1938: The Duke of Devonshire (Canadian Governor General 1916-1921)

1940s

• 1941: At California's March Field, Bob Hope performed his first USO show

• Born 1945: Bob Seger (musician)

1950s

• Born 1953: Tony Blair (British Prime Minister)

• Born 1955: Tom Bergeron (television personality)

1960s

• Born 1961: George Clooney (actor)

1970s

• Died 1978: Ethelda Bleibtrey (Olympic swimmer)

1990s

• Died 1992: Marlene Dietrich (actress)

• 1994: The Channel Tunnel, more commonly known as the "Chunnel," linking England and France opened

2000s

• Died 2002: Otis Blackwell (songwriter)

• Died 2006: Lillian Asplund (last American survivor of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912)

• 2006: Racehorse Barbaro won the 132nd Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Kentucky

2010s

• 2010: Lt.-Col. Maryse Carmichael became the first female commander of the Canadian Snowbirds