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| May 6th |
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| About May 6th is the 126th day of the year (127th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 239 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. May 6th is the International No Diet Day. Births 1875 - William D. Leahy, FDR's Chief of Staff during WWII 1907 - Weeb Ewbank, Hall of Fame football coach 1915 - Orson Welles, director, writer, actor (Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons) 1931 - 1931 - Willie Mays, Hall of Fame baseball player 1934 - Richard Shelby, U.S. Senator (Alabama) 1945 - Bob Seger, singer, musician, songwriter 1953 - Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the U.K. 1961 - George Clooney, actor, director, producer (ER, Ocean's Eleven) Deaths 1987 - William J. Casey, CIA Director (1981 to 1987) 2002 - Otis Blackwell, singer, songwriter, pianist ("Great Balls of Fire") 2004 - Barney Kessel, jazz guitarist Events 1861 - Arkansas secedes from the Union. 1941 - Comedian Bob Hope performs his first show for U.S. troops in Riverside, CA. |
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