What Happened On This Day – May 6
2004 The final episode of “Friends” is aired
The immensely popular sitcom about Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Joey, Chandler, and Ross had been produced since 1994. The final episode “The Last One” was watched by 52 million viewers.
1994 The Channel Tunnel linking the United Kingdom with France is opened
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François Mitterrand inaugurated the “Chunnel”. It measures just over 50 km (31 mi) and is the tunnel with the world's longest undersea portion.
1976 A massive earthquake hits northeast Italy
939 people died and 157,000 were left homeless in Italy's worst earthquake, which measured 6.5 on the Richter scale.
1954 Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run a mile in under 4 minutes
The British athlete took 3 minutes and 59.4 seconds to cover 1609 meters. The current record by Moroccan Hicham El Guerrouj stands at 3:43.13 (as at February 2014).
1937 The “Hindenburg” hydrogen zeppelin goes up in flames
The footage showing a colossal fireball engulfing the German airship during a landing attempt in Lakehurst have become iconic for the end of the zeppelin era. 35 lives were lost in the crash.
Births On This Day – May 6
1961 George Clooney
American actor, director, producer, screenwriter
1953 Tony Blair
Scottish/English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1915 Orson Welles
American actor, director, producer, screenwriter
1856 Sigmund Freud
Austrian neurologist
1758 Maximilien de Robespierre
French lawyer, politician
Deaths On This Day – May 6
1992 Marlene Dietrich
German/American actress, singer
1952 Maria Montessori
Italian physician, educator
1919 L. Frank Baum
American author
1862 Henry David Thoreau
American writer, philosopher
1859 Alexander von Humboldt
German geographer, explorer
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