May 6
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Art and culture
- 1889 - Exposition Universelle, world fair opens in Paris
- 1933 - Institut für Sexualwissenschaft (Institute for Sexual Research) destroyed by the Nazis
- 1938 - Hitler's visit to Rome to sign an alliance with Mussolini, chance meeting between these two fictional characters in Un Giornata Particolare.
- 1966 - Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors Murders in England.
- 2002 - Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is shot and killed by a left-wing extremist.
Births
- 1758 - Francois de Robespierre, best-known leader of the French revolution,
- 1856 - Sigmund Freud (May 6, 1856 - September 23, 1939) was an Austrian neurologist, who became interested in hypnotism and how it could be used to help the ...
- 1905 - Carlo Mollino (May 6, 1905 - August 27, 1973) was an Italian architect and designer. Born in Turin, Italy, Carlo Mollino was the son of Eugenio Mollino, ...
- 1915 - Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 - October 10, 1985) is commonly considered one of Hollywood's greatest directors, as well as a fine actor and screenwriter. ...
- 1868 - Gaston Leroux (May 6, 1868, Paris - April 15, 1927, Nice) was a French journalist and novelist. In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing ...
- 1902 - Max Ophüls (May 6, 1902 - March 25, 1957) was a German born film director. Max Ophüls was born as Max Oppenheimer in Saarbrücken, Germany. ...
- 1944 - Andreas Baader (May 6, 1944 - October 18, 1977) was the first leader of the German terrorist organization Red Army Faction, commonly known as the ...
Deaths
- 1889 - Marlene Dietrich (December 27, 1901 - May 6, 1992) was a German actress and singer. Born in Berlin, Dietrich played the violin before ...
