WHAT HAPPENED TODAY IN HISTORY MAY 06

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2004 The final episode of Friends is aired

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1994 The Channel Tunnel linking England to France is officially opened.

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1976 A massive earthquake hits northeast Italy

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1962 The first nuclear warhead is fired from a Polaris submarine.

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1960 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1960.

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1954 British runner Roger Bannister breaks the four minute mile.

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1945 Axis Sally makes her final propaganda broadcast to Allied troops.

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1944 The Red Army besieges and captures Sevastopol in the Crimea.

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1942 Ariel Dorfman, Chilean writer (Death and the Maiden).

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1942 General Jonathan Wainwright surrenders Corregidor to the Japanese.

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1941 Bob Hope gives his first USO show at California’s March Field.

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1937 The dirigible Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey.

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1903 Bing [Harry Lillis] Crosby, singer and actor. Various dates given for his birth date.

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1903 Bing [Harry Lillis] Crosby, singer and actor. Various dates given for his birth date.

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1903 Bing [Harry Lillis] Crosby, singer and actor. Various dates given for his birth date.

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2004 The final episode of Friends is aired

1994 The Channel Tunnel linking England to France is officially opened.

1976 A massive earthquake hits northeast Italy

1962 The first nuclear warhead is fired from a Polaris submarine.

1960 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1960.

1954 British runner Roger Bannister breaks the four minute mile.

1945 Axis Sally makes her final propaganda broadcast to Allied troops.

1944 The Red Army besieges and captures Sevastopol in the Crimea.

1942 Ariel Dorfman, Chilean writer (Death and the Maiden).

1942 General Jonathan Wainwright surrenders Corregidor to the Japanese.

1941 Bob Hope gives his first USO show at California’s March Field.

1937 The dirigible Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey.

1903 Bing [Harry Lillis] Crosby, singer and actor. Various dates given for his birth date.

1931 Willie Mays, baseball player.

1903 Bing [Harry Lillis] Crosby, singer and actor. Various dates given for his birth date.

1915 Orson Welles, actor, director, and writer (Citizen Kane).

1903 Bing [Harry Lillis] Crosby, singer and actor. Various dates given for his birth date.

1902 Max Ophuls, film director (La Ronde, Lola Montes).