Talk:May 6

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May 6

The Grand Palace in the 1860s

1536 – Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire: Sapa Inca emperor Manco Inca Yupanqui's army began a ten-month siege of Cusco against a garrison of Spanish conquistadors and Indian auxiliaries led by Hernando Pizarro.
1782 – Construction began on the Grand Palace (pictured) in Bangkok, the official residence of the king of Thailand.
1915 – Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: SY Aurora, anchored in McMurdo Sound, broke loose during a gale, beginning a 312-day ordeal in the Ross Sea and Southern Ocean for her 18-man crew.
2004 – The final episode of the television sitcom Friends was aired.
2013 – Amanda Berry escaped from the Cleveland, Ohio, home of her captor, Ariel Castro, having been held there with two other women for ten years.

Henry David Thoreau (d. 1862)
Martin Brodeur (b. 1972)
Reg Grundy (d. 2016)

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Babe Ruth[edit]

The date that Babe Ruth hit his first homerun is not a globally notable event and should not be listed on this page. -- Mufka ^(u) ^(t) ^(c) 00:24, 11 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. Carl.bunderson (talk) 19:16, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

when i get older i will have sex with 40,000 people —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.170.162.222 (talk) 15:32, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Scrubs[edit]

Is the first showing of the last "Scrubs" episode in USA an event of global importance? I suggest removal. --- Dave Of Stoft (talk) 23:29, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, not really. --Abce2|Howdy! 23:31, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

singing forever young , singing songs beneth that sun.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.170.162.222 (talk) 15:32, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Pim Fortuyn[edit]

Text on page shows "2002 – Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated by an animal rights activist. "

The assassin has a name and article. Propose changing the text to read "2002 – Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated by Volkert van der Graaf."

By doing so, it would match the 'On This Day' summary which states "2002 – Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn was assassinated by Volkert van der Graaf for his controversial statements regarding Muslims."

As it stands, it looks silly. 12.69.65.2 (talk) 16:18, 6 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Glaciarium[edit]

I’ve move the mention of the Glaciarium [[1]] FROM 6th May TO 6th June: as that’s the the entry on it, say it opened …

Cuddy2977 (talk) 10:18, 24 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Cleanup of births and deaths[edit]

In accordance with the guidelines, I'm continuing to weed the Births and Deaths sections by removing entries for celebrities with 0-4 articles in other languages. Where possible, these have been transferred to the relevant Year in Topic articles. As well as making the lists more manageable, this will help with the globalization effort. Deb (talk) 16:15, 13 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]