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Historical Events on May 6

  • Louis XIV of France

    1682

    Louis XIV of France moves his court to the Palace of Versailles.

  • American Civil War

    1861

    American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.

  • United States Congress

    1882

    The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.

  • Vietnam

    1916

    Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while attempting to call upon the people to rise up against the French, and later being deposed and exiled to Réunion island.

  • New Deal

    1935

    New Deal: Executive Order 7034 creates the Works Progress Administration.

  • California

    1941

    At California's March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show.

  • World War II

    1942

    World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.

  • Central Intelligence Agency

    1996

    The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared.

  • Syria

    2001

    During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.

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