Today, May 6, 2026
May 6: International No Diet Day: -- Put
away your scales and form a new relationship with the person in
the mirror! For so many people, and especially women, unattainable
body standards and pressure have prompted eating disorders, low
self-esteem, bullying, and unhealthily restrictive diets. When
British feminist Mary Evans Young had enough of all this in 1992,
she invited friends to "Ditch that Diet" - and it caught
on massively. The global movement that it sparked has helped many
individuals form a healthier relationship with food and their
bodies, so today wear a light blue ribbon and eat a cheeseburger
with pride! Dieticians and dieting sprung up as early as the 18th
century when obese English doctor George Cheyne underwent a
tremendous weight loss by eating only vegetables and drinking only
milk - completely abstaining from eating meat. He then recommended
his diet to all who suffered from obesity, and wrote an essay
titled "An Essay of Health and Long Life." This essay
advised fresh air and avoidance of "luxury foods," and
thus the first diets were born. People have continued to use
specific eating habits to become healthier or make their bodies
fit a certain societal ideal. English undertaker William Banting
created the first fad weight-loss diet "Banting" in
1863. It was still being printed as of 2007 and is considered a
model for popular diets. It involved four meals of meat, greens,
fruit, and dry wine per day. In 1918, the first best-selling
weight loss book, "Diet and Health: With Key to the
Calories," was created by American columnist and physician
Lulu Hunt Peters. It promoted calorie-counting, which remains
popular today. Since then, over 1000 weight-loss diets have
developed, but most focus on consuming a low amount of either
calories, fat, carbohydrates, or sugars. Diet culture boomed. With
an increasing amount of accessible media, from television to ads
to the internet, marketers promoted body standards and ideals that
were difficult for many people to attain. In many cases, photo
editing and plastic surgery made these figures physically
impossible to naturally attain, yet many felt the social pressure
and turned to diets to thin themselves. In 1992, English feminist
Mary Evans Young had already battled anorexia, bullying, and body
image issues for years, and had had enough. Though she originally
intended her first No Diet Day to be celebrated only in the UK,
she was inspired to see it spread internationally. In 1992, only a
few dozen women in the UK celebrated the holiday, with "Ditch
That Diet" stickers and a picnic. By 1993, women in various
countries wanted to celebrate and the date was changed to May 6 to
avoid conflict with Cinco de Mayo festivities. Today, the stated
purpose of INDD is body acceptance and body shape diversity and is
symbolized by a light blue ribbon. However, many restaurants use
the day as a marketing tactic to encourage customers to buy
indulgent treats. Though the meaning of the day has evolved
depending on who is celebrating, it is a feminist landmark and a
crucial reminder to focus on health at any size, as well as an
important way of exposing the dangers of dieting.of Mexican
heritage and culture, particularly of its food, drink and music,
all of which have grown, and continues to grow, very popular in
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May 6: National Beverage Day: -- Today
encourages us to sit back, relax, and enjoy our favorite
beverages. Beverages come in many forms. And whether you prefer a
hold or a cold one, the good news is, there is one for every
taste. The only thing that matters is that you pick up or make
some of your favorites, gather with family and friends, and get
ready to enjoy and unwind. Beverages have always existed, in one
form or another, since the beginning of mankind. Drinks take
varied forms and significance in different cultures. They can be
viewed as a once-in-a-while treat or as the driving force behind a
much-needed morning pick me up - shoutout to all the coffee
lovers! The origins of this day can be a little uncertain. Early
mentions of National Beverage Day can be found as early as 1921.
At this time, the day was known as Bottled Carbonated Beverage
day. It was thought of as a way to promote bottled fizzy drinks as
"pure" and "wholesome!" It's hard to pinpoint
exactly when Bottled Carbonated Beverage Day permanently became
the less specific National Beverage Day, as ads throughout the
1920s alternately referred to it as National Carbonated Beverage
Day or simply Beverage Day, among others. Nowadays, the meaning
has changed thanks to a growing awareness of how and what
beverages we consume - especially when they are sugary or
alcoholic, so if they fall into this category, it's always best to
consume in moderation. It is not just during the summer months
that beverages play a part in our lives. From cold champagne on
New Year's Eve to a piping hot espresso on a cold winter's morning
in December, beverages are something we enjoy all year long! On
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May 6: National Nurses Day (Florence
Nightingale's Birthday, National Nurses Week): -- On this day, we
raise awareness of all nurse contributions and commitments and
acknowledge the vital role nurses play in society. This day is
also the first day of National Nurses Week and is sometimes known
as National RN Recognition Day. National Nurses Week begins May
6th and ends on May 12th, which is the birthday of Florence
Nightingale (May 12, 1820 - August 13, 1910). Florence Nightingale
was a celebrated English, social reformer, statistician, and the
founder of modern nursing. She became well-known while taking care
of the wounded soldiers during the Crimean War. Nightingale was
dubbed "The Lady with the Lamp" because of her habit of
making rounds at night. To observe National Nurses Day, use
#NationalNursesDay to share on social media. Recognize nurses
everywhere by celebrating their dedication and commitment to their
patients and their profession. Tell someone about the excellent
care you've received from a nurse. Give nurses you know a shout
out and thank them for their hard work, especially during these
challenging times. In 1953, Dorothy Sutherland, an employee at the
United States Department of Health, sent a letter to President
Eisenhower proposing a National Nurses Day. An official
proclamation was not made. The following year people began
celebrating National Nurses Week on their own. In 1974, President
Nixon proclaimed a National Nurse Week. New Mexico nurses
initiated a resolution in 1981 to have May 6th declared National
Recognition Day for Nurses. The American Nurses Association (ANA)
Board of Directors took up the banner and promoted the proposal.
In 1982, the United States Congress designated May 6th to be
National Recognition Day for Nurses and President Ronald Reagan
signed the proposal. The ANA Board of Directors later expanded the
celebration in 1990 to a week-long celebration (May 6-12) known as
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May 6, 1536: Religion: The History Of
Religion: Abrahamic Religions: The Bible: Christianity: The Great
Bible (The Great Bible Of 1539): -- King Henry VIII Of England
orders that English-language Bibles be placed in every church;
this order resulted in The Great Bible Of 1539, the first
authorized edition of the Bible in English. King Henry VIII
authorized it to be read aloud in the church services of the
Church of England. The Great Bible was prepared by Myles
Coverdale, working under commission of Thomas, Lord Cromwell,
Secretary to Henry VIII and Vicar General. In 1538, Cromwell
directed the clergy to provide "one book of the Bible of the
largest volume in English, and the same set up in some convenient
place within the said church that ye have care of, whereas your
parishioners may most commodiously resort to the same and read
it." The Great Bible includes much from the Tyndale Bible,
with the objectionable features revised. As the Tyndale Bible was
incomplete, Coverdale translated the remaining books of the Old
Testament and Apocrypha from the Latin Vulgate and German
translations, rather than working from the original Greek, Hebrew
and Aramaic texts. Although called the Great Bible because of its
large size, it is known by several other names as well: the King's
Bible, because the King Henry VIII Of England authorized and
permitted it; the Cromwell Bible, since Thomas Cromwell directed
its publication; Whitchurch's Bible after its first English
printer; the Chained Bible, since it was chained to prevent
removal from the church. It has less accurately been termed
Cranmer's Bible, since although Thomas Cranmer was not responsible
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May 6, 1758: #BOTD: Maximilien
Robespierre, French lawyer and politician (d. 10 Thermidor, Year
II [July 28, 1794]) is #born Maximilien Francois Marie Isidore de
Robespierre in Arras, Artois, France. Robespierre was one of the
best known and most influential figures associated with the French
Revolution and The Reign Of Terror. As a member of the
Estates-General, the Constituent Assembly and the Jacobin Club,
Robespierre was an outspoken advocate for the poor and for
democratic institutions. He campaigned for universal male suffrage
in France, price controls on basic food commodities and the
abolition of slavery in the French colonies. He was an ardent
opponent of the death penalty, but played an important role in
arranging the execution of King Louis XVI, which led to the
establishment of a French Republic. He is perhaps best known for
his role in the French Revolution's Reign of Terror. He was named
as a member of the powerful Committee of Public Safety launched by
his political ally Georges Danton and exerted his influence to
suppress the Hebertist (a radical revolutionary political group
associated with the populist journalist Jacques Hebert). They came
to power during The Reign Of Terror and played a significant role
in the French Revolution.. As part of his attempts to use extreme
measures to control political activity in France, Robespierre
later moved against the more moderate Danton, who was accused of
corruption and executed in April 1794. The Terror ended a few
months later with Robespierre's arrest and execution in July,
events that initiated a period in French history known as the
Thermidorian Reaction (On 9 Thermidor Year II [27 July 1794]),
Robespierre was denounced by members of the National Convention as
"a tyrant", leading to Robespierre and twenty-one
associates including Louis Antoine de Saint-Just being arrested
that night and beheaded on the following day). He is buried in a
mass grave with other executed dissidents in the then newly
created Errancis cemetery in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, one
of the cemeteries (the others being Madeleine Cemetery, Picpus
Cemetery, Chapelle expiatoire and the Cemetery of Saint Margaret)
used to dispose of the corpses of guillotine victims during the
French Revolution. Robespierre's personal responsibility for the
excesses of the Terror remains the subject of intense debate among
historians of the French Revolution. Influenced by 18th-century
Enlightenment philosophes such as Rousseau and Montesquieu,
Robespierre was a capable articulator of the beliefs of the
left-wing bourgeoisie. His steadfast adherence and defence of the
views he expressed earned him the nickname The Incorruptible.
Robespierre's reputation has gone through several cycles of
re-appraisal. During the Soviet era, Robespierre was used as an
example of a revolutionary figure. His reputation peaked in the
1920s with the influence of French historian Albert Mathiez. In
more recent times, his reputation has suffered as historians have
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May 6, 1856: #BOTD: #HBD! Sigmund Freud,
Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist, founder of psychoanalysis,
the clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies in the
psyche through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst (d.
September 23, 1939) is #born Sigismund Schlomo Freud to Galician
Jewish parents in the Moravian town of Freiberg, in the Austrian
Empire. He qualified as a doctor of medicine in 1881 at the
University of Vienna. Upon completing his habilitation in 1885, he
was appointed a docent in neuropathology and became an affiliated
professor in 1902. Freud lived and worked in Vienna, having set up
his clinical practice there in 1886. In 1938, Freud left Austria
to escape Nazi persecution. In founding psychoanalysis, Freud
developed therapeutic techniques such as the use of free
association and discovered transference, establishing its central
role in the analytic process. Freud's redefinition of sexuality to
include its infantile forms led him to formulate the Oedipus
complex as the central tenet of psychoanalytical theory. His
analysis of dreams as wish-fulfillments provided him with models
for the clinical analysis of symptom formation and the underlying
mechanisms of repression. On this basis, Freud elaborated his
theory of the unconscious and went on to develop a model of
psychic structure comprising id, ego and super-ego. Freud
postulated the existence of libido, sexualised energy with which
mental processes and structures are invested and which generates
erotic attachments, and a death drive, the source of compulsive
repetition, hate, aggression, and neurotic guilt. In his later
works, Freud developed a wide-ranging interpretation and critique
of religion and culture. Though in overall decline as a diagnostic
and clinical practice, psychoanalysis remains influential within
psychology, psychiatry, and psychotherapy, and across the
humanities. It thus continues to generate extensive and highly
contested debate concerning its therapeutic efficacy, its
scientific status, and whether it advances or hinders the feminist
cause. Nonetheless, Freud's work has suffused contemporary Western
thought and popular culture. W. H. Auden's 1940 poetic tribute to
Freud describes him as having created "a whole climate of
opinion / under whom we conduct our different lives". Sigmund
Freud died inHampstead, London, England, as an exile from Nazi
persecution in Austria, at 3 AM of an assisted suicide by morphine
overdose administered by his doctor, friend, and fellow refugee,
Max Schur. Freud's cancer of the jaw was causing him increasingly
severe pain and had been declared inoperable. In mid-September
1939, Freed reminded Schur that he had agreed to do this in the
terminal stages of his illness. When Schur replied that he had not
forgotten, Freud said, "I thank you," and then, "Talk
it over with Anna, and if she thinks it's right, then make an end
of it." Anna Freud wanted to postpone her father's death, but
Schur convinced her it was pointless to keep him alive, and on
September 21 and 22, he administered doses of morphine that
resulted in Freud's death. His remains were cremated, and the
ashes are deposited in Freud Corner, the place within Golders
Green Crematorium in North London, England, where the funerary
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May 6, 1889: Grand Openings: Building
Openings: -- The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public
at the Universal Exposition in Paris. The Eiffel Tower is a
wrought iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars (Mars Field) in
Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel,
whose company designed and built the tower. Constructed from
1887-89 as the entrance to the 1889 World's Fair (Exposition
Universelle 1889), it was initially criticized by some of France's
leading artists and intellectuals for its design, but it has
become a global cultural icon of France and one of the most
recognisable structures in the world. The Eiffel Tower is the
most-visited paid monument in the world; 6.91 million people
ascended it in 2015. The tower is 324 metres (1,063 ft) tall,
about the same height as an 81-storey building, and the tallest
structure in Paris. Its base is square, measuring 125 metres (410
ft) on each side. During its construction, the Eiffel Tower
surpassed the Washington Monument to become the tallest man-made
structure in the world, a title it held for 41 years until the
Chrysler Building in New York City was finished in 1930. Due to
the addition of a broadcasting aerial at the top of the tower in
1957, it is now taller than the Chrysler Building by 5.2 metres
(17 ft). Excluding transmitters, the Eiffel Tower is the second
tallest structure in France after the Millau Viaduct. The tower
has three levels for visitors, with restaurants on the first and
second levels. The top level's upper platform is 276 m (906 ft)
above the ground - the highest observation deck accessible to the
public in the European Union. Tickets can be purchased to ascend
by stairs or lift (elevator) to the first and second levels. The
climb from ground level to the first level is over 300 steps, as
is the climb from the first level to the second. Although there is
a staircase to the top level, it is usually accessible only by
lift. The Exposition Universelle of 1889 was held in Paris,
France, from 6 May to 31 October 1889. It was held during the year
of the 100th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille, an event
considered symbolic of the beginning of the French Revolution. The
fair included a reconstruction of the Bastille and its surrounding
neighborhood, but with the interior courtyard covered with a blue
ceiling decorated with fleur-de-lys and used as a ball room and
gathering place. The 1889 Exposition covered a total area of 0.96
km2, including the Champ de Mars, the Trocadero, the quai d'Orsay,
a part of the Seine and the Invalides Esplanade. Transport around
the Exposition was partly provided by a 3 kilometre (1.9 mi) 600
millimetre (2 ft 0 in) gauge railway by Decauville. It was claimed
that the railway carried 6,342,446 visitors in just six months of
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May 6, 1895: #BOTD: #HBD! Rudolph
Valentino, Italian actor, film star, cultural icon and sex symbol
(d. August 23, 1926) is #born Rodolfo Pietro Filiberto Raffaello
Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguolla in Castellaneta, Apulia
(Puglia), the "boot heel" region of Italy. He was an
Italian actor naturalized American who starred in several
well-known silent films including The Four Horsemen of the
Apocalypse, The Sheik, Blood and Sand, The Eagle, and The Son of
the Sheik. He was an early pop icon, a sex symbol of the 1920s,
who was known as "The Latin Lover" or simply as
"Valentino". His untimely death at age 31 caused mass
hysteria among his female fans and further propelled him to iconic
status. The film that made him a movie star was The Four Horsemen
Of The Apocalypse (1921), a critical success and the sixth-highest
grossing silent film ever, being one of the first films to make 1M
USD at the box office. Film producer Jesse L. Lasky capitalized on
this star power and cast him in roles that solidified his
reputation as the "Latin lover". In The Sheik (1921),
Valentino played the starring role of Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan. The
film was a major success and defined not only his career but his
image and legacy. Valentino's dignified and keen-brained portrayl
of an Arab man successfully distanced the character from the
stereotypical portrayal of Arabs at that time. Valentino once told
gossip columnist Louella Parsons "The women I love don't love
me. The others don't matter". He claimed that despite his
success as a sex symbol that in his personal love life he never
achieved happiness. Shortly before his death, Valentino was dating
Ziegfeld Follies showgirl Marion Wilson Benda while he was also
involved in a relationship with actress Pola Negri. Upon his
death, Negri made a scene at his funeral, claiming they had been
engaged, in spite of the fact that Valentino had never mentioned
this engagement to anyone himself. Rudolph Valentino died at the
age of 31 of pleuritis (pleurisy, inflammation surrounding the
lungs) caused by sepsis (overwhelming response to infection) at
the New York Polyclinic Hospital in New York City, after surgery
for what would eventually be referred to as "Valentino's
Syndrome" (perforated ulcers mimicking appendicitis).
Valentino's death the public reaction to it was one of the most
important media events in history. Suicides of despondent fans
were reported. Windows were smashed as fans tried to get in and an
all-day riot erupted on August 24. Over 100 mounted officers and
NYPD's Police Reserve were used to restore order. A phalanx of
officers lined the streets for the remainder of the viewing, as an
estimated 100,000 people lined the streets of Manhattan to pay
their respects at his funeral, handled by the Frank Campbell
Funeral Home. Polish actress Pola Negri, claiming to be
Valentino's fiancee, collapsed in hysterics while standing over
the coffin, and Campbell hired four actors to impersonate a
Fascist Blackshirt honor guard, purportedly sent by Benito
Mussolini. Media reports that the body on display in the main
salon was not Valentino but a decoy were continually denied by
Campbell. Valentino's funeral mass in Manhattan was held on
Monday, August 30 at Saint Malachy's Roman Catholic Church, often
called "The Actor's Chapel", as it is located on West
49th Street in the Broadway theater district, and has a long
association with show-business figures. After Valentino's remains
were taken by train from New York to California, a second funeral
was held on the West Coast, at the Catholic Church of the Good
Shepherd in Beverly Hills. Valentino had no final burial
arrangements and his friend June Mathis arranged a temporary
solution when she offered a crypt that she had purchased for the
husband that she had since divorced. Coincidentally, she died the
following year and was interred in the adjoining crypt that she
had purchased for herself; Valentino was never moved to a new
location and he remained in the crypt next to Mathis. The two are
still interred side by side at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
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May 6, 1910: The History Of The United
Kingdom: Governments Of The United Kingdom: The Monarchy Of The
United Kingdom (The British Monarchy): Royal Accessions:
Successions To The British Throne: -- The Edwardian Era of British
history ends as George V becomes King Of The United Kingdom upon
the death of his father, Edward VII. King George V (George
Frederick Ernest Albert; June 3, 1865 - January 20, 1936) was King
Of The United Kingdom And The British Dominions, and Emperor Of
India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. Born during the
reign of his grandmother Queen Victoria, George was third in the
line of succession behind his father, Albert Edward, Prince of
Wales, and his own elder brother, Prince Albert Victor. From 1877
to 1891, George served in the Royal Navy, until the unexpected
death of his elder brother in early 1892 put him directly in line
for the throne. On the death of his grandmother in 1901, George's
father became King-Emperor of the British Empire as Edward VII,
and George was created Prince of Wales. He succeeded his father in
1910. He was the only Emperor Of India to be present at his own
Delhi Durbar, an Indian imperial style mass assembly organised by
the British at Coronation Park, Delhi, India, to mark the
succession of an Emperor or Empress of India. George V's reign saw
the rise of socialism, communism, fascism, Irish republicanism,
and the Indian independence movement, all of which radically
changed the political landscape. The Parliament Act 1911
established the supremacy of the elected British House Of Commons
over the unelected House of Lords. As a result of the First World
War (1914-1918), the empires of his first cousins Tsar Nicholas II
of Russia and Kaiser Wilhelm II Of Germany fell, while the British
Empire expanded to its greatest effective extent. In 1917, George
became the first monarch of the House of Windsor, which he renamed
from the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as a result of anti-German
public sentiment. In 1924 he appointed the first Labour ministry
and in 1931 the Statute of Westminster recognised the dominions of
the Empire as separate, independent states within the Commonwealth
of Nations. He had smoking-related health problems throughout much
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May 6, 1915: #BOTD: #HBD! Orson Welles,
child prodigy, American actor, director, writer, producer, and
screenwriter who worked in theatre, radio, and film, well
remembered for his innovative work in all three: in theatre, most
notably Caesar, a Broadway adaptation of William Shakespeare'
Julius Caesar; in radio, the legendary 1938 broadcast "The
War Of The Worlds"; and in film, Citizen Kane (1941),
consistently ranked as one of the all-time greatest films,
considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time (d. October
10, 1985) is #born George Orson Welles in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Welles was a child prodigy, adept at the piano and violin, acting,
drawing, painting, and writing verse; he also entertained his
friends by performing magic tricks and staging mini productions of
William Shakespeare's plays. He became a star of the Dublin stage
for portraying Duke of Wurttemberg in a stage adaptation of Lion
Feuchtwanger's novel Jew Suss ("The Sweet Jew"). Orson
Wells is also famous for the great Findus Frozen Peas blooper
reel, The Man Who Saw Tomorrow documentary on Nostradamus, and for
being the inspiration for the cartoon character named Brain in
Animanciacs and The Brain in Pinky and The Brain. Orson Welles
died sometime on the morning of a heart attack aged 70 just hours
after appearing on The Merv Griffin television talk show in Los
Angeles, California. Welles returned to his house in Hollywood
after the show and worked into the early hours typing stage
directions for Orson Welles' Magic Show, an unfinished television
special he and Gary Graver were planning to shoot at UCLA the
following day. He was found by his chauffeur at around 10 a.m.;
the first of Welles's friends to arrive was Paul Stewart. Welles
was cremated by prior agreement with the executor of his estate,
Greg Garrison, whose advice about making lucrative TV appearances
in the 1970s made it possible for Welles to pay off a portion of
the taxes he owed the IRS. A brief private funeral was attended by
his third and final wife of thirty years, the Italian actress,
aristocrat and beauty Paola Mori, and Welles's three daughters:
Beatrice Welles, Chris Welles Feder and Rebecca Welles Manning -
the first time they had ever been together. Only a few close
friends were invited: Welles' executor Garrison, his cameraman for
the last fifteen years of his life Gary Graver, his boyhood mentor
and teacher at Todd School Seminary For Boys Roger Hill, and his
sometime film co-producer the Italian Prince Alessandro Tasca di
Cuto (Allessandro Tasca). Welles' eldies daughter Chris described
the funeral as an awful experience; it was supposed to be a simple
service for close family members, but when it was discovered that
Welles left no money, it shrank to a dismal affair in a destitute
part of LA. The funeral parlour, from the outside, looked like a
"hot-sheets motel" and inside offered a small "crummy"
room with plastic covered sofas, and no flowers. The speeches were
unplanned and meandering. Chris said it reminded her of Mozart
being dumped in a pauper's grave. Worse, it was a cremation that
Welles said he did not want.; Welles's last partner, Oja Kodar,
with whom he lived for 20 years, was at home in Croatia when he
died and had no hand in the preparations for the funeral, nor was
she invited. His third wife Paola took charge of the funeral, and
was responsible for the depostion of Welles' remains. A public
memorial tribute took place November 2, 1985, at the Directors
Guild of America Theater in Los Angeles. Host Peter Bogdanovich
introduced speakers including Charles Champlin, Geraldine
Fitzgerald, Greg Garrison, Charlton Heston, Roger Hill, Henry
Jaglom, Arthur Knight, Oja Kodar, Barbara Leaming, Janet Leigh,
Norman Lloyd, Dan O'Herlihy, Patrick Terrail and Robert Wise.
Joseph Cotten later wrote "I know what his feelings were
regarding his death... He did not want a funeral; he wanted to be
buried quietly in a little place in Spain. He wanted no memorial
services ..." Cotten declined to attend the memorial program;
instead, he sent a short message, ending with the last two lines
of a Shakespeare sonnet that Welles had sent him on his most
recent birthday: "But if the while I think on thee, dear
friend, All losses are restored and sorrows end." In 1987 the
ashes of Welles were taken to Ronda, Spain, and buried in an old
well covered by flowers on the rural estate of a long-time friend,
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EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: The
Fabulous Sixties with Peter Jennings TV Docuseries MP4 Or DVD Set
Today, May 6, 2026
May 6, 1931: #BOTD: #HBD! Willie Mays,
nicknamed "The Say Hey Kid" and "Buck",
American soldier and former professional baseball center fielder,
is #born Willie Howard Mays Jr. in Westfield, Alabama, a primarily
black company town near Fairfield. Willie Mays spent almost all of
his 22-season Major League Baseball (MLB) career playing for the
New York/San Francisco Giants (1951-1952, 1954-1972) before
finishing his career with the New York Mets (1972-1973). Regarded
as one of the greatest baseball players of all time, he was
elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979. Mays joined the
Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro American League in 1948,
playing with them until the Giants signed him once he graduated
from high school in 1950. He won the Rookie of the Year Award in
his MLB debut year of 1951, spent two years in the United States
Army during the Korean War, and won the National League (NL) Most
Valuable Player (MVP) Award in 1954 after leading the league in
batting with a .345 batting average. His over-the-shoulder catch
of a Vic Wertz fly ball in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series is one
of the most famous baseball plays of all time. The Giants swept
the Cleveland Indians, the lone World Series triumph of Mays's
career. Mays led the NL with 51 home runs (HR) in 1955. In 1956,
he stole 40 bases, leading the NL for the first of four straight
years. He won his first of 12 Gold Glove Awards in 1957, a record
for outfielders. The Giants moved to San Francisco after the 1957
season, and Mays contended for the batting title until the final
day of 1958, hitting a career-high .347. He batted over .300 for
the next two seasons, leading the league in hits in 1960. After
leading the NL with 129 runs scored in 1961, Mays led the NL in
home runs in 1962 as the Giants won the NL pennant and faced the
New York Yankees in the World Series, which the Giants lost in
seven games. By 1963, Mays was making over 100K USD a year,
setting a record at the time with a 105K USD contract for that
season. In 1964, his manager Alvin Dark named him the Giants'
captain. He led the NL with 47 home runs that year. He hit 52 the
following year, leading the NL and winning his second MVP award.
1966 was the last of 10 seasons in which he had over 100 runs
batted in (RBI). In 1969, he hit the 600th home run of his career;
he got his 3,000th hit in 1970. Traded to the Mets in 1972, Mays
spent the rest of that season and 1973 with them before retiring.
He served as a coach for the Mets until 1979 and later rejoined
the Giants as a special assistant to the president and general
manager. Mays finished his career batting .302 with 660 home runs,
the sixth-most of all time, and 1,903 runs batted in. He holds MLB
records for most putouts as an outfielder (7,095) and the most
extra-inning home runs (22). Mays was selected for 24 All-Star
Games, tied for the second-most of all time. He was named to the
Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999 and ranked second
on The Sporting News's "List of the 100 Greatest Baseball
Players", behind only Babe Ruth. President Barack Obama
presented him with the Presidential Medal Of Freedom in 2015. On
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EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Great
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Today, May 6, 2026
May 6, 1935: The Interwar Period (The
Interbellum, Between The Wars): The Presidency Of Franklin D.
Roosevelt: The Fireside Chats: The Great Depression: The Great
Depression In The United States: The New Deal: The Second New Deal
(1935-1936): New Deal Agencies: The Works Progress Administration
WPA (WPA): -- President Franklin Roosevelt issues Executive Order
7034 which creates the Works Progress Administration (WPA); it was
renamed in 1939 to The Work Projects Administration. The WPA was
the largest and most ambitious American New Deal agency, employing
millions of people (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public
works projects, including the construction of public buildings and
roads. In a much smaller project, Federal Project Number One, the
WPA employed musicians, artists, writers, actors and directors in
large arts, drama, media, and literacy projects. Almost every
community in the United States had a new park, bridge or school
constructed by the agency. The WPA's initial appropriation in 1935
was for 4.9B USD (about 6.7 percent of the 1935 GDP). Headed by
Harry Hopkins, the WPA provided jobs and income to the unemployed
during the Great Depression in the United States. At its peak in
1938, it provided paid jobs for three million unemployed men and
women, as well as youth in a separate division, the National Youth
Administration. Between 1935 and 1943, when the agency was
disbanded, the WPA employed 8.5 million people. Most people who
needed a job were eligible for employment in some capacity. Hourly
wages were typically set to the prevailing wages in each area.
Full employment, which was reached in 1942 and emerged as a
long-term national goal around 1944, was not the goal of the WPA;
rather, it tried to provide one paid job for all families in which
the breadwinner suffered long-term unemployment. "The stated
goal of public building programs was to end the depression or, at
least, alleviate its worst effects," sociologist Robert D.
Leighninger asserted. "Millions of people needed subsistence
incomes. Work relief was preferred over public assistance (the
dole) because it maintained self-respect, reinforced the work
ethic, and kept skills sharp." The WPA was a national program
that operated its own projects in cooperation with state and local
governments, which provided 10-30% of the costs. Usually the local
sponsor provided land and often trucks and supplies, with the WPA
responsible for wages (and for the salaries of supervisors, who
were not on relief). WPA sometimes took over state and local
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EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: The
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Today, May 6, 2026
May 6, 1937: Aviation: The History Of Aviation: The History Of Civil Aviation: Aviation Incidents And Accidents: Lighter-Than-Air Aviation Incidents And Accidents: The Hindenburg Disaster: -- #DOTD: #RIP: The German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg bursts into flames and was destroyed at 7:20 p.m. as it attempted to dock with its mooring mast at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in Manchester Township, New Jersey, following a trans-Atlantic voyage. Of the 97 people on board (36 passengers and 61 crewmen), there were 35 fatalities (13 passengers and 22 crewmen). One worker on the ground was also killed, raising the final death toll to 36. The disaster was the subject of spectacular newsreel coverage, photographs, and the recorded radio eyewitness report from the landing field by Herbert Morrison, who broke down amid the emotional impact and exclaimed, "Oh, the humanity!", which was broadcast on radio the next day. A variety of hypotheses have been put forward for both the cause of ignition and the initial fuel for the ensuing fire. The event shattered public confidence in the giant, passenger-carrying rigid airship and marked the abrupt end of the airship era. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/hiailuze1mp4.html
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EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: NBC
University Theater Of The Air Literature Radio Series MP3 DVD USB
Today, May 6, 2026
May 6, 1940: Literature: The History Of
Literature: American Literary Awards: American Literary Awards:
The Pulitzer Prize: The Pulitzer Prize For Fiction: -- John
Steinbeck, American journalist, novelist, short story writer and
Nobel Prize laureate, is awarded the Pulitzer Prize For Fiction
for his novel The Grapes Of Wrath, an American realist novel
published in 1939. The book also won the National Book Award, and
it was cited prominently when Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel
Prize in 1962. Grapes Of Wrath is considered Steinbeck's
masterpiece and part of the American literary canon. In the first
75 years after it was published, it sold 14 million copies. Set
during the Great Depression, the novel focuses on the Joads, a
poor family of tenant farmers driven from their Oklahoma home by
drought, economic hardship, agricultural industry changes, and
bank foreclosures forcing tenant farmers out of work. Due to their
nearly hopeless situation, and in part because they are trapped in
the Dust Bowl, the Joads set out for California along with
thousands of other "Okies" seeking jobs, land, dignity,
and a future. The Grapes Of Wrath is frequently read in American
high school and college literature classes due to its historical
context and enduring legacy. A celebrated Hollywood film version,
starring Henry Fonda and directed by John Ford, was released in
1940. John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. was also awarded the 1962 Nobel
Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative
writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social
perception." He has been called "a giant of American
letters," and many of his works are considered classics of
Western literature. His works frequently explored the themes of
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EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: America:
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Today, May 6, 2026
May 6, 1941: The European Civil War:
World War II: The Second European War (The European Theater Of
World War II): The Cultural History Of World War II: United States
Entertainment Organizations: The United Service Organizations Inc.
(USO): Bob Hope's USO Shows: -- Bob Hope performs his first USO
show at the United States Army Airforce's March Field in Riverside
County, California between the cities of Riverside, Moreno Valley,
and Perris., California. He had been asked to do this show on
location by his radio producer Albert Capstaff, whose brother was
stationed there; Jack Benny later originated his own radio program
from March Field on January 11, 1942. Celebrated for his long
career performing USO shows - he made 57 tours for the USO between
1941 and 1991 - the United States Congress honored Bob Hope in
1997 by declaring him the "first and only honorary veteran of
the U.S. armed forces." The United Service Organizations Inc.
(USO) is a nonprofit organization that provides live
entertainment, such as comedians and musicians, and other programs
to members of the United States Armed Forces and their families.
Since 1941, it has worked in partnership with the Department of
Defense (DoD), relying heavily on private contributions and on
funds, goods, and services from various corporate and individual
donors. Although it is congressionally-chartered, it is not a
government agency. During World War II, the USO became the GI's
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Today, May 6, 2026
( #JCKaelin here: In 1998, the family of
Lt. Irving Stroebing, who famously sent by Morse Code the last
radio transmission from Allied forces in Corregidor, ending with
the words "stand by", reached out to me to thank me for
continuing to remember and memorialize him at our
EarthStation1.com website. They did not know that I already knew
what his neice went on to tell me: that he had miraculously
survived the war, and the brutal conditions of the Japanese POW
camp he was interned it, and successfully made it back to his
family and loved ones back in the United States after the war :) )
========= May 6, 1942: World War II: The Pacific War (The
Asia-Pacific War, The Asiatic-Pacific Theater, The Pacific Theater
Of World War II): The Pacific Ocean Theater Of World War II: The
Southwest Pacific Theater Of World War II: The Philippines
Campaign (1941-1942) (The Battle Of The Philippines, The Fall Of
The Philippines): The Battle Of Corregidor (1942) (Filipino:
Labanan Sa Corregidor; Japanese: Korehidoru Notatakai): -- After a
heroic defense, the last American forces on Corregidor in the
Philippines surrender to invading Japanese forces, resulting in a
stunning Japanese victory and bringing to an end The Philippines
Campaign (1941-1942) (The Battle Of The Philippines, The Fall Of
The Philippines); Japan's conquest of the Philippines is often
cited as the worst military defeat in U.S. history, with about
23,000 U.S. military personnel and about 100,000 Filipino soldiers
killed or captured. The 1942 Battle Of Corregidor was the
culmination of the Japanese campaign for the conquest of the
Commonwealth Of The Philippines during World War II. The Fall Of
Bataan on April 9, 1942 had ended all organized opposition by the
United States Army Forces in the Far East to the invading Japanese
forces on Luzon, in the northern Philippines. The island bastion
of Corregidor, with its network of tunnels and formidable array of
defensive armaments, along with the fortifications across the
entrance to Manila Bay, was the last remaining obstacle to the
Japanese 14th Army of Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma in their
conquest of the Philippines. Homma had to take Corregidor because
as long as the island remained in American hands, the Japanese
would be denied the use of Manila Bay and its harbor. The last
radio transmission from Corregidor, sent by Morse Code by Lt.
Irving Stroebing, was famously rebroadcast throughout the United
States with a running verbal translation of the morse code. The
U.S. Army eventually recaptured the island in The Battle Of
Corregidor (1945). #BattleOfCorregidor #AsiaPacificWar
#PacificOceanTheatreOfWWII #PacificOceanTheaterOfWWII
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Today, May 6, 2026
May 6, 1945: #BOTD: #HBD! Bob Seger,
American singer, songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist, whose 75
million records sold worldwide in a career spanning six decades
make him one of the world's best-selling artists of all time, is
#born Robert Clark Seger at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit,
Michigan. As a locally successful Detroit-area artist, he
performed and recorded with the groups Bob Seger and the Last
Heard and the Bob Seger System throughout the 1960s, breaking
through with his first album, Ramblin' Gamblin' Man (which
contained his first national hit of the same name) in 1969. By the
early 1970s, he had dropped the 'System' from his recordings and
continued to strive for broader success with various other bands.
In 1973, he put together The Silver Bullet Band, with a group of
Detroit-area musicians, with whom he became most successful on the
national level with the album Live Bullet (1976), recorded live in
1975 at Cobo Hall. In 1976, he achieved a national breakout with
the studio album Night Moves. On his studio albums, he also worked
extensively with the Alabama-based Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section,
which appeared on several of Seger's best-selling singles and
albums. A roots rock musician known for his raspy, powerful voice,
Seger is one of the best-known artists of the heartland rock
genre, with his songs often concerning love, women, and
blue-collar themes. Among his many hits are "Night Moves",
"Turn the Page", "Mainstreet", "Still the
Same", "Hollywood Nights", "Against the Wind",
"You'll Accomp'ny Me", "Shame on the Moon",
"Roll Me Away", "Like a Rock", and
"Shakedown", the last of which was written for the 1987
film Beverly Hills Cop II and topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
His recording of "Old Time Rock and Roll" was named one
of the Songs of the Century in 2001, and he co-wrote the Eagles'
number-one hit "Heartache Tonight". Seger was inducted
into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004 and the Songwriters
Hall of Fame in 2012. Seger was named Billboard's 2015 Legend of
Live honoree at the 12th annual Billboard Touring Conference &
Awards, held November 18-19 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York.
His farewell tour took place in 2018 and 2019. #BobSeger #Singers
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Today, May 6, 2026
May 6, 1949: The Industrial Revolution:
The Third Industrial Revolution (1947-Present) (The Information
Age, The Computer Age, The Digital Age, The Digital Electronics
Revolution, The Silicon Age, The New Media Age, The Media Age):
The Computer: The History Of The Computer: The History Of The
Computer Industry: The History Of Mainframe Computers: EDSAC (The
Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator): -- EDSAC, the
first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs
its first operation. The Electronic Delay Storage Automatic
Calculator (EDSAC) was an early British computer inspired by John
von Neumann's seminal First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC. EDSAC
was constructed by Maurice Wilkes and his team at the University
of Cambridge Mathematical Laboratory in England. Later the project
was supported by J. Lyons & Co. Ltd., intending to develop a
commercially applied computer and succeeding in Lyons' development
of LEO I, based on the EDSAC design. Work on EDSAC started during
1947, and it ran its first programs on May 6, 1949, when it
calculated a table of square numbers and a list of prime numbers.
EDSAC was finally shut down on July 11, 1958, having been
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Today, May 6, 2026
May 6, 1954: Sports: The History Of
Sports: Running: Middle-Distance Running: The Four-Minute Mile: --
Roger Bannister, English middle-distance runner and neurologist,
becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes at
Iffley Road track in Oxford. When the announcer, Norris McWhirter,
declared "The time was three...", the cheers of the
crowd drowned out Bannister's exact time, which was 3 minutes and
59.4 seconds. He had attained this record with minimal training,
while practising as a junior doctor. Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister
CH CBE FRCP (March 23, 1929 - March 3, 2018) had set a British
record in the 1500 metres and finished in fourth place at the 1952
Olympics in Helsinki, Bannister. This achievement strengthened his
resolve to become the first athlete to finish the mile run in
under four minutes. Bannister went on to become a neurologist and
Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, before retiring in 1993. As
Master of Pembroke, he was on the governing body of Abingdon
School from 1986 to 1993. When asked whether the 4-minute mile was
his proudest achievement, he said he felt prouder of his
contribution to academic medicine through research into the
responses of the nervous system. Bannister was patron of the MSA
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Today, May 6, 2026
May 6, 2023: The History Of The United
Kingdom: Governments Of The United Kingdom: The Monarchy Of The
United Kingdom (The British Monarchy): Royal Accessions:
Successions To The British Throne: Coronations: The Coronation Of
Charles III And Camilla: -- The coronations of Charles III and his
wife, Camilla, as King and Queen Of The United Kingdom and the
other Commonwealth realms, occurs at Westminster Abbey, with the
physical crowning of King Charles at around 12 noon. Charles
acceded to the throne on September 8, 2022, upon the death of his
mother, Elizabeth II. The religious ceremony, which is structured
around an Anglican service of Holy Communion, is highly symbolic.
It includes Charles being anointed, receiving the coronation
regalia, and being crowned, emphasising his spiritual role and
secular responsibilities. Representatives of the Church of England
and royal family declared their allegiance to him, and the people
throughout the Commonwealth realms were invited to do so. Camilla
was crowned in a shorter and simpler ceremony. After the service
the royal family traveled to Buckingham Palace in a state
procession and appeared on the palace's balcony. Charles and
Camilla's coronation service was altered from past British
coronations to represent multiple faiths, cultures, and
communities across the United Kingdom, and was shorter than his
mother's coronation in 1953. In addition to the coronation
ceremony, public ceremonies and celebrations were planned to mark
the event in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the British Crown
Dependencies and overseas territories. The public of the United
Kingdom was encouraged to take part in Coronation Big Lunch street
parties on May 6-8. A Coronation concert was held on May 7 at
Windsor Castle, with representatives of Charles and Camilla's
charities as well as members of the general public in attendance.
The Big Help Out initiative, which took place on May 8 in the
United Kingdom, aimed to encourage community service and
volunteering. Both the coronation at Westminster Abbey and the
concert at Windsor Castle were broadcast on television and
streamed online. Coronation medals were also issued in the UK and
Canada. Charles and Camilla's coronation was the first of a
British monarch in the 21st century, and the 40th to be held at
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Today, May 6, 2026
May 6: No Homework Day: -- Rejoice! There
are some studies that show that homework can be ineffective or
even counterproductive to learning, so take the day off and enjoy
other activities on No Homework Day! Homework can be a pain,
whether you're still in school or not. No one likes doing homework
every day. In fact it can be so stressful that can hamper learning
rather than improve it. No Homework Day is here to save you from
those long hours. It gives you just the excuse to do what you
please! Created by Thomas and Ruth Roy of Wellcat dot com, No
Homework Day was created to help students focus on activities
other than homework. This a time for parents to consider giving
their children a break for the day and for schools to not assign
homework on this day. According to some studies on the topic
homework can lead to stress, can be counterproductive to learning.
It can consume any free time for other activities, and make it
hard to see its importance in learning. Professors at Duke
University suggest that the 10-minute rule should apply to
homework. They also feel that the homework should vary according
to the individual student. No Homework Day isn't about removing
homework completely from the picture, but to take a step back and
relax. No Homework Day is all about giving children a break to do
whatever they like. No Homework Day encourages parents and
students to take a break from homework for a day to do whatever
they like. Whether that means sleeping, reading a good novel,
creating art, playing a sport, or any other hobby/activity. This
is the perfect excuse to do what you want, whenever you want.
Because while homework can be a useful tool for learning, doing
homework for the sake of homework just doesn't work. Homework can
be stressful, so a break from homework is well-deserved. It allows
people to explore their lives and do what they wish.
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Today, May 6, 2026May 6: National Tourist Appreciation Day:
-- Tourists sometimes get a bad rap, which is a little funny,
considering that anyone who's done any traveling is likely guilty
of being a tourist. It can be frustrating as a local to see
fair-weather fliers come and go, but the truth is, that many of
our favorite local spots couldn't sustain themselves on local
traffic alone. Tourists provide an essential boost to many local
economies, and for that, we should be thankful! All over the
world, tourism and travel provide local economies with a boost,
whether on a smaller or larger scale. Although some local
communities can find that tourists bring a bit of disruption and
some difficulties into their lives, they can also bring some good.
And that is what National Tourist Appreciation Day is all about!
This day is all about bringing attention to and showing
appreciation for the tourists whose penchant for experiencing new
places brings custom to local businesses and helps to stimulate
the economy. Whether staying in hotels, enjoying meals at
restaurants or purchasing items at local shops and supermarkets,
tourists typically arrive with money to spend! And those extra
dollars can be good for other businesses too, such as museums,
water parks, zoos, sporting activities and so much more. Whether
they are purchasing a hot dog and a foam finger at a professional
basketball game or eating a fancy dinner and taking a taxi to a
local musical production, tourists provide the businesses of a
community with access to outside resources that they wouldn't
normally have. In fact, some businesses rely almost solely on the
tourist season to keep their financial situation profitable. So
while local neighbors might feel a bit inconvenienced by certain
traffic patterns or an inability to get a table at their favorite
restaurant because of outsiders coming in, for many businesses and
communities the costs will outweigh the negative impact. And
National Tourist Appreciation Day is a great opportunity to act as
a reminder of why tourists are so important! In October 1958, Pan
American Airlines, in order to reduce its seat cost by 30% to make
flying more affordable for an untapped prospective tourist market.
wanted a jet airliner 2+1/2 times the size of its newly acquired
Boeing 707 long-range narrow-body airliner, the first jetliner
developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. To
accomodate this request, Boeing moved its star engineer Joe
Sutter, who became known as "The Father Of The 747",
from its 737 development program to design the 747. In April 1966,
Pan Am ordered 25 Boeing 747-100 aircraft, and in late 1966, Pratt
& Whitney agreed to develop the JT9D engine, a high-bypass
turbofan fanjet. On September 30, 1968, the first 747 was rolled
out of the custom-built Everett Plant, the world's largest
building by volume. The 747's first flight took place on February
9, 1969, and the 747 was certified in December of that year. It
entered service with Pan Am on January 22, 1970. The 747 was the
first airplane called a "Jumbo Jet" as the first
wide-body airliner, and made international tourism possible for
large numbers of world travelers.
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Today, May 6, 2026May 6, 1861: The American Civil War (The
Civil War, The War Between The States): The Secession Of The
Southern States Of America: The Secession Of Arkansas From The
United States Of America: -- In reaction to Abraham Lincoln's call
to provide troops from the "militia of the several states"
to put down the rebellion of secessionist states against the
Union, Arkansas passes its Ordinance of Secession, becoming the
9th state to join the Confederate States of America. On March 4,
1861, Lincoln was sworn in as President. In his inaugural address,
he argued that the Constitution was a "more perfect union"
than the earlier Articles Of Confederation and Perpetual Union,
that it was a binding contract, and called any secession "legally
void". He stated he had no intent to invade the Southern
states, nor did he intend to end slavery where it existed, but
that he would use force to maintain possession of federal property
belonging to the United States. His speech closed with a plea for
restoration of the bonds of union. The next day, March 5, 1861,
the Arkansas Secession Convention convened at the State House in
Little Rock. Judge David Walker, who opposed secession, was
elected its president. The convention continued in session for two
and a half weeks. Feeling ran high and many fiery speeches were
made, but it soon became evident that a majority of the delegates
to the convention did not think that the situation at that time
called for secession. The convention voted down a resolution
condemning Lincoln's inaugural address, and defeated a conditional
ordinance of secession. The opinion seemed to prevail that
Arkansas should secede only if the United States' government made
war on the Confederate States. Still hoping for a compromise
settlement that would avoid war, the delegates agreed to go home
until after the people had voted on the secession question at a
special election to be held in August. However, on April 12, 1861,
under orders from Confederate President Jefferson Davis,
Confederate forces bombarded Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor,
forcing the capitulation of its Federal garrison. In response,
President Lincoln called upon the "militia of the several
states" to provide 75,000 troops to put down the rebellion.
The first Arkansas secession convention had pledged the state to
"Resist to the last extremity any attempt on the part of such
power (President Lincoln) to coerce any state that had succeeded
from the old Union". Now, faced with President Lincoln's
demand for troops, the convention reconvened in Little Rock and,
on May 6, 1861, passed the ordinance of secession by a vote of 69
to 1. By 1856, the South had lost control of Congress, and was no
longer able to silence calls for an end to slavery, which came
mostly from the more populated, free states of the North. The
Republican Party, founded in 1854, pledged to stop the spread of
slavery beyond those states where it already existed. After
Abraham Lincoln was elected the first Republican president in
1860, seven cotton states - South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida,
Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas respectively - declared
their secession and formed the Confederate States of America
before Lincoln was inaugurated. The United States government, both
outgoing and incoming, refused to recognize the Confederacy, and
when the new Confederate President Jefferson Davis ordered his
troops to open fire on Fort Sumter in April 1861, there was an
overwhelming demand, North and South, for war. Only the state of
Kentucky attempted to remain neutral, and it could only do so
briefly, and chose to remain in the Union. When Lincoln called for
troops to suppress what he referred to as "combinations too
powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary" judicial or
martial means, four more states - Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee
and North Carolina - decided to secede and join the Confederacy,
which then moved its capital to Richmond, Virginia. Residents of
the western counties of Virginia did not wish to secede along with
the rest of the state. This section of Virginia was admitted into
the Union as the state of West Virginia on June 20, 1863. Four
slave states decided to stay in the Union: Delaware, Kentucky,
Maryland, and Missouri. Although divided in their loyalties, a
combination of political maneuvering and Union military pressure
kept these states from seceding.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Black
Civil Rights Films: African-American History DVD, MP4, USB Stick
Today, May 6, 2026May 6, 1960: The American Civil Rights
Movement: Anti-Racism: Anti-Racism In The United States:
Anti-Discrimination Law In The United States: The Civil Rights Act
Of 1960: -- President Eisenhower's signature enacts into United
States federal law the federal inspection of local voter
registration polls and introduces penalties for anyone who
obstructed someone's attempt to register to vote. The Civil Rights
Act Of 1960 dealt primarily with discriminatory laws and practices
in the segregated South, by which African Americans and
Mexican-American Texans had been effectively disenfranchised since
the late 19th and start of the 20th century. This was the fifth
Civil Rights Act to be enacted in United States history. Over an
85-year period, it was preceded only by the Civil Rights Act of
1957, whose shortcomings largely influenced its creation. This law
served to more effectively enforce what was set forth in the 1957
act through eliminating certain loopholes in it, and to establish
additional provisions. Aside from addressing voting rights, the
Civil Rights Act of 1960 also imposed criminal penalties for
obstruction of court orders to limit resistance to the Supreme
Court's school desegregation decisions, arranged for free
education for military members' children, and banned the act of
fleeing to avoid prosecution for property damage. The Civil Rights
Act of 1960 was signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Falkenau
The Impossible: Samuel Fuller Bears Witness DVD, MP4, USB
Today, May 6, 2026May 6, 1945: The European Civil War:
World War II: The Second European War (The European Theater Of
World War II): The Holocaust (Shoah): The Holocaust In
Czechoslovakia: Falkenau Concentration Camp (Sokolov Concentration
Camp, Sub-Camp Of Germany's Flossenburg Concentration Camp): --
The concentration camp at Falkenau, Czechoslovakia is captured by
the U.S. 1st Infantry Division, famous as "The Big Red One".
Nearly all of the town's population, being Germans, were expelled
after 1945. Falknov Nad Ohri (German: Falkenau An Der Eger), now
known as Sokolov, is a town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the
Czech Republic. From 1938 to 1945, during the years of Nazi
Germany's occupation, the town of Falkenau was one of the
municipalities in Sudetenland. During World War II, Falkenau was
the site of a sub-camp of the Flossenburg Concentration Camp, on
the other side of the Czechoslovak border in the Fichtel Mountains
of Bavaria. The camp at Falkenau was captured by the U.S. 1st
Infantry Division on May 6, 1945. Nearly all of the town's
population, being Germans, were expelled after 1945. It was
renamed Sokolov in 1948 in honor of the Battle of Sokolovo of
March 8-9, 1943, in which Czechoslovak soldiers fought alongside
Soviet soldiers near Kharkiv in Ukraine.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Hollywood
The Golden Years: The RKO Story DVD, Download, USB Drive
Today, May 6, 2026May 6, 1913: #BOTD: #HBD! Stewart
Granger, English-American film actor, mainly associated with
heroic and romantic leading roles (d. August 16, 1993) is #born
James Lablache Stewart in Old Brompton Road, Kensington, West
London, He was a popular leading man from the 1940s to the early
1960s, rising to fame through his appearances in the Gainsborough
Melodramas, films produced by the British film studio Gainsborough
Pictures which conformed to a melodramatic style between 1943 and
1947. Stewart Granger died in Santa Monica, California from
prostate and bone cancer at the age of 80. His remains were
cremated, and the final disposition of his ashes are unknown other
than that they were given to family or a friend.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Age Of
Ballyhoo: The 1920s With Gloria Swanson DVD, Download, USB
Today, May 6, 2026May 6, 1915: Sports: The History Of
Sports: The History Of Sports In The United States: The History Of
Baseball: The History Of Baseball In The United States: The
History Of Major League Baseball: -- Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for
the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run. Babe
Ruth made his debut in Major League Baseball on July 11, 1914. He
was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major
League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935.
Nicknamed "The Bambino" and "The Sultan Of Swat",
he began his MLB career as a stellar left-handed pitcher for the
Boston Red Sox, but achieved his greatest fame as a slugging
outfielder for the New York Yankees. Ruth established many MLB
batting (and some pitching) records, including career home runs
(714), runs batted in (RBIs) (2,213), bases on balls (2,062),
slugging percentage (.6897), and on-base plus slugging (OPS)
(1.164); the latter two still stand today. Ruth is regarded as one
of the greatest sports heroes in American culture and is
considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time.
In 1936, Ruth was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of
its "first five" inaugural members.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Monarchy
In The UK: British Royal History MP4 Video Download DVD Set
Today, May 6, 2026May 6, 1910: #DOTD: #RIP: Edward VII,
King Of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and
Emperor Of India (and, in an innovation at the time, King Of The
British Dominions), who reigned under the name of Edward VII,
instead of Albert Edward, the name his mother had intended for him
to use, declaring that he did not wish to "undervalue the
name of Albert" and diminish the status of his father with
whom the "name should stand alone", Freemason Grand
Master of the United Grand Lodge Of England (b. November 9, 1841)
#dies at 11:45 p.m; a heavy smoker who suffered from chronic
bronchitis, he suffered several heart attacks in a single day, but
refused to go to bed to recuperate, saying, "No, I shall not
give in; I shall go on; I shall work to the end." Fifteen
minutes before Edward's death, between moments of faintness, his
son the Prince Of Wales (shortly to be King George V) told him
that his horse, Witch of the Air, had won at Kempton Park that
afternoon. The King replied, "Yes, I have heard of it. I am
very glad": his final words. He shortly after lost
consciousness for the last time, was put to bed, and died.
Alexandra refused to allow Edward's body to be moved for eight
days afterwards, though she allowed small groups of visitors to
enter his room. On May 11, the late king was dressed in his
uniform and placed in a massive oak coffin, which was moved on May
14 to the throne room, where it was sealed and lay in state, with
a guardsman standing at each corner of the bier. Despite the time
that had elapsed since his death, Alexandra noted the King's body
remained "wonderfully preserved". On the morning of May
17, the coffin was placed on a gun carriage and drawn by black
horses to Westminster Hall, with the new king, his family and
Edward's favourite dog, Caesar, walking behind. Following a brief
service, the royal family left, and the hall was opened to the
public; over 400,000 people filed past the coffin over the next
two days. As Barbara Tuchman noted in The Guns of August, his
funeral, held on 20 May 1910, marked "the greatest assemblage
of royalty and rank ever gathered in one place and, of its kind,
the last." A royal train conveyed the King's coffin from
London to Windsor Castle, where Edward was buried at St George's
Chapel. Edward was succeeded by his only surviving son, George V.
Edward VII was born Albert Edward Saxe-Coburg-Gotha at Buckingham
Palace, London, England to Queen Victoria and Prince Consort
Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The numeral VII was occasionally
omitted in Scotland, even by the national church, in deference to
protests that the previous Edwards were English kings who had
"been excluded from Scotland by battle". J. B. Priestley
recalled, "I was only a child when he succeeded Victoria in
1901, but I can testify to his extraordinary popularity. He was in
fact the most popular king England had known since the earlier
1660s." Edward donated his parents' house, Osborne on the
Isle of Wight, to the state and continued to live at Sandringham.
He could afford to be magnanimous; his private secretary, Sir
Francis Knollys, claimed that he was the first heir to succeed to
the throne in credit. Edward's finances had been ably managed by
Sir Dighton Probyn, Comptroller of the Household, and had
benefited from advice from Edward's financier friends, some of
whom were Jewish, such as Ernest Cassel, Maurice de Hirsch and the
Rothschild family. At a time of widespread anti-Semitism, Edward
attracted criticism for openly socialising with Jews. Edward's
coronation had originally been scheduled for June 26, 1902.
However, two days before, he was diagnosed with appendicitis. The
disease was generally not treated operatively. It carried a high
mortality rate, but developments in anaesthesia and antisepsis in
the preceding 50 years made life-saving surgery possible. Sir
Frederick Treves, with the support of Lord Lister, performed a
then-radical operation of draining a pint of pus from the infected
abscess through a small incision (through 4+1/2-inch thickness of
belly fat and abdomen wall); this outcome showed that the cause
was not cancer. The next day, Edward was sitting up in bed,
smoking a cigar. Two weeks later, it was announced that he was out
of danger. Treves was honoured with a baronetcy (which the King
had arranged before the operation) and appendix surgery entered
the medical mainstream. Edward was crowned at Westminster Abbey on
August 9, 1902 by the 80-year-old Archbishop of Canterbury,
Frederick Temple, who died only four months later. Edward
refurbished the royal palaces, reintroduced the traditional
ceremonies, such as the State Opening of Parliament, that his
mother had foregone, and founded new honours, such as the Order of
Merit, to recognise contributions to the arts and sciences. In
1902, the Shah of Persia, Mozzafar-al-Din, visited England
expecting to receive the Order of the Garter. The King refused to
bestow the honour on the Shah because the order was meant to be in
his personal gift and the Foreign Secretary, Lord Lansdowne, had
promised it without his consent. He also objected to inducting a
Muslim into a Christian order of chivalry. His refusal threatened
to damage British attempts to gain influence in Persia, but Edward
resented his ministers' attempts to reduce his traditional powers.
Eventually, he relented and Britain sent a special embassy to the
Shah with a full Order of the Garter the following year. Edward
VII, King Of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and
Emperor Of India, from January 22 1901 until his death (d. May 6,
1910) was born Albert Edward Saxe-Coburg-Gotha on November 9, 1841
at Buckingham Palace, London, England. The second child and eldest
son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha,
and nicknamed "Bertie", Edward was related to royalty
throughout Europe. He was Prince of Wales and heir apparent to the
British throne for almost 60 years. During the long reign of his
mother, he was largely excluded from political influence and came
to personify the fashionable, leisured elite. He travelled
throughout Britain performing ceremonial public duties and
represented Britain on visits abroad. His tours of North America
in 1860 and of the Indian subcontinent in 1875 proved popular
successes, but despite public approval, his reputation as a
playboy prince soured his relationship with his mother. As king,
Edward played a role in the modernisation of the British Home
Fleet and the reorganisation of the British Army after the Second
Boer War of 1899-1902. He re-instituted traditional ceremonies as
public displays and broadened the range of people with whom
royalty socialised. He fostered good relations between Britain and
other European countries, especially France, for which he was
popularly called "Peacemaker", but his relationship with
his nephew, the German Emperor Wilhelm II, was poor. The Edwardian
era, which covered Edward's reign and was named after him,
coincided with the start of a new century and heralded significant
changes in technology and society, including steam turbine
propulsion and the rise of socialism.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The
Missing Tapes: Marty Brill Watergate Comedy LP CD MP3 Download USB
Today, May 6, 2026May 6, 1932: #BOTD: #HBD! Marty Brill,
American comedian, writer, actor and musician who appeared
regularly on 1960s and 1970s TV in both variety shows (The Ed
Sullivan Show, The Merv Griffin Show, The Tonight Show) and
sitcoms (The New Dick Van Dyke Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
(d. January 23, 2021) is #born Martin S. Brill in Chicago,
Illinois. In the late 1970s, Marty Brill did some writing for the
"New Soupy Sales Show," also occasionally playing
characters on the show, especially after Soupy's longtime sidekick
(Clyde Adler) took ill during production of the series. He also
was the lyricist for the short lived 1964 Broadway musical Cafe
Crown. He collaborated with Ken Friedman to create the 1974 comedy
album The Missing Tapes With Marty Brill about the Watergate
Scandal. He also voiced King Koo Koo in the 1977 film Raggedy Ann
& Andy: A Musical Adventure and sang one of the film's songs.
He died on January 23, 2021, at the age of 88. His death and
burial details are not publicly known. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: CIA The
Secret Files The Central Intelligence Agency TV Series MP4 DVD
Today, May 6, 2026May 6, 1996: #DOTD: #RIP: The body of
William Colby, American intelligence officer and the 10th Director
of Central Intelligence (b. January 4, 1920) is found washed up on
a marshy riverbank lying facedown not far from where his canoe was
found on a sandbar in the Wicomico River, a tributary of the
Potomac, approximately a quarter mile from his home in Rock Point,
Maryland, eight days after he disappeared; May 6 is the offically
registered date of his death, aged 76. In his 2011 documentary
"The Man Nobody Knew", Colby's son Carl suggested that
his father suffered from guilt due to his actions in the CIA and
committed suicide; in a 2011 interview with Vanity Fair's Maureen
Orth, Car said "His death was ruled an accident - a stroke or
a heart attack - but I think he was done. He didn't have a lot
left to live for. And he never wanted to grow old. He always
refused the 'senior discount'. One day I told him that his old
college buddy had been found sitting under a bridge suffering from
advanced Alzheimer's. And my dad said, 'That will never happen to
me. One day you'll hear I'm walking along a goat path on a Greek
island and I just fell into the sea.'; I said, again, 'Really?'
And he replied, 'Yep. That's it.'" Carl's step-mother and
siblings, as well as Colby's biographer Randall Woods, criticized
Carl's portrayal of William Colby, and rejected the allegation
that the former CIA director killed himself, citing it as being
inconsistent with his character. Colby's death also triggered
speculation that his death was due to foul play. On April 27,
1996, William Colby had set out from his weekend home in Rock
Point, Maryland on a solo canoe trip. His canoe was found the
following day. After an autopsy, Maryland's Chief Medical Examiner
John E. Smialek ruled his death to be accidental. Smialek's report
noted that Colby was predisposed to having a heart attack or
stroke due to "severe calcified atherosclerosis" and
that Colby likely "suffered a complication of this
atherosclerosis which precipitated him into the cold water in a
debilitated state and he succumbed to the effects of hypothermia
and drowned". He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in
Arlington, Virginia. William Colby was born William Egan Colby in
Saint Paul, Minnesota. He spent a career in intelligence for the
United States, culminating in holding the post of the Director of
Central Intelligence (DCI) from September 1973 to January 1976.
During World War II Colby served with the Office of Strategic
Services. After the war he joined the newly created Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA). Before and during the Vietnam War,
Colby served as chief of station in Saigon, chief of the CIA's Far
East Division, and head of the Civil Operations and Rural
Development effort, as well as overseeing the Phoenix Program.
After Vietnam, Colby became director of central intelligence and
during his tenure, under intense pressure from the United States
Congress and the media, adopted a policy of relative openness
about U.S. intelligence activities to the Senate Church Committee
and House Pike Committee. Colby served as DCI under President
Richard Nixon and President Gerald Ford and was replaced with
future president George H. W. Bush on January 30, 1976.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The X
Planes TV Documentary Series DVD, MP4, USB Drive
Today, May 6, 2026May 6, 2014: #DOTD: #RIP: Bill Dana,
American aeronautical engineer, U.S. Air Force pilot, NASA test
pilot, and astronaut in the X-20 Dyna-Soar and North American X-15
programs, one of only twelve pilots who flew the North American
X-15, an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the Air Force
and NASA (b. November 3, 1930) #dies at age 83 in Phoenix, Arizona
of Parkinson's disease. He is buried at Joshua Memorial Park in
Lancaster, Los Angeles County, California. William H. Dana was
born William Harvey Dana in Pasadena, California. On two separate
flights, Dana flew the X-15 to an altitude above 50 miles, thereby
qualifying as an astronaut according to the United States
definition of the boundary of space; however neither flight
exceeded the Karman line, the internationally accepted boundary of
100 kilometers (62 miles).
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: George
Armstrong Custer & The 7th Cavalry DVD, MP4 Download, USB
Drive
Today, May 6, 2026May 6, 1877: The American Indian Wars
(The American Frontier Wars, The Indian Wars): The Sioux Wars: The
Great Sioux War Of 1876 (The Great Sioux War, The Great Sioux War
Of 1876-1877, The Black Hills War): The Surrender Of Crazy Horse:
-- Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Lakota Souix Indians surrenders
to United States troops in Nebraska. Crazy Horse (Lakota:
literally "His-Horse-Is-Crazy"; b. 1840) took up arms
against the United States federal government to fight against
encroachment by white American settlers on Indian territory and to
preserve the traditional way of life of the Lakota people. His
participation in several famous battles of the American Indian
Wars on the northern Great Plains, among them the Fetterman
massacre in 1866, in which he acted as a decoy, and the Battle of
the Little Bighorn in 1876, in which he led a war party to
victory, earned him great respect from both his enemies and his
own people. On September 5, 1877, Crazy Horse was bayoneted by a
United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse
at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.
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EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: War Props:
The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt DVD, MP4, Download, USB Drive
Today, May 6, 2026May 6, 1941: Aviation: The History Of
Aviation: The History Of Military Aviation: Maiden Flights: -- The
first flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, a World War II era
fighter aircraft produced by the United States from 1941 through
1945. Its primary armament was eight .50-caliber machine guns and
in the fighter-bomber ground-attack role it could carry five-inch
rockets or a bomb load of 2,500 pounds (1,103 kg). When fully
loaded the P-47 weighed up to eight tons, making it one of the
heaviest fighters of the war. The P-47 was designed around the
powerful Pratt and Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp engine which was
also used by two U.S. Navy fighters, the Grumman F6F Hellcat and
the Vought F4U Corsair. The Thunderbolt was effective as a
short-to-medium range escort fighter in high-altitude air-to-air
combat and ground attack in both the World War II European and
Pacific theaters. The P-47 was one of the main United States Army
Air Forces (USAAF) fighters of World War II, and served with
Allied air forces including France, Britain, and Russia. Mexican
and Brazilian squadrons fighting alongside the U.S. also flew the
P-47. The armored cockpit was relatively roomy and comfortable,
the bubble canopy introduced on the P-47D in particular offering
good visibility. A present-day U.S. ground-attack aircraft, the
Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, takes its name from the
P-47.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Jerry Lee
Lewis: I Am What I Am DVD, Video Download, USB Flash Drive
Today, May 6, 2026May 6, 2002: #DOTD: #RIP: Otis Blackwell,
African American rock 'n' roll singer and songwriter pioneer,
responsible for composing many influential rock and roll hits
including "Fever", "Great Balls Of Fire" and
"Breathless" (recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis), "Hey
Little Girl" (Dee Clark), "Don't Be Cruel", "All
Shook Up" and "Return to Sender" (with Winfield
Scott; recorded by Elvis Presley), and "Handy Man" (b.
February 16, 1931) #dies of a heart attack in Nashville,
Tennessee, aged 71. He is interred in Woodlawn Memorial Park
Cemetery in Nashville. Otis Blackwell was born in Brooklyn, New
York. He learned to play the piano as a child and grew up
listening to both R & B and country music. His first success
was winning a local talent contest ("Amateur Night") at
the Apollo Theater in Harlem in 1952. This led to a recording
contract with RCA and then with Jay-Dee. His first release was his
own composition "Daddy Rolling Stone", which became a
favorite in Jamaica, where it was recorded by Derek Martin. The
song later became part of the Who's mod repertoire. Enjoying some
early recording and performing success, he found his first love
was songwriting and by 1955 had settled into the groove that he
would ride for decades. His first successes as a songwriter came
in 1956, when Little Willie John's R & B hit with the sultry
"Fever" was an even bigger pop success for Peggy Lee,
and "Don't Be Cruel" began a highly profitable
association with Elvis Presley. Blackwell was one of the leading
African American figures of early rock and roll, although he was
not well known by the public. His own records never cracked the
Top 40, yet he wrote million-selling songs for Elvis Presley,
Jerry Lee Lewis, Dee Clark and others. He also recruited other
songwriters to write for Presley, such as Winfield Scott. In the
liner notes of Elvis' Golden Records (1958), Anne Fulchino, of
RCA, wrote: "While sipping coffee, Steve Sholes pulled out a
demonstration record of 'Don't Be Cruel' and told Elvis it was a
new song written by Otis Blackwell, whom Elvis had long admired as
a rhythm and blues artist. It took just a few bars to convince
Presley that it was a perfect song for him, and he decided to cut
it right away." Though Blackwell never met Presley in person,
Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, asked Blackwell to appear
in the Presley movie Girls! Girls! Girls!, for which he had
written "Return to Sender", but a superstition about
meeting Presley kept him from accepting. As the tide of rock and
roll receded, Blackwell recorded R & B songs for numerous
labels, including Atlantic, MGM and Epic. In later years, he was
in semi-retirement, making only occasional live appearances. In
the 1980s, Blackwell toured and recorded with the Smithereens as
his backing band for both live shows and studio recordings. The
partnership produced two self-funded albums, "Let's Talk
About Us" and "From the Beginning", which were
released independently on Blackwell's ROC-CO imprint. In 1991,
Blackwell was paralyzed by a stroke. Three years later, Shanachie
released the album Brace Yourself! A Tribute to Otis Blackwell,
containing 15 songs written by Blackwell and recorded by the likes
of Kris Kristofferson ("All Shook Up"), Blondie's Debbie
Harry ("Don't Be Cruel"), the Smithereens ("Let's
Talk About Us"), Graham Parker ("Paralyzed"), and
Ronnie Spector ("Brace Yourself").
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EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: TV Music &
Dance Shows #14 Aretha Temptations Kinks DVD MP4 USB Drive
Today, May 6, 2026May 6, 1930: #BOTD: #HBD! Leon Hughes,
African American rhythm and blues and doo wop singer, founding
member and last surviving original member of The Coasters (d.
March 1, 2023) is born in Dallas, Texas. Leon Hughes Sr., along
with Bobby Nunn, Carl Gardner, and Billy Guy, recorded as the
original group line-up of The Coasters until 1958. His tenor voice
is heard on many of the group's hits, including "Down in
Mexico", "Searchin", and "Young Blood".
The group's national debut happened in 1957, when the group
appeared on NBC-TV's The Tonight Show. Both of these hits were
National Top 10 Hits and the Top R & B Hits of 1957. He also
appeared on Dick Clark's popular new national show American
Bandstand. He had been working at a car wash when Bobby Nunn had
recommended him as second tenor for The Coasters. He was replaced
after 1957 by Cornel Gunter. Leon's career with the Original
Coasters can be seen on the group's timeline at the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame Museum. Leon's career has given him opportunities to
travel the world & to appear at many prominent venues. Some of
them include the Famous Apollo Theatre, The Historic Howard
Theatre, The Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, Madison Square Garden,
Radio City Music Hall and Disneyland. He has appeared with
legendary artists of the Rock and Roll Era. Some of these artists
include: Chuck Berry, Little Richard, The Platters, The Drifters,
Bill Haley and the Comets, The Shirelles and many more. The
Coasters legendary recordings continue to entertain millions
worldwide. Many of their songs are featured in the popular
award-winning music revue Smokey Joe's Cafe. Their hits are also
featured in major motion pictures such as Home Alone and recently
in the soundtrack of Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof. With Carl
Gardner's death on June 12, 2011, Leon Hughes was the last
surviving member of the original Coasters. Leon has received
numerous accolades for his 67 years in entertainment. He received
the Rhythm and Blues Pioneer Award in 1994. In 2014, Leon Hughes
was honored and inducted into the Doo Wop Music Hall Of Fame in
Hollywood California. Leon was given a Recognition of his over 60
years in entertainment by The Mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti.
In addition, he was also given a Certificate of Recognition for
his outstanding contributions in entertainment from the U. S.
Congress. This honor was presented to him by U.S. Congress
Representative Maxine Waters (D, CA.) at the Doo Wop Music Hall Of
Fame event on April 6, 2014. Leon Hughes died peacefully at his
home in Watts, Los Angeles from natural causes at the age of 92.
His burial details are not publicly known.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Axis Sally
aka Mildred Gillars Nazi Radio Set MP3 CD, Download, USB
Today, May 6, 2026May 6, 1945: The European Civil War:
World War II: The Second European War (The European Theater Of
World War II): Finales: Radio Finales: Nazi Propaganda Broadcast
Finales: -- Mildred Gillars, American citizen and Nazi German
radio propaganda broadcaster popularly referred to by the
mythological monniker "Axis Sally", delivers her last
propaganda broadcast on behalf of Nazi Germany to Allied troops
during World War II. Born Mildred Elizabeth Sisk, Mildred Gillars,
along with Rita Zucca, were nicknamed "Axis Sally", a
name used to describe any single female voice directing her
comments by way of German radio to Allied soldiers during World
War II. Mildred Gillars was the highest paid radio personality in
Nazi Germany, and worked at Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft (RRG),
German State Radio. After the defeat of Nazi Germany Gillars was
convicted of treason by the United States in 1949 following her
capture in post-war Berlin. Having converted to Roman Catholicism
while in prison, Gillars went to live at the Our Lady of Bethlehem
Convent in Columbus, Ohio, and taught German, French, and music at
St. Joseph Academy, Columbus.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The
Germans In World War II Complete TV Series DVD, Download, USB
Today, May 6, 2026May 6, 1992: #DOTD: #RIP: Marlene
Dietrich, German-American actress, singer, anti-fascist activist
and beauty who held both German and American citizenship (b.
December 27, 1901) #dies of kidney failure at her flat in Paris,
France at age 90. Her funeral was a requiem mass conducted at the
Roman Catholic church of La Madeleine in Paris on May 14, 1992.
Dietrich's funeral service was attended by approximately 1,500
mourners in the church itself - including ambassadors from
Germany, Russia, the US, the UK, and other countries - with
thousands more outside. Her closed coffin, draped in the French
flag, rested beneath the altar and was adorned with a simple
bouquet of white wildflowers and roses from the French President
Francois Mitterrand. Three medals, including France's Legion
d'honneur and the U.S. Medal of Freedom were displayed at the foot
of the coffin, military style, for a ceremony symbolizing the
sense of duty Dietrich embodied in her career as an actress, and
in her personal fight against Nazism. The officiating priest
remarked: "Everyone knew her life as an artist of film and
song, and everyone knew her tough stands... She lived like a
soldier and would like to be buried like a soldier". By
coincidence, her picture was used in the Cannes Film Festival
poster that year which was pasted up all over Paris. In her will,
Dietrich expressed the wish to be buried in her birthplace Berlin,
near her family. Her body was flown there to fulfill her wish on
May 16, 1992. Her coffin was draped in an American flag befitting
her status as an American. As her coffin traveled through Berlin,
bystanders threw flowers onto it, a fitting tribute because
Dietrich loved flowers, even saving the flowers thrown to her at
the end of her performances for use in subsequent shows. Dietrich
is interred at the Stadtischer Friedhof III, Schoneberg, close by
the grave of her mother Josefine von Losch, and near the house
where she was born. On October 24, 1993, the main portion of
Dietrich's estate (on which the U.S. institutions showed no
interest), was sold to the Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek, where it
became the core of the exhibition at the Filmmuseum Berlin. The
collection includes: over 3,000 textile items from the 1920s to
the 1990s, including film and stage costumes as well as over a
thousand items from Dietrich's personal wardrobe; 15,000
photographs, by Sir Cecil Beaton, Horst P. Horst, George Hurrell,
Lord Snowdon and Edward Steichen; 300,000 pages of documents,
including correspondence with Burt Bacharach, Yul Brynner, Maurice
Chevalier, Noel Coward, Jean Gabin, Ernest Hemingway, Karl
Lagerfeld, Nancy and Ronald Reagan, Erich Maria Remarque, Josef
von Sternberg, Orson Welles and Billy Wilder; as well as other
items like film posters and sound recordings. The Marlene Dietrich
Collection was sold to the Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek for 5M USD
by Dietrich's heirs. The contents of Dietrich's Manhattan
apartment, along with other personal effects such as jewelry and
items of clothing, were sold by public auction by Sotheby's in Los
Angeles in November 1997. Her former apartment located at 993 Park
Avenue was sold for 615K USD in 1998. Marlene Dietrich was born
Marie Magdalene Dietrich in Berlin, Germany. Throughout her
unusually long career, which spanned from the 1910s to the 1980s,
she maintained popularity by continually reinventing herself. In
the 1920s in Berlin, Dietrich acted on the stage and in silent
films. Her performance as Lola-Lola in The Blue Angel (1930)
brought her international fame and resulted in a contract with
Paramount Pictures. Dietrich starred in Hollywood films such as
Morocco (1930), Shanghai Express (1932), and Desire (1936). She
successfully traded on her glamorous persona and "exotic"
looks, and became one of the highest-paid actresses of the era.
Throughout World War II, she was a high-profile entertainer in the
United States. Although she still made occasional films after the
war, Dietrich spent most of the 1950s to the 1970s touring the
world as a marquee live-show performer. Dietrich was noted for her
humanitarian efforts during the war, housing German and French
exiles, providing financial support and even advocating their US
citizenship. For her work on improving morale on the front lines
during the war, she received several honors from the United
States, France, Belgium, and Israel. In 1999, the American Film
Institute named Dietrich the ninth-greatest female star of classic
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