This Day In History

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May 6th

1889
The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.

1915
Babe Ruth hit his first major league home run while playing for the Boston Red Sox. The game was also his pitching debut.

1937
The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.

1941
Dictator Joseph Stalin became the premier of Russia.

1946
The New York Yankees became the first major league baseball team to travel by plane.

1954
British athlete Roger Bannister became the first person to run a mile in under four minutes (3:59:4).

1957
The final episode of "I Love Lucy" aired.

1984
The final episode of "The Jeffersons" aired.

1994
The Chunnel between England and France officially opened.

1994
Former Arkansas state worker Paula Jones filed suit against President Bill Clinton, alleging he'd sexually harassed her in 1991.

Birthdays
78 Willie Mays Baseball Hall of Famer
64 Jimmie Dale Gilmore Singer
64 Bob Seger Rock musician
62 Alan Dale Actor
62 Ben Masters Actor
57 Gregg Henry Actor
56 Tony Blair Former British prime minister
54 Tom Bergeron TV host ("Dancing with the Stars")
49 Roma Downey Actress ("Touched by an Angel")
48 George Clooney Actor
44 Leslie Hope Actress
42 Mark Bryan Rock musician (Hootie and the Blowfish)
38 Chris Shiflett Rock musician (Foo Fighters)
37 Martin Brodeur Hockey player
26 Adrianne Palicki Actress ("Friday Night Lights")

83 Sigmund Freud 5/6/1856 - 9/23/1939 Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis
63 Robert Peary 5/6/1856 - 2/20/1920 American arctic explorer; led the first expedition to the North Pole
70 Orson Welles 5/6/1915 - 10/10/1985 American movie actor, director, producer and writer