May 6 - Surprise Visit

Surprise Visit

This Day In History

1536

King Henry VIII orders English language Bibles be placed in every church.

1801

Captain Thomas Cochrane^* in the 14-gun HMS Speedy captures the 32-gun Spanish frigate El Gamo.

1844

The Glaciarium, the world's first mechanically frozen ice rink, opens.

1889

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

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

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

1954

Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.

1989

Cedar Point opens Magnum XL-200, the first roller coaster to break the 200 ft height barrier, thereby spawning what is considered to be the "coaster wars".

Famous Birthdays

1405

George Kastrioti Skanderbeg, Albanian hero (d. 1468)

1758

Maximilien Robespierre, French Revolutionary (d. 1794)

1856

Robert Peary, American explorer (d. 1920)

1868

Gaston Leroux, French writer (d. 1927)

1895

Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (d. 1926)

1903

Toots Shor, American restaurateur (d. 1977)

1913

Stewart Granger, English film actor (d. 1993)

1915

Orson Welles, American film director and actor (d. 1985)

1931

Willie Mays, American baseball player

1945

Bob Seger, American singer/songwriter

1947

Alan Dale, New Zealand actor

1952

Gregg Henry, American actor and country musician
Michael O'Hare, American actor

1960

John Flansburgh, American musician (They Might Be Giants)

* - Real-world model for Horatio Hornblower and Jack Aubrey.