Daily Calendar for Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Henry David Thoreau (writer) – 1862
L. Frank Baum (author) – 1919
The Duke of Devonshire (Canadian Governor General 1916-1921) – 1938
Ethelda Bleibtrey (Olympic swimmer) – 1978
Marlene Dietrich (actress) – 1992
Otis Blackwell (songwriter) – 2002
Lillian Asplund (last American survivor of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912) – 2006

London and Gore Railroad Co. incorporated– 1834
First postage stamps issued in the U.K.– 1840
Dr. John Gorrie patented an ice machine– 1851
Linus Yale, Jr. received a patent for a lock and key– 1851
Confederate General James Longstreet was seriously wounded by his own troops by mistake, Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia– 1864
Successful flight of Samuel Langley’s model Aerodrome No. 5 aircraft– 1896
Babe Ruth hit his first homerun– 1915
At California’s March Field, Bob Hope performed his first USO show– 1941
The Channel Tunnel, more commonly known as the Chunnel, linking England and France opened– 1994
Racehorse Barbaro won the 132nd Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Kentucky– 2006
Lt.-Col. Maryse Carmichael became the first female commander of the Canadian Snowbirds– 2010

State of emergency declared due to flooding, Winnipeg, Manitoba– 1950
Kentucky Derby horses and people alike endured the coldest temperature recorded since the race was introduced in 1875 - a brisk 43F.– 1989
Milwaukee recorded 0.6 inch of snow, the first measurable snowfall ever on this date– 1989
A cold wave brought morning lows of 17 degrees F to Bismarck, North Dakota– 1989