May 6
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Art and culture
- 1889 - Exposition Universelle, world fair opens in Paris
- When the Nazis took power, one of their first actions, on May 6, 1933, was to destroy the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft (Institute for Sexual Research)and ...
- A chance meeting between these two desperately lonely individuals reveals a common bond; their encounter takes place on May 6, 1938, the date of Hitler's historic visit to Rome to sign an alliance with Mussolini.
Births
- 1889 - May 6: Birth of Francois de Robespierre, a leader of the French revolution,
Sigmund Freud (May 6, 1856 - September 23, 1939) was an Austrian neurologist, who became interested in hypnotism and how it could be used to help the ...
- 1889 - Carlo Mollino (May 6, 1905 - August 27, 1973) was an Italian architect and designer. Born in Turin, Italy, Carlo Mollino was the son of Eugenio Mollino, ...
- 1889 - Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 - October 10, 1985) is commonly considered one of Hollywood's greatest directors, as well as a fine actor and screenwriter. ...
- 1889 - Gaston Leroux (May 6, 1868, Paris - April 15, 1927, Nice) was a French journalist and novelist. In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing ...
- 1889 - Max Ophüls (May 6, 1902 - March 25, 1957) was a German born film director. Max Ophüls was born as Max Oppenheimer in Saarbrücken, Germany. ...
- 1889 - Andreas Baader (May 6, 1944 - October 18, 1977) was the first leader of the German terrorist organization Red Army Faction, commonly known as the ...== Deaths ==
- 1889 - Marlene Dietrich (December 27, 1901 - May 6, 1992) was a German actress and singer. Born in Berlin, Dietrich played the violin before ...
