May 6

Today in History
• 0878 - Battle of Edington: Alfred the Great and his West Saxon army defeat Viking army
• 1527 - Spanish and German Imperial troops sack Rome, ending the Renaissance
• 1536 - King Henry VIII, orders bible be placed in every church
• 1626 - Dutch colonist Paul Minuit buys Manhattan for $24 in trinkets
• 1733 - 1st international boxing match: Bob Whittaker beats Tito di Carni
• 1787 - 1st Black Masonic Lodge (African # 459) forms Prince Hall, Boston
• 1833 - John Deere makes 1st steel plow
• 1835 - 1st edition of New York Herald (price 1 cent)


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Herb Day
• International No Diet Day
• Kentucky Derby
• National Herb Day
• National Nurses Day
• National Scrapbook Day
• Sauvignon Blanc Day
• World Fair Trade Day

Birthdays
• 0973 - Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (1014-24) and King of Germany
• 1397 - Sejong the Great, 4th King of Joseon (1418-50)
• 1501 - Marcellus II [Marcello Cervini], Italian humanist and Pope
• 1574 - Innocent X, 236th Pope (1644-55)
• 1638 - Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, politician and 1st Lord of British Admiralty
• 1758 - Maximilien Robespierre, Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat, 1781
• 1806 - Chapin Aaron Harris, U.S., found America Society of Dental Surgeons
• 1812 - Marin R Delany, Charlestown, Virginia, 1st black major in U.S. Medical Corp