History Blog

May 6

Happy Birthday RIP Sigismund Freud(1856–1939) Rodolfo di Valentina d’Antonguolla(“Rudy Valentino” 1895–1926) George Orson Welles(1915–1985) Willie Mays Jr(1931–2024) ; Robert “Bob” Seger–80 Anthony Blair–72 Thomas Bergeron–70 George Clooney–64 Gabourey Sidibe–42 Adrianne Palicki–42 ; 1889 – The Paris Exposition opened, featuring the just-completed Eiffel Tower ; 1937 – the hydrogen-filled German dirigible Hindenburg burned and crashed in Lakehurst, N.J., killing 36 of the 97 people on board