TODAY IN HISTORY

Today is Wednesday, May 6, the 127th day of 2020. There are 239 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On May 6, 1915, Babe Ruth hit his first majorleague home run as a player for the Boston Red Sox. On this date:

■ In 1863, the Civil War Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia ended with a Confederate victory over Union forces.

■ In 1882, President Chester Alan Arthur signed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which barred Chinese immigrants from the U.S. for 10 years (Arthur had opposed an earlier version with a 20-year ban).

■ In 1910, Britain's Edwardian era ended with the death of King Edward VII; he was succeeded by George V.

■ In 1935, the Works Progress Administration began operating under an executive order signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

■ In 1937, the hydrogen-filled German airship Hindenburg caught fire and crashed while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New

Jersey; 35 of the 97 people on board were killed along with a crewman on the ground.

■ Comedian Bob Hope did his first USO show before an audience of servicemen as he broadcast his radio program from March Field in Riverside, California.

■ In 1942, during World War II, some 15,000 American and Filipino troops on Corregidor island surrendered to Japanese forces.

■ In 1994, formerArkansas state worker Paula Jones filed suit against President Bill Clinton, alleging he had sexually harassed her in 1991.