TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Friday, May 6, the 126th day of 2022.
Today’s highlight
On May 6, 1937, the hydrogen-filled German airship Hindenburg caught fire and crashed while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, N.J.; 35 of the 97 people on board were killed along with a crewman on the ground.
On this date
In 1935, the Works Progress Administration began operating under an executive order signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
In 1941, Josef Stalin assumed the Soviet premiership, replacing Vyacheslav M. Molotov. Bob Hope did his first USO show before an audience of servicemen as he broadcast his radio program from March Field in Riverside. In 1942, Some 15,000 American and Filipino troops on Corregidor island surrendered to Japanese forces.
In 1954, medical student Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile during a track meet in Oxford, England, in 3:59.4.
Today’s birthdays
Willie Mays is 91. Singer Bob Seger is 77. Former British PM Tony Blair is 69. TV personality Tom Bergeron is 67. Actor George Clooney is 61.