May 6th (1949) was a Friday. It's the 126th day of the year (127th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 239 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 6th May, 1949
» Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator called EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital Von Neumann architecture known as stored-program computer, runs its first operation.
Famous Birthdays on May 6 in 1949
» John Pawson, English architect and designer
May 6th Famous Deaths for 1949
» Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian-French poet and playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
May 6th Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Anthony Middleton
» Edward Jones (martyr)
» Dominic Savio
» Evodius known as Evodius of Antioch (Roman Catholic Church)
» Gerard of Lunel
» Lucius of Cyrene
» Petronax of Monte Cassino
» Army Day Bulgaria e.g Day of Bravery, also known as 'Gergyovden' (Bulgaria)
» Đurđevdan (Gorani people named Gorani, Romani people or Roma)
» Public holidays in Georgia called Police Day (Georgia (country) or Georgia)