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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Selected anniversaries for the "On this day" section of the Main Page
May 6
The Grand Palace in the 1860s
1536
–
Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
:
Sapa Inca
emperor
Manco Inca Yupanqui
's army began
a ten-month siege
of
Cusco
against a garrison of Spanish
conquistadors
and
Indian auxiliaries
led by
Hernando Pizarro
.
1782
– Construction began on the
Grand Palace
(pictured)
in Bangkok, the official residence of the
king of Thailand
.
1915
–
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
:
SY
Aurora
, anchored in
McMurdo Sound
,
broke loose during a gale
, beginning a 312-day ordeal in the
Ross Sea
and
Southern Ocean
for her 18-man crew.
2004
– The
final episode
of the television sitcom
Friends
was aired.
2013
– Amanda Berry escaped from the
Cleveland, Ohio
, home of her captor,
Ariel Castro
, having been held there with two other women for ten years.
Henry David Thoreau
(
d.
1862)
Martin Brodeur
(
b.
1972)
Reg Grundy
(
d.
2016)
More anniversaries:
May 5
May 6
May 7
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