📜 This Day in History
May 6
1536Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire: Sapa Inca emperor Manco Inca Yupanqui's army began a ten-month siege of Cusco.- 1882Irish civil servants Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish were stabbed to death by members of the radical Irish National Invincibles in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
- 1937The German airship Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during an attempt to dock at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey, killing 36 people.
- 1975About 100,000 Armenians gathered during a lull in fighting to mark the 60th anniversary of the Armenian genocide.
- 1998Steve Jobs unveiled the iMac G3' personal computer.
- 2023King Charles III and Queen Camilla were crowned at Westminster Abbey in London.
