May 6
1659 English Restoration: A faction of the British Army removes Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth and reinstalls the Rump Parliament.
1859 Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist and explorer died. (b. 1769)
1889 The Paris Exposition opened, featuring the just-completed Eiffel Tower.
1910 Britain's King Edward VII died.
1937 The hydrogen-filled German dirigible Hindenburg burned and crashed in Lakehurst, N.J., killing 36 of the 97 people on board.
1954 Roger Bannister became the first athlete to run a mile in less than four minutes, finishing in 3:59.4 during a track meet in Oxford, England.
May 7
1763 Pontiac's Rebellion begins. Chief Pontiac begins the war by attacking British forces at Fort Detroit.
1833 Johannes Brahms, composer, was born in Hamburg, Germany.
1840 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composer, was born in Votkinsk, Russia.
1909 Edwin Herbert Land, American inventor and physicist; developed the Polaroid Land Camera, was born.
1915 A German torpedo sank the British liner Lusitania off the Irish coast, killing nearly 1,200 people.
1945 Germany signed an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Rheims, France, to take effect the following day, ending the European conflict of World War II.
Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) is responsible for Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell Counties. Our mission is “To encourage, assist and bring together all those interested in the pursuit of family history.” If you want to discover more about your family origins, or how and where to locate information about your ancestors, our members will be there to help you.
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