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HISTORY QUIZ OF THE DAY (May-06)

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May 6, 2001 :: On this day, Pope John Paul II became the first ever Head of any to enter a mosque when he spoke inside the great Ummayad Mosque in .

May 6, 1994 :: The Channel Tunnel (Chunnel) linking was officially opened on this day.

May 6, 1953 :: Tony Blair, the British Labour Leader and of Britain, was born this day.

May 6, 1949 :: Died this day, Maurice Maeterlinck was a writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862).

May 6, 1946 :: Died this day, Bhulabhai Desai was an Indian and acclaimed . He is well-remembered for his defense of the three Indian soldiers accused of treason during World War II.

May 6, 1940 :: On this day, John Steinbeck was awarded the Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.

May 6, 1937 :: The Hindenburg, the largest rigid airship ever built, on this day while landing in New Jersey. About 36 persons aboard were killed, marking the virtual end of the era.

May 6, 1929 :: Born this day, Paul Lauterbur was an chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2007).

May 6, 1913 :: Died this day, Alexandros Schinas was a Greek anarchist who King George I of Greece (b. 1870).

May 6, 1910 :: On this day, George V became King of the upon the death on this day of his father, Edward VII.

May 6, 1904 :: Born this day, Harry Martinson was a Nobel laureate author and poet (d. 1978).

May 6, 1889 :: On this day, was officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.

May 6, 1871 :: Born this day, Francois Auguste Victor Grignard was a Nobel Prize-winning chemist.

May 6, 1861 :: Born this day, was an Indian nationalist leader, co-founder of the Swaraj Party and the father of Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India.

May 6, 1626 :: On this day, Peter Minuit, a official, purchased the island of from the local Indians for just 60 guilders worth of daily use items.