Today in History: May 6, the Hindenburg crashes in flames in New Jersey

In the current era is Tuesday May the th day of There are days left in the year In the present day in history On May the hydrogen-filled German airship Hindenburg caught fire and crashed while attempting to dock at Lakehurst New Jersey of the people on board and one crew member on the ground were killed Also on this date In President Chester Alan Arthur signed the Chinese Exclusion Act which barred Chinese laborers from immigrating to the U S for years The act would remain in effect until Related Articles St Paul Sgt Vick remembered years after he was killed in line of duty How Alcatraz became America s majority of notorious prison Nowadays in History May Alan Shepard becomes first American in space Overlooked No More Joyce Brown Whose Struggle Redefined the Rights of the Homeless Nowadays in History May four killed during anti-war protest at Kent State University In the Eiffel Tower opened to the community as part of the Paris World s Fair In the Works Progress Administration was established under an executive order signed by President Franklin D Roosevelt In diagnostic trainee Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile during a track meet in Oxford England finishing in In former Arkansas state worker Paula Jones filed a suit against President Bill Clinton alleging he d sexually harassed her in Jones reached a settlement with Clinton in November In the Channel Tunnel connecting England and France beneath the English Channel was officially opened in a ceremony attended by Queen Elizabeth II and French president Fran ois Mitterrand In President George W Bush apologized for the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison calling it a stain on our country s honor and reputation but rejected calls for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld s resignation Currently s Birthdays Rock musician Bob Seger is Country musician Jimmie Dale Gilmore is Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is TV host Tom Bergeron is Actor Roma Downey is Actor-director George Clooney is Hockey Hall of Famer Martin Brodeur is Actor Adrianne Palicki is Actor Gabourey Sidibe GA -bah-ray SIH -duh-bay is NBA point guard Chris Paul is Actor-comedian Sasheer Zamata is Rapper Meek Mill is Actor-singer Naomi Scott is WNBA forward Angel Reese is