On This Day in History May 6, 2019

Historical Events 1626  Dutch colonist Peter Minuit organizes the purchase of Manhattan Island from Native Americans for 60 guilders worth of goods, believed to have been Canarsee Indians of the Lenape 1840  World's first adhesive postage stamp, the "Penny Black", is first used in Great Britain 1889  Exposition Universelle (World's Fair) in Paris opens with the recently completed Eiffel Tower serving as the entrance arch 1941  Joseph Stalin becomes Premier of the Soviet Union 1954  Roger Bannister of the UK becomes the 1st person to run a 4 minute mile, recording 3:59:4 at Iffley Road, Oxford More Historical Events Famous Birthdays George Clooney 57th Birthday Orson Welles (1915 - 1985) Rudolph Valentino (1895 - 1926) Sigmund Freud (1856 - 1939) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Alexander von Humboldt (1769 - 1859) No RSS items found. More Famous Deaths