What happened on May 6 ?

1397 - Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (d. 1450)

1501 - Pope Marcellus II (d. 1555)

1574 - Pope Innocent X (d. 1655)

1638 - Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1696)

1713 - Charles Batteux, French philosopher (d. 1780)

1758 - André Masséna, French marshal (d. 1817)

1758 - Maximilien Robespierre, French Revolutionary (d. 1794)

1769 - Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1824)

1797 - Joseph Brackett, American religious leader and composer (d. 1882)

1800 - Roman Sanguszko, Polish aristocrat and general (d. 1881)

1856 - Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychiatrist (d. 1939)

1856 - Robert Peary, American explorer (d. 1920)

1861 - Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author (d. 1941)

1861 - Motilal Nehru, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1931)

1868 - Gaston Leroux, French writer (d. 1927)

1868 - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (d. 1918)

1871 - Victor Grignard, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)

1871 - Christian Morgenstern, German author (d. 1914)

1879 - Bedrich Hrozny, Czech orientalist and linguist (d. 1952)

1880 - Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter (d. 1938)

1882 - Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany (d. 1951)

1895 - Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (d. 1926)

1899 - Billy Cotton, British Bandleader & Entertainer (d. 1969)

1902 - Harry Golden, American journalist (d. 1981)

1902 - Max Ophüls, German-born director (d. 1957)

1904 - Moshe Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-born founder of the Feldenkrais method (d. 1984)

1904 - Harry Martinson, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1978)

1906 - Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican writer (d. 2005)

1915 - Orson Welles, American director (d. 1985)

1915 - Theodore H. White, American writer (d. 1986)

1916 - Robert H. Dicke, American experimental physicist (d. 1997)

1920 - Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, first Prime Minister of Fiji and President of Fiji (d. 2004)

1921 - Erich Fried, German author (d. 1988)

1924 - Denny Wright, British jazz guitarist (d. 1992)

1929 - Paul Lauterbur, American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1931 - Willie Mays, Hall Of Fame baseball player

1937 - Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, American boxer

1942 - Rin Kaiho, professional Go player.

1945 - Jimmie Dale Gilmore, American musician

1945 - Bob Seger, American singer

1947 - Martha Nussbaum, American philosopher

1948 - Mary MacGregor, American singer

1952 - Michael O'Hare, American actor

1953 - Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

1955 - Tom Bergeron, American game show host

1960 - Roma Downey, Northern Irish actress

1960 - John Flansburgh, American musician (They Might Be Giants)

1961 - George Clooney, American actor

1964 - Dana Hill, American actress (d. 1996)

1969 - Jim Magilton, Northern Irish footballer

1972 - Martin Brodeur, Canadian hockey player

1980 - Taebin, Korean R&B singer/rapper (1TYM)