Every yearMay 6

Everything May 6 celebrates

8 national, international and world observances, plus 2 that moveCommunityHealthBooksFood

8 national, international, and world observances are on the calendar for May 6 every year, and 2 more land on it in some years.

#	Observance	Category
01	AscensionReligious	Community
02	International No Diet Day	Health
03	Make-A-Book Day	Books
04	National Crêpe Suzette Day	Food
05	National Day of Prayer	Community

These are set by a rule rather than a fixed date, so they only land on May 6 in some years.

Born on May 6

Sigmund Freud1856–1939Austrian neurologist and psychoanalyst
Orson Welles1915–1985American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Harry Martinson1904–1978Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate
Pope Innocent X1574–1655pope of the Catholic Church
Victor Grignard1871–1935French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Pope Marcellus II1501–1555pope of the Catholic Church
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner1880–1938German-Swiss painter
Rudolph Valentino1895–1926Italian actor
Robert Peary1856–1920American admiral and explorer
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan1918–2004emir of Abu Dhabi and first president of the United Arab Emirates

Birth dates from Wikidata; names link to Wikipedia.

This page covers May 6 in any year. For one year in particular — the weekday, and which moveable observances landed on it — see May 6, 2027.

Today Celebrates tracks daily national, international and world observances all year.

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