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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_6" title="May 6">May 6</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1536" title="1536">1536</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_conquest_of_the_Inca_Empire" title="Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire">Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapa_Inca" title="Sapa Inca">Sapa Inca</a> emperor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manco_Inca_Yupanqui" title="Manco Inca Yupanqui">Manco Inca Yupanqui</a>'s army began <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Cusco" title="Siege of Cusco">a ten-month siege</a></b> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cusco" title="Cusco">Cusco</a> against a garrison of Spanish <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conquistador" title="Conquistador">conquistadors</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_auxiliaries" title="Indian auxiliaries">Indian auxiliaries</a> led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_Pizarro" title="Hernando Pizarro">Hernando Pizarro</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1782" title="1782">1782</a> – Construction began on the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Palace" title="Grand Palace">Grand Palace</a></b> in Bangkok, the official residence of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy_of_Thailand" title="Monarchy of Thailand">king of Thailand</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1915" title="1915">1915</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition" title="Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition">Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SY_Aurora" title="SY Aurora">SY <i>Aurora</i></a>, anchored in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMurdo_Sound" title="McMurdo Sound">McMurdo Sound</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SY_Aurora%27s_drift" title="SY Aurora's drift">broke loose during a gale</a></b>, beginning a 312-day ordeal  in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Sea" title="Ross Sea">Ross Sea</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Ocean" title="Southern Ocean">Southern Ocean</a> for her 18-man crew.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004" title="2004">2004</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_One_(Friends)" title="The Last One (Friends)">final episode</a></b> of the television sitcom <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends" title="Friends">Friends</a></b></i> was aired.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013" title="2013">2013</a> – Amanda Berry escaped from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland, Ohio</a>, home of her captor, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Castro_kidnappings" title="Ariel Castro kidnappings">Ariel Castro</a></b>, having been held there with two other women for ten years.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau" title="Henry David Thoreau">Henry David Thoreau</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1862); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Brodeur" title="Martin Brodeur">Martin Brodeur</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1972); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Grundy" title="Reg Grundy">Reg Grundy</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2016)</p>