Today is Thursday, May 6, the 126th day of 2010. There are 239 days left in the year.
1794 _ Haiti, under Toussaint L'Ouverture, revolts against France
1833 _ John Deere makes first steel plow
1882 _ Chinese Exclusion Act: U.S. Congress ceases Chinese immigration
1914 _ British House of Lords rejects women suffrage
1919 _ Paris Peace Conference disposes of German colonies; German East Africa is assigned to Britain and France, German Southwest Africa to South Africa
1940 _ Pulitzer prize awarded to John Steinbeck (Grapes of Wrath)
1941 _ Joseph Stalin became premier of Russia
1950 _ Liz Taylor's first marriage (Conrad Hilton Jr.)
1974 _ West German chancellor Willy Brandt resigns
1997 _ Michael Jackson and Bee Gees inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame