On May 6, 2013, three women are rescued from a Cleveland, Ohio, house where they had been imprisoned for many years by their abductor, 52-year-old Ariel Castro, an unemployed bus driver.

On May 6, 2010, a sudden and alarming event unfolded on Wall Street, later termed the “flash crash,” which saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummet nearly 1,000 points in just under 30 minutes.

Lillian Gertrud Asplund, Last American Survivor of Titanic, Passes Away at 99 Shrewsbury, Massachusetts—Lillian Gertrud Asplund, the last American survivor of the Titanic disaster, has passed away at the age of 99.

In a significant address in 2004, President George W.

At 9:00 p.m. Eastern and Pacific times on May 6, 2004, that familiar theme song (“I’ll Be There For You” by the Rembrandts) announces the beginning of the end, as an estimated 51.

Often referred to as "the Chunnel", the 31-mile undersea tunnel linking England to France has been hailed as one of the "seven wonders of the modern world".

In 1994, a significant legal battle emerged when Paula Jones, a former state employee from Arkansas, filed a lawsuit against President Bill Clinton.

In an event steeped in symbolism, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev reviews the Cold War in a speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri—the site of Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech 46 years before.

On May 6, 1991, 51-year-old race car driver Harry Gant racks up his 12th National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) Winston Cup career victory in the Winston 500 in Talladega, Alabama.

Ten years after the Nazis were defeated in World War II, West Germany formally joins the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a mutual defense group aimed at containing Soviet expansion in Europe.