May 6, 1950 Tollund, Denmark Two brothers find the body of a 2300 year old mummy The mummy, later dubbed the Tollund Man, was discovered in a peat bog as the brothers were cutting peat. Because the mummy was so well preserved, they initially believed the corpse to be a recently murdered person and informed…
Detective photographed with mask worn by gang members
May 6, 1953 California An LAPD detective models a mask worn by the Baxter Shorter crew The crew consisted of Baxter Shorter, Emmett Perkins, Jack Santo, and Barbara Graham. On March 8, 1953, the gang murdered Mabel Monohan, an elderly woman. Shorter, the safe cracker, was called into the house after the rest had gained…
The Hindenburg disaster
May 6, 1937 Manchester Township, New Jersey The airship LZ 129 Hindenburg catches fire moments before landing, killing 35 of the 97 people aboard and one more on the ground The airship was kept aloft by hydrogen, a lighter-than-air and highly flammable gas. Nearly two dozen hydrogen airships were destroyed by fires between 1908 and…
Woman held captive for 10 years and her daughter father by her captor escape
May 6, 2013 Cleveland, Ohio Amanda Berry and her 6-year-old daughter escape from their captor's house after nearly a decade of imprisonment, bringing help to the other two abducted girls in the house Ariel Castro kidnapped three girls between 2002 and 2004, offering them rides before bringing them to his house, luring them inside, and…
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