May 6

May 6 is the 126th day of the year (127th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. It is preceded by May 5, and succeeded by May 7. Following May 6, there are 239 days in the year.

Blavatsky's Gem of the Day

"By oneself the evil is done, by oneself one suffers; by oneself the evil is left undone, by oneself one is purified."

Events

• YEAR – EVENT - THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE

Births

• YEAR – NAME, SOMETHING ABOUT PERSON (d. YEAR) - THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE

Deaths

• 1862 – Henry David Thoreau, American philosopher of the Transcendentalist movement, and author of Walden (b. 1817).
• 1900 – Consul Gustav Gebhard, active German Theosophist and associate of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, at Berlin (b. 1828).
• 1919 – L. Frank Baum, American author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and member of the Theosophical Society (b. 1856).

Holidays and observances

• NAME OF HOLIDAY, SOMETHING ABOUT THE HOLIDAY - THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE

External links

• This Date in Wikipedia