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May 6th, 2008	Event	Chaiten Volcano erupts in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.
May 6th, 2002	Event	Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is shot and killed by an animal rights activist.
May 6th, 2001	Event	During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.
May 6th, 1998	Event	Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league record held by Roger Clemens. He threw a one-hitter and did not walk a batter in his 5th career start.
May 6th, 1997	Event	The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank s 300-year history.
May 6th, 1996	Event	The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared.
May 6th, 1994	Event	Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President Francois Mitterrand officiate at the opening of the Channel Tunnel.
May 6th, 1994	Event	Former Arkansas state worker Paula Jones files suit against President Bill Clinton, alleging that he had sexually harassed her in 1991.
May 6th, 1988	Event	An airplane flying from Namsos to Bronnoysund in Norway crashes into the side of the Torghatten mountain, killing all 36 passengers and crew.
May 6th, 1983	Event	The Hitler diaries are revealed as a hoax when experts examine the books and conclude that they are fake.

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