6 May in History

1536--King Henry VII Tudor of England orders English language Bibles to be placed in every church.

1861--The State of Arkansas secedes from the Union and joins the Confederacy.

1861--Richmond, Virginia is declared the capital of the Confederacy.

1863--Confederate forces defeat the Union at the Battle of Chancellorsville.

1877--Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Sioux surrenders in Nebraska.

1935--The first flight of the Curtiss P-36 Hawk.

1937--The German Zeppelin Hindenburg is destroyed by fire at Lakehurst, New Jersey.

1941--The first flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.

1942--The last American forces surrender to the Japanese at Corregidor, the Philippines.

1981--Maya Ling Yin's design for the Vietnamese Memorial in Washington, D.C. is selected by a team of architects.