Today in Military History:
May 6
Born on this day:
Events of Military significance on this day:
| | 1527 | Spanish troops of Holy Roman Emperor, Chares V, capture Rome and massacre 8,000 citizens. |
| | 1897 | Turks under Edhem Pasha drove the Greeks from their trenches in front of Pharsalus, Thessaly. |
| | 1942 | With the surrender of Corregidor, Philippines fall to the Japanese in World War II. |
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