Today In History

Sat., May 6, 2000

In 1889: The Paris Exposition formally opened, featuring the just-completed Eiffel Tower.

In 1935: The Works Progress Administration began operating.

In 1937: The hydrogen-filled German dirigible Hindenburg burned and crashed in Lakehurst, N.J., killing 35 of the 97 people on board and a Navy crewman on the ground.

In 1942: During World War II, some 15,000 Americans and Filipinos on Corregidor surrendered to the Japanese.

In 1954: Medical student Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile during a track meet in Oxford, England, in three minutes, 59.4 seconds.

In 1994: Former Arkansas state worker Paula Jones filed suit against President Clinton, alleging he sexually harassed her in 1991. (Jones reached a settlement with Clinton in November 1998.)

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