This day in History, May 6th

1536 - King Henry VIII orders translated Bibles be placed in every church.

1816 - American Bible Society is founded in New York City.

1861 - War of Northern Aggression: Arkansas secedes from the Union.

1882 - The Congress of the U.S.A. passes the Chinese Exclusion Act

1937 - Hindenburg Disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, NJ. 36 people are killed.

1940 - John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.

1942 - WWII: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japenese.

1994 - Former Arkansas state worker Paula Jones files suit against President Bill Clinton, alleging he sexually harassed her in 1991.

2007 - Nicolas Sarkozy is elected the 23rd President of the French Republic, giving the Conservative party the victory by 6% of the vote over the Socialist Party.