May 6 in history: • 1536 – Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire: Sapa Inca emperor Manco Inca Yupanqui's army began a ten-month siege of Cusco. → go there • 1757 – English poet Christopher Smart (pictured) was admitted to St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement in mental asylums. → go there • 1801 – French Revolutionary Wars: The 32-gun Spanish frigate El Gamo was captured by the outmanned and outgunned. → go there • 1941 – American entertainer Bob Hope performed his first show with the United Service Organizations, beginning a 50-year involvement with them. → go there • 1976 – An earthquake struck Northern Italy, killing 990 people and injuring up to 3,000. → go there • 2023 – King Charles III and Queen Camilla were crowned at Westminster Abbey in London. → go there Born 1501: Pope Marcellus II Wiki link Born 1775: Mary Martha Sherwood Wiki link Born 1987: Dries Mertens Wiki link Died 2006: Lillian Asplund Wiki link Pictured: Christopher Smart.