1. In 1864, during the American Civil War, General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union troops captured the city of Dalton, Georgia.
2. On May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg disaster occurred when the German airship caught fire and crashed while attempting to land at the Naval Air Station in Lakehurst, New Jersey. Among the passengers were Georgian journalist Herbert Morrison and his engineer Charlie Nehlsen, who famously recorded the event.
3. In 1960, John F. Kennedy held a rally in Atlanta during his presidential campaign, where he famously declared "The New Frontier is here whether we seek it or not."
4. On May 6, 1989, Atlanta politician Maynard Jackson became the first African American mayor to be elected for a third term in a major southern city.
5. In 2003, Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue signed a bill that changed the state flag, which had been a source of controversy due to its inclusion of the Confederate battle emblem. The new flag design features the state seal on a blue field.