May 6th

    May 6th 1836

John Marsden born Ludlow.

John Marsden of Sunbeam

    May 6th, 1889

On this day in 1889, Gottlieb Daimler debuted the first motorcar in Paris.
Daimler

    May 6th, 1956

Fergus Anderson dies in Floreffe, Belgium after crashing his "dustbin" BMW 500. He took the 350cc class World Championship on a Moto Guzzi in 1953 and 1954.
Fergus Anderson

    May 6th, 1963

Scottish Six Day Trials (SSDT) commences. Arthur Lampkin on a 250cc BSA beat his rival Sammy Miller on his 500cc Ariel.
1963 Scottish

    May 6th, 1967

Chris Carr is born in Stockton, California. He took the Grand National Championship seven times.
Chris Carr