May 6 is the 126th day of the year (127th in leap years). There are 239 days remaining.
- 1920 — Martha Beck is born.
- 1927 — Ansis Kaupēns died.
- 1928 — Werner Boost is born.
- 1929 — Dagmar Overbye died.
- 1930 — David Carpenter is born.
- 1958 — Anjette Lyles is apprehended.
- 1966 — Manfred Grassmann is murdered by Jürgen Bartsch.
- 1969 — Kim Hae-sun is born.
- 1974 — Roberta Kathleen Parks is murdered by Ted Bundy.
- 1975 — Lynette Dawn Culver is murdered by Ted Bundy.
- 1978 — John Wayne Gacy meet with First Lady Rosalynn Carter.
- 1978 — Monica Jack is murdered by Gary Handlen.
- 1982 — Bogusława Ludyga is murdered by Joachim Knychała.
- 1984 — Sibusiso Duma is born.
- 1986 — Tina Kimbrew is murdered by Faryion Wardrip.
- 1986 — Faryion Wardrip is apprehended in 1986 (murder of Tina Kimbrew).
- 1987 — Debra Anne Stevens is murdered by Frank Duane Welch.
- 1989 — Sara Aldrete is apprehended.
- 1989 — Adolfo Constanzo died.
- 1997 — Elton Manning Jackson is apprehended.
- 1998 — Donato Bilancia is apprehended.
- 1998 — Matija Sovdat is apprehended.
- 2004 — Yanis Baltass is apprehended.
- 2005 — Earl Richmond died.
- 2018 — Michael Penttilä is apprehended.
- 2020 — Clark Perry Baldwin is apprehended.
- 2022 — Abdelaâli Hadi died.