Template:On this day/May 6

Copy the 3-5 most noteworthy events from the corresponding date page. Please change to past tense and bold the key article. You may also include a relevant photo, sized between 100-140px wide and aligned right.

May 6:

• 1693 – The Pez-Sigüenza expedition began its return trip to Veracruz.
• 1851 – Apalachicola physician Dr. John Gorrie patented his ice-making machine.
• 1878 – The Pensacola & Louisville Railroad was sold and conveyed to the Pensacola Railroad Company.
• 1988 – John Brockhoeft was arrested after leaving John Burt's house with bomb-making materials and the intent to blow up the Ladies Center.