On this day a Princess married a photographer, Babe Ruth got his first major league hit and the Eiffel Tower opened
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On this date — May 6 — in history: In 1491 BC, it is said Moses began his ascent up Mount Sinai and his inevitable appointment with the Lord to receive the Ten Commandments. In 878, the Christian king of Wessex, Alfred the Great, defeated the pagan Viking warlord Guthrum at the Battle of Ethandun, […]