This Day in history.

[Zeldman]

Ok folks, the subject of the day seems to be history. What important event in history that happened on 06 May changed the publics view on air travel.??

(this should be easy, no fair using Google...)

 

[IK04]

DC-2 crash that led to the formation of the CAA?

 

[EdFred]

George Clooney was born?

 

[Timbeck2]

Deregulation of the airlines?

 

[Ventucky Red]

Hindenburg go boom?

 

[Timbeck2]

Hindenburg go boom?

Since Zeldman fell asleep at the wheel, you are correct..unless it has something to do with the comeback of Spinal Tap or the Chunnel opening.

 

[Skyrys62]

1882 - The U.S. Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act. The act barred Chinese immigrants from the U.S. for 10 years.

(nothing about recent tariffs made me consider posting this)

 

[flhrci]

Is it Seis de Mayo already?

 

[Zeldman]

Hindenburg go boom?

Yep. 06 May 1937. The Hindenburg burn and crash pretty much ended the era of the passenger airships. One reason was the public lost all confidence in their safety.

https://www.airships.net/hindenburg/disaster/

 

[Stingray Don]

I thought it was the anniversary of this event: