May 6: First adhesive postage stamp, oldest NASCAR winner and more
| Updated: May 06, 2020, 10:13 AM IST
From the first adhesive postage stamp to the first Supreme Pontiff to enter a mosque, we've got it all covered.
Let's dive in today's history!
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First adhesive postage stamp Penny Black comes into circulation.
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1937
German airship Hindenburg bursts into flames, kills 36,
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1954
Roger Bannister becomes first man to run a mile in less than four minutes.
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1991
Harry Gant becomes oldest NASCAR winner for the second time at 51.
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2001
Pope John Paul II becomes the first Supreme Pontiff to enter a mosque.