The COVID-19 pandemic has wiped out most live sport all around the globe, but history will never be erased.
While you contemplate streaming yet another Netflix drama or rewatching another replay of your favorite sporting moments, here are some stories that were making news in years past on May 6.
1954
Brit Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run a sub-four-minute mile, recording 3m 59.4s at Iffley Road in Oxford, England.
1992
The opening State of Origin clash turns into one of the most brutal contests in history, when Gary Larson (Queensland) and Laurie Daley (NSW) are stretchered off, and several other players suffer concussions.
Blues hooker Ben Elias accepted the Man of the Match award with his face covered in blood, after the Blues won 14-6.
2000
The NZ Warriors are handed a brutal reality check, losing 54-0 to St George Illawarra at WIN Stadium.
Winger Amos Roberts scored 22 points for the Dragons on his first-grade debut. John Simon captained the Warriors that day, while the likes of Stacey Jones and Jason Death also played.
The win marked a huge turnaround for the Dragons, who had conceded 50 points against North Queensland Cowboys the previous week.
The result summed up a poor season for the Warriors, when they finished 13th out of 14 teams, scoring the least amount of points (426) and conceding the most (662).
2016
The Kiwis are held scoreless in their Anzac Test against Australia, losing 16-0 at Newcastle. The Kangaroos scored three tries in the rout, with Greg Inglis, Blake Ferguson and Darius Boyd crossing the line.
The match was Parramatta Eels star Semi Radradra's only test appearance for the green-and-golds and was the last for Stephen Kearney as Kiwis coach, before stepping down to take the Warriors' reins.
2017
Joseph Parker defeats Răzvan Cojanu by unanimous decision in his first WBO heavyweight title defence.
Cojanu was a late replacement for Brit Hughie Fury, who withdrew at the 11th hour with a shoulder injury. Parker dominated the dour 12-round fight against the towering, but overmatched Romanian.
Parker would beat Fury a few months later, before dropping his WBO belt in a unification fight against Anthony Joshua.
Birthdays
1931 - American baseball outfielder Willie Mays, two-time National League MVP
1937 - American boxer Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, whose murder convictions were overturned after 19 years in prison.
1985 - American NBA point guard Chris Paul, nine-time All-Star
Deaths
2019 - West Indian cricketer Seymour Nurse, 85, who scored a highest test score of 258 v New Zealand in1969
Newshub's top story 12 months ago…
'Kids are killing themselves': NRL's first openly gay player Ian Roberts blasts Israel Folau
Rugby league's first openly gay male has stressed there must be consequences for Israel Folau's homophobic outbursts.
Former NRL great Ian Roberts sympathises with the Wallabies star's plight, but believes his public stance against homosexuality has been extremely harmful.
Speaking to Australia's Channel Nine, Roberts expressed his concern over the toll Folau's social media posts would have on young gay women and men in particular.
"I don't say this lightly, what I'm about to say," Roberts said. "The language I use is hard and it's for a point - it's to get that message across.
"There are literally [gay] kids in the suburbs killing themselves."
