Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/May 6

Births

• 1904 – Max Mallowan (New College), archeologist
• 1920 – Kamisese Mara (Wadham), founding father of Fiji
• 1922 – Alan Ross (St John's), poet
• 1927 – Ninian Smart (Queen's), Scottish theologian
• 1938 – David Malcolm, Chief Justice of Western Australia 1988–2006
• 1953 – Tony Blair (St John's), Prime Minister 1997–2007
• 1955 – John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness (Magdalen), politician

Deaths

• 1905 – Robert Herbert (Balliol and All Souls), first Premier of Queensland
• 1910 – Edward VII (Christ Church), King of the United Kingdom 1901–1910
• 1944 – John Niel Randle, recipient of the Victoria Cross for his actions in the Battle of Kohima
• 2003 – Colin Gunton (Hertford and Mansfield), theologian

Other events

• 1954 – Roger Bannister (Exeter, Merton and Pembroke) runs the world's first mile in under four minutes at the university's Iffley Road track.