Event:
Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce company, files plans for a U.S. IPO; the offering is expected to be one of the largest in the U.S. and may raise more funding than the Facebook IPO in 2012
More Notable Events on May 6:
1997 Michael Jackson and Bee Gees inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
1994 Chunnel linking England and France officially opens
1960 President Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act of 1960
1889 Universal Exposition opens in Paris, Eiffel Tower completed
1833 John Deere makes 1st steel plow
