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.