May 6
From Transformers Wiki
- 1915 — Orson Welles (voice of Unicron in The Transformers: The Movie) is born. Spoilers: he wants his sled.
- 1936 — Jean-François Poron (French voice of Optimus Prime in The Transformers: The Movie) is born.
- 1949 — Yū Shimaka (Japanese voice of Thundercracker, Shockwave, Scourge and many others in The Transformers) is born.
- 1961 — Wally Wingert (voice of the 2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon Side Burn and Mirage) is born. Riddle Me This!
- 1964 — Lucien Jean-Baptiste (European French voice of Glen Whitmann) is born.
- 1968 — Animator and director C. Michael Easton is born.
- 1974 — Matthew Yang King (voice of Unicron in Transformers as well as Simacore) is born.
- 1974 — Mónica Estrada (Latin-American Spanish voice of Una) is born.
- 1976 — Jiang Guangtao (Chinese voice of Rad White and Sam Witwicky) is born.
- 1982 — Anne Düe (German voice of Strongarm) is born.
- 1992 — Fanny Dreiss (French voice of Shadow Striker, Chromia, Acid Storm and Nova Storm in Cyberverse) is born.
- 1997 — Yuneidy Reyes (Venezuelan voice of Elita in Transformers One: New Adventures) is born.
- 1998 — The Beast Wars II episode "Mystery of the Ancient Ruins" premieres in Japan.
- 1999 — The Beast Wars episode "Nemesis Part 1" premieres in the US.
- 2006 — Free Comic Book Day: A free comic previewing four different series is released by IDW Publishing.
- 2008 — The Transformers Animated books Attack of the Dinobots!, How to Draw, Robot Roll Call, and the coloring and activity book are released in the US.
- 2009 — Best of UK: City of Fear #4 is released by IDW Publishing.
- 2010 — Hasbro announces the fourth nominee in the Transformers Hall of Fame for 2010: Shockwave.
- 2010 — Michael Telloke (German voice of Savage/Noble in Beast Machines) passes away.
- 2011 — Willy Schäfer (German Generation 2 voice of Skywarp, Warpath, Cyclonus and others) dies at age 78.
- 2013 — The Transformers: Rescue Bots episode "The Lost Bell" premieres in Brazil.
- 2014 — The Transformers Energon: The Complete Series DVD set is released in the US by Shout! Studios.
- 2016 — Miguel Rosenberg (Brazilian voice of Archibald Witwicky) dies at age 90.
- 2016 — The Robots in Disguise episode "Brainpower" premieres in Hungary.
- 2021 — Osvaldo Trejo Rodríguez (Mexican voice of War for Cybertron Trilogy Soundblaster) dies at age 32 from complications from COVID-19.
- 2023 — Hasbro Pulse launches in Hong Kong, Singapore & Malaysia.
