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Events

648 BC - Earliest solar eclipse recorded by the Ancient Greece.
402 - Stilicho stymies the Visigoths under Alaric I in the Battle of Pollentia.
1320 - The Scotland reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath.
1327 - The poet Petrarch first sees his idealized love, Laura, in the church of Saint Clare in Avignon.
1385 - John, Master of the Order of Aviz, is made king John I of Portugal.
1652 - Netherlands sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp at the Cape of Good Hope, which eventually becomes Cape Town.
1667 - An earthquake devastates Dubrovnik, then an independent city-state.
1782 - Rama I succeeds Monarch Taksin of Thailand, who was overthrown in a coup d'état.
1793 - During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic, and the period known as the Reign of Terror begins.
1808 - John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company.
1814 - Napoleon I of France abdicates. He is then exiled to Elba.
1830 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is organized by Joseph Smith, Jr. and others at Fayette, New York.
1832 - Indian Wars: Black Hawk War begins - The Sauk warrior Black Hawk (chief) enters into war with the United States.
1860 - Joseph Smith III, creates the Community of Christ by reorganizing the previous church organized by his father, Joseph Smith, Jr.
1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Shiloh begins - In Tennessee, forces under United States General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate States of America troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.
1865 - American Civil War: Battle of Sayler's Creek - Confederate States of America General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia.
1866 - The Grand Army of the Republic , an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War , is founded. It lasts until 1956.
1869 - Celluloid is patented.
1893 - Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
1895 - Oscar Wilde is arrested (in Cadogan Hotel, London) after losing a libel case against the John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry.
1896 - In Athens, the opening of the 1896 Summer Olympics 1,500 years after being banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I.
1903 - The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Israel and the Western world.
1909 - Robert Edwin Peary allegedly reaches the North Pole.
1911 - Ded Gjo Luli, Leadership of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after Gjergj Kastrioti (Skenderbeg).
1917 - World War I: United States declares war on Germany (see s:Woodrow Wilson declares war on Germany).
1919 - Gandhi orders a General Strike.
1923 - The first Prefects Board in Southeast Asia is formed in Victoria Institution, Malaysia.
1924 - The first successful flight (with stops) completely around the world begins
1926 - Walter Varney Airlines makes first commercial flight (Varney Airlines is the root company of United Airlines).
1930 - Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire." Thus he starts Salt Satyagraha.
1936 - Tupelo-Gainesville Outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.
1941 - World War II: Operation Castigo begins; Germany invades Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Greece.
1947 - The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievements.
1957 - Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines.
1965 - Launch of Intelsat I, the first communications satellite to be placed in synchronous orbit.
1968 - In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a Richmond, Indiana explosion kills 41 and injures 150.
1970 - Newhall Incident: Four California Highway Patrol officers are killed.
1972 - Vietnam War: Easter Offensive - United States forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments.
1973 - Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft.
1984 - Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard (Cameroon) unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya.
1992 - A April 1992 general strike in Nepal is declared by communist groups in Nepal
1994 - The Rwandan Genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down.
1996 - Panathinaikos becomes the first Greek team to win the basketball European Championships (now Euroleague) in Paris, beating FC Barcelona by 67-66.
1998 - Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of hitting India.
2004 - Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from the post by impeachment.
2005 - Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes the Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day.

Births

1483 - Raphael, Italian painter and architect (d. 1520)
1613 - Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (d. 1683)
1630 - Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680)
1651 - André Dacier, French classical scholar (d. 1722)
1664 - Arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (d. 1742)
1671 - Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet (d. 1741)
1725 - Pasquale Paoli, Corsican patriot and military leader (d. 1807)
1812 - Alexander Herzen, Russian writer (d. 1870)
1815 - Robert Volkmann, German composer (d. 1883)
1818 - Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Norwegian poet (d. 1870)
1820 - Nadar (photographer), French photographer (d. 1910)
1823 - Joseph Medill, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1899)
1826 - Gustave Moreau, French painter (d. 1898)
1841 - Karl Binding, German jurist (d. 1920)
1849 - John William Waterhouse, British painter (d. 1917)
1851 - Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer (d. 1932)
1878 - Erich Mühsam, German author (d. 1934)
1884 - Walter Huston, Canadian-born actor (d. 1950)
1890 - Anthony Fokker, Dutch designer of aircraft (d. 1939)
1892 - Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American industrialist (d. 1981)
1892 - Lowell Thomas, American travel writer (d. 1981)
1901 - Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian Catholic (d. 1925)
1902 - Veniamin Kaverin, Russian writer (d. 1989)
1903 - Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player (d. 1962)
1903 - Harold Edgerton, American electrical engineer (d. 1990)
1909 - Hermann Lang, German race car driver (d. 1987)
1909 - William M. Branham, American evangelist (d. 1965)
1911 - Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1979)
1918 - Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian president (d. 1982)
1920 - Edmond H. Fischer, Swiss-American biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1926 - Sergio Franchi, Italian-born singer and actor (d. 1990)
1926 - Gil Kane, Latvian-born cartoonist (d. 2000)
1926 - Ian Paisley, Northern Irish politician
1927 - Gerry Mulligan, American musician (d. 1996)
1928 - James D. Watson, American geneticist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1929 - André Previn, German-born composer and conductor
1929 - Joi Lansing, American model and actress (d. 1972)
1931 - Ivan Dixon, American actor and director
1933 - Roy Goode, British lawyer
1933 - Eduardo Malapit, American Democratic politician (d. 2007)
1934 - Anton Geesink, Dutch judoka
1937 - Merle Haggard, American musician
1937 - Billy Dee Williams, American actor
1938 - Paul Daniels, English magician
1938 - Roy Thinnes, American actor
1939 - André Ouellet, French Canadian politician
1940 - Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Mexican actor
1941 - Phil Austin, American comedian
1941 - Don Prudhomme, American drag racer
1941 - Gheorghe Zamfir, Romanian musician
1942 - Barry Levinson, American film producer/director
1944 - Felicity Palmer, English soprano
1947 - John Ratzenberger, American actor
1949 - Horst Ludwig Störmer, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics
1951 - Bert Blyleven, Dutch-born baseball player
1952 - Udo Dirkschneider, German singer (Accept and U.D.O.)
1952 - Marilu Henner, American actress
1952 - Michel Larocque, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1992)
1955 - Keith Hunter Jesperson, Canadian-born serial killer
1955 - Michael Rooker, American actor
1956 - Dilip Vengsarkar, Indian cricketer and administrator
1964 - Phil Gayle, English news presenter
1965 - Frank Black, American singer/songwriter (Pixies)
1967 - Mika Koivuniemi, Finnish ten-pin bowler
1968 - Affonso Giaffone, Brazilian racing driver
1969 - Bison Dele, American basketball player (disappeared 2002)
1969 - Ari Meyers, Puerto Rican-born American actress
1969 - Paul Rudd, American actor
1969 - Philipp Peter, Austrian racing driver
1970 - Huang Xiaomin, Chinese swimmer
1970 - Olaf Kölzig, South African-born ice hockey player
1971 - Lou Merloni, American baseball player
1973 - Donnie Edwards, American football player
1973 - Rie Miyazawa, Japanese actress/singer
1973 - Prashanth, Indian actor
1973 - Sun Wen (football), Chinese footballer
1973 - Gina Yashere, English comedian
1974 - Adithya, Indian actor
1974 - Robert Kovač, Croatian footballer
1975 - Zach Braff, American actor
1976 - Candace Cameron, American actress
1976 - Georg Hólm, Icelandic people musician
1977 - Andy Phillips, American Baseball Player
1978 - Myleene Klass, British singer (Hear'Say)
1978 - Blaine Neal, American baseball player
1981 - Robert Earnshaw, Zambian born, Welsh international footballer
1982 - Ilan Hall, Israeli-American chef
1982 - Michael Guy Chislett, American/Australian musician (The Academy Is...)
1983 - Diora Baird, American actress
1983 - Jade Seah, Singaporean model, host and actress
1985 - Garrett Zablocki, (Senses Fail)
1987 - Levi Porter, English footballer
1987 - Hilary Rhoda, American supermodel
1988 - Fabrice Muamba, Anglo-Congolese footballer
1988 - Mike Bailey (actor), English actor
2007 - Princess Haalah bint Hashim, Princess of Jordan

Deaths

1147 - Frederick II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1090)
1199 - King Richard I of England (b. 1157)
1199 - Pierre Basile, French soldier
1362 - James I, Count of La Marche, French soldier (b. 1319)
1490 - King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary
1520 - Raphael, Italian painter and architect (b. 1483)
1528 - Albrecht Dürer, German artist (b. 1471)
1551 - Joachim Vadian, Swiss humanist (b. 1484)
1571 - John Hamilton (of Scotland), Scottish prelate and politician
1590 - Francis Walsingham, English spymaster
1605 - John Stow, English historian
1655 - David Blondel, French Protestant clergyman (b. 1591)
1686 - Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman (b. 1614)
1707 - Willem van de Velde, the younger, Dutch painter (b. 1633)
1755 - Richard Rawlinson, English minister and antiquarian (b. 1690)
1825 - Vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (b. 1757)
1829 - Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician (b. 1802)
1838 - José Bonifácio de Andrade e Silva, Brazilian statesman and geologist (b. 1763)
1862 - Albert Sidney Johnston, American Confederate general (b. 1803)
1883 - Benjamin Wright Raymond, American politician (b. 1801)
1906 - Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author (b. 1849)
1933 - Elizabeth Bacon Custer, wife of George Armstrong Custer (b. 1842)
1935 - Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet (b. 1869)
1953 - Idris Davies, Welsh poet (b. 1905)
1961 - Jules Bordet, Belgian immunologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1870)
1963 - Otto Struve, Russian-born astronomer (b. 1897)
1970 - Sam Sheppard, American accused murderer (b. 1923)
1970 - Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (b. 1933)
1971 - Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer (b. 1882)
1974 - Willem Marinus Dudok, Dutch architect (b. 1884)
1974 - Hudson Fysh, Australian aviator and businessman (b.1895)
1976 - Sidney Franklin (bullfighter), American bullfighter (b. 1903)
1992 - Isaac Asimov, Russian-born author (b. 1920)
1994 - Juvénal Habyarimana, Rwandan politician (b. 1937)
1994 - Cyprien Ntaryamira, Burundian politician (b. 1956)
1996 - Greer Garson, Irish actress (b. 1904)
1998 - Wendy O. Williams, American singer (Plasmatics) (b. 1949)
1998 - Tammy Wynette, American singer (b. 1942)
1999 - Red Norvo, American jazz vibraphonist (b. 1908)
2000 - Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian politician (b. 1903)
2003 - David Bloom, American reporter (b. 1963)
2003 - Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian drummer (b. 1927)
2003 - Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter, Canadian religious figure (b. 1912)
2004 - Larisa Bogoraz, Soviet dissident (b. 1929)
2004 - Niki Sullivan, American guitarist (The Crickets) (b. 1937)
2005 - Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (b. 1923)
2006 - Maggie Dixon, American college basketball coach (b. 1977)

Holidays and observances

Tartan Day, the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320, a day set aside for the celebration of Scotland influence
The date of organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Joseph Smith, Jr.. Also the date on which The Church teaches that Jesus was born.
Chakri Day in Thailand, commemorating the reign of the Chakri Dynasty.

Liturgical Feast days in the Roman Catholic Church

Saint Marcellinus of Carthage (d. 413)
Pope Sixtus I
Blessed Notker
Feast day of Saint Brychan, King of Brycheiniog, South Wales

External links

BBC: On This Day
On This Day in Canada

April 6 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
April 6 is the 96th day of the year (97th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 269 days remaining until the end of the year.

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