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April 6

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April 6 is the 96th day of the year(97th inleap years) in theGregorian calendar.There are 269 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

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Up to 1900

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648 BC– Earliestsolar eclipse recorded by theAncient Greeks.
46 BC–Julius Caesar defeatsCaecilius Metellus Scipo andMarcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) in theBattle of Thapsus.
402–Stilicho stymies theVisigoths underAlaric in theBattle of Pollentia.
1199–Richard I of England dies from an infection following the removal of anarrow from hisshoulder. His brother,John of England, succeeds him.
1250–Seventh Crusade:Ayyubids inEgypt capture KingLouis IX of France in theBattle of Fariskur.
1320– TheScots reaffirm their independence by signing theDeclaration of Arbroath.
1327– The poetPetrarch first saw his idealized love Laura in the church ofSaint Claire inAvignon.
1385–John I of Portugal becomesKing.
1453–Mehmed II begins hisSiege of Constantinople.
1580– Areas around theEnglish Channel experience once of their strongestearthquakes, at an estimated magnitude of over 5. It affects SoutheasternEngland, NorthernFrance and present–dayBelgium.
1652–Dutch sailorJan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp at theCape of Good Hope, which will eventually develop intoCape Town.
1667–Dubrovnik is destroyed by anearthquake, killing 5,000 people.
1782–Rama I succeeds KingTaksin ofThailand, who was overthrown in acoup d'état.
1793– During theFrench Revolution, theCommittee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of therepublic.
1808–John Jacob Astor incorporates theAmerican Fur Company.
1812– British forces under command ofArthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington assault the fortress atBadajoz, near theSpain–Portugal border, marking a turning point in thePeninsular War againstNapoleon Bonaparte–ledFrance.
1814–Napoleon Bonaparte isexiled to the Italianisland ofElba.
1815–Geneva becomes the 22ndcanton of Switzerland.
1830–The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is formed byJoseph Smith, Jr. atFayette, New York.
1832–Indian Wars:Black Hawk War begins – TheSauk warriorBlack Hawk enters into war with theUnited States.
1841–John Tyler is inaugurated as the 10thPresident of the United States.
1862–American Civil War:Battle of Shiloh begins – InTennessee, forces underUnion GeneralUlysses S. Grant meetConfederate troops led by GeneralAlbert Sidney Johnston atShiloh.
1865–American Civil War:Battle of Sayler's Creek – Confederate GeneralRobert E. Lee'sArmy of Northern Virginia fights its last major battle while in retreat fromRichmond, Virginia.
1869–Celluloid is patented.
1886–Vancouver, British Columbia is incorporated as a city.
1893–Salt Lake Temple of theChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is dedicated byWilford Woodruff.
1895–Oscar Wilde is arrested after losing alibel case against theJohn Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry.
1896– InAthens, the opening of thefirst modern Olympic Games after 1,500 years after being banned by Roman EmperorTheodosius I.

1901– 2000

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1903– TheKishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) began, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Israel and the west.
1909–Robert Peary allegedly reaches theNorth Pole.
1911– Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, Leader of the Malësori Albanians raises the Albanian flag in the town ofTuzi,Montenegro for the first time afterGjergj Kastrioti (Skenderbeg).
1917–World War I:United States declares war onGermany
1919–Mahatma Gandhi orders a general strike inIndia.
1924– The first round–the–worldflight begins.
1926–Walter Varney Airlines makes first commercial flight fromPasco, Washington, toElko, Nevada. Varney is the root company ofUnited Airlines.
1930– Gandhi raised a lump of mud and salt (some say just a pinch, some say just a grain) and declared, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire." Thus he started Salt Satyagraha.
1930– HostessTwinkies are invented.
1930–Will Rogers starts broadcastingThe Will Rogers Program onradio.
1931–Little Orphan Annie debuts on the Blue Network ofNBC.
1936–Tupelo-Gainesville Outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hitsGainesville, Georgia, killing 203.
1941–World War II:Operation Castigo begins –Germany invadesKingdom of Yugoslavia andGreece.
1945–World War II:Yugoslavian Partisans liberateSarajevo from German and Croatian forces.
1947– The firstTony Awards are presented for achievement intheatre.
1965–Early Bird, the first communicationssatellite to be placed in synchronous orbit, is launched.
1968– InLondon, United Kingdom,Massiel wins the thirteenthEurovision Song Contest forSpain singing "La, la, la."
1970– FourCalifornia Highway Patrol officers die in one of the worst cop killings in the CHP's history; this is known as theNewhall Incident.
1972–Vietnam War:Easter Offensive – The first day of clear weather in three days allowsAmerican forces to start sustained air strikes and naval bombardments.
1973– Launch ofPioneer 11spacecraft.
1974– TheCalifornia Jam Rock concert begins.
1974– InBrighton, United Kingdom,ABBA wins the nineteenthEurovision Song Contest forSweden singing "Waterloo."
1984– Members ofCameroon's Republican Guard from country's northern region attack various government buildings in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the government headed byPaul Biya.
1987–Sugar Ray Leonard takes the middleweightboxing title fromMarvin Hagler.
1993– Russiannuclear accident atTomsk 7.
1994– TheRwandan Genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan presidentJuvénal Habyarimana and Burundian presidentCyprien Ntaryamira is shot down, responsibility is disputed.
1998–Pakistan tests medium–range missiles capable of hittingIndia.
1998– TheDow Jones Industrial Average gains 49.82 to close at 9,033.23 – its first–ever close above 9,000.

From 2001

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2001–Miller Park opens inMilwaukee, Wisconsin.
2004–Rolandas Paksas becomes the first President ofLithuania to be peacefully removed from the post byimpeachment.
2005–Rainier III, Prince of Monaco dies, at the age of 81 years. His son succeeds him asAlbert II, Prince of Monaco.
2005–Jalal Talabani becomesPresident ofIraq.
2006–Boni Yayi becomesPresident ofBenin.
2009– A magnitude 6earthquake strikes nearL'Aquila in centralItaly, killing around 300 people, mainly as a result of collapsing buildings.
2011– In San Fernando,Tamaulipas,Mexico, over 300 bodies are exhumed from several mass graves made byLos Zetas.
2012– Rebel groups declare an independent state calledAzawad in northernMali, which is not internationally recognized as independent.
2016–Emmanuel Macron starts his bid to becomePresident of France.
2018–South Korea's formerPresident Park Geun-hye is sentenced to 24 years inprison oncorruption charges.
2018– A bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos juniorice hockey team crashes en route to a match in the province ofSaskatchewan,Canada, killing 14 people.

Births

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Up to 1900

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1483–Raphael, Italian painter (d.1520)
1632–Maria Leopoldine of Austria (d.1649)
1660–Johann Kuhnau, German composer, organist andharpsichordist (d.1722)
1664–Arvid Horn, Swedish politician (d.1742)
1671–Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, Frenchpoet (d.1741)
1706–Louis de Cahusac, Frenchplaywright (d.1759)
1725–Pascuale Paoli,Corsican patriot and military leader (d.1807)
1726–Gerard Majella, Italiansaint (d.1755)
1732–José Celestino Mutis, Spanishpriest,botanist andmathematician (d.1808)
1741–Nicolas Chamfort, French writer (d.1794)
1765–Charles Felix of Sardinia (d.1831)
1773–James Mill, Scottishphilosopher and historian (d.1836)
1801–William Hallowes Miller, Welshmineralogist (d.1880)
1802–Thomas Walker Gilmer,Governor ofVirginia (d.1844)
1812–Alexander Herzen, Russianphilosopher andwriter (d.1870)
1815–Robert Volkmann, German composer (d.1883)
1818–Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Norwegianpoet (d.1870)
1820–Nadar, Frenchphotographer (d.1910)
1823–Joseph Metill, American publisher and politician (d.1899)
1824–George Marsden Waterhouse,Premier of South Australia and 7thPrime Minister of New Zealand (d.1906)
1826–Gustave Moreau, French painter (d.1898)
1839–Antonio Starabba,Prime Minister of Italy (d.1908)
1841–Karl Binding, German jurist (d.1920)
1849–John William Waterhouse, British painter (d.1917)
1851–Guillaume Bigourdan, Frenchastronomer (d.1932)
1857–Arthur Wesley Dow, American painter (d.1922)
1860–René Lalique, French glass designer (d.1945)
1861–Stanislas de Guaita, Frenchpoet (d.1897)
1864–William Bate Hardy, English biochemist (d.1934)
1866–Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadiancardinal (d.1931)
1869–Levon Shant,Armenian playwright, novelist and poet (d.1951)
1878–Erich Mühsam, German writer (d.1934)
1881–Karl Staaf, Swedish athlete (d.1953)
1884–Walter Huston, Canadian–born actor (d.1950)
1886–Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople (d.1972)
1888–Hans Richter, Swiss painter, movie maker and graphic artist (d.1976)
1890–Anthony Fokker, Dutchaviation pioneer andaircraft manufacturer (d.1939)
1892–Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., Americanaviation industrialist (d.1981)
1892–Lowell Thomas, American writer (d.1981)
1893–Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (d.1917)
1894–Gertrude Baines, Americansupercentenarian (d.2009)
1898–Jeanne Hebuterne, Frenchartist (d.1920)

1901– 1950

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1903–Mickey Cochrane, Americanbaseball player (d.1962)
1903–Harold Eugene Edgerton, Americanengineer (d.1990)
1904–Kurt Georg Kiesinger,Chancellor of Germany (d.1988)
1910–Barys Kit, Belarussian–American rocket scientist (d.2018)
1911–Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist (d.1979)
1915–Tadeusz Kantor, Polish theatre director (d.1990)
1917–Leonora Carrington, British–Mexican painter and writer (d.2011)
1918–Alfredo Ovando Candia,President ofBolivia (d.1982)
1918–Big Walter Horton, Americanblues musician (d.1981)
1920–Edmond H. Fischer, Swiss–American biochemist
1920–Jack Cover, Americaninventor of thetaser gun (d.2009)
1921–Heinrich Schmid, Swisslinguist (d.1999)
1925–Helga Deen, victim of theHolocaust (d.1943)
1926–Sergio Franchi, Italian singer and actor (d.1990)
1926–Gil Kane,Latvian–borncartoonist (d.2000)
1926–Ian Paisley, Northern Irish minister and politician (d.2014)
1926–Alexander Butterfield, American political figure
1927–Gerry Mulligan, Americansaxophonist,clarinetist,composer and arranger (d.1996)
1928–James D. Watson, American geneticist
1929–André Previn, German–born American musician (d.2019)
1931–Baba Ram Dass, AmericanHindu teacher
1931–Suchitra Sen, Indianactress (d.2014)
1933–Eduardo Malapit, American politician (d.2007)
1934–Anton Geesink,Dutch judoka (d.2010)
1934–Mario Merola, Italian singer
1937–Merle Haggard, American musician (d.2016)
1937–Billy Dee Williams, American actor
1937–Terrence Hardiman, English actor
1937–Peter Maivia,American Samoan professional wrestler (d.1982)
1938–Paul Daniels, English magician (d.2016)
1938–Roy Thinnes, American actor
1939–André Ouellet, French–Canadian politician
1939–John Sculley, Americanbusinessman
1940–Pedro Armendariz, Jr., American actor (d.2011)
1941–Phil Austin, American comedian and writer (d.2014)
1942–Barry Levinson, American director
1943–Max Clifford, Englishjournalist and publicist
1944–Felicity Palmer, Englishsoprano
1944–Anita Pallenberg, Italian–Englishmodel,actress andfashion designer (d.2017)
1944–Charles Sobhraj,Vietnamese–Indianserial killer
1947–John Ratzenberger, American actor
1947–Mike Warboys, Englishmathematician
1949–Patrick Hernandez, Frenchsinger andsongwriter
1949–Horst Ludwig Stoermer, Germanphysicist
1950–Christer Sjögren, Swedish singer

1951– 1975

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1951–Jean-Marc Boivin, Frenchskier,mountaineer andpilot (d.1990)
1952–Michel Larocque, Canadianice hockey player (d.1992)
1952–Marilu Henner, American actress
1952–Udo Dirkschneider, German musician
1953–Christopher Franke, German–Americandrummer andsongwriter
1955–Blind Mississippi Morris, Americanblues musician
1955–Keith Hunter Jesperson, Canadian–Americanserial killer
1956–Michele Bachmann, American politician
1957–Paolo Nespoli, Italianastronaut
1957–Maurizio Damilano, Italian athlete
1960–Warren Haynes, American musician
1961–Rory Bremner, British comedian
1963–Rafael Correa, formerPresident of Ecuador
1964–David Woodard, Americanwriter andconductor
1965–Amedeo Carboni, Italianfootballer
1965–Black Francis, Americansinger-songwriter
1967–Mika Koivuniemi, Finnish ten–pin bowler
1967–Tanya Byron, Englishpsychologist
1967–Julian Anderson, Englishcomposer and educator
1969–Paul Rudd, American actor
1969–Louie Spence, British dancer andchoreographer
1969–Bison Dele, Americanbasketball player (d.2002)
1970–Huang Xiaomin, Chinese swimmer
1971–Martin Hansson, Swedish football referee
1972–Anders Thomas Jensen, Danishscreenwriter andmovie director
1973–Donnie Edwards, former American football linebacker, philanthropist, television personality, actor, and executive producer
1973–Rie Miyazawa, Japanese actress
1974–Robert Kovac, Croatian footballer
1974–Camilla Dallerup, Danish–British dancer
1974–Gina Yashere, British comedienne
1975–Zach Braff, American actor

From 1976

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1976–Candace Cameron, American actress
1976–James Fox, Welshsinger-songwriter and actor
1976–Georg Hólm,Icelandic musician
1978–Igor Semshov, Russianfootballer
1978–Myleene Klass, English singer
1981–Robert Earnshaw, Welsh footballer
1982–Herculez Gomez, Americansoccer player
1982–Alana Austin, American actress
1982–Miguel Angel Silvestre, Spanish actor
1982–Bret Harrison, American actor
1983–Mitsuru Nagata, Japanese footballer
1983–Remi Nicole, Englishsinger,songwriter and actor
1983–Katie Weatherston, Canadianice hockey player
1983–Bobbi Starr, American pornographic actress
1984–Siboniso Gaxa, South Africanfootballer
1985–Al Mukadam, Canadianactor,director andproducer
1985–Sinqua Walls, Americanbasketball player and coach
1986–Ryota Moriwaki, Japanese footballer
1987–Robin Haase, Dutchtennis player
1988–Fabrice Muamba, English–Congolese footballer
1990–Charlie McDermott, American actor
1991–Alexandra Popp, Germanfootballer
1995–Ryutaro Morimoto, Japaneseactor andsinger
1998–Peyton List, American actress
1998–Spencer List, American actor
1999–Kwesi Boakye, American actor
2000–CJ Adams, American actor

Deaths

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Up to 1900

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885–Saint Methodius (b.815)
1147–Frederick II, Duke of Swabia (b.1090)
1199– KingRichard I of England (b.1157)
1490–Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (b.1443)
1520–Raphael, Italian painter (b.1483)
1528–Albrecht Dürer, German artist (b.1471)
1551–Joachim Vadian, Swisshumanist (b.1484)
1782–Taksin,King ofSiam (b.1734)
1790–Louis IX, Margrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (b.1719)
1825–Vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (b.1757)
1829–Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegianmathematician (b.1802)
1838–Jose Bonifacio de Andrade e Silva,Brazilian statesman and geologist (b.1763)
1860–James Kirke Paulding, American writer and politician (b.1778)
1865–Antonio Pinto Soares,Costa Rican politician (b.1780)
1883–Benjamin Wright Raymond,Mayor ofChicago (b.1801)
1886–William Edward Foster, English industrialist, philanthropist and politician (b.1818)
1899–Alvan Wentworth Chapman, Americanphysician and botanist (b.1809)

1901– 2000

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1906–Alexander Kielland, Norwegian writer (b.1845)
1917–Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (b.1893)
1933–Elizabeth Bacon Custer, American writer andwidow ofGeorge Armstrong Custer (b.1842)
1950–Louis Wilkins, American athlete (b.1882)
1953–Idris Davies, Welshpoet (b.1905)
1961–Jules Bordet,Belgian doctor, won the 1919Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b.1870)
1963–Otto Struve, Russianastronomer (b.1897)
1970–Maurice Stokes, Americanbasketball player (b.1933)
1971–Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer (b.1882)
1972–Heinrich Lübke, secondPresident of the Federal Republic ofGermany (b.1894)
1974–Hudson Fysh, Australianpilot andbusinessman (b.1895)
1992–Isaac Asimov, Russian–born writer (b.1920)
1994–Juvénal Habyarimana,President ofRwanda (b.1937)
1994–Cyprien Ntaryamira,President ofBurundi (b.1956)
1996–Greer Garson, British actress (b.1904)
1998–Tammy Wynette, American singer (b.1942)
1998–Wendy O. Williams, American singer (b.1949)
2000–Habib Bourguiba, 1stPresident ofTunisia (b.1903)

From 2001

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2001–Charles Pettigrew, American singer (b.1963)
2003–Gerald Emmett Carter, Canadiancardinal (b.1912)
2004–Victor Argo,American movieactor (b.1934)
2005–Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (b.1923)
2006–Francis L. Kellogg, Americandiplomat (b.1917)
2007–Luigi Comencini, Italian movie director (b.1916)
2010–Corin Redgrave, British actor and political activist (b.1939)
2012–Fang Lizhi, Chinese activist (b.1936)
2012–Thomas Kinkade, American painter (b.1958)
2013–Hilda Bynoe, 2ndGovernor ofGrenada (b.1921)
2013–Bigas Luna, Spanishdirector andscreenwriter (b.1946)
2013–Miguel Poblet, Spanish cyclist (b.1928)
2014–Mary Anderson, American actress (b.1918)
2014–Massimo Tamburini, Italianmotorcycle designer (b.1943)
2014–Chuck Stone, American navigator (b.1924)
2014–Liv Dommersnes, Norwegianactress (b.1922)
2014–Mickey Rooney, American actor (b.1920)
2015–Gertrude Weaver, Americansupercentenarian (b.1898)
2015–Dave Ulliott, Englishpoker player (b.1954)
2015–Dollard St. Laurent, Canadianice hockey player (b.1929)
2015–James Best, American actor (b.1926)
2015–Romualdas Ozolas,Lithuanian politician (b.1939)
2015–Giovanni Berlinguer, Italian politician (b.1924)
2015–Ray Charles, American musician (b.1918)
2015–Ben Powers, American actor (b.1950)
2015–Hardijs Baumanis, Latviandiplomat (b.1967)
2015–John Papit, American football player (b.1928)
2016–Merle Haggard, American musician (b.1937)
2016–Darrell Hogan, American football player (b.1926)
2017–Bob Cerv, Americanbaseball player (b.1925)
2017–Armand Gatti, Monegasque–Frenchplaywright, filmmaker and journalist (b.1924)
2017–David Peel, American musician and political activist (b.1943)
2017–Don Rickles, American actor and comedian (b.1926)
2017–Jerzy Vetulani, Polishneuroscientist (b.1936)
2018–Daniel Akaka, American politician,United States Senator forHawaii (b.1924)
2018–Daniel Chavarria, Uruguayan–Cuban author (b.1933)
2018–Jacques Higelin, French singer (b.1940)
2018–Donald McKayle, American dancer andchoreographer (b.1930)
2018–Henryk Skolimowski, Polishphilosopher (b.1930)
2019–Jim Glaser, American country music singer (b.1936)
2019–Fritz Hollings, American politician,United States Senator and 106thGovernor ofSouth Carolina (b.1922)
2019–Lloyd McDermott, Australianrugby union player andbarrister (b.1939)
2019–David J. Thouless, Scottishphysicist (b.1934)
2020–Al Kaline, American baseball player (b.1934)

Observances

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Tartan Day (Canada andUnited States)
Chakri Day (Thailand)

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