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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.
Events
46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the battle of Thapsus .402 - Stilicho stymies the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia .1320 - The Scots 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 - Dutch 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 King Taksin of Siam (modern day Thailand ), who is 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 abdicates and 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 : The Black Hawk War begins - the Sauk warrior Black Hawk enters into war with the United States .1860 - Joseph Smith III , creates the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints by reorganizing the previous church organized by his father, Joseph Smith, Jr.1862 - American Civil War : The Battle of Shiloh begins - in Tennessee , forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston .1865 - American Civil War: The Battle of Sayler's Creek - Confederate 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 is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff .1895 - Oscar Wilde is arrested (in the Cadogan Hotel , London ) after losing a libel case against the John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry .1896 - In Athens , the opening of the first modern Olympic Games 1,500 years after the original games were 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 Peary and Matthew Henson allegedly reach the North Pole .1911 - Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj , Leader 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 : The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress ).1919 - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi orders a General Strike .1923 - The first Prefects Board in Southeast Asia is formed in Victoria Institution , Malaysia .1926 - Walter Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney 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 the Salt Satyagraha .1936 - Tupelo-Gainesville tornado 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 the 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 Early Bird , the first communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit .1968 - In Richmond, Indiana 's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.1970 - Newhall Incident : Four California Highway Patrol officers are killed.1972 - Vietnam War : Easter Offensive - American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments.1973 - Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft .1973 - The American League of Major League Baseball begin using the Designated Hitter
1984 - Members of Cameroon 's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya .1992 - A general strike 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.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.2006 - NZSL (New Zealand sign language) is made an official language of New Zealand
Births
1483 - Raphael , Italian painter and architect (d. 1520 )1613 - Stjepan Gradić , Croatian philosopher and scientist (d. 1683 )1632 - Maria Leopoldine of Austria , Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1649 )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 )1773 - James Mill , Scottish philosopher and historian (d. 1836 )1812 - Alexander Herzen , Russian writer (d. 1870 )1815 - Robert Volkmann , German composer (d. 1883 )1818 - Aasmund Olavsson Vinje , Norwegian poet (d. 1870 )1820 - Nadar , French photographer (d. 1910 )1823 - Joseph Medill , journalist and 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 )1886 - Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII , The Last Nizam of Hyderabad state (d. 1967 )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 )
1894 - Gertrude Baines , American supercentenarian 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 laureate (d. 1979 )1918 - Alfredo Ovando Candía , Bolivian president (d. 1982 )1920 - Edmond H. Fischer , Swiss-American biochemist, Nobel laureate 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 laureate 1929 - Joi Lansing , American model and actress (d. 1972 )1929 - André Previn , German-born composer and conductor
1931 - Ivan Dixon , American actor and director (d. 2008 )1933 - Roy Goode , British lawyer1933 - Eduardo Malapit , American Democratic politician (d. 2007 )
1934 - Anton Geesink , Dutch judoka1937 - Merle Haggard , American musician1937 - Billy Dee Williams , American actor
1938 - Paul Daniels , English magician1938 - Roy Thinnes , American actor
1939 - André Ouellet , French Canadian politician1940 - Pedro Armendáriz Jr. , Mexican actor1941 - Phil Austin , American comedian1941 - Don "The Snake" Prudhomme , American drag racer
1941 - Gheorghe Zamfir , Romanian musician
1942 - Barry Levinson , American film producer/director1944 - Felicity Palmer , English soprano1945 - Neal Boortz , American talk radio personality1947 - John Ratzenberger , American actor1948 - Patrika Darbo , American actress1949 - Horst Ludwig Störmer , German-born physicist, Nobel laureate 1951 - Bert Blyleven , Dutch-born baseball player1952 - Udo Dirkschneider , German singer1952 - Marilu Henner , American actress
1952 - Michel Larocque , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1992 )
1953 - Christopher Franke , German musician and composer1955 - Keith Hunter Jesperson , Canadian-born serial killer 1955 - Michael Rooker , American actor
1956 - Dilip Vengsarkar , Indian cricketer and administrator1957 - Paolo Nespoli , Italian astronaut 1961 - Rory Bremner , English comedian and impressionist1964 - Phil Gayle , English news presenter1965 - Frank Black , American singer/songwriter1965 - Lieve Slegers , Belgian athlete
1966 - Young Man Kang , South Korean film director1967 - Mika Koivuniemi , Finnish ten-pin bowler1967 - Jonathan Firth , British actor
1968 - Vanessa Lann , American composer1968 - Affonso Giaffone , Brazilian racing driver1969 - Jack Canfora , American playwright1969 - Bison Dele , American basketball player (disappeared 2002 )
1969 - Ari Meyers , Puerto Rican-born American actress
1969 - Philipp Peter , Austrian racing driver
1969 - Paul Rudd , American actor
1969 - Bret Boone , Baseball Player
1970 - Olaf Kölzig , South African-born ice hockey player1970 - Huang Xiaomin , Chinese swimmer
1971 - Lou Merloni , American baseball player1972 - Jason Hervey , American actor1972 - Jo Van Daele , Belgian discus thrower
1973 - Donnie Edwards , American football player1973 - Rie Miyazawa , Japanese actress/singer
1973 - Sun Wen , Chinese footballer
1973 - Gina Yashere , English comedian
1974 - Robert Kovač , Croatian footballer1975 - Zach Braff , American actor1975 - Hal Gill , Ice Hockey player
1976 - Candace Cameron , American actress1976 - Georg Hólm , Icelandic musician
1977 - Andy Phillips , American Baseball Player1978 - Tim Hasselbeck , American football player1978 - Myleene Klass , British singer
1978 - Martin Mendez , Uruguayan-born Bassist (Opeth )1978 - Blaine Neal , American baseball player
1981 - Robert Earnshaw , Zambian born, Welsh international footballer1982 - Ilan Hall , Israeli-American chef
1982 - Bret Harrison , American actor
1982 - Michael Guy Chislett , Australian born, American guitarist of The Academy Is...
1983 - Diora Baird , American actress1983 - Jade Seah , Singaporean model, host and actress
1983 - James Wade , English Darts Player
1984 - Max Bemis , American musician/songwriter1985 - Garrett Zablocki , American musician1985 - Clarke MacArthur , Canadian-born ice hockey player1987 - Levi Porter , English footballer1988 - Mike Bailey , English actor1988 - Fabrice Muamba , Anglo-Congolese footballer
2007 - Princess Haalah bint Hashim , Princess of Jordan
Deaths
885 - Saint Methodius (b. ca.815 )1147 - Frederick II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1090 )1199 - King Richard I of England (b. 1157 )1199 - Pierre Basile , French soldier1362 - 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 , Scottish prelate and politician1590 - Francis Walsingham , English spymaster1605 - John Stow , English historian1655 - 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 )1833 - Adamantios Korais , Greek humanist scholar (b. 1748 )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 )1947 - Herbert Backe , German Nazi politician (b. 1896 )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 , 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 )2001 - Charles Pettigrew , American singer (b. 1963 )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 ), Pope John Paul II 2006 - Maggie Dixon , American college basketball coach (b. 1977 )2006 - Francis L. Kellogg , U.S. diplomat and prominent socialite (b. 1917 )
2007 - Luigi Comencini , Italian film director (b. 1916 )
Holidays and observances
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