April 6 (original) (raw)
April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). There are 269 days remaining.
Events
- 648 BC - Earliest solar eclipse recorded by the Ancient Greeks.
- 402 - Stilicho stymies the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia
- 1320 - The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath.
- 1652 - Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp at the Cape of Good Hope, which will eventually develop into Cape Town.
- 1782 - Rama I succeeds King Taksin of Thailand, who was overthrown in a coup d'etat.
- 1808 - John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company.
- 1830 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is formed by Joseph Smith, Jr at Fayette Township, New York.
- 1832 - The Black Hawk War begins.
- 1841 - John Tyler is inaugurated as the 10th President of the United States.
- 1862 - American Civil War: In Tennessee. the Battle of Shiloh begins.
- 1895 - Oscar Wilde is arrested after losing a libel case against the John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry.
- 1896 - Opening of the first modern Olympic Games.
- 1909 - Robert Peary allegedly reaches the North Pole.
- 1917 - World War I: United States declares war on Germany (see Wikiquote).
- 1930 - Hostess Twinkies are invented.
- 1931 - Little Orphan Annie debuts on the Blue Network of NBC.
- 1941 - World War II: Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece.
- 1973 - Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft.
- 1974 - The California Jam Rock concert begins.
- 1979 - President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.
- 1987 - Sugar Ray Leonard takes the middleweight boxing title from Marvin Hagler.
- 1993 - Russian nuclear accident at Tomsk 7.
- 1998 - Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of hitting India.
Births
- 1483 - Rafael, Italian painter and architect († 1520)
- 1815 - Robert Volkmann, composer
- 1866 - Butch Cassidy, outlaw († 1909)
- 1878 - Erich M�hsam, German author († 1934)
- 1884 - Walter Huston, Academy Award winning actor († 1950)
- 1890 - Anthony Fokker, Dutch designer of aircraft († 1939)
- 1892 - Donald Wills Douglas, American industrialist († 1981)
- 1892 - Lowell Thomas, travel writer († 1981)
- 1926 - Gil Kane, cartoonist († 2000)
- 1926 - Ian Paisley, United Kingdom politician
- 1926 - Sergio Franchi, singer, actor († 1990)
- 1927 - Gerry Mulligan, musician († 1996)
- 1928 - James Watson, geneticist
- 1929 - Andr� Previn, composer, conductor
- 1937 - Merle Haggard, country musician
- 1937 - Billy Dee Williams, actor
- 1941 - Hans W. Geissend�rfer, German film director
- 1942 - Barry Levinson, producer, director
- 1951 - Bert Blyleven, baseball pitcher
- 1970 - Olaf Kolzig, NHL goalie
- 1976 - Candace Cameron, actress
Deaths
- 1199 - King Richard I of England
- 1520 - Rafael, Italian painter and architect
- 1528 - Albrecht Durer, artist
- 1963 - Otto Struve, astronomer (* 1897)
- 1971 - Igor Stravinsky, composer
- 1992 - Isaac Asimov, author (* 1920)
- 1992 - Molly Picon, actress
- 1996 - Greer Garson, actress
- 1998 - Tammy Wynette, country musician
- 2000 - Habib Bourguiba, president of Tunisia
- 2003 - Hans Ringier, entrepreneur
- 2003 - Babatunde Olatunji, jazz musician
Holidays and observances
- The start of the tax year in the United Kingdom (arising from the 11 day correction to March 25 at the adoption of the Gregorian calendar in 1752).
See Also:
April 5 - April 7 - March 6 - May 6 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December