Today in History - History - April 6th

1663King Charles II signs Carolina Charter

1889George Eastman places Kodak Camera on sale for 1st time

1830Joseph Smith & 5 others organizes Mormon church in Seneca Co, NY

1919Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi orders a General Strike.

1900james j jeffries KOs Jack Finnegan in 1 for heavyweight boxing title

402Battle at Pollentia: Roman army under Stilicho beats Visigoten

19809th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young

1757British King George II fires minister William Pitt Sr

1980Gordie Howe completes a record 26th season

1973Roberto Clemente Day, Pirates retire his #

1975Zach Braff, South Orange, New Jersey, American actor (Dr. John Dorian-Scrubs)

1928James Watson, American chemist (co-discovered structure of DNA)

1483Raphael Sanzio, Urbino, Italy, Italian painter/master builder (Madonna Sistina and School of Athens) (birthday in the Julian calendar)

1969Paul Rudd, Passaic, New Jersey, American actor (Clueless, The 40-Year-Old Virgin)

1937Billy Dee Williams, Harlem NYC, actor (Chiefs, Empire Strikes Back)

1937Merle Haggard, Bakersfield California, country singer (Death Valley Days)

1920Physicist Erwin Schrödinger (32) weds Annemarie Bertel

1868Brigham Young marries his 27th & final wife

1953MLB baseball player Ernie Banks (22) weds Mollye Louise

189623rd US President Benjamin Harrison (63) weds Mary Scott (37) at St Thomas Protestant Episcopal Church in New York City

1979Singer Rod Stewart & model Alana Collins wed

1997Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan (71) weds NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell (50) at Little Washington in Washington, Virginia

1199Richard I, the Lion-hearted, King of England (1189-99), dies at 41

1992Isaac Asimov, Sci-Fi author (I Robot), dies from kidney failure at 72

1971Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer (Le Sacre du Printemps), dies of pneumonia at 88

1998Tammy Wynette, American country singer, dies at 55