Notable Historical Events on April 6th
April 6th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
46 |
Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) in the battle of Thapsus. |
BC AD | |
402 |
Battle at Pollentia: Roman army under Stilicho beats Visigoten |
610 |
Lailat-ul Qadar, night koran descended to Earth |
774 |
Charles the Great (Charlemagne) confirmed the gift to the Pope of the territories belonging to Ravenna made by his father Pepin the Short at Quiercy-sur-Loire in 753 |
1106 |
Fire in Venice |
1320 |
The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath. |
1327 |
Italian poet Petrarch 1st sets eyes on his beloved Laura |
1362 |
Robber bastion Tard-Venus strikes at Brignais France |
1385 |
John, Master of the Order of Aviz, is made king John I of Portugal. |
1516 |
A Willaert installed as singer of cardinal Ippolito I d'Este |
1634 |
Heeren XIX asks "to secure Eylands Curacao" |
1652 |
Cape Colony, the 1st European settlement in South Africa, established by Dutch East India Company under John of Riebeeck |
1663 |
King Charles II signs Carolina Charter |
1664 |
France & Saxony sign alliance |
1667 |
An earthquake devastates Dubrovnik, then an independent city-state. |
1672 |
France declares war on Netherlands |
1712 |
Slave revolt in NY |
1722 |
Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia, ends tax on men with beards |
1724 |
Duke of Newcastle becomes English minister of Foreign Affairs |
1727 |
Denmark signs Covenant of Hannover |
1757 |
British King George II fires minister William Pitt Sr |
1782 |
Rama I succeeds King Taksin of Siam (modern day Thailand), who is overthrown in a coup d'état. |
1789 |
1st US Congress begins regular sessions, Federal Hall, NYC |
1808 |
John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company. |
1815 |
English militia shoots prisoners, 100's killed |
1830 |
Joseph Smith & 5 others organizes Mormon church in Seneca Co, NY |
1841 |
Cornerstone laid for 2nd Mormon temple, Nauvoo, Illinois |
1848 |
Jews of Prussia granted equality |
1859 |
US recognizes Liberal government in Mexico's War of Reform |
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 |
Battle of Shiloh, Union defeats Confederacy in SW Tennessee |
1865 |
Battle of Sayler's Creek during US Civil War, 1/4rd of Lee's army cut off |
1865 |
Skirmish at High Bridge VA (Appomattox) during US Civil war; |
1866 |
G.A.R. forms |
1869 |
1st plastic, Celluloid, patented |
1883 |
Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Speckled Band" (BG) |
1886 |
City of Vancouver BC incorporated |
1886 |
Declaration of Berlin neutralizes Tonga |
1889 |
George Eastman places Kodak Camera on sale for 1st time |
1890 |
French troops under capt Archinard occupy Segu, West-Sudan |
1893 |
Andy Bowen & Jack Burke box 7 hrs 19 mins to no decision (111 rounds) |
1893 |
Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City dedicated |
1896 |
1st modern Olympic games open in Athens Greece [3/25 OS] American, James Connolly, wins 1st Olympic gold medal in mod history |
1900 |
james j jeffries KOs Jack Finnegan in 1 for heavyweight boxing title |
1903 |
General railroad strike against "worgwetten" (anti-strike laws) |
1903 |
The Kishinev pogrom in Bessarabia begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Israel and the Western world. |
1903 |
In Holland, railroad and dock workers go out on strike, but the government passes anti-strike bills, calls out troops, and promptly ends the strike on the 13th April |
1905 |
Germany receives invitation from Sultan of Morocco to an international conference to discuss matters relating to Morocco |
1906 |
1st animated cartoon copyrighted |
1909 |
1st credit union forms in US |
1909 |
North Pole reached by Americans Robert Peary & Matthew Henson |
1912 |
Electric starter 1st appeared in cars |
1916 |
German parliament OKs unrestricted submarine warfare |
1917 |
US declares war on Germany, enters World War I |
1919 |
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi orders a General Strike. |
1920 |
French troop attacks Main/Darmstadt/Hanau |
1923 |
The first Prefects Board in Southeast Asia is formed in Victoria Institution, Malaysia. |
1924 |
4 planes leave Seattle on 1st successful around-the-world flight |
1924 |
Italy fascists receives 65% of vote of parliament |
1924 |
Völkische Block (nazi's) receives 17.8% of vote in Bavaria |
1925 |
1st film shown on an airplane (British Air) |
1926 |
Stanley Cup: Montl Maroons beat Victoria Cougars (WHL), 3 games to 1 |
1930 |
1st transcontinental glider tow completed |
1930 |
Hostess Twinkies invented by bakery executive James Dewar |
1931 |
1st Scottsboro (Ala) trial begins - 9 blacks accused of rape |
1931 |
1st broadcast of "Little Orphan Annie" on NBC-radio |
1934 |
418 Lutheran ministers arrested in Germany |
1935 |
H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws, misses & sinks 371 more |
1936 |
3rd Golf Masters Championship: Horton Smith wins, shooting a 285 |
1936 |
ANP begins telex service in Amsterdam |
1936 |
Tornado, kills 203 & injuring 1,800 in Gainesville Georgia |
1938 |
Teflon invented by Roy J Plunkett |
1939 |
Great Britain & Poland sign military pact |
1939 |
US & UK agree on joint control of Canton & Enderbury Is (Pacific) |
1941 |
8th Golf Masters Championship: Craig Wood wins, shooting a 280 |
1941 |
Begin oper Bestrafung-Germany bomb attacks Belgrade (17,000 die) |
1941 |
British general Gambier-Parry caught in North Africa |
1941 |
German bombardment on Piraeus (munitions ship explodes) |
1941 |
Italian held Addis Ababa surrenders to British & Ethiopian forces |
1943 |
British & US armies link up in Africa during WW II |
1943 |
British offensive at Wadi Akarit, South-Tunisia |
1943 |
Lou Jansen, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN) arrested |
1944 |
Jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazis |
1945 |
Coevorden freed from Nazis |
1945 |
Japanese giant battleship Yamato heads to Okinawa |
1945 |
Massive kamikaze attack on US battle fleet near Okinawa |
1945 |
US marines explore Tsugen Shima near Okinawa |
1947 |
11th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 281 |
1947 |
1st Tony Awards: Arthur Miller, David Wayne & Patricia Neal win for theatrical achievements |
1950 |
John F Dulles becomes advisor to US Sect of State Acheson |
1952 |
16th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 286 |
1954 |
Mont Canadiens score 3 goals in 56 sec in playoff game against Det |
1954 |
TV Dinner was 1st put on sale by Swanson & Sons |
1954 |
US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island |
1955 |
"3 for Tonight" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 85 performances |
1955 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1955 |
Yemen: failed coup by Abdullah Seif el-Islam |
1956 |
Polish communist Gomulka freed from prison |
1957 |
NYC ends trolley car service |
1957 |
USSR performs nuclear test (atmospheric tests) |
1957 |
Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines. |
1958 |
22nd Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 284 |
1959 |
31st Academy Awards - "Gigi", Susan Hayward & David Niven win |
1964 |
Egypt & Belgium restore diplomatic relations |
1965 |
Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") 1st coml geosynchronous comm satellite |
1966 |
Mihir Sen swims Palk Strait between Sri Lanka & India |
1967 |
Premier Georges Pompidou forms new French government |
1968 |
94.5% of East German voters approve new socialist constitution |
1968 |
Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Dave Davis |
1968 |
Gunpowder stocks at a sporting-goods store explode, killing 43 (Va) |
1968 |
HemisFair 1968 opens in San Antonio, Texas |
1968 |
In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150. |
1971 |
During a debate at Westminster on Northern Ireland, Harold Wilson of the Labour Party claimes that a draft Bill for the imposition of direct rule exists |
1972 |
Egypt drops diplomatic relations with Jordan |
1972 |
The Scarman Tribunal Report, an inquiry into the causes of violence during the summer of 1969 in N Ireland, is published, finding that the Royal Ulster Constabulary had been seriously at fault |
1973 |
Harbor strike in Gent/Antwerp, Belgium |
1973 |
Indies troops invade Sikkim |
1973 |
Pioneer 11 launched toward Jupiter & Saturn |
1973 |
Roberto Clemente Day, Pirates retire his # |
1973 |
US launches Pioneer 11 to Jupiter & Saturn |
1973 |
Yankee Ron Blomberg becomes 1st designated hitter, he walks |
1973 |
Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft. |
1974 |
200,000 attend rock concert "California Jam" in Ontario |
1974 |
Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony 11/16 |
1974 |
Yankees 1st home game at Shea Stadium, beat Indians 6-1 |
1975 |
"Night... Made America Famous" closes at Barrymore NYC after 75 perfs |
1975 |
"Rocky Horror Show" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 45 perfs |
1975 |
Bundy victim Denise Oliverson disappears from Grand Junction, Colo |
1975 |
Fastest hat trick by a Wash Cap 3 mins 26 secs (Stan Gilbertson) |
1976 |
1st quadrophonic movie track: "Ladies & Gentlemen the Rolling Stones" |
1977 |
Judge rules Beatles 1962 Hamburg album can be released |
1977 |
Kingdome opens, Seattle Mariners 1st game, loses to Angels 7-0 |
1978 |
Karnataka beat Uttar Pradesh by inn & 193 to win Ranji Trophy |
1980 |
9th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young |
1980 |
Gordie Howe completes a record 26th season |
1980 |
Post It Notes, introduced |
1981 |
Yugoslav government sends troops to Kosovo |
1982 |
Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center from White Sands |
1982 |
Largest crowd ever to see a baseball game in Minn 52,279 |
1983 |
Caps 2-Isles 5-Patrick Div Semifinals- Isles hold 1-0 lead |
1984 |
11th Space Shuttle Mission (41-C)-Challenger 5 is launched |
1984 |
1st time 11 people in space |
1984 |
Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya. |
1985 |
Bombay beat Delhi by 90 runs to win the Ranji Trophy final |
1985 |
Sudan suspends constitution after coup under general Swarreddahab |
1985 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1986 |
15th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Pat Bradley |
1986 |
Soccer ball juggled non-stop for 14:14 hrs |
1987 |
22nd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis & Hank Williams Jr |
1987 |
Sugar Ray Leonard upsets Marvelous Marvin Hagler |
1987 |
Al Campanis appears on Niteline saying blacks may not be equiped to be in baseball management, sparking a racial controversy |
1988 |
African American polar explorer Matthew Henson buried next to R Peary in Arlington National Cemetery |
1988 |
NJ Devils' 1st playoff game; lose to Isles 4-3 (OT) in 1st round |
1989 |
Orel Hershiser ends his record 59 consecutive scoreless streak |
1991 |
Former child actor Adam Rich arrested for breaking into a pharmacy |
1991 |
NY-NJ Knights 1st home game (Giant Stad) lose to Frankfurt 27-17 |
1991 |
Subhana, becomes 1st Australian woman to become a Zen teacher |
1991 |
Argentine soocer star Diego Maradona suspended for 15 month by Italian League for testing positive for cocaine use |
1992 |
1st game at Camden Field, Balt-Orioles beat Indians 2-0 |
1992 |
54th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Duke beats Michigan 71-51 |
1992 |
Britain Radio Authority licenses Virgin & TV-AM radio licenses |
1992 |
Microsoft announced Windows 3.1, upgrading Windows 3.0 |
1992 |
Oriole Park at Camden Yards opens, beating Cleveland 2-0 |
1992 |
Serbian troops begin siege of Sarajevo |
1992 |
US Supreme Court rules a Nebraska farmer was entrapped by postal agents into buying mail-order child pornography |
1992 |
Voting begins on choice of Elvis postage stamps |
1992 |
A general strike is declared by communist groups in Nepal. |
1993 |
1st test flight of Ilyushin IL-96M (Moscow) |
1993 |
Florida Marlins 1st lost ever (4-2 to LA Dodgers) |
1994 |
1st scheduled Indians night game at Jacobs Field is rained out |
1994 |
Chuck Jones found guilty of breaking into Marla Maples home |
1994 |
Liberal Supreme Court Justice Blackmun (Roe v Wade) resigns |
1994 |
Palestinian suicide bomber kills 7 Israelis & himself |
1994 |
Rockwell B-1B Lancers break 11 world speed records |
1994 |
The Rwandan Genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down. |
1995 |
"Having Our Say" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 308 performances |
1996 |
Albert Belle shows off his arm by hitting Sports Illustrated photographer Tony Tomsic in the hand prior to a game |
1997 |
"3 Sisters" closes at Criterion Theater NYC |
1997 |
9th Seniors Golf Tradition: Gil Morgan wins |
1997 |
Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Longs Drugs Challenge |
1997 |
Brad Faxon wins Freeport-McDermott Golf Classic |
1997 |
Progress M-34 Launch (Russia) |
1997 |
Twelve Bridges LPGA Classic |
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 |
2009 |
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing at least 253. |
2012 |
US F-18 Hornet crashes into side of apartment building in Virginia with no fatalities |
2013 |
22 people are killed and 60 are injured by a suicide bombing at an election campaign tent in Baquba, Iraq |
2013 |
11 people are killed in an attack on a village in Midlu, Nigeria |
2013 |
Bayern Munich win their 23rd German Bundesliga title with 6 games to spare |
2013 |
48th Academy of Country Music Awards: Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert & Jason Aldean wins |
2014 |
Viktor Orbán's Fidesz is re-elected Prime Minister of Hungary |
2016 |
US welcomes ceasefire between Azerbaijan, breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh |
2016 |
Iceland's PM resigns over Panama Papers revelations |
2016 |
Mississippi passes controversial 'religious freedom' bill |
2017 |
'Pink Star' Diamond Sells For $71 Million, Smashing Auction Record |
2017 |
Feds Raid Suspected $50M Visa Fraud Ring Near Los Angeles |
2018 |
Trump proposes $100 billion in new tariffs on Chinese goods |
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