On This Day — April 6

Famous events, births, and deaths from April 6 in history, plus the public holidays, religious observances, sports, and national days happening on this date today.

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63 events · 242 births · 102 deaths recorded for April 6.

🕰️ Notable Events on April 6

2012 — Azawad declares itself independent from the Republic of Mali. Wikipedia ↗
2011 — In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, over 193 victims of Los Zetas were exhumed from several mass graves. Wikipedia ↗
2010 — Maoist rebels kill 76 CRPF officers in Dantewada district, India. Wikipedia ↗
2009 — A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 307. Wikipedia ↗
2008 — The 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activists. Wikipedia ↗
2005 — Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day. Wikipedia ↗
2004 — Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment. Wikipedia ↗
1998 — Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India. Wikipedia ↗
1998 — Travelers Group announces an agreement to undertake the $76 billion merger between Travelers and Citicorp, and the merger is completed on October 8, of that year, forming Citibank. Wikipedia ↗
1994 — The Rwandan Genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down. Wikipedia ↗
1992 — The Bosnian War begins. Wikipedia ↗
1984 — Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya. Wikipedia ↗
1979 — Student protests break out in Nepal. Wikipedia ↗
1974 — The Swedish pop band ABBA wins the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Waterloo", launching their international career. Wikipedia ↗
1973 — Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft. Wikipedia ↗
1973 — The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter. Wikipedia ↗
1972 — Vietnam War: Easter Offensive: American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments. Wikipedia ↗
1970 — Newhall massacre: Four California Highway Patrol officers are killed in a shootout. Wikipedia ↗
1968 — In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150. Wikipedia ↗
1968 — Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Liberal Leadership Election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon after. Wikipedia ↗
1965 — Launch of Early Bird, the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit. Wikipedia ↗
1957 — Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines. Wikipedia ↗
1947 — The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement. Wikipedia ↗
1945 — World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from German and Croatian forces by the Yugoslav Partisans. Wikipedia ↗
1945 — World War II: The Battle of Slater's Knoll on Bougainville comes to an end. Wikipedia ↗
1941 — World War II: Nazi Germany launches Operation 25 (the invasion of Kingdom of Yugoslavia) and Operation Marita (the invasion of Greece). Wikipedia ↗
1936 — Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203. Wikipedia ↗
1930 — Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire," beginning the Salt Satyagraha. Wikipedia ↗
1929 — Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives. Wikipedia ↗
1926 — Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines). Wikipedia ↗
1919 — Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi orders a general strike. Wikipedia ↗
1917 — World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress). Wikipedia ↗
1911 — During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg). Wikipedia ↗
1909 — Robert Peary and Matthew Henson reach the North Pole. Wikipedia ↗
1896 — In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I. Wikipedia ↗
1895 — Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry. Wikipedia ↗
1893 — Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff. Wikipedia ↗
1888 — Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College. Wikipedia ↗
1869 — Celluloid is patented. Wikipedia ↗
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. Wikipedia ↗
1865 — American Civil War: The Battle of Sailor's Creek: Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights and loses its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia during the Appomattox Campaign. Wikipedia ↗
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. Wikipedia ↗
1861 — First performance of Arthur Sullivan's debut success, his suite of incidental music for The Tempest, leading to a career that included the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operas. Wikipedia ↗
1860 — The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, later renamed Community of Christ, is organized by Joseph Smith III and others at Amboy, Illinois. Wikipedia ↗
1841 — U.S. President John Tyler is sworn in, two days after having become President upon William Henry Harrison's death. Wikipedia ↗
1830 — Church of Christ, the original church of the Latter Day Saint movement, is organized by Joseph Smith and others at either Fayette or Manchester, New York. Wikipedia ↗
1814 — Nominal beginning of the Bourbon Restoration; anniversary date that Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba. Wikipedia ↗
1812 — British forces under the command of the Duke of Wellington assault the fortress of Badajoz. This would be the turning point in the Peninsular War against Napoleon-led France. Wikipedia ↗
1808 — John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company, that would eventually make him America's first millionaire. Wikipedia ↗
1793 — During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic. Wikipedia ↗
1782 — King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) establishes the Chakri dynasty. Wikipedia ↗
1776 — American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat. Wikipedia ↗
1712 — The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 begins near Broadway. Wikipedia ↗
1652 — At the Cape of Good Hope, Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes Cape Town. Wikipedia ↗
1580 — One of the largest earthquakes recorded in the history of England, Flanders, or Northern France, takes place. Wikipedia ↗
1453 — Mehmed II begins his siege of Constantinople (Istanbul), which falls on May 29. Wikipedia ↗
1385 — John, Master of the Order of Aviz, is made king John I of Portugal. Wikipedia ↗
1327 — The poet Petrarch first sees his idealized love, Laura, in the church of Saint Clare in Avignon. Wikipedia ↗
1320 — The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath. Wikipedia ↗
1250 — Seventh Crusade: Ayyubids of Egypt capture King Louis IX of France in the Battle of Fariskur. Wikipedia ↗
1199 — King Richard I of England dies from an infection following the removal of an arrow from his shoulder. Wikipedia ↗
402 — Stilicho stymies the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia. Wikipedia ↗
Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) in the battle of Thapsus. Wikipedia ↗

🎂 Notable Births on April 6

1995 — Darya Lebesheva, Belarusian tennis player Wikipedia ↗
1994 — Adrián Alonso, Mexican actor Wikipedia ↗
1992 — Ken (singer), South Korean singer Wikipedia ↗
1990 — Lachlan Coote, Australian rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
1990 — Charlie McDermott, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1990 — Andrei Veis, Estonian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1989 — Rigard van Klooster, Dutch cyclist and speed skater Wikipedia ↗
1988 — Jucilei, Brazilian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1988 — Leigh Adams, Australian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1988 — Daniele Gasparetto, Italian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1988 — Carlton Mitchell, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1988 — Fabrice Muamba, Congolese-English footballer Wikipedia ↗
1988 — Ivonne Orsini, Puerto Rican-American model and television host, Miss World Puerto Rico 2008 Wikipedia ↗
1987 — Benjamin Corgnet, French footballer Wikipedia ↗
1987 — Heidi Mount, American model Wikipedia ↗
1987 — Juan Adriel Ochoa, Mexican footballer Wikipedia ↗
1987 — Levi Porter, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
1987 — Hilary Rhoda, American model Wikipedia ↗
1986 — Nikolas Asprogenis, Cypriot footballer Wikipedia ↗
1986 — Aaron Curry, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1986 — Goeido Gotaro, Japanese sumo wrestler Wikipedia ↗
1986 — Ryota Moriwaki, Japanese footballer Wikipedia ↗
1985 — Clarke MacArthur, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1985 — Frank Ongfiang, Cameroonian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1985 — Sinqua Walls, French/Native American/Jamaican-American basketball player and actor Wikipedia ↗
1984 — Max Bemis, American singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1984 — Michaël Ciani, French footballer Wikipedia ↗
1984 — Siboniso Gaxa, South African footballer Wikipedia ↗
1983 — Mehdi Ballouchy, Moroccan footballer Wikipedia ↗
1983 — Jerome Kaino, New Zealand rugby player Wikipedia ↗
1983 — Mitsuru Nagata, Japanese footballer Wikipedia ↗
1983 — Remi Nicole, English singer-songwriter and actress Wikipedia ↗
1983 — James Wade, English darts player Wikipedia ↗
1983 — Katie Weatherston, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1982 — Travis Moen, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1981 — Robert Earnshaw, Welsh footballer Wikipedia ↗
1981 — Jeff Faine, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1981 — Alex Suarez, American bass player Wikipedia ↗
1980 — Tommi Evilä, Finnish long jumper Wikipedia ↗
1980 — Antonio Thomas, American wrestler Wikipedia ↗
1979 — Lord Frederick Windsor, English journalist and financier Wikipedia ↗
1978 — Imani Coppola, Italian/African-American singer-songwriter and violinist Wikipedia ↗
1978 — Tim Hasselbeck, American football player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
1978 — Myleene Klass, Austrian/Filipino-English singer, pianist, and model Wikipedia ↗
1978 — Martín Méndez, Uruguayan bass player and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1978 — Blaine Neal, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1978 — Igor Semshov, Russian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1977 — Ville Nieminen, Finnish ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1977 — Andy Phillips, American baseball player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1976 — Candace Cameron Bure, American actress and talk show panelist Wikipedia ↗
1976 — James Fox, Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor Wikipedia ↗
1976 — Chris Hoke, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1976 — Georg Hólm, Icelandic bass player Wikipedia ↗
1976 — Hirotada Ototake, Japanese author and educator Wikipedia ↗
1975 — Zach Braff, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1975 — Hal Gill, American ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1973 — Donnie Edwards, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1973 — Randall Godfrey, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1973 — Rie Miyazawa, Japanese model and actress Wikipedia ↗
1973 — Sun Wen, Chinese footballer Wikipedia ↗
1972 — Anders Thomas Jensen, Danish director and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1972 — Dickey Simpkins, American basketball player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
1970 — Olaf Kölzig, South African-German ice hockey player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1970 — Roy Mayorga, American drummer, songwriter, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1970 — Huang Xiaomin, Chinese swimmer Wikipedia ↗
1969 — Bret Boone, American baseball player and manager Wikipedia ↗
1969 — Bison Dele, American basketball player (d. 2002) Wikipedia ↗
1969 — Philipp Peter, Austrian race car driver Wikipedia ↗
1969 — Paul Rudd, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1969 — Spencer Wells, American geneticist and anthropologist Wikipedia ↗
1968 — Archon Fung, American political scientist, author, and academic Wikipedia ↗
1968 — Affonso Giaffone, Brazilian race car driver Wikipedia ↗
1967 — Julian Anderson, English composer and educator Wikipedia ↗
1967 — Kathleen Barr, Canadian voice actress and singer Wikipedia ↗
1967 — Tanya Byron, English psychologist and academic Wikipedia ↗
1967 — Jonathan Firth, English actor Wikipedia ↗
1966 — Vince Flynn, American author (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1966 — Young Man Kang, South Korean-American director and producer Wikipedia ↗
1965 — Black Francis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1965 — Sterling Sharpe, American football player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
1964 — Phil Gayle, English journalist Wikipedia ↗
1963 — Rafael Correa, Ecuadorian economist and politician, 54th President of Ecuador Wikipedia ↗
1963 — Derrick May, American electronic musician Wikipedia ↗
1962 — Iris Häussler, German sculptor and academic Wikipedia ↗
1962 — Marco Schällibaum, Swiss footballer, coach, and manager Wikipedia ↗
1961 — Rory Bremner, Scottish actor and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1961 — Peter Jackson, English footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1960 — Warren Haynes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1960 — Richard Loe, New Zealand rugby player Wikipedia ↗
1960 — John Pizzarelli, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1959 — Gail Shea, Canadian politician Wikipedia ↗
1958 — Graeme Base, Australian author and illustrator Wikipedia ↗
1958 — Sophie Muller, English music video director Wikipedia ↗
1957 — Giorgio Damilano, Italian race walker and coach Wikipedia ↗
1957 — Maurizio Damilano, Italian race walker and coach Wikipedia ↗
1957 — Jaroslava Maxová, Czech soprano and educator Wikipedia ↗
1957 — Paolo Nespoli, Italian soldier, engineer, and astronaut Wikipedia ↗
1956 — Michele Bachmann, American lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
1956 — Normand Corbeil, Canadian composer (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1956 — Mudassar Nazar, Pakistani cricketer Wikipedia ↗
1956 — Lee Scott, Jewish-English politician Wikipedia ↗
1956 — Sebastian Spreng, Argentinian-American painter and journalist Wikipedia ↗
1956 — Dilip Vengsarkar, Indian cricketer and coach Wikipedia ↗
1955 — Rob Epstein, American director and producer Wikipedia ↗
1955 — Michael Rooker, American actor, director, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1955 — Cathy Jones, Canadian actress, comedian, and writer Wikipedia ↗
1953 — Patrick Doyle, Scottish actor and composer Wikipedia ↗
1953 — Christopher Franke, German-American drummer and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1952 — Udo Dirkschneider, German singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1952 — Marilu Henner, Greek-Polish American actress and author Wikipedia ↗
1952 — Michel Larocque, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 1992) Wikipedia ↗
1951 — Bert Blyleven, Dutch-American baseball player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
1951 — Jean-Marc Boivin, French skier, mountaineer, and pilot (d. 1990) Wikipedia ↗
1951 — Pascal Rogé, French pianist Wikipedia ↗
1951 — Phil Schaap, American jazz disc jockey and historian Wikipedia ↗
1950 — Claire Morissette, Canadian cycling activist (d. 2007) Wikipedia ↗
1950 — Cleo Odzer, Jewish-American anthropologist and author (d. 2001) Wikipedia ↗
1949 — Alyson Bailes, English academic and diplomat (d. 2016) Wikipedia ↗
1949 — Patrick Hernandez, French singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1949 — Ng Ser Miang, Singaporean athlete, entrepreneur and diplomat Wikipedia ↗
1949 — Horst Ludwig Störmer, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Wikipedia ↗
1947 — John Ratzenberger, American actor and director Wikipedia ↗
1947 — André Weinfeld, French-American director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1947 — Mike Worboys, English mathematician and computer scientist Wikipedia ↗
1946 — Paul Beresford, New Zealand-English dentist and politician Wikipedia ↗
1945 — Rodney Bickerstaffe, English trade union leader Wikipedia ↗
1945 — Peter Hill, English journalist Wikipedia ↗
1944 — Anita Pallenberg, Italian-English model, actress, and fashion designer Wikipedia ↗
1944 — Felicity Palmer, English operatic soprano Wikipedia ↗
1943 — Max Clifford, English journalist and publicist Wikipedia ↗
1943 — Roger Cook, New Zealand-English journalist and academic Wikipedia ↗
1943 — Ian MacRae, New Zealand rugby player Wikipedia ↗
1943 — Mitchell Melton, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1942 — Barry Levinson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1941 — Christopher Allsopp, English economist and academic Wikipedia ↗
1941 — Phil Austin, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1941 — Hans W. Geißendörfer, German director and producer Wikipedia ↗