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What happend on 6. April in History
In our data base we found 387 events happened on 6. April:
• 402: Stilicho stymies the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia. [category: Events]
• 1147: Frederick II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1090) [category: Deaths]
• 1199: Pierre Basile, French soldier [category: Deaths]
• 1199: Richard I of England (b. 1157) [category: Deaths]
• 1199: King Richard I of England dies from an infection following the removal of an arrow from his shoulder. [category: Events]
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• 1250: Seventh Crusade: Ayyubids of Egypt capture King Louis IX of France in the Battle of Fariskur. [category: Events]
• 1320: The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath. [category: Events]
• 1327: The poet Petrarch first sees his idealized love, Laura, in the church of Saint Clare in Avignon. [category: Events]
• 1362: James I, Count of La Marche, French soldier (b. 1319) [category: Deaths]
• 1385: John, Master of the Order of Aviz, is made king John I of Portugal. [category: Events]
• 1453: Mehmed II begins his siege of Constantinople (Istanbul), which falls on May 29. [category: Events]
• 1483: Raphael, Italian painter and architect (d. 1520) [category: Births]
• 1490: Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (b. 1443) [category: Deaths]
• 1520: Raphael, Italian painter and architect (b. 1483) [category: Deaths]
• 1528: Albrecht Dürer, German artist (b. 1471) [category: Deaths]
• 1551: Joachim Vadian, Swiss humanist (b. 1484) [category: Deaths]
• 1571: John Hamilton, Scottish prelate and politician [category: Deaths]
• 1580: One of the largest earthquakes recorded in the history of England, Flanders, or Northern France, takes place. [category: Events]
• 1590: Francis Walsingham, English spymaster [category: Deaths]
• 1605: John Stow, English historian [category: Deaths]
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• 1632: Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1649) [category: Births]
• 1651: André Dacier, French scholar (d. 1722) [category: Births]
• 1652: At the Cape of Good Hope, Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes Cape Town. [category: Events]
• 1655: David Blondel, French Protestant clergyman (b. 1591) [category: Deaths]
• 1660: Johann Kuhnau, German composer, organist and harpsichordist (d. 1722) [category: Births]
• 1664: Arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (d. 1742) [category: Births]
• 1667: An earthquake devastates Dubrovnik, then an independent city-state. [category: Events]
• 1671: Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet (d. 1741) [category: Births]
• 1672: André Cardinal Destouches, French composer (d. 1749) [category: Births]
• 1686: Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English statesman (b. 1614) [category: Deaths]
• 1706: Louis de Cahusac, French playwright and librettist, and Freemason (d. 1759) [category: Births]
• 1707: Willem van de Velde, the younger, Dutch painter (b. 1633) [category: Deaths]
• 1708: Georg Reutter II, Austrian composer (d. 1772) [category: Births]
• 1712: The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 begins near Broadway. [category: Events]
• 1725: Pasquale Paoli, Corsican patriot and military leader (d. 1807) [category: Births]
• 1741: Nicolas Chamfort, French writer (d. 1794) [category: Births]
• 1755: Richard Rawlinson, English minister and antiquarian (b. 1690) [category: Deaths]
• 1766: Wilhelm von Kobell, German painter and printmaker (d. 1853) [category: Births]
• 1773: James Mill, Scottish philosopher and historian (d. 1836) [category: Births]
• 1776: American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat. [category: Events]
• 1782: King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) founded the Chakri dynasty. [category: Events]
• 1793: During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic. [category: Events]
• 1808: John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company, that would eventually make him America's first millionaire. [category: Events]
• 1810: Philip Henry Gosse, English naturalist (d. 1888) [category: Births]
• 1812: Alexander Herzen, Russian writer (d. 1870) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1814: Nominal beginning of the Bourbon Restoration; anniversary date that Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba. [category: Events]
• 1815: Robert Volkmann, German composer (d. 1883) [category: Births]
• 1818: Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Norwegian poet (d. 1870) [category: Births]
• 1820: Nadar, French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist and balloonist (d. 1910) [category: Births]
• 1823: Joseph Medill, American editor, publisher, and politician (d. 1899) [category: Births]
• 1825: Vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (b. 1757) [category: Deaths]
• 1826: Gustave Moreau, French painter (d. 1898) [category: Births]
• 1829: Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician (b. 1802) [category: Deaths]
• 1830: The Church of Christ, the original church of the Latter Day Saint movement, is organized by Joseph Smith, Jr. and others at Fayette or Manchester, New York. [category: Events]
• 1833: Adamantios Korais, Greek scholar (b. 1748) [category: Deaths]
• 1838: José Bonifácio de Andrade e Silva, Brazilian statesman and geologist (b. 1763) [category: Deaths]
• 1841: Karl Binding, German jurist (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1849: John William Waterhouse, British painter (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 1851: Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 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 [category: Events]
• 1861: Stanislas de Guaita, French occultist (d. 1897) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1862: Albert Sidney Johnston, American Confederate general (b. 1803) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1864: William Bate Hardy, British biochemist (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1866: Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1869: Levon Shant, Armenian playwright, novelist and poet (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1869: Celluloid is patented. [category: Events]
• 1871: Prince Alexander John of Wales (d. 1871) [category: Births]
• 1878: Erich Mühsam, German author (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1881: Karl Staaf, Swedish athlete (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1883: Benjamin Wright Raymond, American politician (b. 1801) [category: Deaths]
• 1884: Walter Huston, Canadian actor (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1886: Athenagoras I, Greek religious leader, 268th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1886: Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, Nizam of Hyderabad state (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1886: Walter Edward Dandy, American neurosurgeon and scientist (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1888: Gerhard Ritter, German historian (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1888: Hans Richter, Swiss painter, filmmaker, and graphic artist (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1888: Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College. [category: Events]
• 1890: Anthony Fokker, Dutch aviation engineer (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1892: Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American aviation industrialist (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1892: Lowell Thomas, American writer (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1893: Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff. [category: Events]
• 1894: Gertrude Baines, American super-centenarian (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1895: Dudley Nichols, American screenwriter (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1895: Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1898: Jeanne Hébuterne, French artist, the wife of Amedeo Modigliani (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1899: Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist (b. 1809) [category: Deaths]
• 1900: Leo Robin, American songwriter and composer (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1901: Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian Catholic activist (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1902: Julien Torma, French writer, playwright and poet (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1902: Veniamin Kaverin, Russian writer (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1903: Harold Edgerton, American electrical engineer (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1903: Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1903: The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Israel and the Western world. [category: Events]
• 1904: Kurt Kiesinger, German politician (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1906: Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author (b. 1849) [category: Deaths]
• 1908: Marcel-Marie Desmarais, Quebec writer, preacher and broadcaster (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1909: Hermann Lang, German race car driver (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1909: William M. Branham, American evangelist (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1909: Robert Peary and Matthew Henson reach the North Pole. [category: Events]
• 1911: Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 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 (Skenderbeg). [category: Events]
• 1913: Shannon Boyd-Bailey McCune, American geographer (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1915: Tadeusz Kantor, Polish painter, set designer and theater director (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1916: Phil Leeds, American actor (d.1998) [category: Births]
• 1916: Vincent Ellis McKelvey, American geologist (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1917: Leonora Carrington, British surrealist painter (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1917: World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress). [category: Events]
• 1918: Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian president (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1919: Georgios Mylonas, Greek politician (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1919: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi orders a general strike. [category: Events]
• 1920: Edmond H. Fischer, Swiss-American biochemist, Nobel laureate [category: Births]
• 1920: Jack Cover, American inventor of the Taser gun (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1923: The first Prefects Board in Southeast Asia is formed in Victoria Institution, Malaysia. [category: Events]
• 1926: Gil Kane, Latvian cartoonist (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1926: Ian Paisley, Northern Irish politician [category: Births]
• 1926: Sergio Franchi, Italian singer and actor (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1926: Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines). [category: Events]
• 1927: Gerry Mulligan, American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer, and arranger (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1928: James D. Watson, American geneticist, Nobel laureate [category: Births]
• 1929: André Previn, German composer and conductor [category: Births]
• 1929: Joi Lansing, American model and actress (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1929: Willis Hall, English playwright and writer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1929: Huey P. Long Governor of Louisiana is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1931: Baba Ram Dass, American Hindu spiritual teacher [category: Births]
• 1931: Ivan Dixon, American actor and director (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1932: Helmut Griem, German actor (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1933: Eduardo Malapit, American politician (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1933: Roy Goode, British lawyer [category: Births]
• 1933: Elizabeth Bacon Custer, American author, wife of George Armstrong Custer (b. 1842) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: Anton Geesink, Dutch judoka (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1934: Enrique Álvarez Félix, Mexican actor (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1934: Guy Peellaert, Belgian artist and photographer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1935: Douglas Hill, Canadian writer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1935: Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1936: Helen Berman, Dutch-Israeli artist [category: Births]
• 1936: Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203. [category: Events]
• 1937: Billy Dee Williams, American actor [category: Births]
• 1937: Merle Haggard, American singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1937: Peter Maivia, Samoan wrestler (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1937: Terrence Hardiman, English actor [category: Births]
• 1938: Paul Daniels, English magician [category: Births]
• 1938: Roy Thinnes, American actor [category: Births]
• 1939: André Ouellet, French-Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1939: John Sculley, American Businessman, former Apple Inc. CEO [category: Births]
• 1940: Homero Aridjis, Mexican writer and diplomat [category: Births]
• 1940: Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Mexican actor [category: Births]
• 1941: Don "The Snake" Prudhomme, American drag racer [category: Births]
• 1941: Gheorghe Zamfir, Romanian musician [category: Births]
• 1941: Hans W. Geissendörfer, German director [category: Births]
• 1941: Phil Austin, American comedian [category: Births]
• 1941: World War II: Nazi Germany launches Operation 25 (the invasion of Kingdom of Yugoslavia) and Operation Marita (the invasion of Greece). [category: Events]
• 1942: Barry Levinson, American producer and director [category: Births]
• 1944: Felicity Palmer, English soprano [category: Births]
• 1945: Neal Boortz, American radio personality [category: Births]
• 1945: World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from German and Croatian forces by the Yugoslav Partisans. [category: Events]
• 1945: World War II: the Battle of Slater's Knoll on Bougainville comes to an end. [category: Events]
• 1947: André Weinfeld, French and American Film Director/Producer [category: Births]
• 1947: John Ratzenberger, American actor [category: Births]
• 1947: Mike Worboys, British mathematician [category: Births]
• 1947: Herbert Backe, German politician (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement. [category: Events]
• 1948: Patrika Darbo, American actress [category: Births]
• 1949: Horst Ludwig Störmer, German physicist, Nobel laureate [category: Births]
• 1949: Patrick Hernandez, French singer and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1950: Cleo Odzer, American writer [category: Births]
• 1950: Louis Wilkins, American athlete (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: Bert Blyleven, Dutch baseball player [category: Births]
• 1952: Marilu Henner, American actress [category: Births]
• 1952: Michel Larocque, Canadian hockey player (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1952: Udo Dirkschneider, German singer (Accept and U.D.O.) [category: Births]
• 1953: Christopher Franke, German musician and composer (Tangerine Dream) [category: Births]
• 1953: Idris Davies, Welsh poet (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Blind Mississippi Morris, American blues musician [category: Births]
• 1955: Cathy Jones, Canadian comedian [category: Births]
• 1955: Keith Hunter Jesperson, Canadian serial killer [category: Births]
• 1955: Michael Rooker, American actor [category: Births]
• 1955: Rob Epstein, American filmmaker and journalist [category: Births]
• 1956: Dilip Vengsarkar, Indian cricketer and administrator [category: Births]
• 1956: Sebastian Spreng, Argentinean artist and journalist [category: Births]
• 1957: Jaroslava Maxova, Czech soprano and vocal coach [category: Births]
• 1957: Paolo Nespoli, Italian astronaut [category: Births]
• 1957: Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines. [category: Events]
• 1959: Gail Shea, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1959: Leo Aryeh Mayer, Israeli professor and scholar (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Batem, French comic book artist [category: Births]
• 1960: John Pizzarelli, American jazz guitarist, songwriter, singer and bandleader [category: Births]
• 1960: Warren Haynes, American guitarist and songwriter (The Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule, and The Dead) [category: Births]
• 1961: Rory Bremner, Scottish comedian [category: Births]
• 1961: Jules Bordet, Belgian immunologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Iris Häussler, German artist [category: Births]
• 1962: Marco Schällibaum, Swiss football coach of the Montreal Impact FC [category: Births]
• 1962: Leonard Bernstein causes controversy with his remarks from the podium during a New York Philharmonic concert featuring Glenn Gould performing Brahms' First Piano Concerto. [category: Events]
• 1963: Rafael Correa, Ecuadorian politician, President of Ecuador [category: Births]
• 1963: Otto Struve, Russian astronomer (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Phil Gayle, English news anchor [category: Births]
• 1965: Frank Black, American singer-songwriter (Pixies, Frank Black and the Catholics, and Grand Duchy) [category: Births]
• 1965: Lieve Slegers, Belgian athlete [category: Births]
• 1965: Sterling Sharpe, American football player [category: Births]
• 1965: Launch of Early Bird, the first communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit. [category: Events]
• 1965: The British Government announces the cancellation of the TSR-2 aircraft project. [category: Events]
• 1966: Young Man Kang, Korean director [category: Births]
• 1967: Jonathan Firth, British actor [category: Births]
• 1967: Mika Koivuniemi, Finnish bowler [category: Births]
• 1968: Affonso Giaffone, Brazilian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1968: Vanessa Lann, American composer [category: Births]
• 1968: In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150. [category: Events]
• 1968: Pierre Elliot Trudeau wins the Liberal Leadership Election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon after. [category: Events]
• 1969: Ari Meyers, Puerto Rican actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Bison Dele, American basketball player (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1969: Bret Boone, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1969: Jack Canfora, American playwright [category: Births]
• 1969: Louie Spence, English dancer and choreographer [category: Births]
• 1969: Paul Rudd, American actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Philipp Peter, Austrian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1969: Spencer Wells, American geneticist and anthropologist [category: Births]
• 1970: Huang Xiaomin, Chinese swimmer [category: Births]
• 1970: Olaf Kölzig, African-German hockey player [category: Births]
• 1970: Roy Mayorga, American drummer (Stone Sour, Soulfly, Amebix, Black President, and Nausea) [category: Births]
• 1970: Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Sam Sheppard, American physician and neurosurgeon (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Newhall Incident: Four California Highway Patrol officers are killed in a shootout. [category: Events]
• 1971: Lou Merloni, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1971: Sanjay Suri, Indian actor and model [category: Births]
• 1971: Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Ami James, Israeli-American tattoo artist [category: Births]
• 1972: Anders Thomas Jensen, Danish screenwriter and director [category: Births]
• 1972: Chad Eaton, American football player [category: Births]
• 1972: Dickey Simpkins, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1972: Jason Hervey, American actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Jo Van Daele, Belgian discus thrower [category: Births]
• 1972: Scott Martin Brooks, American actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Vietnam War: Easter Offensive – American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments. [category: Events]
• 1973: Donnie Edwards, American football player [category: Births]
• 1973: Joe Machine, English artist, poet and writer [category: Births]
• 1973: Randall Godfrey, American football player [category: Births]
• 1973: Rie Miyazawa, Japanese actress and model [category: Births]
• 1973: Sun Wen, Chinese footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft. [category: Events]
• 1973: The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter. [category: Events]
• 1974: Camilla Dallerup, British-Danish dancer, teacher, and model [category: Births]
• 1974: Gina Yashere, English comedian [category: Births]
• 1974: Jeff Tymoschuk, Canadian composer [category: Births]
• 1974: Robert Kovač, Croatian footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Érica García, Argentinian-American composer, singer, and actress (Fool's Gold) [category: Births]
• 1974: Sir Hudson Fysh, Australian aviator and businessman (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Willem Marinus Dudok, Dutch architect (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Damon Pampolina, American musician and actor (The Party) [category: Births]
• 1975: Hal Gill, American hockey player [category: Births]
• 1975: Joel West, American actor and model [category: Births]
• 1975: Zach Braff, American actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Candace Cameron Bure, American actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Chris Hoke, American football player [category: Births]
• 1976: Georg Hólm, Icelandic bassist (Sigur Rós) [category: Births]
• 1976: Hirotada Ototake, Japanese writer [category: Births]
• 1976: James Fox, Welsh singer-songwriter, and actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Markku Lappalainen, American bass player (Hoobastank) [category: Births]
• 1976: Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Andy Phillips, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Gabriela Cano, Mexican actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Teddy Sears, American actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Ville Nieminen, Finnish hockey player [category: Births]
• 1977: Kōichi Kido, 13th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Blaine Neal, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Igor Semshov, Russian footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Kendra Todd, American real estate agent and author [category: Births]
• 1978: Martin Mendez, Uruguayan bassist (Opeth) [category: Births]
• 1978: Myleene Klass, British singer, pianist, and model (Hear’Say) [category: Births]
• 1978: Tim Hasselbeck, American football player [category: Births]
• 1979: Christine Smith, American model and actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Lord Frederick Windsor, British financial analyst [category: Births]
• 1979: Sam Atwell, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Ivan Vasilyov, Bulgarian architect (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Matthew Carey, American actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Tanja Poutiainen, Finnish ski racer [category: Births]
• 1980: Tommi Evilä, Finnish long jumper [category: Births]
• 1981: Alex Suarez, American bassist (Cobra Starship and This Is Ivy League) [category: Births]
• 1981: Jeff Faine, American football player and agent [category: Births]
• 1981: Kari Jobe, American singer and songwriter (Gateway Worship) [category: Births]
• 1981: Robert Earnshaw, Zambian-Welsh footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Alana Austin, American actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Bret Harrison, American actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Herculez Gomez, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1982: Ilan Hall, American chef [category: Births]
• 1982: Michael Guy Chislett, Australian-American guitarist (The Academy Is... and Hillsong United) [category: Births]
• 1982: Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Spanish actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Sofia Boutella, Algerian-French dancer and actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Travis Moen, Canadian hockey player [category: Births]
• 1982: Estonian Communist Party bureau declares "fight against bourgeois TV"—meaning Finnish TV—a top priority of the propagandists of Estonian SSR [category: Events]
• 1983: Bobbi Starr, American porn actress [category: Births]
• 1983: Dash Shaw, American writer and artist [category: Births]
• 1983: Diora Baird, American actress and model [category: Births]
• 1983: Eliza Coupe, American actress [category: Births]
• 1983: Jade Seah, Singaporean model and actress [category: Births]
• 1983: James Wade, English darts player [category: Births]
• 1983: Jerome Kaino, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1983: Katie Weatherston, Canadian hockey player [category: Births]
• 1983: Mehdi Ballouchy, Moroccan footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Mitsuru Nagata, Japanese footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Remi Nicole, English singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Max Bemis, American singer, musician, and songwriter (Say Anything, Two Tongues, and Max Bemis and the Painful Splits) [category: Births]
• 1984: Michaël Ciani, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Siboniso Gaxa, South African footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Ral Donner, American singer and musician (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya. [category: Events]
• 1985: Al Mukadam, Canadian director, producer, screenwriter and actor [category: Births]
• 1985: Clarke MacArthur, Canadian hockey player [category: Births]
• 1985: Frank Ongfiang, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Aaron Curry, American football player [category: Births]
• 1986: Nikolas Asprogenis, Cypriot footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Ryota Moriwaki, Japanese footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Tara Osseck, American model, Miss Missouri 2009 [category: Births]
• 1987: Hilary Rhoda, American model [category: Births]
• 1987: Levi Porter, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Carlton Mitchell, American football player [category: Births]
• 1988: Daniele Gasparetto, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Fabrice Muamba, Congolese-English footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Ivonne Orsini, Puerto Rician actress and model [category: Births]
• 1988: Jucilei da Silva, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Leigh Adams, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Melisa Cantiveros, Filipina actress, comedienne, and television personality [category: Births]
• 1988: Mike Bailey, English actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1989: Rigard van Klooster, Dutch track cyclist and former speed skater [category: Births]
• 1990: Charlie McDermott, American actor [category: Births]
• 1990: Kyle Swann, American actor [category: Births]
• 1990: Natalya Milnichenko, Russian guitarist and singer (Ranetki Girls) [category: Births]
• 1992: Isaac Asimov, Russian author (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Cyprien Ntaryamira, Burundian politician (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Juvénal Habyarimana, Rwandan politician (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: The Rwandan Genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down. [category: Events]
• 1995: Darya Lebesheva, Belarusian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1995: Ryutaro Morimoto, Japanese actor and singer (Hey! Say! JUMP) [category: Births]
• 1995: Ioannis Alevras, Greek politician (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Greer Garson, Irish actress (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Lily Jackson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1998: Peyton List, American actress [category: Births]
• 1998: Spencer List, American actor [category: Births]
• 1998: Norbert Schmitz, German footballer (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Tammy Wynette, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Wendy O. Williams, American singer (Plasmatics) (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1999: Kwesi Boakye, American actor [category: Births]
• 1999: Red Norvo, American jazz vibraphonist (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian politician (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Charles Pettigrew, American singer (Charles & Eddie) (b. 1963) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian drummer, educator, and activist (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: David Bloom, American reporter (b. 1963) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Gerald Emmett Carter, Canadian cardinal (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Larisa Bogoraz, Soviet activist (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Niki Sullivan, American guitarist (The Crickets) (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment. [category: Events]
• 2005: Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day. [category: Events]
• 2006: Francis L. Kellogg, American diplomat (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Maggie Dixon, American basketball coach (b. 1977) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Stefanos Stratigos, Greek actor (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Luigi Comencini, Italian director (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activities . [category: Events]
• 2009: J.M.S. Careless, Canadian historian (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Shawn Mackay, Australian rugby player (b. 1982) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 307. [category: Events]
• 2010: Corin Redgrave, English actor and political activist (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Neva Morris, American super-centenarian (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Wilma Mankiller, Native-American activist, chief of the Cherokee Nation (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Maoist rebels kill 76 CRPF officers in Dantewada district, India. [category: Events]
• 2011: Nabi Bux Khan Baloch, Sindhi scholar (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, over 193 bodies were exhumed from several mass graves made by Los Zetas. [category: Events]
• 2012: Thomas Kinkade, American painter (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: The Independent State of Azawad is declared. [category: Events]
• 46_bc: Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) in the battle of Thapsus. [category: Events]
• 885: Saint Methodius (b. 815) [category: Deaths]
• _: April 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Brychan [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Chakri Day, commemorating the reign of the Chakri Dynasty. (Thailand) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Eutychius of Constantinople (Byzantine Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Marcellinus of Carthage [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pope Celestine I (Roman Catholic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pope Sixtus I [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Tartan Day (United States & Canada) [category: Holidays and observances]