April 6

Holidays

• Saint Isolde
• Tartan Day, a day set aside for the celebration of Scottish influence.
• The date of organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the start of the Restoration Movement by Joseph Smith Junior. Also the date on which this church believes Jesus Christ was born.
• In Thailand, April 6th marks Chakri Day - a day to commemorate King Rama I, founder of the Chakri dynasty.
• Saint Balderik
• Saint Marcellinus of Carthage (d.413)
• St. Sixtus
• Saint Wineboud
• Blessed Notker
• 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).
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Events

• 2019 Second Libyan Civil War, 2019 Western Libya offensive: Militias loyal to the internationally-recognised Government of National Accord launch a counterattack on Libyan National Army troops in the southern outskirts of Tripoli. (The Washington Post)Libyan National Army Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar declares a no-fly zone for military aircraft over western Libya, after LNA forces were targeted by airstrikes from GNA warplanes that took off from Misrata Airport. (Al Arabiya)
• 2018 2018 Gaza border protests: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warns Israel to use "extreme caution" as further protests are held at the Gazan border. Israeli Defence Forces open fire again, killing at least seven Palestinians. (The Guardian)Protestors begin burning tyres at the border. (The Guardian)
• 2017 2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing: Russian authorities discover and deactivate an explosive device in a Saint Petersburg flat, during ongoing raids occurring in response to the bombing. (BBC)
• 2016 Syrian Civil War: Aleppo offensive (April 2016): The Syrian Army and its allies launch an offensive south of Aleppo. (Jerusalem Post)
• 2015 Twitter and YouTube are both inaccessible for hours in Turkey; part of a crack-down on social media by the government there. (Reuters)
• 2014 Syrian Civil War:: Mortar fire kills two people near the Damascus Opera House. (AP via Yahoo! News)
• 2013 Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):: At least 22 people are killed and more than 60 others injured when a suicide bomber blows himself up in a busy election campaign tent in the Iraqi city of Baquba. (Reuters)
• 2012 The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad unilaterally declares the independence of Azawad from Mali.
• 2011 2011 Yemeni protests: six people are killed and hundreds injured in Yemen violence. (CNN)
• 2010 Maoist rebels kill 76 CRPF officers in Dantewada district, India.
• 2009 North Carolina Tar Heels overwhelms Michigan State Spartans 89-72 in the final of the NCAA Tournament.
• 2008 Mark Penn resigns as chief strategist for the Hillary Clinton 2008 presidential campaign. This comes in the wake of revelations that he performed lobbying work for the Colombian government, regarding a free trade pact that Senator Clinton opposes. (NPR)
• 2007 Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy: Monica Goodling, who was an assistant counsel to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, resigns after refusing to testify before the Congress. (BBC)
• 2006 An earthquake of 5.5 magnitude is reported in Western Gujarat in India.
• 2005 Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day.
• 2004 The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress rules that the right to amend the Basic Law of Hong Kong belongs to the National People's Congress. The Standing Committee also issued an "interpretation" (effectively an amendment) of the Basic Law which set out an additional step required for any changes in Hong Kong's political structures. (CNN)
• 2003 British forces step up their presence in the southern Iraq city of Basra. According to embedded journalists, the citizens of Basra braved gunfire to dance in the streets and cheer for the British troops. UPI's Chief International Correspondent Martin Walker claimed that he had witnessed at least one Basra citizen kiss a British tank.
• 2002 A ship spills 340,000 litres of crude oil off the southeast Louisiana coast, USA.
• 2001 Film: ''Along Came a Spider'' starring Morgan Freeman
• 1998 Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.
• 1997 3 Sisters closes at Criterion Theater, New York City
• 1996 Albert Belle shows off his arm by hitting Sports Illustrated photographer Tony Tomsic in the hand prior to a game
• 1995 Having Our Say opens at Booth Theater NYC for 308 performances
• 1994 Chuck Jones found guilty of breaking into Marla Maples home
• 1993 Florida Marlins first loss ever (4-2 to Los Angeles Dodgers).
• 1992 1st game at Camden Field, Balt-Orioles beat Indians 2-0
• 1991 Former child actor Adam Rich arrested for breaking into a pharmacy
• 1990 Robert Mapplethorpe's quotThe Perfect Momentquot show of nude and homoerotic photographs opens at the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, in spite of accusations of indecency by Citizens for Community Values.
• 1989 Orel Hershiser ends his record 59 consecutive scoreless streak
• 1988 Black pole explorer M Henson buried next to R Peary in Arlington
• 1987 Al Campanis appears on Niteline saying blacks may not be equiped to be in baseball management, sparking a racial controversy
• 1986 15th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Pat Bradley.
• 1985 Atlantis (OV-104) rollout at Palmdale
• 1984 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41-C)- Challenger 5 is launched; first time 11 people in space.
• 1983 Caps 2-Isles 5 - Patrick Division Semifinals - Isles hold 1-0 lead
• 1982 Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center from White Sands
• 1981 Yugoslav government sends troops to Kosovo.
• 1980 Post It Notes are introduced.
• 1978 Karnataka beat Uttar Pradesh by inning and 193 to win Ranji Trophy.
• 1977 Judge rules Beatles 1962 Hamburg album can be released
• 1975 Night... Made America Famous closes at Barrymore NYC after 75 performances
• 1974 200,000 attend rock concert California Jam
• 1973 Harbor strike in Gent / Antwerp, Belgium
• 1972 Egypt drops diplomatic relations with Jordan.
• 1970 BBC Radio 4 broadcasts the first edition of ''PM''.
• 1968 Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Dave Davis.
• 1967 Premier Pompidou forms new French government.
• 1966 Mihir Sen swims the Palk Strait between Sri Lanka and India.
• 1965 Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") launched; first commercial geosynchronous communications satellite.
• 1964 Egypt and Belgium restore diplomatic relations.
• 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.
• 1959 31st Academy Awards: Gigi, Susan Hayward, and David Niven win.
• 1958 Arnold Palmer wins first major golf tournament-the Masters.
• 1957 New York City ends trolley car service
• 1956 Polish communist Gomulka freed from prison.
• 1955 3 for Tonight opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 85 performances
• 1954 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island.
• 1952 16th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins his second Masters golf tournament, shooting a 286.
• 1950 John F Dulles becomes advisor to US Secretary of State Dean Acheson.
• 1947 11th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins his second Masters golf tournament, shooting a 281.
• 1945 Japanese giant battleship Yamato heads to Okinawa
• 1944 Jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain, France overrun by Germans.
• 1943 Lou Jansen, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN) arrested
• 1941 Begin oper Bestrafung-Germany bomb attacks Belgrade (17,000 die)
• 1939 Great Britain and Poland sign military pact.
• 1936 Tornado, kills 203 and injuring 1,800 in Gainesville Georgia
• 1935 H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws, misses and sinks 371 more.
• 1934 418 Lutheran ministers are arrested in Germany.
• 1931 1st broadcast of Little Orphan Annie on NBC-radio
• 1930 Hostess Twinkies invented by bakery executive James Dewar.
• 1929 Huey P. Long Governor of Louisiana is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.
• 1926 Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
• 1924 4 planes leave Seattle on 1st successful around-the-world flight
• 1923 The first Prefects Board in Southeast Asia is formed in Victoria Institution, Malaysia.
• 1920 French troop attacks Main / Darmstadt / Hanau
• 1919 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi orders a general strike.
• 1917 World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
• 1916 German parliament authorizes unrestricted submarine warfare.
• 1914 The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is begun in Hartford, CT by Hiram Maxim and Clarence Tuska.
• 1912 Electric starter first appeared in cars.
• 1911 During the Battle of Deciq, Dede Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malesori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after Gjergj Kastrioti (Skenderbeg).
• 1909 1st credit union forms in US
• 1905 ''Lochner v. New York'': The Supreme Court of the United States invalidates New York's 8-hour-day law.
• 1903 General railroad strike against "worgwetten" (anti-strike laws).
• 1900 James J Jeffries knocks out Jack Finnegan in one for heavyweight boxing title.
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• Rie Miyazawa

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• Judith McConnell
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• Sanjay Suri

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• Adrian Alonso

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• CJ Adams

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• Dudley Sutton

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• Judi Bowker

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• Phil Leeds

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• Helmut Griem

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• Kwesi Boakye

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• Walter Huston

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• Pedro Armendáriz

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• Suchitra Sen

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• Rick Levine (astrologer)
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• Merle Haggard

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• Franck Black
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• Anton Geesink

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• Hilary Rhoda

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• André Previn

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• Cathy Jones

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• Ian Paisley

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• 2009 L'Aquila earthquake
• Jonathan Firth

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• Patti Catalano

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• Marion Greenwood

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• Bobbi Starr

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• Gheorghe Zamfir

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• Janet Lynn

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• Eliza Coupe

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• Prashant (actor)
• Olaf Kölzig

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• Daniel Vernay

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• Udo Dirkschneider

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• Jean-Pierre Changeux

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• Kurt Georg Kiesinger

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• Povl Bang-Jenson

  Danish lawyer in 1937, Emissary to...

• Julio Cesar Melatti
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• Henri Vilbert

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• Patrick Cazal
• Dickey Simpkins

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• Carla Peterson
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• Gerry Mulligan

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• Tommy Greene

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• Marc Dumoulin
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• Lieve Slegers

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• Heidi Mount
• Bill Brooks

  NFL wide receiver (Buffalo Bills).

• Tanja Poutiainen

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• Joel West
• Michel Brunet (paleontologist)
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• Lori Heuring

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• Derrick May

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• Martin Hansson
• Mario Merola
• Randy Weston

  American jazz pianist and composer.

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• Greer Garson

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• Wendy O Williams

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• Corin Redgrave

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• Ronald E Evans

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• Red Norvo

  American vibraphone player and composer...

• Niki Sullivan

  American singer-songwriter and guitarist...

• Maurice Stokes

  American basketball player (Born 1933).

• Sidney Franklin

  American bullfighter (Born 1903).

• Cyprian Niayamira

  President of Burundi (1993-94),...

• Dick Cary

  Jazz musician, dies at 77.

• Edwin Arlington Robinson

  American poet (Born 1869).

• Willem Marinus Dudok

  Dutch architect (Born 1884).

• Cyprien Ntaryamira

  Burundian politician (Born 1956).

• Alexander L Kielland Norwegian writer (Working People)

  dies at age 57.

• Jose Marraco y Ferrer composer

  dies on 78th birthday.

• Stefan Surzynski composer

  dies at age 63.

• Benjamin M Telders

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• Jules J B V Bordet

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• Bobby Hutton

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• Willem Dudok

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• Reinoud Anders

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• Milton Ager

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• M Marie Widlow

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• Ral Donner

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• Jimmy Kenndy

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• Jack Kent Cooke

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Top #1 songs in the USA

• 2018 Drake - God's Plan
• 2017 Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You
• 2016 Rihanna Featuring Drake - Work
• 2015 Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk!
• 2014 Pharrell Williams - Happy
• 2013 Macklemore - Thrift Shop
• 2012 Fun. - We Are Young
• 2011 Katy Perry - E.T.
• 2010 Rihanna - Rude Boy
• 2009 Flo Rida - Right Round
• 2008 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
• 2007 Akon - Don't Matter
• 2006 Daniel Powter - Bad Day
• 2005 50 Cent - Candy Shop
• 2004 Usher - Yeah!
• 2003 50 Cent - In Da Club
• 2002 Jennifer Lopez - Ain't It Funny
• 2001 Crazy Town - Butterfly
• 2000 Santana - Maria, Maria
• 1999 TLC - No Scrubs
• 1998 K-Ci & JoJo - All My Life
• 1997 Puff Daddy - Can't Nobody Hold Me Down
• 1996 Celine Dion - Because You Loved Me
• 1995 Madonna - Take A Bow
• 1994 R. Kelly - Bump N' Grind
• 1993 Snow - Informer
• 1992 Vanessa Williams - Save The Best For Last
• 1991 Gloria Estefan - Coming Out Of The Dark
• 1990 Taylor Dayne - Love Will Lead You Back
• 1989 Roxette - The Look
• 1988 Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car
• 1987 Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
• 1986 Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
• 1985 Phil Collins - One More Night
• 1984 Kenny Loggins - Footloose
• 1983 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
• 1982 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'N Roll
• 1981 Blondie - Rapture
• 1980 Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (Part II)
• 1979 Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
• 1978 Bee Gees - Night Fever
• 1977 ABBA - Dancing Queen
• 1976 Johnnie Taylor - Disco Lady
• 1975 Minnie Riperton - Lovin' You
• 1974 Blue Swede - Hooked On A Feeling
• 1973 Vicki Lawrence - The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia
• 1972 America - A Horse With No Name
• 1971 The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
• 1970 Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
• 1969 Tommy Roe - Dizzy
• 1968 Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
• 1967 The Turtles - Happy Together
• 1966 The Righteous Brothers - (You're My) Soul And Inspiration
• 1965 Freddie and the Dreamers - I'm Telling You Now
• 1964 The Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love
• 1963 The Chiffons - He's So Fine
• 1962 Shelley Fabares - Johnny Angel
• 1961 The Marcels - Blue Moon
• 1960 Percy Faith - The Theme From A Summer Place
• 1959 Frankie Avalon - Venus
• 1958 The Champs - Tequila
• 1957 Andy Williams - Butterfly
• 1955 Bill Hayes - The Ballad Of Davy Crockett
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Top #1 Rock songs

• 2017 Imagine Dragons - Believer
• 2016 twenty one pilots - Stressed Out
• 2015 Hozier - Take Me To Church
• 2014 Bastille - Pompeii
• 2013 Imagine Dragons - Radioactive
• 2012 Gotye Featuring Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know
• 2011 Foo Fighters - Rope
• 2010 Alice In Chains - Your Decision