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History Events on April 06

By  Elaine Fragua  06 Apr   89 Views

History Events on April 06

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Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day.

#Jalal_Talabani

In 2005

In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.

#Richmond,_Indiana

In 1968

Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.

#Oscar_Wilde

In 1895

American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.

#American_Revolutionary_War

In 1776

Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment.

#Rolandas_Paksas

In 2004

Celluloid is patented.

#Celluloid

In 1869

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.

#American_Civil_War

In 1862

The Bosnian War begins.

#Bosnian_War

In 1992

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.

#Church_of_Christ_(Latter_Day_Saints)

In 1830

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.

#Arthur_Sullivan

In 1861

World War II: Nazi Germany launches Operation 25 (the invasion of Kingdom of Yugoslavia) and Operation Marita (the invasion of Greece).

#World_War_II

In 1941

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.

#Grand_Army_of_the_Republic

In 1866

Azawad declares itself independent from the Republic of Mali.

#Azawad

In 2012

The poet Petrarch first sees his idealized love, Laura, in the church of Saint Clare in Avignon.

#Petrarch

In 1327

World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).

#World_War_I

In 1917

At the end of the Salt March, Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire."

#Salt_March

In 1930

The Rwandan genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down.

#Rwandan_genocide

In 1994

World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from German and Croatian forces by the Yugoslav Partisans.

#Sarajevo

In 1945

John, Master of the Order of Aviz, is made king John I of Portugal.

#Order_of_Aviz

In 1385

The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath.

#Declaration_of_Arbroath

In 1320

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 307.

#2009_L'Aquila_earthquake

In 2009

Stilicho stymies the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia.

#Stilicho

In 402

In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, over 193 victims of Los Zetas were exhumed from several mass graves.

#San_Fernando,_Tamaulipas

In 2011

Vietnam War: Easter Offensive: American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments.

#Vietnam_War

In 1972

King Richard I of England dies from an infection following the removal of an arrow from his shoulder.

#Richard_I_of_England

In 1199

Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft.

#Pioneer_11

In 1973

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.

#Athens

In 1896

Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.

#Salt_Lake_Temple

In 1893

During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.

#French_Revolution

In 1793

Nuclear weapons testing: Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.

#Nuclear_weapons_testing

In 1998

World War II: The Battle of Slater's Knoll on Bougainville comes to an end.

#Battle_of_Slater's_Knoll

In 1945

Seventh Crusade: Ayyubids of Egypt capture King Louis IX of France in the Battle of Fariskur.

#Seventh_Crusade

In 1250

The Swedish pop band ABBA wins the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Waterloo", launching their international career.

#ABBA

In 1974

John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company, that would eventually make him America's first millionaire.

#John_Jacob_Astor

In 1808

Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.

#Robert_Peary

In 1909

Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.

#Thomas_Green_Clemson

In 1888

U.S. military launches 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at an air base in Syria. Russia describes the strikes as an "aggression", adding they significantly damage US-Russia ties.

#2017_Shayrat_missile_strike

In 2017

At the Cape of Good Hope, Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes Cape Town.

#Cape_of_Good_Hope

In 1652

Nominal beginning of the Bourbon Restoration; anniversary date that Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.

#Bourbon_Restoration

In 1814

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).

#Battle_of_Deçiq

In 1911

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.

#Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington

In 1812

Launch of Early Bird, the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit.

#Intelsat_I

In 1965

Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya.

#Cameroon

In 1984

The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 begins near Broadway.

#New_York_Slave_Revolt_of_1712

In 1712

Maoist rebels kill 76 CRPF officers in Dantewada district, India.

#Communist_Party_of_India_(Maoist)

In 2010

U.S. President John Tyler is sworn in, two days after having become President upon William Henry Harrison's death.

#John_Tyler

In 1841

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.

#Battle_of_Sailor's_Creek

In 1865

Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines.

#Aristotle_Onassis

In 1957

Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) in the battle of Thapsus.

#Julius_Caesar

In 46 BC

A bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior ice hockey team collides with a semi-truck in Saskatchewan, Canada, killing 16 people and injuring 13 others.

In 2018

The 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activists.

In 2008

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.

In 1998

Student protests break out in Nepal.

In 1979

The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.

In 1973

Newhall massacre: Four California Highway Patrol officers are killed in a shootout.

In 1970

Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Liberal Leadership Election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon after.

In 1968

The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.

In 1947

Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.

In 1936

Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.

In 1929

Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).

In 1926

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.

In 1860

King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) establishes the Chakri dynasty.

In 1782

One of the largest earthquakes recorded in the history of England, Flanders, or Northern France, takes place.

In 1580

Mehmed II begins his siege of Constantinople (Istanbul), which falls on May 29.

In 1453

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