Historical Events In April - 06

1938  Teflon invented by Roy J Plunkett on this day in history.   

1939  On this day in history uS &UK agree on joint control of Canton &Enderbury Is (Pacific)   

1939  Great Britain & Poland sign military pact on April - 06.   

1939  On April - 06 robert Courtneidge, British theater producer, dies   

1940  Andres Isasi, composer, dies at 49 on April - 06.   

1941  German army invades Yugoslovia and Greece on April - 06.   

1941  On this day in history italian-held Addis Ababa capitulates to British &Ethiopian forces   

1941  On April - 06 8th Golf Masters Championship: Craig Wood wins, shooting a 280   

1942  General Andrew G.L. (Andy) McNaughton forms the First Canadian Army in Britain with five divisions, two armored brigades, and 3 other divisions slated for home defence on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history k Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2249 Yamamoto   

1943  On this day in history british &US army link up in Africa during WW II   

1943  British & US army link up in Africa during WW II on April - 06.   

1944  On April - 06 jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazis   

1945  First heavy kamikaze attack on ships at Okinawa on April - 06.   

1945  On April - 06 most of the Jewish prisoners remaining at the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany are forced out on death marches.   

1945  On this day in history coevorden freed from nazis   

1945  On April - 06 benjamin M Telders, president (Dutch Liberal States Party), dies at 42   

1947  On this day in history 11th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 281   

1947  Vaclav Kapral, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1949  On this day in history stanley Christopherson, cricketer (1884, MCC Pres during WWII), dies   

1950  John F Dulles becomes advisor to US Sect of State Acheson on this day in history.   

1951  On this day in history halfdan Cleve, composer, dies at 71   

1952  Sam Snead wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament on April - 06.   

1952  On this day in history 16th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 286   

1954  Mont Canadiens score 3 goals in 56 sec in playoff game against Det on April - 06.   

1955  On this day in history "3 for Tonight" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 85 performances   

1957  NYC ends trolley car service on April - 06.   

1958  Arnold Palmer wins first major golf tournament-the Masters on this day in history.   

1961  USS Lake Champlain brings oxygen to aid stricken passenger of British liner Queen of Bermuda on April - 06.   

1961  On this day in history jules J B V Bordet, Belgian bacteriologist (Nobel 1919), dies at 90   

1962  On this day in history j C Heldring, Dutch businessman, dies at 74   

1965  On this day in history early Bird, world's first commercial communication satellite, launched   

1965  On this day in history in Dar es Salaam Tanzania Ottawa starts program to equip and train air force of Tanzania.   

1965  Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") first coml geosynchronous comm satellite on April - 06.   

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1483  On this day in history birth of raphael Sanzio, Italian painter/master builder (Madonna Sistina)   

1613  On this day in history birth of stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (d. 1683)   

1631  Vincenzo De Grandis, composer was born on this day in history.   

1632  Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1649) was born on April - 06.   

1651  On this day in history birth of andré Dacier, French classical scholar (d. 1722)   

1660  On April - 06 birth of johann Kuhnau, composer   

1664  Arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (d. 1742) was born on April - 06.   

1671  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French playwright/poet (Sacred Odes & Songs)   

0885  Methodius, Greek apostle of the slaves/archbishop of Sirmium, dies on April - 06.   

0912  On this day in history nottker "the Stamelaar", benedictine monk/poet, dies at about 71   

1147  Death of Frederick II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1090) on April - 06.   

1199  On this day in history richard I, the Lion-hearted, King of England (1189-99), dies at 41   

1252  Peter of Verona, [Peter Martyr], Italian inquisitor/st, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1348  Petrarch's Laura, dies of plague on this day in history.   

1362  On April - 06 death of jacques de Bourbon, count of Marche, killed in battle   

1472  Pieter Bladelin, Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies on this day in history.