Page 7: Historical Events In April - 06

1938  On this day in history teflon invented by Roy J Plunkett   

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 this day in history robert Courtneidge, British theater producer, dies   

1940  On April - 06 andres Isasi, composer, dies at 49   

1941  On April - 06 german army invades Yugoslovia and Greece.   

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

1941  8th Golf Masters Championship: Craig Wood wins, shooting a 280 on this day in history.   

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 April - 06.   

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

1943  British &US army link up in Africa during WW II on this day in history.   

1943  On April - 06 british & US army link up in Africa during WW II   

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  Most of the Jewish prisoners remaining at the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany are forced out on death marches on this day in history.   

1945  On April - 06 coevorden freed from nazis   

1945  On this day in history benjamin M Telders, president (Dutch Liberal States Party), dies at 42   

1947  On April - 06 11th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 281   

1947  Vaclav Kapral, composer, dies at 58 on April - 06.   

1949  Stanley Christopherson, cricketer (1884, MCC Pres during WWII), dies on this day in history.   

1950  On April - 06 john F Dulles becomes advisor to US Sect of State Acheson   

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

1952  On April - 06 sam Snead wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament   

1952  16th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 286 on April - 06.   

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  On this day in history nYC ends trolley car service   

1958  On this day in history arnold Palmer wins first major golf tournament-the Masters   

1961  On this day in history uSS Lake Champlain brings oxygen to aid stricken passenger of British liner Queen of Bermuda.   

1961  On April - 06 jules J B V Bordet, Belgian bacteriologist (Nobel 1919), dies at 90   

1962  On April - 06 j C Heldring, Dutch businessman, dies at 74   

1965  Early Bird, world's first commercial communication satellite, launched on this day in history.   

1965  On April - 06 in Dar es Salaam Tanzania Ottawa starts program to equip and train air force of Tanzania.   

1965  On April - 06 intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") first coml geosynchronous comm satellite   

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1483  On April - 06 birth of raphael Sanzio, Italian painter/master builder (Madonna Sistina)   

1613  Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (d. 1683) was born on April - 06.   

1631  Vincenzo De Grandis, composer was born on April - 06.   

1632  On this day in history birth of maria Leopoldine of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1649)   

1651  On April - 06 birth of andré Dacier, French classical scholar (d. 1722)   

1660  On this day in history birth of johann Kuhnau, composer   

1664  On April - 06 birth of arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (d. 1742)   

1671  Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French playwright/poet (Sacred Odes & Songs) was born on this day in history.   

0885  On April - 06 methodius, Greek apostle of the slaves/archbishop of Sirmium, dies   

0912  Nottker "the Stamelaar", benedictine monk/poet, dies at about 71 on this day in history.   

1147  On this day in history death of frederick II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1090)   

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

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

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

1362  On this day in history death of jacques de Bourbon, count of Marche, killed in battle   

1472  Pieter Bladelin, Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies on April - 06.