Page 7: Historical Events In April - 06

1938  Teflon invented by Roy J Plunkett on April - 06.   

1939  US &UK agree on joint control of Canton &Enderbury Is (Pacific) on April - 06.   

1939  On this day in history great Britain & Poland sign military pact   

1939  Robert Courtneidge, British theater producer, dies on this day in history.   

1940  Andres Isasi, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1941  German army invades Yugoslovia and Greece on this day in history.   

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

1941  On this day in history 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 April - 06 k Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2249 Yamamoto   

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

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

1944  Jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazis on April - 06.   

1945  On this day in history first heavy kamikaze attack on ships at Okinawa.   

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

1945  On this day in history coevorden freed from nazis   

1945  Benjamin M Telders, president (Dutch Liberal States Party), dies at 42 on April - 06.   

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

1947  On April - 06 vaclav Kapral, composer, dies at 58   

1949  On April - 06 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  Halfdan Cleve, composer, dies at 71 on April - 06.   

1952  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1957  On this day in history nYC ends trolley car service   

1958  Arnold Palmer wins first major golf tournament-the Masters on April - 06.   

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

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

1962  J C Heldring, Dutch businessman, dies at 74 on April - 06.   

1965  Early Bird, world's first commercial communication satellite, launched on April - 06.   

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  On this day in history birth of vincenzo De Grandis, composer   

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

1651  André Dacier, French classical scholar (d. 1722) was born on April - 06.   

1660  On April - 06 birth of johann Kuhnau, composer   

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

1671  Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French playwright/poet (Sacred Odes & Songs) was born on April - 06.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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  Death of Jacques de Bourbon, count of Marche, killed in battle on April - 06.   

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