Historical Events In April - 06

1938  On April - 06 teflon invented by Roy J Plunkett  

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

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

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

1940  On this day in history andres Isasi, composer, dies at 49  

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

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 April - 06 k Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2249 Yamamoto  

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

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 this day in history.  

1945  Coevorden freed from nazis on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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 April - 06 halfdan Cleve, composer, dies at 71  

1952  Sam Snead wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament on this day in history.  

1952  On April - 06 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 this day in history.  

1955  On April - 06 "3 for Tonight" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 85 performances  

1957  NYC ends trolley car service on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1961  Jules J B V Bordet, Belgian bacteriologist (Nobel 1919), dies at 90 on this day in history.  

1962  J C Heldring, Dutch businessman, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1965  On April - 06 early Bird, world's first commercial communication satellite, launched  

1965  On April - 06 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 this day in history.  

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

1613  Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (d. 1683) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1651  André Dacier, French classical scholar (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.  

1660  Johann Kuhnau, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  Methodius, Greek apostle of the slaves/archbishop of Sirmium, dies on this day in history.  

0912  On April - 06 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 April - 06.  

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

1348  On April - 06 petrarch's Laura, dies of plague  

1362  Death of Jacques de Bourbon, count of Marche, killed in battle on this day in history.  

1472  On this day in history pieter Bladelin, Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies