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  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 April - 06 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 April - 06 k Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2249 Yamamoto  

1943  On April - 06 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  Jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazis on April - 06.  

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 April - 06.  

1945  Coevorden freed from nazis on April - 06.  

1945  Benjamin M Telders, president (Dutch Liberal States Party), dies at 42 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1950  John F Dulles becomes advisor to US Sect of State Acheson on April - 06.  

1951  Halfdan Cleve, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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

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 April - 06.  

1955  On April - 06 "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  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 this day in history 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 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 April - 06 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  On April - 06 birth of vincenzo De Grandis, composer  

1632  Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.  

1651  On April - 06 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 this day in history.  

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

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  Petrarch's Laura, dies of plague on April - 06.  

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

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