Historical Events In April - 06

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

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

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

1941  On this day in history german army invades Yugoslovia and Greece.  

1941  Italian-held Addis Ababa capitulates to British &Ethiopian forces on this day in history.  

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 April - 06.  

1942  K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2249 Yamamoto on April - 06.  

1943  On April - 06 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  First heavy kamikaze attack on ships at Okinawa on April - 06.  

1945  On this day in history 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  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  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 April - 06.  

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

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 April - 06.  

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

1961  Jules J B V Bordet, Belgian bacteriologist (Nobel 1919), dies at 90 on April - 06.  

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  In Dar es Salaam Tanzania Ottawa starts program to equip and train air force of Tanzania on April - 06.  

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

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1483  Raphael Sanzio, Italian painter/master builder (Madonna Sistina) was born on this day in history.  

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 April - 06 birth of johann Kuhnau, composer  

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

1671  On April - 06 birth of jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French playwright/poet (Sacred Odes & Songs)  

0885  Methodius, Greek apostle of the slaves/archbishop of Sirmium, dies on this day in history.  

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

1147  On April - 06 death of frederick II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1090)  

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 April - 06.  

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 this day in history.