Historical Events In April - 06
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
1938 Teflon invented by Roy J Plunkett on this day in history.
1939 On this day in history uS &UK agree on joint control of Canton &Enderbury Is (Pacific)
1939 On April - 06 great Britain & Poland sign military pact
1939 Robert Courtneidge, British theater producer, dies on this day in history.
1940 On this day in history andres Isasi, composer, dies at 49
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 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 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2249 Yamamoto on April - 06.
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 this day in history.
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 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 On April - 06 11th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 281
1947 On this day in history vaclav Kapral, composer, dies at 58
1949 On this day in history stanley Christopherson, cricketer (1884, MCC Pres during WWII), dies
1950 On this day in history john F Dulles becomes advisor to US Sect of State Acheson
1951 Halfdan Cleve, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1954 On this day in history mont Canadiens score 3 goals in 56 sec in playoff game against Det
1955 "3 for Tonight" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 85 performances on April - 06.
1957 NYC ends trolley car service on April - 06.
1958 On April - 06 arnold Palmer wins first major golf tournament-the Masters
1961 USS Lake Champlain brings oxygen to aid stricken passenger of British liner Queen of Bermuda on April - 06.
1961 On this day in history 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 April - 06.
1965 In Dar es Salaam Tanzania Ottawa starts program to equip and train air force of Tanzania on April - 06.
1965 On this day in history intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") first coml geosynchronous comm satellite
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