Page 7: 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  Great Britain & Poland sign military pact on this day in history.   

1939  Robert Courtneidge, British theater producer, dies on April - 06.   

1940  Andres Isasi, composer, dies at 49 on April - 06.   

1941  German army invades Yugoslovia and Greece on April - 06.   

1941  On April - 06 italian-held Addis Ababa capitulates to British &Ethiopian forces   

1941  8th Golf Masters Championship: Craig Wood wins, shooting a 280 on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history 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.   

1942  K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2249 Yamamoto on this day in history.   

1943  British &US army link up in Africa during WW II on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history 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  On this day in history benjamin M Telders, president (Dutch Liberal States Party), dies at 42   

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  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  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 this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history arnold Palmer wins first major golf tournament-the Masters   

1961  On April - 06 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 this day in history.   

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

1965  On this day in history early Bird, world's first commercial communication satellite, launched   

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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1483  Raphael Sanzio, Italian painter/master builder (Madonna Sistina) was born on April - 06.   

1613  On April - 06 birth of stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (d. 1683)   

1631  On April - 06 birth of vincenzo De Grandis, composer   

1632  On April - 06 birth of maria Leopoldine of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1649)   

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

1660  Johann Kuhnau, composer was born on April - 06.   

1664  On this day in history birth of arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (d. 1742)   

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 April - 06 nottker "the Stamelaar", benedictine monk/poet, dies at about 71   

1147  Death of Frederick II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1090) on April - 06.   

1199  On April - 06 richard I, the Lion-hearted, King of England (1189-99), dies at 41   

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  On this day in history death of jacques de Bourbon, count of Marche, killed in battle   

1472  Pieter Bladelin, Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies on this day in history.