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  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 April - 06.  

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

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  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 this day in history k Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2249 Yamamoto  

1943  British &US army link up in Africa during WW II on April - 06.  

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 this day in history.  

1945  On April - 06 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 this day in history.  

1947  On this day in history 11th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 281  

1947  On April - 06 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 April - 06.  

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

1952  On this day in history 16th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 286  

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 this day in history.  

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  USS Lake Champlain brings oxygen to aid stricken passenger of British liner Queen of Bermuda on April - 06.  

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

1962  On April - 06 j C Heldring, Dutch businessman, dies at 74  

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

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

1631  Vincenzo De Grandis, composer was born on April - 06.  

1632  Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1649) was born on April - 06.  

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

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  On this day in history 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  Petrarch's Laura, dies of plague on this day in history.  

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

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