Page 7: Historical Events In April - 06

1938  On April - 06 teflon invented by Roy J Plunkett   

1939  US &UK agree on joint control of Canton &Enderbury Is (Pacific) on this day in history.   

1939  On April - 06 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  German army invades Yugoslovia and Greece on this day in history.   

1941  Italian-held Addis Ababa capitulates to British &Ethiopian forces on April - 06.   

1941  8th Golf Masters Championship: Craig Wood wins, shooting a 280 on April - 06.   

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 this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazis   

1945  First heavy kamikaze attack on ships at Okinawa on April - 06.   

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 April - 06 coevorden freed from nazis   

1945  On April - 06 benjamin M Telders, president (Dutch Liberal States Party), dies at 42   

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

1954  On April - 06 mont Canadiens score 3 goals in 56 sec in playoff game against Det   

1955  On this day in history "3 for Tonight" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 85 performances   

1957  On April - 06 nYC ends trolley car service   

1958  On April - 06 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  On April - 06 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 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 this day in history.   

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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  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 this day in history 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 this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French playwright/poet (Sacred Odes & Songs)   

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  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 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 April - 06.   

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 April - 06.