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 April - 06.   

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 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 April - 06 k Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2249 Yamamoto   

1943  On this day in history british &US army link up in Africa during WW II   

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 this day in history.   

1945  On April - 06 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  Coevorden freed from nazis on this day in history.   

1945  On April - 06 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 April - 06.   

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 this day in history halfdan Cleve, composer, dies at 71   

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 April - 06.   

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  On this day in history nYC ends trolley car service   

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 this day in history.   

1961  Jules J B V Bordet, Belgian bacteriologist (Nobel 1919), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history j C Heldring, Dutch businessman, dies at 74   

1965  On April - 06 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 April - 06 intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") first coml geosynchronous comm satellite   

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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  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 this day in history.   

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

1664  On this day in history 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 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  Richard I, the Lion-hearted, King of England (1189-99), dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1252  On this day in history peter of Verona, [Peter Martyr], Italian inquisitor/st, dies at 45   

1348  Petrarch's Laura, dies of plague on this day in history.   

1362  On this day in history death of jacques de Bourbon, count of Marche, killed in battle   

1472  On April - 06 pieter Bladelin, Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies