Historical Events In April - 06

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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1483  Raphael Sanzio, Italian painter/master builder (Madonna Sistina) was born on this day in history.  

1613  On this day in history birth of stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (d. 1683)  

1631  Vincenzo De Grandis, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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 April - 06 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  Nottker "the Stamelaar", benedictine monk/poet, dies at about 71 on this day in history.  

1147  On this day in history death of frederick II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1090)  

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 this day in history petrarch's Laura, dies of plague  

1362  On April - 06 death of jacques de Bourbon, count of Marche, killed in battle  

1472  On this day in history pieter Bladelin, Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies