On this day in History - Apr. 6

• 0648 BC - Earliest solar eclipse recorded by the Ancient Greeks.
• 0006 BC According to some Biblical scholars, this would have been the actual date of the birth of Jesus Christ.
• 0402 - Stilicho stymies the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia.
• 1199 - King Richard I of England dies killed in battle (b. 1157).
• 1199 - Pierre Basile, killer of Richard I of England, dies.
• 1203 - Crusaders launch an attack on the Christian city of Constantinople.
• 1320 - The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath.
• 1327 - The poet Petrarch first saw his idealized love Laura in the church of St. Claire in Avignon.
• 1348 - Petrarch's Laura dies of plague.
• 1362 - James I, Count of La Marche dies (b. 1319). French soldier.
• 1384 - Batalha dos Atoleiros entre portugueses e tropas de D. João I de Castela .
• 1385 - João I de Portugal, mestre de Aviz é aclamado rei nas Cortes de Coimbra, tornando-se no primeiro rei de Portugal da Dinastia de Aviz .
• 1453 - Inicia-se o cerco a Constantinopla.
• 1483 - Raphael was born (d. 06 Apr. 1520). Italian painter and architect.
• 1490 - King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary dies.
• 1500 - Frota portuguesa parte para as Índias a comando de Tristão da Cunha .
• 1520 - (Raffaelo Sanzio) Rafael dies in Rome, on his 37th birthday. He was born on in Urbino One of the most frequently discussed and best-loved paintings of the Renaissance is Raphael's so-called Sistine Madonna.
• 1528 - Albrecht Dürer dies (b. 21 May 1471). German artist and mathematician.
• 1535 - Nascimento de D. Dinis (filho de D. João III com a infanta D. Catarina).
• 1551 - Joachim Vadian dies (b. 1484). Swiss humanist.
• 1571 - John Hamilton dies. Scottish prelate and politician
• 1589 - Jan Tilens (or Johannes, Tilen or Thielens), was born (d. 25 Jul 1630). Flemish artist.
• 1590 - Francis Walsingham dies. English spymaster.
• 1605 - John Stow dies. English historian
• 1624 - Jean-Baptiste Saive de Namur dies (b. 1540). Flemish artist.
• 1613 - Stjepan Gradić was born (d. 1683). Croatian philosopher and scientist.
• 1630 - Shivaji was born (d. 1680). Founder of the Maratha Empire.
• 1641 - Domenico Zampieri “il Domenichino” dies (b. 21 Oct 1581). Italian painter.
• 1651 - André Dacier was born (d. 1722). French classical scholar.
• 1652 - Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp at the Cape of Good Hope, which will eventually develop into Cape Town.
• 1655 - David Blondel dies (b. 1591). French Protestant clergyman.
• 1660 - Michelangelo Cerquozzi “delle Battaglie”, dies (b. 02 Feb 1602). Roman painter.
• 1664 - Arvid Horn was born (d. 1742). Swedish statesman.
• 1667 - An earthquake devastates Dubrovnik, then independent city-state.
• 1667 - Jean Tassel dies (b. 20 Mar 1608). French artist.
• 1671 - Jean Baptiste Roisseau was born in Paris (d. 17 Mar 1741). French philosopher, playwright and poet (Sacred Odes & Songs).
• 1672 - France declares war on Netherlands.
• 1684 - Domenico Maria Canuti dies (b. 05 Apr 1625). Bolognese painter.
• 1686 - Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey dies (b. 1614). English royalist statesman.
• 1707 - Willem van de Velde, the younger dies (b. 1633). Dutch painter.
• 1725 - Pasquale Paoli was born (d. 1807). Corsican patriot and military leader.
• 1732 - José Celestino Mutis was born. Spanish mathematicien and botanic.
• 1755 - Richard Rawlinson dies (b. 1690). English minister and antiquarian.
• 1765 - Sai a lei portuguesa que reinvoca o princípio do beneplácito régio, para impedir os efeitos do breve Apostolicum Pascendi, pelo qual o papa confirmava de novo o instituto da Companhia de Jesus.
• 1766 - Wilhelm Alexander Wolfgang von Kobell was born (d. 15 Jul 1853). German painter.
• 1773 - James Mill was born in Scotland. Philosopher, historian, father of John Stuart Mill. (History of British India)
• 1777 - Jan Evert Morel, Dutch artist born on 08 February 1777.
• 1782 - Rama I succeeds King Taksin of Thailand, who was overthrown in a coup d'état.
• 1804 - The first scientifically recorded meteor lands in Possil, in north Glasgow, Scotland.
• 1806 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning was born. Poet (Sonnets from the Portuguese)
• 1808 - John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company.
• 1812 - Alexander Herzen was born (d. 1870). Russian writer.
• 1814 - Napoleon abdicates. He is then exiled to Elba.
• 1815 - Robert Volkmann was born (d. 1883). Composer.
• 1818 - Aasmund Olavsson Vinje was born (d. 1870). Norwegian poet.
• 1819 - Georg Bergmann was born (d. 14 Oct 1870). German artist.
• 1820 - Nadar was born (d. 1910). French photographer.
• 1822 - Jan David Col was born (d. 1900). Belgian artist.
• 1823 - Joseph Medill was born (d. 1899). Mayor of Chicago, IL.
• 1824 - Lucas Schaeffels was born (d. 17 Sep 1885). Belgian artist.
• 1825 - Vladimir Borovikovsky dies (b. 1757). Russian painter.
• 1825 - Willem van Leen dies (b. 19 Feb 1753). Dutch artist.
• 1826 - Gustave Moreau was born (d. 18 Apr 1898). French Symbolist painter.
• 1829 - Niels Henrik Abel dies (b. 1802). Norwegian mathematician.
• 1830 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is formed by Joseph Smith, Jr. at Fayette Township, New York.
• 1832 - Indian Wars: Black Hawk War begins - The Sauk warrior Black Hawk enters into war with the United States.
• 1838 - José Bonifácio de Andrade e Silva dies (b. 1763). Brazilian statesman and geologist/ Morte de José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva, o 'Patriarca da Independência do Brasil', em Niterói-RJ. Político e cientista brasileiro.
• 1841 - John Tyler is inaugurated as the 10th President of the United States.
• 1849 - John William Waterhouse was born (d. 10 Feb 1917). English painter.
• 1851 - Guillaume Bigourdan was born (d. 1932). French astronomer.
• 1860 - Joseph Smith III, creates the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints by reorganizing the previous church organized by his father, Joseph Smith, Jr.
• 1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Shiloh begins - In Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston at Shiloh.
• 1862 - Albert Sidney Johnston dies (b. 1803). American Confederate general.
• 1865 - American Civil War: Battle of Sayler's Creek - Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia.
• 1865 - Nascimento de José Augusto Alves Roçadas (militar português) .
• 1866 - Butch Cassidy was born (d. 1909). Outlaw.
• 1868 - Mormon leader Brigham Young married his 27th and final wife.
• 1869 - Celluloid is patented.
• 1874 - Harry Houdini was born (d. 1926). Magician.
• 1874 - Ignacio María González assume (pela 2º vez) a presidência da República Dominicana .
• 1878 - Erich Mühsam was born (d. 1934). German author.
• 1882 - Guilherme Avelino de Azevedo dies. Portuguese writer.
• 1883 - Benjamin Raymond dies (b. 1801). Mayor of Chicago, IL.
• 1883 - D. José Sebastião Neto é nomeado 12º Cardeal Patriarca de Lisboa.
• 1884 - Walter Huston was born (d. 1950). Academy Award winning actor.
• 1886 - Vancouver, British Columbia is incorporated as a city.
• 1886 - Amílcar Ramada Curto was born. Portuguese dramatist and writer.
• 1888 - Daniel Andersson was born. Swedish poet/writer (Svarta Ballader) .
• 1890 - Anthony Herman GerardFokker was born (d. 1939). Dutch designer of aircraft.
• 1890 - Nascia André-Louis Danjon (m. em 21 Abr 1967). Astrónomo francês notado pelos importantes desenvolvimentos em instrumentos astronômicos e pelos estudos da rotação da Terra. A Escala Danjon para determinar a coloração da Lua durante os eclipses ainda é utilizada para esse propósito.
• 1892 - Donald Wills Douglas was born (d. 1981). American industrialist.
• 1892 - Lowell Thomas was born (d. 1981). Travel writer.
• 1893 - George Vicat Cole dies (b. 17 Apr 1833). English painter.
• 1893 - Salt Lake Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
• 1895 - Oscar Wilde is arrested after losing a libel case against the John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry.
• 1896 - In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games after 1,500 years after being banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I. American James Connolly, won the first Gold Medal.
• 1901 - Pier Giorgio Frassati was born (d. 1925). Italian Catholic.
• 1902 - Veniamin Kaverin was born (d. 1989). Russian writer.
• 1903 - Mickey Cochrane was born (d. 1962). Baseball Hall of Famer .
• 1903 - Harold Edgerton was born (d. 1990). American electrical engineer.
• 1903 - The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) began, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Israel and the west.
• 1903 - Em Paris é revelado que oficiais do exército forjaram documentos relacionados ao caso Dreyfus.
• 1903 - Nascia Harold Eugene Edgerton (m. em 04 Jan 1990). Engenheiro eléctrico americano e fotógrafo, conhecido pelas técnicas em desenvolvimento da fotografia de alta velocidade e aplicando-as para vários usos científicos.
• 1906 - Alexander Kielland dies. Norwegian author .
• 1909 - Robert Peary allegedly reaches the North Pole. American explorer Robert Peary, his assistant Matthew Henson, and four Inuit guides are the first recorded people to reach the North Pole.
• 1909 - Hermann Lang was born (d. 1987). German race car driver.
• 1911 - Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, Leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after Gjergj Kastrioti (Skenderbeg).
• 1911 - Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen was born (d. 1979). German biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
• 1912 - Giovanni Pascoli dies. Italian poet and teacher of Literature.
• 1914 - George Reeves was born in Ashland KY, actor (Superman, Gone With the Wind) .
• 1917 - World War I: United States declares war on Germany (see Wilson's address to Congress (Wikisource) .
• 1919 - Racing Club de Montevideo, Uruguay, is founded.
• 1920 - Edmond H. Fischer was born. Swiss-American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• 1921 - Cacilda Becker Yáconis was born in Pirassununga-SP. Brazilian actress.
• 1921 - São depositados no Mosteiro da Batalha os corpos de dois Soldados Desconhecidos, mortos em combate, em África e na Flandres.
• 1923 - The first Prefects Board in Southeast Asia is formed in Victoria Institution, Malaysia.
• 1926 - Walter Varney Airlines makes first commercial flight from Pasco, WA to Elko, NV. Varney is the root company of United Airlines.
• 1926 - Gil Kane was born (d. 2000). Cartoonist.
• 1926 - Ian Paisley was born. United Kingdom politician .
• 1926 - Sergio Franchi was born (d. 1990). Italian tenor and actor.
• 1927 - Gerry Mulligan was born (d. 1996). American musician.
• 1928 - James D. Watson was born. American geneticist cowinner of the 1962 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. Watson shared the prize with British biophysicists Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins for their discoveries about the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), the molecule that contains the hereditary information for cells.
• 1929 - André Previn was born. German-born American composer, pianist and conductor.
• 1930 - Gandhi raised a lump of mud and salt (some say just a pinch, some say just a grain) and declared, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire." Thus he started Salt Satyagraha.
• 1930 - Hostess Twinkies are invented.
• 1930 - Will Rogers starts broadcasting The Will Rogers Program on radio.
• 1931 - Little Orphan Annie debuts on the Blue Network of NBC.
• 1931 - Ivan Dixon was born. American actor and director
• 1931 - William Lionel Wyllie dies (b. 06 Jul 1851). English painter and engraver.
• 1933 - Roy Goode was born. Legal academic .
• 1933 - Elizabeth Bacon Custer dies (b. 1842). Wife of George Armstrong Custer.
• 1934 - Egipto vence a Palestina en Jerusalém e é o primeiro país africano a classificar-se para o Campeonato do Mundo de Futebol.
• 1934 - Anton Geesink was born. Dutch judoka
• 1934 - Ismael Nery dies. Brazilian painter who was a pioneer of surrealism in Brazil.
• 1935 - Edwin Arlington Robinson dies (b. 1869). Pulitzer Prize winning poet.
• 1936 - Tupelo-Gainesville Outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia killing 203.
• 1937 - Merle Haggard was born. American country musician.
• 1937 - Billy Dee Williams was born. American actor .
• 1938 - Teflon is discovered.
• 1938 - Paul Daniels was born. English magician .
• 1938 - Roy Thinnes was born. American actor.
• 1939 - André Ouellet was born. French Canadian politician
• 1940 - Pedro Armendáriz Jr. was born. Mexican actor
• 1941 - Phil Austin was born. American comedian.
• 1941 - Zamfir was born. Romanian musician
• 1941 - Hans W. Geissendörfer, was born. German film director .
• 1941 - World War II: Operation Castigo begins - Germany invades Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Greece.
• 1942 - Barry Levinson, was born. American film producer and director .
• 1943 - Funda-se o Goiás Esporte Clube, de Goiânia, Brasil.
• 1943 - Joaquim Agostinho was born, Portuguese cyclist, dead tragically running.
• 1944 - Felicity Palmer was born. English soprano.
• 1945 - Bob Marley was born. Reggae musician/singer (Whalers - No Woman, no cry) .
• 1947 - John Ratzenberger was born. American actor (Cheers) .
• 1949 - Horst Ludwig Störmer was born. German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1951 - Bert Blyleven was born. Dutch-born baseball pitcher .
• 1952 - Marilu Henner was born. American actress.
• 1952 - Udo Dirkschneider was born. German singer (Accept and U.D.O.)
• 1952 - Michel Larocque was born (d. 1992). French Canadian ice hockey goaltender.
• 1953 - Idris Davies dies (b. 1905). Welsh poet.
• 1955 - Michael Rooker was born. American actor.
• 1955 - Keith Hunter Jesperson was born. Canadian-born serial killer
• 1955 - Yemen failed coup by Abdullah Seif el-Islam.
• 1956 - Dilip Vengsarkar was born. Indian cricket player and administrator
• 1957 - Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines.
• 1959 - 31st Academy Awards "Gigi", Susan Hayward and David Niven win .
• 1961 - Jules Bordet dies. Belgian immunologist and microbiologist .
• 1962 - Portugal adere ao Acordo Geral sobre as Tarifas Aduaneiras e Comércio (GATT), acabando com as teses "isolacionistas" que tinham marcado até aí a política económica do regime do Estado Novo.
• 1963 - A Iugoslávia se torna uma república soviética.
• 1963 - Rosinha Garotinho ( Rosangela Barros Assed Matheus de Oliveira) was born in Itaperuna, Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian radialist and politician
• 1963 - Otto Struve dies (b 12 Aug 1897). Russian-born astronomer.
• 1964 - Universidad Católica de La Plata (Argentine) is created.
• 1964 - Daniel D. Ascenção Filipe dies. Portuguese poet.
• 1964 - Phil Gayle was born. English news presenter
• 1965 - Early Bird, world's first commercial communication satellite, is launched .
• 1965 - Frank Black, a.k.a Charles Thompson, was born. American singer, songwriter (Pixies).
• 1966 - Julia Faye actress (10 Commandments. Samson & Delilah), dies at 73.
• 1968 - In London, United Kingdom, Massiel wins the thirteenth Eurovision Song Contest for Spain singing "La, la, la".
• 1968 - In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.
• 1969 - Bret Boone was born. Major League Baseball All-Star .
• 1969 - Ari Meyers was born. Puerto-Rican-born American actress .
• 1969 - Paul Rudd was born. American actor
• 1969 - Bison Dele was born (disappeared 2002). American basketball player (disappeared
• 1970 - Newhall Incident: Four California Highway Patrol officers are killed.
• 1970 - Olaf Kölzig was born. NHL goalie .
• 1970 - Huang Xiaomin was born. Chinese swimmer.
• 1970 - Sam Sheppard dies (b. 1923). American accused murderer.
• 1971 - Lou Merloni was born. American baseball player
• 1971 - Igor Stravinsky dies (b. 1882). Russian composer.
• 1972 - Scott Countryman was born. Adult movie star .
• 1972 - Vietnam War: Easter Offensive - The first day of clear weather in three days allows American forces to start sustained air strikes and naval bombardments.
• 1973 - Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft.
• 1973 - A Suécia é a primeira nação ocidental a reconhecer a Coréia do Norte .
• 1973 - Donnie Edwards was born. American football player
• 1973 - Sun Wen was born. Chinese footballer
• 1973 - Rie Miyazawa was born. Japanese actress/singer
• 1973 - Prashanth was born. Indian actor
• 1974 - The California Jam Rock concert begins.
• 1974 - In Brighton, United Kingdom, ABBA wins the nineteenth Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden singing "Waterloo".
• 1974 - Adithya was born. Indian actor.
• 1974 - Willem Marinus Dudok dies (b. 1884). Dutch architect.
• 1975 - Zach Braff was born. American actor.
• 1975 - Chiang Kai-Shek dies. Chinese leader.
• 1976 - Candace Cameron was born. American actress.
• 1978 - Myleene Klass was born. British singer (Hear'Say)
• 1978 - Nicolas Nabokov composer (Holy Devil), dies at 74 .
• 1979 - Julio Grondona asume la presidencia de la AFA.
• 1982 - Ilan Hall was born. Israeli-American chef and winner of Top Chef 2
• 1983 - Diora Baird was born. American actress
• 1984 - Em São Paulo, 1.3 milhões de pessoas participam da passeata “Diretas Já”, exigindo eleições diretas para a presidência do País.
• 1984 - Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard attack government buildings in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya.
• 1985 - Sudan suspends constitution after coup under General Swarreddahab.
• 1985 - Garrett Zablocki was born. American musician (Senses Fail)
• 1987 - Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis said on ABC's "Nightline" that blacks "may not have some of the necessities" to hold managerial jobs in major league baseball.
• 1987 - Sugar Ray Leonard takes the middleweight boxing title from Marvin Hagler.
• 1987 - El Papa Juan Pablo II llega a Argentina en su segunda visita pastoral al país.
• 1987 - Levi Porter was born. English footballer
• 1987 - Hilary Rhoda was born. American supermodel
• 1988 - Os presidentes brasileiro, argentino e uruguaio, José Sarney, Raúl Alfonsín e Julio Maria Sanguinetti, respectivamente, assinam o protocolo de criação do Mercosul.
• 1988 - Fabrice Muamba was born. Anglo-Congolese footballer
• 1991 - O jogador argentino Diego Maradona é suspenso por doping .
• 1992 - A general strike is declared by communist groups in Nepal
• 1992 - Isaac Asimov dies (b. 1920). Russian-born author.
• 1992 - Molly Picon dies. Actress.
• 1992 - Pjetër Arbnori assume a presidência da Albânia .
• 1992 - Serbian troops begin siege of Sarajevo.
• 1993 - Russian nuclear accident at Tomsk 7.
• 1993 - Nova Zelândia ratifica a Convenção sobre os Direitos da Criança - ONU de 20 Nov 1989 .
• 1994 - The Rwandan Genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana (b. 1937) and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira (b. 1956) is shot down by extremists.
• 1994 - Juvénal Habyarimana dies (b. 1937). President of Rwanda.
• 1994 - Cyprien Ntaryamira dies (b. 1956). President of Burundi
• 1996 - Panathinaikos becomes the first Greek team to win the basketball European Championships (now Euroleague) in Paris, beating FC Barcelona by 67-66.
• 1996 - Greer Garson dies (b. 1904) . Irish actress.
• 1998 - Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of hitting India.
• 1998 - Francia y el Reino Unido ratifican el Tratado de Prohibición Total de Pruebas Nucleares.
• 1998 - Tammy Wynette dies (b. 1942). Country musician.
• 1998 - Wendy O. Williams dies (b. 1949). American musician (Plasmatics).
• 1999 - Red Norvo dies (b. 1908). American jazz vibraphonist.
• 2000 - Habib Bourguiba dies (b. 1903) . President of Tunisia.
• 2002 - José Manuel Durão Barroso assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro de Portugal
• 2002 - Paulo Sacadura Cabral Portas é nomeado ministro da Defesa Nacional (Portugal)
• 2003 - David Bloom dies. American reporter.
• 2003 - Babatunde Olatunji dies (b. 1927). Nigerian jazz musician.
• 2003 - Oscar Landi dies. Argentine philosopher.
• 2003 - O finlandês Kimi Raikkonen (McLaren) vence o Grande Prémio do Brasil F1.
• 2003 - Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter dies (b. 1912). Catholic archbishop of Toronto.
• 2004 - Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from the post by impeachment.
• 2004 - Larisa Bogoraz dies (b. 1929). Soviet dissident
• 2004 - Niki Sullivan dies (b. 1937). American guitarist (The Crickets)
• 2005 - Rainier III, Prince of Monaco III dies (b. 1923). Prince of Monaco.
• 2006 - Maggie Dixon dies (b. 1977). Women's college basketball coach.
• Tartan Day, the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320, a day set aside for the celebration of Scottish influence
• The date of organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Joseph Smith, Jr.. Also the date on which The Church teaches that Jesus Christ was born.
• Chakri Day in Thailand, commemorating the reign of the Chakri Dynasty.
• Good Friday, the Friday before Easter or Pascha commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus at Calvary falls on April 6, 2007.