{"id":19562,"date":"2021-04-06T00:00:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T18:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=19562"},"modified":"2021-04-02T14:44:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T09:14:57","slug":"history-of-6-april-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-6-april-2\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 6 April"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>1997<\/strong> &#8211; Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) announced that he would retire from the National Hockey League (NHL) following the playoffs of the current season.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1998<\/strong> &#8211; Citicorp and Travelers Group announced that they would be merging. The new creation was the largest financial-services conglomerate in the world. The name would become Citigroup.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1998<\/strong> &#8211; The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 9,000 points for the first time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1998<\/strong> &#8211; Federal researchers in the\u00a0U.S.\u00a0announced that daily tamoxifen pills could cut breast cancer risk among high-risk women.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1998<\/strong> &#8211; Pakistan successfully tested medium-range missiles capable of attacking neighboring India.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2004<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Rolandas Paksas\u00a0becomes the first president of\u00a0Lithuania\u00a0to be peacefully removed from office by\u00a0impeachment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2005<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Kurdish leader\u00a0Jalal Talabani\u00a0becomes\u00a0Iraqi\u00a0president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named\u00a0premier\u00a0the next day.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2008<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a02008 Egyptian general strike\u00a0starts led by\u00a0Egyptian\u00a0workers later to be adopted by\u00a0April 6 Youth Movement\u00a0and\u00a0Egyptian\u00a0activists.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2009<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 A\u00a06.3 magnitude earthquake\u00a0strikes near\u00a0L&#8217;Aquila, Italy, killing 307.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2010<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Maoist rebels\u00a0kill\u00a076\u00a0CRPF\u00a0officers in\u00a0Dantewada district, India.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2011<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 In\u00a0San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, over 193 victims of Los Zetas were exhumed from several\u00a0mass graves.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2012<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Azawad\u00a0declares itself independent\u00a0from the\u00a0Republic of Mali.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2017<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 U.S. military launches\u00a059 Tomahawk cruise missiles\u00a0at an air base in\u00a0Syria. Russia describes the strikes as an &#8220;aggression&#8221;, adding they significantly damage US-Russia ties.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2018<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 A bus carrying the\u00a0Humboldt Broncos\u00a0junior ice hockey team\u00a0collides with a semi-truck\u00a0in\u00a0Saskatchewan,\u00a0Canada, killing 16 people and injuring 13 others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Celebrating Birthday Today<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Robert Earnshaw, Welsh footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Jeff Faine, American football player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Alex Suarez, American bass player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Travis Moen, Canadian ice hockey player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Miguel \u00c1ngel Silvestre, Spanish actor<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Mehdi Ballouchy, Moroccan footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Jerome Kaino, New Zealand rugby player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Mitsuru Nagata, Japanese footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Remi Nicole, English singer-songwriter and actress<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0James Wade, English darts player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Katie Weatherston, Canadian ice hockey player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Max Bemis, American singer-songwriter<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Micha\u00ebl Ciani, French footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Siboniso Gaxa, South African footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Diana Matheson, Canadian soccer player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Clarke MacArthur, Canadian ice hockey player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Frank Ongfiang, Cameroonian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Sinqua Walls, American basketball player and actor<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Nikolas Asprogenis, Cypriot footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Aaron Curry, American football player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Goeido Gotaro, Japanese sumo wrestler<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Ryota Moriwaki, Japanese footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Benjamin Corgnet, French footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Heidi Mount, American model<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Juan Adriel Ochoa, Mexican footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Levi Porter, English footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Hilary Rhoda, American model<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jucilei, Brazilian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Leigh Adams, Australian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Daniele Gasparetto, Italian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Carlton Mitchell, American football player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Fabrice Muamba, Congolese-English footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Ivonne Orsini, Puerto Rican-American model and television host,\u00a0Miss World Puerto Rico 2008<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Lachlan Coote, Australian rugby league player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Charlie McDermott, American actor<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Andrei Veis, Estonian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1992<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ken, South Korean singer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1992<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Julie Ertz, American soccer player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1994<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Adri\u00e1n Alonso, Mexican actor<\/li>\n<li><strong>1995<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Darya Lebesheva, a Belarusian tennis player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1998<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Peyton List, American actress and model<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1997 &#8211; Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) announced that he would retire from the National Hockey League (NHL) following the playoffs of the current season. 1998 &#8211; Citicorp and Travelers Group announced that they would be merging. 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