{"id":4198,"date":"2023-04-06T04:35:17","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T23:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=4198"},"modified":"2023-03-31T17:44:35","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T12:14:35","slug":"history-of-6-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-6-april\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 6 April"},"content":{"rendered":"

History of 6 April<\/h2>\n

1903<\/strong> – French Army Nationalists were revealed for forging documents to guarantee a conviction for Alfred Dreyfus.<\/p>\n

1909<\/strong> – Americans Robert Peary and Matthew Henson claimed to be the first men to reach the North Pole.<\/p>\n

1916<\/strong> – Charlie Chaplin became the highest-paid film star in the world when he signed a contract with Mutual Film Corporation for $675,000 a year. He was 26 years old.<\/p>\n

1917<\/strong> – The\u00a0U.S.\u00a0Congress approved a declaration of war on Germany and entered World War I on the Allied side.<\/p>\n

1924<\/strong> – Four planes left Seattle on the first successful flight around the world.<\/p>\n

1927<\/strong> – William P. MacCracken, Jr. earned license number \u20181\u2019 when the Department of Commerce issued the first aviator\u2019s license.<\/p>\n

1931<\/strong> – “Little Orphan Annie” debuted on the NBC Blue network.<\/p>\n

1938<\/strong> – The United States recognized the German conquest of Austria.<\/p>\n

1941<\/strong> – German forces invaded Greece and Yugoslavia.<\/p>\n

1945<\/strong> – “This is Your FBI” debuted on ABC radio.<\/p>\n

1953<\/strong> – Iranian Premier Mossadegh demanded that the shah’s power be reduced.<\/p>\n

1957<\/strong> – Trolley cars in New York City completed their final runs.<\/p>\n

1959<\/strong> – Hal Holbrook opened in the off-Broadway presentation of “Mark Twain Tonight.”<\/p>\n

1965<\/strong> –\u00a0U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson\u00a0authorized the use of ground troops in combat operations in Vietnam.<\/p>\n

1967<\/strong> – In South Vietnam, 1,500 Viet Cong attacked Quangtri and freed 200 prisoners.<\/p>\n

1981<\/strong> – A Yugoslav Communist Party official confirmed reports of intense ethnic riots in Kosovo.<\/p>\n

1983<\/strong> – The U.S. Veteran’s Administration announced it would give free medical care for conditions traceable to radiation exposure to more than 220,000 veterans who participated in nuclear tests from 1945 to 1962.<\/p>\n

1985<\/strong> – William J. Schroeder became the first artificial heart recipient to be discharged from the hospital.<\/p>\n

1987<\/strong> – Dennis Levine began a two-year jail term for insider trading.<\/p>\n

1987<\/strong> – The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 2,400 for the first time.<\/p>\n

1987<\/strong> – Sugar Ray Leonard took the middleweight title from Marvin Hagler.<\/p>\n

1988<\/strong> – Mathew Henson was awarded honors in Arlington National Cemetery. Henson had discovered the North Pole with Robert Peary.<\/p>\n

1997<\/strong> – Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) announced that he would retire from the\u00a0National Hockey League (NHL)\u00a0following the playoffs of the current season.<\/p>\n

1998<\/strong> – 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.<\/p>\n

1998<\/strong> – The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 9,000 points for the first time.<\/p>\n

1998<\/strong> – Federal researchers in the\u00a0U.S.\u00a0announced that daily tamoxifen pills could cut breast cancer risk among high-risk women.<\/p>\n

1998<\/strong> – Pakistan successfully tested medium-range missiles capable of attacking neighboring India.<\/p>\n

2004<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Rolandas Paksas\u00a0becomes the first president of\u00a0Lithuania\u00a0to be peacefully removed from office by\u00a0impeachment.<\/p>\n

2005<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Kurdish leader\u00a0Jalal Talabani\u00a0becomes\u00a0Iraqi\u00a0president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named\u00a0premier\u00a0the next day.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

2009<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 A\u00a06.3 magnitude earthquake\u00a0strikes near\u00a0L’Aquila, Italy, killing 307.<\/p>\n

2010<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Maoist rebels\u00a0kill\u00a076\u00a0CRPF\u00a0officers in\u00a0Dantewada district, India.<\/p>\n

2011<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 In\u00a0San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, over 193 victims of Los Zetas were exhumed from several\u00a0mass graves.<\/p>\n

2012<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Azawad\u00a0declares itself independent\u00a0from the\u00a0Republic of Mali.<\/p>\n

2017<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 U.S. military launches\u00a059 Tomahawk cruise missiles\u00a0at an air base in\u00a0Syria. Russia describes the strikes as an “aggression”, adding they significantly damage US-Russia ties.<\/sup><\/p>\n

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<\/p>\n

Celebrating Birthday Today<\/strong><\/h2>\n
    \n
  • 1981<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Robert Earnshaw, Welsh footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Jeff Faine, American football player<\/li>\n
  • 1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Alex Suarez, American bass player<\/li>\n
  • 1982<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Travis Moen, Canadian ice hockey player<\/li>\n
  • 1982<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Miguel \u00c1ngel Silvestre, Spanish actor<\/li>\n
  • 1983<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Mehdi Ballouchy, Moroccan footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Jerome Kaino, New Zealand rugby player<\/li>\n
  • 1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Mitsuru Nagata, Japanese footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Remi Nicole, English singer-songwriter and actress<\/li>\n
  • 1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0James Wade, English darts player<\/li>\n
  • 1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Katie Weatherston, Canadian ice hockey player<\/li>\n
  • 1984<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Max Bemis, American singer-songwriter<\/li>\n
  • 1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Micha\u00ebl Ciani, French footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Siboniso Gaxa, South African footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Diana Matheson, Canadian soccer player<\/li>\n
  • 1985<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Clarke MacArthur, Canadian ice hockey player<\/li>\n
  • 1985<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Frank Ongfiang, Cameroonian footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1985<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Sinqua Walls, French\/Native American\/Jamaican-American basketball player, and actor<\/li>\n
  • 1986<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Nikolas Asprogenis, Cypriot footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1986<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Aaron Curry, American football player<\/li>\n
  • 1986<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Goeido Gotaro, Japanese sumo wrestler<\/li>\n
  • 1986<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Ryota Moriwaki, Japanese footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1987<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Benjamin Corgnet, French footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Heidi Mount, American model<\/li>\n
  • 1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Juan Adriel Ochoa, Mexican footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Levi Porter, English footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Hilary Rhoda, American model<\/li>\n
  • 1988<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jucilei, Brazilian footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Leigh Adams, Australian footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Daniele Gasparetto, Italian footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Carlton Mitchell, American football player<\/li>\n
  • 1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Fabrice Muamba, Congolese-English footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Ivonne Orsini, Puerto Rican-American model, and television host, Miss World Puerto Rico 2008<\/li>\n
  • 1990<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Lachlan Coote, Australian rugby league player<\/li>\n
  • 1990<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Charlie McDermott, American actor<\/li>\n
  • 1990<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Andrei Veis, Estonian footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1992<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ken, South Korean singer<\/li>\n
  • 1992<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Julie Ertz, American soccer player, and FIFA Women’s World Cup champion<\/li>\n
  • 1994<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Adri\u00e1n Alonso, Mexican actor<\/li>\n
  • 1995<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Darya Lebesheva, a Belarusian tennis player<\/li>\n
  • 1998<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Peyton List, American actress, and model<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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