Historical Events In April - 06

1938  On April - 06 teflon invented by Roy J Plunkett   

1939  US &UK agree on joint control of Canton &Enderbury Is (Pacific) on April - 06.   

1939  On April - 06 great Britain & Poland sign military pact   

1939  On this day in history robert Courtneidge, British theater producer, dies   

1940  Andres Isasi, composer, dies at 49 on April - 06.   

1941  On April - 06 german army invades Yugoslovia and Greece.   

1941  On April - 06 italian-held Addis Ababa capitulates to British &Ethiopian forces   

1941  On this day in history 8th Golf Masters Championship: Craig Wood wins, shooting a 280   

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  On this day in history k Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2249 Yamamoto   

1943  British &US army link up in Africa during WW II on April - 06.   

1943  British & US army link up in Africa during WW II on this day in history.   

1944  On April - 06 jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazis   

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 April - 06.   

1945  Benjamin M Telders, president (Dutch Liberal States Party), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1947  11th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 281 on April - 06.   

1947  On this day in history vaclav Kapral, composer, dies at 58   

1949  Stanley Christopherson, cricketer (1884, MCC Pres during WWII), dies on April - 06.   

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  Sam Snead wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament on this day in history.   

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 this day in history "3 for Tonight" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 85 performances   

1957  On this day in history nYC ends trolley car service   

1958  On April - 06 arnold Palmer wins first major golf tournament-the Masters   

1961  On April - 06 uSS Lake Champlain brings oxygen to aid stricken passenger of British liner Queen of Bermuda.   

1961  On April - 06 jules J B V Bordet, Belgian bacteriologist (Nobel 1919), dies at 90   

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

1965  On this day in history early Bird, world's first commercial communication satellite, launched   

1965  On April - 06 in Dar es Salaam Tanzania Ottawa starts program to equip and train air force of Tanzania.   

1965  Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") first coml geosynchronous comm satellite on this day in history.   

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1483  On April - 06 birth of raphael Sanzio, Italian painter/master builder (Madonna Sistina)   

1613  On April - 06 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 this day in history.   

1651  On April - 06 birth of andré Dacier, French classical scholar (d. 1722)   

1660  On April - 06 birth of johann Kuhnau, composer   

1664  Arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (d. 1742) was born on April - 06.   

1671  Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French playwright/poet (Sacred Odes & Songs) was born on April - 06.   

0885  On April - 06 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  Death of Frederick II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1090) on April - 06.   

1199  On this day in history richard I, the Lion-hearted, King of England (1189-99), dies at 41   

1252  On April - 06 peter of Verona, [Peter Martyr], Italian inquisitor/st, dies at 45   

1348  On April - 06 petrarch's Laura, dies of plague   

1362  Death of Jacques de Bourbon, count of Marche, killed in battle on April - 06.   

1472  Pieter Bladelin, Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies on this day in history.