Page 7: Historical Events In April - 06

1938  On this day in history teflon invented by Roy J Plunkett   

1939  On this day in history uS &UK agree on joint control of Canton &Enderbury Is (Pacific)   

1939  On this day in history great Britain & Poland sign military pact   

1939  Robert Courtneidge, British theater producer, dies on April - 06.   

1940  On April - 06 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  On April - 06 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history british & US army link up in Africa during WW II   

1944  Jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazis on April - 06.   

1945  On April - 06 first heavy kamikaze attack on ships at Okinawa.   

1945  On April - 06 most of the Jewish prisoners remaining at the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany are forced out on death marches.   

1945  On April - 06 coevorden freed from nazis   

1945  On April - 06 benjamin M Telders, president (Dutch Liberal States Party), dies at 42   

1947  11th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 281 on this day in history.   

1947  Vaclav Kapral, composer, dies at 58 on April - 06.   

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  On this day in history halfdan Cleve, composer, dies at 71   

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  Mont Canadiens score 3 goals in 56 sec in playoff game against Det on April - 06.   

1955  "3 for Tonight" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 85 performances on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history nYC ends trolley car service   

1958  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1965  Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") first coml geosynchronous comm satellite on April - 06.   

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1483  Raphael Sanzio, Italian painter/master builder (Madonna Sistina) was born on April - 06.   

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

1631  Vincenzo De Grandis, composer was born on April - 06.   

1632  Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.   

1651  André Dacier, French classical scholar (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.   

1660  Johann Kuhnau, composer was born on this day in history.   

1664  On April - 06 birth of arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (d. 1742)   

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

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 April - 06.   

1147  On April - 06 death of frederick II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1090)   

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

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

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

1362  Death of Jacques de Bourbon, count of Marche, killed in battle on this day in history.   

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