Page 7: Historical Events In April - 06

1938  Teflon invented by Roy J Plunkett on this day in history.   

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

1939  Great Britain & Poland sign military pact on this day in history.   

1939  On April - 06 robert Courtneidge, British theater producer, dies   

1940  On this day in history 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 April - 06.   

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  On April - 06 k Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2249 Yamamoto   

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  On this day in history jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazis   

1945  First heavy kamikaze attack on ships at Okinawa on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history 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 this day in history benjamin M Telders, president (Dutch Liberal States Party), dies at 42   

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

1947  Vaclav Kapral, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1949  On April - 06 stanley Christopherson, cricketer (1884, MCC Pres during WWII), dies   

1950  John F Dulles becomes advisor to US Sect of State Acheson on April - 06.   

1951  Halfdan Cleve, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1952  On April - 06 sam Snead wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament   

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 April - 06.   

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 this day in history arnold Palmer wins first major golf tournament-the Masters   

1961  USS Lake Champlain brings oxygen to aid stricken passenger of British liner Queen of Bermuda on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history jules J B V Bordet, Belgian bacteriologist (Nobel 1919), dies at 90   

1962  J C Heldring, Dutch businessman, dies at 74 on April - 06.   

1965  On April - 06 early Bird, world's first commercial communication satellite, launched   

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

1965  On this day in history intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") first coml geosynchronous comm satellite   

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1483  On this day in history birth of raphael Sanzio, Italian painter/master builder (Madonna Sistina)   

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

1631  Vincenzo De Grandis, composer was born on this day in history.   

1632  On April - 06 birth of maria Leopoldine of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1649)   

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

1660  On April - 06 birth of johann Kuhnau, composer   

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

1671  On April - 06 birth of jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French playwright/poet (Sacred Odes & Songs)   

0885  Methodius, Greek apostle of the slaves/archbishop of Sirmium, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1252  Peter of Verona, [Peter Martyr], Italian inquisitor/st, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1348  Petrarch's Laura, dies of plague on April - 06.   

1362  On this day in history death of jacques de Bourbon, count of Marche, killed in battle   

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