About April 6
April 6, 2022 is the 96th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 269 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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Aries is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 291 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On April 6
- 46 BC –Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) in the battle of Thapsus.
- 1199 –King Richard I of England dies from an infection following the removal of an arrow from his shoulder.
- 1320 –The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath.
- 1580 –One of the largest earthquakes recorded in the history of England, Flanders, or Northern France, takes place.
- 1793 –During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.
- 1814 –Nominal beginning of the Bourbon Restorationanniversary date that Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba. (Rule by the Bourbons is delayed a few weeks, though allies held most key locales of France.)
- 1861 –First performance of Arthur Sullivan’s debut success, his suite of incidental music for The Tempest, leading to a career that included the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
- 1869 –Celluloid is patented.
- 1895 –Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
- 1919 –Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi orders a general strike.
- 1926 –Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
- 1945 –World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from German and Croatian forces by the Yugoslav Partisans.
- 1947 –The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
- 1965 –The British Government announces the cancellation of the TSR-2 aircraft project.
- 1974 –ABBA win the 19th annual Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton with Waterloo.
- 1984 –Members of Cameroon’s Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya.
- 1998 –Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.
- 2004 –Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment.
- 2008 –2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers.
- 2009 –A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 307.
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