About April 6
April 6, 2024 is the 97th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 269 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
You can browse the full year calendar in case you need it.
What no one tells you about your first name’s personality. Are there magical powers in your given name? Check out Melissa’s personality today! (Sponsored links)
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 298 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On April 6
- 1199 –King Richard I of England dies from an infection following the removal of an arrow from his shoulder.
- 1327 –The poet Petrarch first sees his idealized love, Laura, in the church of Saint Clare in Avignon.
- 1385 –John, Master of the Order of Aviz, is made king John I of Portugal.
- 1580 –One of the largest earthquakes recorded in the history of England, Flanders, or Northern France, takes place.
- 1808 –John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company, that would eventually make him America’s first millionaire.
- 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.)
- 1862 –American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins – in Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.
- 1866 –The Grand Army of the Republic, an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War, is founded. It lasts until 1956.
- 1888 –Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
- 1896 –In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I.
- 1917 –World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson’s address to Congress).
- 1930 –Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, “With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire.” beginning the Salt Satyagraha.
- 1945 –World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from German and Croatian forces by the Yugoslav Partisans.
- 1945 –World War II: the Battle of Slater’s Knoll on Bougainville comes to an end.
- 1947 –The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
- 1957 –Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines.
- 1972 –Vietnam War: Easter Offensive – American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments.
- 1973 –Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft.
- 1994 –The Rwandan Genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down.
- 1998 –Travelers Group announces an agreement to undertake the $76 billion merger between Travelers and Citicorp, and the merger is completed on October 8, of that year, forming Citibank.
Do you drink coffee? Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Try this! Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters IEUUBCCLO? Check your answers here: Unscramble words IEUUBCCLO. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
Share or Link to This Page: