Saturday, April 6, 2013

This is 96th day of the year and 269 days remain in the year.


April 6 Birthdays

Raphael Santi
Pronunciation: [räf"fäel´lO sän´tE, sän´tsyO]
Ital. Raffaello Santi or Raffaello Sanzio 1483–1520, major Italian Renaissance painter, born in Urbino.

James Mill
philosopher, economist, and historian (1773)

 Anthony Fokker
aircraft manufacturer (1890)

 Andre Previn
conductor, composer, and pianist (1929)

April 6 in History

1830

Joseph Smith and five others organized the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Fayette, New York.

1862

The Battle of Shiloh in the American Civil War began.

1896

First modern Olympic Games opened in Athens, Greece.

1909

Robert Peary and Matthew Henson became the first to reach the North Pole.

1917

U.S. declared war on Germany and entered World War I.

1994

The presidents of Rwanda and Burundi were killed in a plane crash.

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