History Events on April 06

Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day.

#Jalal_Talabani

In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.

#Richmond,_Indiana

Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.

#Oscar_Wilde

American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.

#American_Revolutionary_War

Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment.

#Rolandas_Paksas

Celluloid is patented.

#Celluloid

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.

#American_Civil_War

The Bosnian War begins.

#Bosnian_War

Church of Christ, the original church of the Latter Day Saint movement, is organized by Joseph Smith and others at either Fayette or Manchester, New York.

#Church_of_Christ_(Latter_Day_Saints)

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.

#Arthur_Sullivan

World War II: Nazi Germany launches Operation 25 (the invasion of Kingdom of Yugoslavia) and Operation Marita (the invasion of Greece).

#World_War_II

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.

#Grand_Army_of_the_Republic

Azawad declares itself independent from the Republic of Mali.

#Azawad

The poet Petrarch first sees his idealized love, Laura, in the church of Saint Clare in Avignon.

#Petrarch

World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).

#World_War_I

At the end of the Salt March, Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire."

#Salt_March

The Rwandan genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down.

#Rwandan_genocide

World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from German and Croatian forces by the Yugoslav Partisans.

#Sarajevo

John, Master of the Order of Aviz, is made king John I of Portugal.

#Order_of_Aviz

The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath.

#Declaration_of_Arbroath

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 307.

#2009_L'Aquila_earthquake

Stilicho stymies the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia.

#Stilicho

In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, over 193 victims of Los Zetas were exhumed from several mass graves.

#San_Fernando,_Tamaulipas

Vietnam War: Easter Offensive: American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments.

#Vietnam_War

King Richard I of England dies from an infection following the removal of an arrow from his shoulder.

#Richard_I_of_England

Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft.

#Pioneer_11

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.

#Athens

Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.

#Salt_Lake_Temple

During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.

#French_Revolution

Nuclear weapons testing: Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.

#Nuclear_weapons_testing

World War II: The Battle of Slater's Knoll on Bougainville comes to an end.

#Battle_of_Slater's_Knoll

Seventh Crusade: Ayyubids of Egypt capture King Louis IX of France in the Battle of Fariskur.

#Seventh_Crusade

The Swedish pop band ABBA wins the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Waterloo", launching their international career.

#ABBA

John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company, that would eventually make him America's first millionaire.

#John_Jacob_Astor

Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.

#Robert_Peary

Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.

#Thomas_Green_Clemson

U.S. military launches 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at an air base in Syria. Russia describes the strikes as an "aggression", adding they significantly damage US-Russia ties.

#2017_Shayrat_missile_strike

At the Cape of Good Hope, Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes Cape Town.

#Cape_of_Good_Hope

Nominal beginning of the Bourbon Restoration; anniversary date that Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.

#Bourbon_Restoration

During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).

#Battle_of_Deçiq

British forces under the command of the Duke of Wellington assault the fortress of Badajoz. This would be the turning point in the Peninsular War against Napoleon-led France.

#Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington

Launch of Early Bird, the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit.

#Intelsat_I

Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya.

#Cameroon

The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 begins near Broadway.

#New_York_Slave_Revolt_of_1712

Maoist rebels kill 76 CRPF officers in Dantewada district, India.

#Communist_Party_of_India_(Maoist)

U.S. President John Tyler is sworn in, two days after having become President upon William Henry Harrison's death.

#John_Tyler

American Civil War: The Battle of Sailor's Creek: Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights and loses its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia during the Appomattox Campaign.

#Battle_of_Sailor's_Creek

Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines.

#Aristotle_Onassis

Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) in the battle of Thapsus.

#Julius_Caesar

A bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior ice hockey team collides with a semi-truck in Saskatchewan, Canada, killing 16 people and injuring 13 others.

The 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activists.

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.

Student protests break out in Nepal.

The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.

Newhall massacre: Four California Highway Patrol officers are killed in a shootout.

Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Liberal Leadership Election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon after.

The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.

Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.

Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.

Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).

The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, later renamed Community of Christ, is organized by Joseph Smith III and others at Amboy, Illinois.

King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) establishes the Chakri dynasty.

One of the largest earthquakes recorded in the history of England, Flanders, or Northern France, takes place.

Mehmed II begins his siege of Constantinople (Istanbul), which falls on May 29.