Page 7: Historical Events In April - 06

1938  On this day in history teflon invented by Roy J Plunkett   

1939  US &UK agree on joint control of Canton &Enderbury Is (Pacific) on this day in history.   

1939  Great Britain & Poland sign military pact on April - 06.   

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

1940  Andres Isasi, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1941  On April - 06 german army invades Yugoslovia and Greece.   

1941  On April - 06 italian-held Addis Ababa capitulates to British &Ethiopian forces   

1941  On this day in history 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 April - 06.   

1942  On this day in history k Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2249 Yamamoto   

1943  British &US army link up in Africa during WW II on this day in history.   

1943  On April - 06 british & US army link up in Africa during WW II   

1944  Jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazis on this day in history.   

1945  First heavy kamikaze attack on ships at Okinawa on April - 06.   

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  Coevorden freed from nazis on April - 06.   

1945  Benjamin M Telders, president (Dutch Liberal States Party), dies at 42 on April - 06.   

1947  11th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 281 on this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history vaclav Kapral, composer, dies at 58   

1949  On this day in history 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 this day in history sam Snead wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament   

1952  On April - 06 16th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 286   

1954  Mont Canadiens score 3 goals in 56 sec in playoff game against Det on April - 06.   

1955  "3 for Tonight" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 85 performances on April - 06.   

1957  On this day in history nYC ends trolley car service   

1958  Arnold Palmer wins first major golf tournament-the Masters on this day in history.   

1961  USS Lake Champlain brings oxygen to aid stricken passenger of British liner Queen of Bermuda on April - 06.   

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  Early Bird, world's first commercial communication satellite, launched on April - 06.   

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

1965  Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") first coml geosynchronous comm satellite on April - 06.   

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

1613  Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (d. 1683) was born on this day in history.   

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

1632  On this day in history birth of maria Leopoldine of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1649)   

1651  On April - 06 birth of andré Dacier, French classical scholar (d. 1722)   

1660  On April - 06 birth of johann Kuhnau, composer   

1664  On this day in history birth of arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (d. 1742)   

1671  Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French playwright/poet (Sacred Odes & Songs) was born on April - 06.   

0885  On April - 06 methodius, Greek apostle of the slaves/archbishop of Sirmium, dies   

0912  On this day in history nottker "the Stamelaar", benedictine monk/poet, dies at about 71   

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  On this day in history peter of Verona, [Peter Martyr], Italian inquisitor/st, dies at 45   

1348  On April - 06 petrarch's Laura, dies of plague   

1362  Death of Jacques de Bourbon, count of Marche, killed in battle on April - 06.   

1472  On this day in history pieter Bladelin, Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies