Page 7: Historical Events In April - 06

1938  Teflon invented by Roy J Plunkett on this day in history.   

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

1939  Great Britain & Poland sign military pact on this day in history.   

1939  Robert Courtneidge, British theater producer, dies on this day in history.   

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

1941  German army invades Yugoslovia and Greece on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1942  K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2249 Yamamoto on April - 06.   

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

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

1944  On this day in history jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazis   

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

1945  On April - 06 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1947  Vaclav Kapral, composer, dies at 58 on April - 06.   

1949  Stanley Christopherson, cricketer (1884, MCC Pres during WWII), dies on this day in history.   

1950  John F Dulles becomes advisor to US Sect of State Acheson on April - 06.   

1951  Halfdan Cleve, composer, dies at 71 on April - 06.   

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 this day in history.   

1957  On April - 06 nYC ends trolley car service   

1958  On April - 06 arnold Palmer wins first major golf tournament-the Masters   

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

1961  Jules J B V Bordet, Belgian bacteriologist (Nobel 1919), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1962  On April - 06 j C Heldring, Dutch businessman, dies at 74   

1965  On April - 06 early Bird, world's first commercial communication satellite, launched   

1965  On this day in history in Dar es Salaam Tanzania Ottawa starts program to equip and train air force of Tanzania.   

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

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1483  Raphael Sanzio, Italian painter/master builder (Madonna Sistina) was born on April - 06.   

1613  On this day in history birth of stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (d. 1683)   

1631  On April - 06 birth of vincenzo De Grandis, composer   

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

1651  André Dacier, French classical scholar (d. 1722) was born on April - 06.   

1660  Johann Kuhnau, composer was born on April - 06.   

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

1671  On April - 06 birth of jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French playwright/poet (Sacred Odes & Songs)   

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

0912  Nottker "the Stamelaar", benedictine monk/poet, dies at about 71 on April - 06.   

1147  On April - 06 death of frederick II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1090)   

1199  Richard I, the Lion-hearted, King of England (1189-99), dies at 41 on April - 06.   

1252  On April - 06 peter of Verona, [Peter Martyr], Italian inquisitor/st, dies at 45   

1348  Petrarch's Laura, dies of plague on April - 06.   

1362  Death of Jacques de Bourbon, count of Marche, killed in battle on this day in history.   

1472  On April - 06 pieter Bladelin, Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies