Page 7: Historical Events In April - 06

1938  Teflon invented by Roy J Plunkett on April - 06.   

1939  US &UK agree on joint control of Canton &Enderbury Is (Pacific) on April - 06.   

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

1939  Robert Courtneidge, British theater producer, dies on April - 06.   

1940  On this day in history andres Isasi, composer, dies at 49   

1941  On this day in history german army invades Yugoslovia and Greece.   

1941  Italian-held Addis Ababa capitulates to British &Ethiopian forces on this day in history.   

1941  8th Golf Masters Championship: Craig Wood wins, shooting a 280 on April - 06.   

1942  On this day in history 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.   

1942  K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2249 Yamamoto on this day in history.   

1943  British &US army link up in Africa during WW II on April - 06.   

1943  On this day in history british & US army link up in Africa during WW II   

1944  Jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazis on April - 06.   

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

1945  Most of the Jewish prisoners remaining at the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany are forced out on death marches on April - 06.   

1945  On this day in history coevorden freed from nazis   

1945  On April - 06 benjamin M Telders, president (Dutch Liberal States Party), dies at 42   

1947  11th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 281 on April - 06.   

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  On April - 06 john F Dulles becomes advisor to US Sect of State Acheson   

1951  On April - 06 halfdan Cleve, composer, dies at 71   

1952  Sam Snead wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament on April - 06.   

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

1954  On April - 06 mont Canadiens score 3 goals in 56 sec in playoff game against Det   

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

1957  On April - 06 nYC ends trolley car service   

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

1961  On this day in history 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 April - 06.   

1962  J C Heldring, Dutch businessman, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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

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

1965  On April - 06 intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") first coml geosynchronous comm satellite   

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

1613  On April - 06 birth of stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (d. 1683)   

1631  Vincenzo De Grandis, composer was born on April - 06.   

1632  Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.   

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

1660  On April - 06 birth of johann Kuhnau, composer   

1664  Arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (d. 1742) was born on April - 06.   

1671  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French playwright/poet (Sacred Odes & Songs)   

0885  On this day in history methodius, Greek apostle of the slaves/archbishop of Sirmium, dies   

0912  On April - 06 nottker "the Stamelaar", benedictine monk/poet, dies at about 71   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1362  On this day in history death of jacques de Bourbon, count of Marche, killed in battle   

1472  Pieter Bladelin, Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies on this day in history.