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  On this day in history great Britain & Poland sign military pact   

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

1940  Andres Isasi, composer, dies at 49 on April - 06.   

1941  German army invades Yugoslovia and Greece on April - 06.   

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 this day in history.   

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 April - 06.   

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

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  On this day in history first heavy kamikaze attack on ships at Okinawa.   

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

1945  Coevorden freed from nazis on this day in history.   

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

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 April - 06.   

1950  On this day in history john F Dulles becomes advisor to US Sect of State Acheson   

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  16th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 286 on this day in history.   

1954  Mont Canadiens score 3 goals in 56 sec in playoff game against Det on this day in history.   

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 April - 06.   

1961  USS Lake Champlain brings oxygen to aid stricken passenger of British liner Queen of Bermuda on this day in history.   

1961  On April - 06 jules J B V Bordet, Belgian bacteriologist (Nobel 1919), dies at 90   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (d. 1683) was born on April - 06.   

1631  On this day in history birth of vincenzo De Grandis, composer   

1632  Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1649) was born on April - 06.   

1651  On this day in history birth of andré Dacier, French classical scholar (d. 1722)   

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

1664  Arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (d. 1742) was born on this day in history.   

1671  Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French playwright/poet (Sacred Odes & Songs) was born on this day in history.   

0885  Methodius, Greek apostle of the slaves/archbishop of Sirmium, dies on April - 06.   

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 April - 06 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 this day in history petrarch's Laura, dies of plague   

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

1472  Pieter Bladelin, Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies on April - 06.