What are the important events that happened on April 6? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
April 6: Facts & Myths About This Day
April 6 is the 97th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 269 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 24, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 475,656 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘enneacontaheptagon’ day.
Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 298 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,124 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 6 Historical Events
- 1320 –The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath.
- 1385 –John, Master of the Order of Aviz, is made king John I of Portugal.
- 1667 –An earthquake devastates Dubrovnik, then an independent city-state.
- 1793 –During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.
- 1861 –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.
- 1888 –Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
- 1970 –Newhall Incident: Four California Highway Patrol officers are killed in a shootout.
- 1973 –Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft.
- 1998 –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.
- 2009 –A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 307.
Who were born on April 6?
- 1671 –Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet (d. 1741)
- 1886 –Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, The Last Nizam of Hyderabad state (d. 1967)
- 1900 –Leo Robin, American songwriter (d. 1984)
- 1919 –Georgios Mylonas, Greek politician (d. 1998)
- 1931 –Baba Ram Dass, American Hindu spiritual teacher
- 1945 –Neal Boortz, American radio personality
- 1969 –Louie Spence, English dancer/choreographer and TV personality
- 1969 –Paul Rudd, American actor
- 1978 –Blaine Neal, American baseball player
- 1984 –Max Bemis, American musician and songwriter
Who died on April 6?
- 1362 –James I, Count of La Marche, French soldier (b. 1319)
- 1528 –Albrecht Dürer, German artist (b. 1471)
- 1590 –Francis Walsingham, English spymaster
- 1825 –Vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (b. 1757)
- 1883 –Benjamin Wright Raymond, American politician (b. 1801)
- 1961 –Jules Bordet, Belgian immunologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1870)
- 1974 –Sir Hudson Fysh, Australian aviator and businessman (b. 1895)
- 1998 –Norbert Schmitz, German footballer (b. 1958)
- 1998 –Tammy Wynette, American singer (b. 1942)
- 2006 –Maggie Dixon, American college basketball coach (b. 1977)
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