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 96th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 269 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 24, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 484,416 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 ‘enneacontahexagon’ day.
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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 317 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 4,489 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 6 Historical Events
- 1327 –The poet Petrarch first sees his idealized love, Laura, in the church of Saint Clare in Avignon.
- 1776 –American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
- 1860 –The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints—later renamed Community of Christ—is organized by Joseph Smith III and others at Amboy, Illinois
- 1895 –Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
- 1909 –Robert Peary and Matthew Henson reach the North Pole.
- 1929 –Huey P. Long Governor of Louisiana is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.
- 1947 –The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
- 1965 –Launch of Early Bird, the first communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit.
- 1973 –Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft.
- 1973 –The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.
Who were born on April 6?
- 1903 –Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player (d. 1962)
- 1916 –Phil Leeds, American actor d.1998
- 1916 –Vincent Ellis McKelvey, American geologist (d. 1987)
- 1941 –Don “The Snake” Prudhomme, American drag racer
- 1955 –Rob Epstein, American filmmaker and journalist
- 1961 –Rory Bremner, Scottish comedian and impressionist
- 1962 –Iris Häussler, German installation artist
- 1965 –Sterling Sharpe, American football player
- 1969 –Spencer Wells, American geneticist
- 1976 –Candace Cameron Bure, American actress
Who died on April 6?
- 1362 –James I, Count of La Marche, French soldier (b. 1319)
- 1833 –Adamantios Korais, Greek humanist scholar (b. 1748)
- 1838 –José Bonifácio de Andrade e Silva, Brazilian statesman and geologist (b. 1763)
- 1883 –Benjamin Wright Raymond, American politician (b. 1801)
- 1959 –Leo Aryeh Mayer, Israeli professor and scholar of Islamic art (b. 1895)
- 1963 –Otto Struve, Russian-born astronomer (b. 1897)
- 1979 –Ivan Vasilyov, Bulgarian architect (b. 1893)
- 1994 –Cyprien Ntaryamira, Burundian politician (b. 1956)
- 1998 –Wendy O. Williams, American singer (Plasmatics) (b. 1949)
- 2007 –Luigi Comencini, Italian film director (b. 1916)
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