please enjoy your travel through time on the 6th day of April, with interesting events, births & deaths on this day in history
6th April History Timeline
1400s / the 15th century on the 6th of April
1483 : Raphael the Italian painter and architect was born Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino on Good Friday in Urbino, Duchy of Urbino, Italy.
1500s / the 16th century on the 6th of April
1520 : Raphael the Italian painter and architect died on his birthday on Good Friday aged 37 (born in 1483).
1580 : Dover Straits earthquake between England and France was one of the largest earthquakes recorded in the history of England and Northern France.
1800s / the 19th century on the 6th of April
1869 : Celluloid was patented by John Wesley Hyatt, an American inventor.
1895 : Oscar Wilde was arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, in London.
1896 : Opening of the 1st modern Olympic Games was celebrated in Athens, after 1,500 years since the original games were banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I. King Georgios I of Greece and a crowd of 60,000 spectators welcomed athletes from 13 nations to the international competition opening of the Athens Games.
1900s / the 20th century on the 6th of April
1909 : Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the 1st people to reach the North Pole, but Peary’s claim has since been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
1917 : The United States declared war on Germany, during World War 1.
1926 : Varney Air Lines made its 1st commercial flight. Varney Air Lines became United Airlines.
1947 : The Tony Awards were presented for the 1st time.
1958 : Graeme Base the Australian author and illustrator was born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England.
1965 : Early Bird, the first commercial communications satellite was launched into geosynchronous orbit.
1971 : Igor Stravinsky the Russian composer died aged 88 (born in 1882).
1973 Pioneer 11 spacecraft was launched.
1974 : ABBA won Eurovision Song Contest with their song Waterloo, which launched the international career of the Swedish pop band.
1992 : The Bosnian War started.
1992 : Isaac Asimov the American science fiction writer died aged 72 (born in 1920).
1998 : Pakistan tested nuclear missiles capable of reaching India.
1998 : Tammy Wynette the American country music singer died from a blood clot aged 55 (born in 1942).
2000s / the 21st century on the 6th of April
2009 : L’Aquila earthquake in Italy with a 6.3 magnitude, killed 307 people, injured 1,500, and left over 65,000 people homeless.
2014 : Mickey Rooney the American actor died of natural causes which included complications from diabetes. He was 93 years old when he died in Los Angeles (born in New York City in 1920).
2015 : James Best the American actor died aged 88 (born in 1926). He was best known as as the bumbling Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane in The Dukes of Hazzard action-comedy television series, which aired from 1979 to 1985.
2015 : Ray Charles (Charles Raymond Offenberg) the American musician died of cancer aged 96 (born in 1918). He was a singer, songwriter, vocal arranger and conductor.
2017 : Don Rickles the American actor and comedian died of kidney failure aged 90 (born in 1926).
Today in History for April 6th by Associated Press
Video features : America entered World War 1, Peary and Henson reached the North Pole, Athens hosted the 1st modern Olympics, country singer Merle Haggard was born, and country singer Tammy Wynette died…
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