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{{pp-move-indef}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre–1600=== *[[46 BC]] – [[Julius Caesar]] defeats [[Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica|Caecilius Metellus Scipio]] and [[Cato the Younger|Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger)]] at the [[Battle of Thapsus]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh|title=A History of Rome to the Battle of Actium|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofrometob00shucuoft|year=1896|publisher=Macmillan and Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofrometob00shucuoft/page/752 752]}}</ref> * [[402]] – [[Stilicho]] defeats the [[Visigoths]] under [[Alaric I|Alaric]] in the [[Battle of Pollentia]].<ref>{{cite book|author=C. W. Previté Orton|title=The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History|year=1975|url=https://archive.org/details/shortercambridge0001prev|url-access=registration|publisher=CUP Archive|pages=[https://archive.org/details/shortercambridge0001prev/page/81 81]|isbn=9780521209632}}</ref> *[[1320]] – The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the [[Declaration of Arbroath]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Cowan|first=Edward J.|title=For Freedom Alone: The Declaration of Arbroath, 1320|location=East Linton, East Lothian, Scotland|publisher=Tuckwell|date=2002|isbn=9781862321502|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FAM3anarxLwC|pages=4, 8}}</ref> *[[1453]] – [[Mehmed II]] begins his [[Fall of Constantinople|siege of Constantinople]]. The city falls on [[May 29]] and is renamed [[Istanbul]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Tucker|first=Spencer C.|chapter=Overview of 1400-1500: Chronology|title=A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East. Vol.1: ca. 3000 BCE—1499 CE|editor-last=Tucker|editor-first=Spencer C.|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC=CLIO|date=2010|isbn=9781851096671|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h5_tSnygvbIC|pages=341–343}}</ref> *[[1580]] – One of the [[1580 Dover Straits earthquake|largest earthquakes]] recorded in the history of England, Flanders, or Northern France, takes place.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wood|first1=Robin Muir|last2=Melville|first2=Charles|title=Who Killed the British Earthquake?|work=The New Scientist|date=October 20, 1983|page=173|accessdate=April 12, 2022|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bIFUtulGdQcC&dq=Dover%20earthquake%20largest%20even%20%226%20April%22%20%221580%22&pg=PA173|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Varley|first=P.M.|chapter=Seismic Risk Assessment and Analysis|title=Engineering Geology of the Channel Tunnel|editor-last1=Harris|editor-first1=Colin S.|editor-last2=Hart|editor-first2=Malcolm B.|editor-last3=Varley|editor-first3=P.M.|editor-last4=Warren|editor-first4=Colin D.|location=London|publisher=T. Telford|date=1996|isbn=9780727720450|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ui_qSldWobYC|pages=195–197}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1652]] – At the [[Cape of Good Hope]], Dutch sailor [[Jan van Riebeeck]] establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes [[Cape Town]]. *[[1712]] – The [[New York Slave Revolt of 1712]] begins near [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]]. *[[1776]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: Ships of the [[Continental Navy]] fail in their [[Battle of Block Island|attempt to capture]] a [[Royal Navy]] [[dispatch boat]]. *[[1782]] – King [[Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke]] (Rama I) of Siam (modern day [[Thailand]]) establishes the Chakri dynasty. *[[1793]] – During the [[French Revolution]], the [[Committee of Public Safety]] becomes the executive organ of the republic. *[[1800]] – The [[Treaty of Constantinople (1800)|Treaty of Constantinople]] establishes the [[Septinsular Republic]], the first autonomous Greek state since the [[Fall of the Byzantine Empire]]. (Under the [[Old Style and New Style dates|Old Style]] calendar then still in use in the Ottoman Empire, the treaty was signed on 21 March.)<ref>{{cite book|last=Gekas|first=Sakis|title=Xenocracy: State, Class, and Colonialism in the Ionian Islands, 1815-1864|location=New York|publisher=Berghahn|date=2017|isbn=9781785332616|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J2joCwAAQBAJ|pages=23–24|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Mackridge|first=Peter|chapter=Introduction|title=The Ionian Islands: Aspects of their History and Culture|editor-last1=Hirst|editor-first1=Anthony|editor-last2=Sammon|editor-first2=Patrick|location=Newcastle upon Tyne, UK|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|year=2014|isbn=9781443862783|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CdIxBwAAQBAJ|page=5}}</ref> *[[1808]] – [[John Jacob Astor]] incorporates the [[American Fur Company]], that would eventually make him America's first millionaire. *[[1812]] – British forces under the command of the [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Duke of Wellington]] assault the fortress of [[Siege of Badajoz (1812)|Badajoz]]. This would be the turning point in the [[Peninsular War]] against [[Napoleon]]-led France. *[[1814]] – Nominal beginning of the [[Bourbon Restoration in France|Bourbon Restoration]]; anniversary date that Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to [[Elba]]. *[[1830]] – [[Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)|Church of Christ]], the original church of the [[Latter Day Saint movement]], is [[April 6 (LDS Church)|organized]] by [[Joseph Smith]] and others at either [[Fayette, New York|Fayette]] or [[Manchester, New York]]. *[[1841]] – U.S. President [[John Tyler]] is sworn in, two days after having become president upon [[William Henry Harrison]]'s death. *[[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]]. *[[1862]] – [[American Civil War]]: The [[Battle of Shiloh]] begins: In [[Tennessee]], forces under [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] General [[Ulysses S. Grant]] meet [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] troops led by General [[Albert Sidney Johnston]]. *[[1865]] – American Civil War: The [[Battle of Sailor's Creek]]: Confederate General [[Robert E. Lee]]'s [[Army of Northern Virginia]] fights and loses its last major battle while in retreat from [[Richmond, Virginia]], during the [[Appomattox Campaign]]. *[[1866]] – The [[Grand Army of the Republic]], an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War, is founded. It lasts until 1956. *[[1896]] – In [[Athens]], the opening of the [[1896 Summer Olympics|first modern Olympic Games]] is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by [[Roman emperor]] [[Theodosius I]]. ===1901–present=== *[[1909]] – [[Robert Peary]] and [[Matthew Henson]] become the first people to reach the [[North Pole]]; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.<ref>{{cite book|author=Dennis Rawlins|title=Peary at the North Pole: Fact Or Fiction?|url=https://archive.org/details/pearyatnorthpole00denn|url-access=registration|year=1973|publisher=Luce|isbn=978-0-88331-042-7|page=[https://archive.org/details/pearyatnorthpole00denn/page/180 180]}}</ref> *[[1911]] – During the [[Battle of Deçiq]], [[Ded Gjo Luli|Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj]], leader of the [[Malësori]] [[Albania]]ns, raises the Albanian flag in the town of [[Tuzi]], Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti ([[Skanderbeg]]). *[[1917]] – [[World War I]]: The [[United States declaration of war on Germany (1917)|United States declares war on Germany]]. *[[1918]] – [[Finnish Civil War]]: The [[battle of Tampere]] ends.<ref>[https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/100_years_ago_today_reds_take_tampere_finnish_civil_war_begins/10044586 100 years ago today: Reds take Tampere, Finnish Civil War begins] – ''[[Yle News]]'', January 27, 2018. Retrieved October 6, 2021.</ref> *[[1926]] – [[Varney Airlines]] makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of [[United Airlines]]). *[[1929]] – [[Huey P. Long]], [[Governor of Louisiana]], is [[Impeachment in the United States|impeached]] by the [[Louisiana House of Representatives]]. *[[1930]] – At the end of the [[Salt March]], [[Mahatma Gandhi|Gandhi]] raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the [[British Empire]]."<ref>{{cite book |last=Gandhi |first=Mahatma |author2=Dalton, Dennis |author-link2=Dennis Dalton |title=Selected Political Writings |publisher=[[Hackett Publishing Company]] |year=1996 |isbn=0-87220-330-1 |page=[https://archive.org/details/mahatmagandhisel00maha/page/72 72] |url=https://archive.org/details/mahatmagandhisel00maha/page/72}}</ref> *[[1936]] – [[1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak|Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak]]: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits [[Gainesville, Georgia]], killing 203. *[[1941]] – [[World War II]]: [[Nazi Germany]] launches [[Invasion of Yugoslavia|Operation 25]] (the invasion of Kingdom of Yugoslavia) and [[Operation Marita]] (the invasion of Greece). *[[1945]] – World War II: [[Sarajevo]] is liberated from [[Nazi Germany|German]] and [[Independent State of Croatia|Croatian]] forces by the [[Yugoslav Partisans]]. * 1945 – World War II: The [[Battle of Slater's Knoll]] on [[Bougainville Island|Bougainville]] comes to an end. *[[1947]] – The first [[Tony Award]]s are presented for theatrical achievement. *[[1948]] – The [[Finno-Soviet Treaty of 1948|Finno-Soviet Treaty]] is signed in Moscow.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Finland Vindicated |first=John |last=Lukacs |journal=[[Foreign Affairs (journal)|Foreign Affairs]] |volume=71 |issue=4 |year=1992 |pages=50–63 |doi=10.2307/20045309 |jstor=20045309 |url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/russia-fsu/1992-09-01/finland-vindicated}}</ref> *[[1957]] – The flag carrier airline of [[Greece]] for decades, [[Olympic Airlines|Olympic Airways]], is founded by [[Aristotle Onassis]] following the acquisition of "TAE - Greek National Airlines".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://oainfo.olympicairlines.com/history_organization_en.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803120700/http://oainfo.olympicairlines.com/history_organization_en.htm | archive-date=2009-08-03 | title=History & Organization }}</ref> *[[1958]] – [[Capital Airlines Flight 67]] crashes in [[Tittabawassee Township, Michigan]], near [[MBS International Airport|Freeland Tri-City Airport]], killing 47.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Vickers 745D Viscount N7437 Freeland-Tri City Airport, MI (MBS) |url=https://www.asndata.aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19580406-0 |access-date=2022-04-05 |website=asndata.aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> *[[1965]] – Launch of [[Intelsat I|Early Bird]], the first commercial communications [[satellite]] to be placed in [[geosynchronous orbit]]. *[[1968]] – In the downtown district of [[Richmond, Indiana]], a [[Richmond, Indiana explosion|double explosion]] kills 41 and injures 150. * 1968 – [[Pierre Elliott Trudeau]] wins the [[Liberal Party of Canada leadership election, 1968|Liberal Party leadership election]], and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon afterward. *[[1970]] – [[Newhall massacre]]: Four [[California Highway Patrol]] officers are killed in a shootout. *[[1972]] – [[Vietnam War]]: [[Easter Offensive]]: American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments. *[[1973]] – Launch of ''[[Pioneer 11]]'' [[spacecraft]]. * 1973 – The [[American League]] of [[Major League Baseball]] begins using the [[designated hitter]]. *[[1974]] – In [[Brighton]], United Kingdom, [[ABBA]] wins the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1974|1974 edition]] of the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] with "[[Waterloo (song)|Waterloo]]", the first of a joint-record seven [[Sweden|Swedish]] wins.<ref>{{cite news |title=Culture Re-View: A look back at this day in history |url=https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/04/06/culture-re-view-the-day-abba-achieved-eurovision-glory |access-date=4 March 2024 |work=euronews |date=6 April 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Singer Loreen makes history as Sweden wins Eurovision for seventh time |url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230514-singer-loreen-makes-history-as-sweden-wins-eurovision-song-contest-for-7th-time |access-date=4 March 2024 |work=France 24 |date=14 May 2023}}</ref> *[[1974]] – The first [[California Jam]] festival takes place at the [[Ontario Motor Speedway]] in [[Ontario, California]]. Co-headlined by [[Deep Purple]] and [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]]. The festival set what were then records for the loudest amplification system ever installed, the highest paid attendance, and highest gross in history.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/california-screaming-how-the-california-jam-banished-altamonts-demons | title=California Screaming: How the California Jam banished Altamont's demons | date=6 April 2017 }}</ref> *[[1984]] – Members of [[Cameroon]]'s Republican Guard [[1984 Cameroonian coup attempt|unsuccessfully attempt]] to overthrow the government headed by [[Paul Biya]]. *[[1985]] – Sudanese President [[Gaafar Nimeiry]] is ousted from power in a [[1985 Sudanese coup d'état|coup d'état]] led by Field Marshal [[Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab]].<ref>{{cite web | work=The New York Times | title=Sudan's President is Ousted in Coup by Military Chief | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/04/07/world/sudan-s-president-is-ousted-in-coup-by-military-chief.html | date=7 April 1985 | access-date=23 December 2022}}</ref> *[[1992]] – The [[Bosnian War]] begins. *[[1994]] – The [[Rwandan genocide]] begins when the aircraft carrying [[Rwanda]]n [[President (government title)|president]] [[Juvénal Habyarimana]] and [[Burundi]]an president [[Cyprien Ntaryamira]] is [[Assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira|shot down]]. *[[1997]] – In Greene County, Tennessee, the [[Lillelid murders]] occur.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lakin |first1=Matt |title=Lillelid murders still haunt East Tennessee, 20 years later |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/crime/2017/04/02/lillelid-murders-haunt-east-tennessee-20-years-later/99876020/ |access-date=17 September 2021 |publisher=[[USA Today]] |date=2 April 2017}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Nuclear weapons testing]]: [[Pakistan]] tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India. *[[2004]] – [[Rolandas Paksas]] becomes the first president of [[Lithuania]] to be peacefully removed from office by [[impeachment]]. *[[2005]] – Kurdish leader [[Jalal Talabani]] becomes [[Iraq]]i president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named [[premier]] the next day. *[[2008]] – The [[2008 Egyptian general strike]] starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by [[April 6 Youth Movement]] and Egyptian activists. *[[2009]] – A [[2009 L'Aquila earthquake|6.3 magnitude earthquake]] strikes near [[L'Aquila]], Italy, killing 307. *[[2010]] – Maoist rebels [[April 2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada|kill]] 76 [[Central Reserve Police Force|CRPF]] officers in [[Dantewada district]], India. *[[2011]] – In [[San Fernando, Tamaulipas]], Mexico, over 193 victims of [[Los Zetas]] were exhumed from several [[2011 San Fernando massacre|mass graves]]. *[[2012]] – [[Azawad]] [[Azawadi declaration of independence|declares itself independent]] from the [[Republic of Mali]]. *[[2017]] – U.S. military launches [[2017 Shayrat missile strike|59 Tomahawk cruise missiles]] at an air base in [[Syria]]. Russia describes the strikes as an "aggression", adding they significantly damage US-Russia ties.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39523654|title=Syria war: US launches missile strikes in response to chemical 'attack'|date=7 April 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=7 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407013217/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39523654|archive-date=7 April 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> *[[2018]] – A bus carrying the [[Humboldt Broncos]] junior ice hockey team [[Humboldt Broncos bus crash|collides with a semi-truck]] in [[Saskatchewan]], Canada, killing 16 people and injuring 13 others.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Humboldt Broncos bus crash: 16 people dead in highway tragedy|url=https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/humboldt-broncos-bus-involved-in-highway-crash|access-date=2021-05-23|website=thestarphoenix|language=en-CA}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre–1600=== *[[1135]] – [[Maimonides]], Jewish philosopher, [[Torah]] scholar, physician and astronomer ([[March 30]] also proposed, d. 1204) *[[1342]] – [[Infanta Maria, Marchioness of Tortosa]] *[[1573]] – [[Margaret of Brunswick-Lüneburg]], German noble (d. 1643) ===1601–1900=== *[[1632]] – [[Maria Leopoldine of Austria]] (d. 1649) *[[1651]] – [[André Dacier]], French scholar and academic (d. 1722) *[[1660]] – [[Johann Kuhnau]], German organist and composer (d. 1722) *[[1664]] – [[Arvid Horn]], Swedish general and politician, [[List of governors of Västerbotten County|Governor of Västerbotten County]] (d. 1742) *[[1671]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Rousseau]], French poet and playwright (d. 1741) *[[1672]] – [[André Cardinal Destouches]], French composer (d. 1749) *[[1706]] – [[Louis de Cahusac]], French playwright and composer (d. 1759) *[[1708]] – [[Johann Georg Reutter]], Austrian organist and composer (d. 1772) *[[1725]] – [[Pasquale Paoli]], French soldier and politician (d. 1807) *[[1726]] – [[Gerard Majella]], Italian saint (d. 1755) *[[1741]] – [[Nicolas Chamfort]], French author and playwright (d. 1794) *[[1766]] – [[Wilhelm von Kobell]], German painter and educator (d. 1853) *[[1773]] – [[James Mill]], Scottish historian, economist, and philosopher (d. 1836) *[[1787]] – [[Celestina Cordero]], Puerto Rican educator (d. 1862) *[[1810]] – [[Philip Henry Gosse]], English biologist and academic (d. 1888) *[[1812]] – [[Alexander Herzen]], Russian philosopher and author (d. 1870) *[[1815]] – [[Robert Volkmann]], German organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1883) *[[1818]] – [[Aasmund Olavsson Vinje]], Norwegian journalist and poet (d. 1870) *[[1820]] – [[Nadar]], French photographer, journalist, and author (d. 1910) *[[1823]] – [[Joseph Medill]], Canadian-American publisher and politician, 26th [[Mayor of Chicago]] (d. 1899) *[[1824]] – [[George Waterhouse (politician)|George Waterhouse]], English-New Zealand politician, 7th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (d. 1906) *[[1826]] – [[Gustave Moreau]], French painter and academic (d. 1898) *[[1844]] – [[William Lyne]], Australian politician, 13th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (d. 1913) *[[1851]] – [[Guillaume Bigourdan]], French astronomer and academic (d. 1932) *[[1852]] – [[Will Crooks]], English trade unionist and politician (d. 1921) *[[1855]] – [[Charles Huot]], Canadian painter and illustrator (d. 1930) *[[1857]] – [[Arthur Wesley Dow]], American painter and photographer (d. 1922) *[[1860]] – [[René Lalique]], French sculptor and jewellery designer (d. 1945) *[[1861]] – [[Stanislas de Guaita]], French poet and author (d. 1897) *[[1864]] – [[William Bate Hardy]], English biologist and academic (d. 1934) *[[1866]] – [[Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau]], Canadian cardinal (d. 1931) *[[1869]] – [[Levon Shant]], Armenian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1951) *[[1878]] – [[Erich Mühsam]], German author, poet, and playwright (d. 1934) *[[1881]] – [[Karl Staaf]], Swedish pole vaulter and hammer thrower (d. 1953) *[[1884]] – [[J. G. Parry-Thomas]], Welsh race car driver and engineer (d. 1927) *[[1886]] – [[Athenagoras I of Constantinople]] (d. 1972) * 1886 – [[Walter Dandy]], American physician and neurosurgeon (d. 1946) * 1886 – [[Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII]], Indian ruler (d. 1967) *[[1888]] – [[Hans Richter (artist)|Hans Richter]], Swiss painter, illustrator, and director (d. 1976) * 1888 – [[Gerhard Ritter]], German historian and academic (d. 1967) *[[1890]] – [[Anthony Fokker]], Dutch engineer and businessman, founded [[Fokker|Fokker Aircraft Manufacturer]] (d. 1939) *[[1892]] – [[Donald Wills Douglas, Sr.]], American businessman, founded the [[Douglas Aircraft Company]] (d. 1981) * 1892 – [[Lowell Thomas]], American journalist and author (d. 1981) *[[1895]] – [[Dudley Nichols]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1960) *[[1898]] – [[Jeanne Hébuterne]], French painter and author (d. 1920)<ref>{{cite book|first=William|last=Fifield|title=Modigliani|location=New York|publisher=W. Morrow|year=1976|page=284|isbn=978-0-68803-039-1}}</ref> *[[1900]] – [[Leo Robin]], American composer and songwriter (d. 1984) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Pier Giorgio Frassati]], Italian activist (d. 1925) *[[1902]] – [[Julien Torma]], French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1933) *[[1903]] – [[Mickey Cochrane]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1962) * 1903 – [[Harold Eugene Edgerton]], American engineer and academic (d. 1990) *[[1904]] – [[Kurt Georg Kiesinger]], German lawyer, politician and [[Chancellor of Germany]] (d. 1988)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kurt Georg Kiesinger | German statesman |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kurt-Georg-Kiesinger |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=6 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1904 – [[Erwin Komenda]], Austrian car designer and engineer (d. 1966) *[[1906]] – [[Virginia Hall]], American who was a spy in France for the UK and US during WWII (d. 1982)<ref name="Ramul 2021">{{cite web |last=Ramul |first=Aaja |title=Not Bad for a Girl from Baltimore: the Story of Virginia Hall |website=photos.state.gov |date=2009-02-04 |url=https://photos.state.gov/libraries/estonia/99874/History%20stories/Not-Bad-for-a-Girl-from-Baltimore.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410055806/https://photos.state.gov/libraries/estonia/99874/History%20stories/Not-Bad-for-a-Girl-from-Baltimore.pdf |archive-date=2021-04-10 |url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[1908]] – [[Marcel-Marie Desmarais]], Canadian preacher, missionary, and author (d. 1994) * 1908 – [[Ernie Lombardi]], American baseball player (d. 1977)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ernie Lombardi |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/ernie-lombardi-117880 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=23 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1909]] – [[William M. Branham]], American minister and theologian (d. 1965) * 1909 – [[Hermann Lang]], German race car driver (d. 1987) *[[1910]] – [[Barys Kit]], [[Belarusian Americans|Belarusian-American]] rocket scientist (d. 2018) *[[1911]] – [[Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen]], German biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1979) *[[1913]] – [[Shannon Boyd-Bailey McCune]], American geographer and academic (d. 1993) *[[1915]] – [[Tadeusz Kantor]], Polish director, painter, and set designer (d. 1990) *[[1916]] – [[Phil Leeds]], American actor (d. 1998) * 1916 – [[Vincent Ellis McKelvey]], American geologist and author (d. 1987) *[[1917]] – [[Leonora Carrington]], English-Mexican painter and author (d. 2011) *[[1918]] – [[Alfredo Ovando Candía]], Bolivian general and politician, 56th [[President of Bolivia]] (d. 1982) *[[1919]] – [[Georgios Mylonas]], Greek politician, 11th [[Ministry of Culture and Sport (Greece)|Greek Minister of Culture]] (d. 1998) *[[1920]] – [[Jack Cover]], American pilot and physicist, invented the [[Taser|Taser gun]] (d. 2009) * 1920 – [[Edmond H. Fischer]], Swiss-American biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2021) *[[1921]] – [[Wilbur Thompson]], American shot putter (d. 2013) *[[1922]] – [[Gordon Chater]], English-Australian comedian and actor (d. 1999) *[[1923]] – [[Herb Thomas]], American race car driver (d. 2000) *[[1926]] – [[Sergio Franchi]], Italian-American singer and actor (d. 1990) * 1926 – [[Gil Kane]], Latvian-American author and illustrator (d. 2000) * 1926 – [[Ian Paisley]], Northern Irish evangelical minister and politician, 2nd [[First Minister of Northern Ireland]] (d. 2014) * 1926 – [[Randy Weston]], American jazz pianist and composer (d. 2018) *[[1927]] – [[Gerry Mulligan]], American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (d. 1996) * [[1928]] – [[James Watson]], American biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[1929]] – [[Willis Hall]], English playwright and author (d. 2005) * 1929 – [[Joi Lansing]], American model, actress and nightclub singer (d. 1972) * 1929 – [[André Previn]], American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2019) * 1929 – [[Christos Sartzetakis]], Greek jurist, supreme justice and [[President of Greece]] (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sartzetakis.gr/pdf/cven.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.sartzetakis.gr/pdf/cven.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title=Christos Α. Sαrτζετακis's Curriculum Vitae |website=sartzetakis.gr}}</ref> *[[1930]] – [[Qiu Dahong]], Chinese coastal and offshore engineer, member of the [[Chinese Academy of Sciences]] (d. 2025)<ref>{{cite news |language=zh |script-title=zh:讣告 |url=https://news.dlut.edu.cn/info/1011/112254.htm |accessdate=2025-01-11 |work=Dalian University of Technology |date=2025-01-11}}</ref> *[[1931]] – [[Ram Dass]], American author and educator (d. 2019) * 1931 – [[Ivan Dixon]], American actor, director, and producer (d. 2008) *[[1932]] – [[Connie Broden]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2013) * 1932 – [[Helmut Griem]], German actor and director (d. 2004) *[[1933]] – [[Roy Goode]], English lawyer and academic * 1933 – [[Tom C. Korologos]], American journalist and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to Belgium]] * 1933 – [[Eduardo Malapit]], American lawyer and politician, [[Mayor of Kauai]] (d. 2007) *[[1934]] – [[Enrique Álvarez Félix]], Mexican actor (d. 1996) * 1934 – [[Anton Geesink]], Dutch martial artist and wrestler (d. 2010) * 1934 – [[Guy Peellaert]], Belgian painter, illustrator, and photographer (d. 2008) *[[1935]] – [[Douglas Hill]], Canadian author and critic (d. 2007) *[[1936]] – [[Helen Berman]], Dutch-Israeli painter and illustrator * 1936 – [[Jean-Pierre Changeux]], French neuroscientist, biologist, and academic *[[1937]] – [[Merle Haggard]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Goronja|first=Ariel|date=2020-04-14|title=Merle Haggard's Death: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know|url=https://heavy.com/entertainment/2020/04/merle-haggard-death-cause-date/|access-date=2021-05-13|website=Heavy.com|language=en-US}}</ref> * 1937 – [[Tom Veivers]], Australian cricketer and politician * 1937 – [[Billy Dee Williams]], American actor, singer, and writer *[[1938]] – [[Paul Daniels]], English magician and television host (d. 2016) *1938 – [[Roy Thinnes]], American television and film actor *[[1939]] – [[André Ouellet]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs]] * 1939 – [[John Sculley]], American businessman, co-founded [[Zeta Interactive]] *[[1940]] – [[Homero Aridjis]], Mexican journalist, author, and poet * 1940 – [[Pedro Armendáriz, Jr.]], Mexican-American actor and producer (d. 2011) *[[1941]] – [[Christopher Allsopp]], English economist and academic * 1941 – [[Phil Austin]], American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2015) * 1941 – [[Hans W. Geißendörfer]], German director and producer * 1941 – [[Angeliki Laiou]], Greek-American Byzantinist and politician (d. 2008)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.academia.edu/3066579 | title=Memorial Celebration for Angelikí Laiou, Dumbarton Oaks Director 1989-1998 | last1=Ziolkowski | first1=Jan }}</ref> * 1941 – [[Don Prudhomme]], American race car driver and manager * 1941 – [[Gheorghe Zamfir]], Romanian flute player and composer *[[1942]] – [[Barry Levinson]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter * 1942 – [[Anita Pallenberg]], Italian-English model, actress, and fashion designer (d. 2017) *[[1943]] – [[Max Clifford]], English journalist and publicist (d. 2017) * 1943 – [[Roger Cook (journalist)|Roger Cook]], New Zealand-English journalist and academic * 1943 – [[Ian MacRae]], New Zealand rugby player * 1943 – [[Mitchell Melton]], American lawyer and politician (d. 2013) *[[1944]] – [[Felicity Palmer]], English operatic soprano * 1944 – [[Charles Sobhraj]], French serial killer<ref>{{cite web |title=Timeline: Case of Charles Sobhraj – 'Bikini Killer', 'Serpent' |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/23/timeline-case-of-charles-sobhraj-bikini-killer-serpent |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=5 April 2025}}</ref> *[[1945]] – [[Rodney Bickerstaffe]], English trade union leader (d. 2017) * 1945 – [[Peter Hill (journalist)|Peter Hill]], English journalist *[[1946]] – [[Paul Beresford]], New Zealand-English dentist and politician *[[1947]] – [[John Ratzenberger]], American actor and director * 1947 – [[André Weinfeld]], French-American director, producer, and screenwriter * 1947 – [[Mike Worboys]], English mathematician and computer scientist *[[1949]] – [[Alyson Bailes]], English academic and diplomat (d. 2016) * 1949 – [[Patrick Hernandez]], French singer-songwriter * 1949 – [[Ng Ser Miang]], Singaporean athlete, entrepreneur and diplomat * 1949 – [[Horst Ludwig Störmer]], German physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[1950]] – [[Claire Morissette]], Canadian cycling activist (d. 2007) * 1950 – [[Cleo Odzer]], American anthropologist and author (d. 2001) *[[1951]] – [[Bert Blyleven]], Dutch-American baseball player and sportscaster * 1951 – [[Jean-Marc Boivin]], French skier, mountaineer, and pilot (d. 1990) * 1951 – [[Pascal Rogé]], French pianist *[[1952]] – [[Udo Dirkschneider]], German singer-songwriter * 1952 – [[Marilu Henner]], Greek-Polish American actress and author * 1952 – [[Michel Larocque]], Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 1992) *[[1953]] – [[Patrick Doyle]], Scottish actor and composer * 1953 – [[Christopher Franke]], German-American drummer and songwriter *[[1955]] – [[Rob Epstein]], American director and producer * 1955 – [[Michael Rooker]], American actor, director, and producer * 1955 – [[Cathy Jones]], Canadian actress, comedian, and writer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cathy Jones |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/cathy-jones |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |language=en}}</ref> *[[1956]] – [[Michele Bachmann]], American lawyer and politician * 1956 – [[Normand Corbeil]], Canadian composer (d. 2013) * 1956 – [[Mudassar Nazar]], Pakistani cricketer * 1956 – [[Lee Scott (politician)|Lee Scott]], English politician * 1956 – [[Sebastian Spreng]], Argentinian-American painter and journalist * 1956 – [[Dilip Vengsarkar]], Indian cricketer and coach *[[1957]] – [[Giorgio Damilano]], Italian race walker and coach * 1957 – [[Maurizio Damilano]], Italian race walker and coach * 1957 – [[Jaroslava Maxová]], Czech soprano and educator * 1957 – [[Paolo Nespoli]], Italian soldier, engineer, and astronaut *[[1958]] – [[Graeme Base]], Australian author and illustrator *[[1959]] – [[Gail Shea]], Canadian politician *[[1960]] – [[Warren Haynes]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1960 – [[Richard Loe]], New Zealand rugby player * 1960 – [[John Pizzarelli]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1961]] – [[Rory Bremner]], Scottish impressionist and comedian * 1961 – [[Peter Jackson (footballer, born 1961)|Peter Jackson]], English footballer and manager *[[1962]] – [[Iris Häussler]], German sculptor and academic * 1962 – [[Marco Schällibaum]], Swiss footballer, coach, and manager *[[1963]] – [[Rafael Correa]], Ecuadorian economist and politician, 54th [[President of Ecuador]] *[[1964]] – [[David Woodard]], American conductor and writer<ref>Staff, [https://geboren.am/6-april-1964 6. April 1964], geboren.am.</ref> * 1964 – [[Tim Walz]], American politician, Governor of Minnesota & vice presidential candidate<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W4Som-OxRt4C&dq=tim+walz+april+6&pg=PA143 | title=Official Congressional Directory 114th Congress, 2015-2016, Convened January 2015 | date=30 March 2016 | publisher=Government Printing Office | isbn=978-0-16-092997-7 }}</ref> *[[1965]] – [[Black Francis]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1965 – [[Sterling Sharpe]], American football player and sportscaster *[[1966]] – [[Vince Flynn]], American author (d. 2013) * 1966 – [[Young Man Kang]], South Korean-American director and producer *[[1967]] – [[Julian Anderson]], English composer and educator * 1967 – [[Kathleen Barr]], Canadian voice actress and singer * 1967 – [[Tanya Byron]], English psychologist and academic * 1967 – [[Jonathan Firth]], English actor *[[1968]] – [[Archon Fung]], American political scientist, author, and academic * 1968 – [[Affonso Giaffone]], Brazilian race car driver *[[1969]] – [[Bret Boone]], American baseball player and manager * 1969 – [[Bison Dele]], American basketball player (d. 2002) * 1969 – [[Philipp Peter]], Austrian race car driver * 1969 – [[Paul Rudd]], American actor * 1969 – [[Spencer Wells]], American geneticist and anthropologist *[[1970]] – [[Olaf Kölzig]], South African-German ice hockey player and coach * 1970 – [[Roy Mayorga]], American drummer, songwriter, and producer * 1970 – [[Huang Xiaomin]], Chinese swimmer *[[1972]] – [[Anders Thomas Jensen]], Danish director and screenwriter * 1972 – [[Dickey Simpkins]], American basketball player and sportscaster *[[1973]] – [[Donnie Edwards]], American football player * 1973 – [[Randall Godfrey]], American football player * 1973 – [[Rie Miyazawa]], Japanese model and actress * 1973 – [[Sun Wen (footballer)|Sun Wen]], Chinese footballer *[[1975]] – [[Zach Braff]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter * 1975 – [[Hal Gill]], American ice hockey player *[[1976]] – [[Candace Cameron Bure]], American actress and talk show panelist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/27531%7C0/Candace-Cameron-Bure |title=Candace Cameron Bure - Turner Classic Movies |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |access-date= January 10, 2022 |archive-date= December 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202190658/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/27531%7C0/Candace-Cameron-Bure |url-status=live}}</ref> * 1976 – [[James Fox (singer)|James Fox]], Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor * 1976 – [[Chris Hoke]], American football player * 1976 – [[Georg Hólm]], Icelandic bass player * 1976 – [[Hirotada Ototake]], Japanese author and educator *[[1977]] – [[Ville Nieminen]], Finnish ice hockey player * 1977 – [[Andy Phillips (baseball)|Andy Phillips]], American baseball player and coach *[[1978]] – [[Imani Coppola]], American singer-songwriter and violinist * 1978 – [[Robert Glasper]], American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer * 1978 – [[Tim Hasselbeck]], American football player and sportscaster * 1978 – [[Myleene Klass]], Austrian/Filipino-English singer, pianist, and model * 1978 – [[Martín Méndez]], Uruguayan bass player and songwriter * 1978 – [[Blaine Neal]], American baseball player * 1978 – [[Igor Semshov]], Russian footballer *[[1979]] – [[Lord Frederick Windsor]], English journalist and financier * 1979 – [[Clay Travis]], American sports journalist, blogger, and broadcaster *[[1980]] – [[Tommi Evilä]], Finnish long jumper * 1980 – [[Tanja Poutiainen]], Finnish skier *[[1981]] – [[Robert Earnshaw]], Welsh footballer * 1981 – [[Jeff Faine]], American football player * 1981 – [[Lucas Licht]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/players/lucas-licht-380491/|title=Lucas Licht | Gimnasia La Plata | Stats | News | Profile|website=Yahoo Canada Sports}}</ref> * 1981 – [[Alex Suarez (musician)|Alex Suarez]], American bass player *[[1982]] – [[Travis Moen]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1982 – [[Miguel Ángel Silvestre]], Spanish actor *[[1983]] – [[Mehdi Ballouchy]], Moroccan footballer * 1983 – [[Jerome Kaino]], New Zealand rugby player * 1983 – [[Mitsuru Nagata]], Japanese footballer * 1983 – [[Remi Nicole]], English singer-songwriter and actress * 1983 – [[James Wade]], English darts player * 1983 – [[Katie Weatherston]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[1984]] – [[Max Bemis]], American singer-songwriter * 1984 – [[Michaël Ciani]], French footballer * 1984 – [[Siboniso Gaxa]], South African footballer * 1984 – [[Diana Matheson]], Canadian soccer player *[[1985]] – [[Fatau Dauda]], Ghanaian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Fatau Dauda|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/fatawu-dauda/21413/|website=Soccerway|access-date=6 April 2025}}</ref> * 1985 – [[Clarke MacArthur]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1985 – [[Frank Ongfiang]], Cameroonian footballer * 1985 – [[Sinqua Walls]], American basketball player and actor *[[1986]] – [[Nikolas Asprogenis]], Cypriot footballer * 1986 – [[Aaron Curry (American football)|Aaron Curry]], American football player * 1986 – [[Goeido Gotaro]], Japanese sumo wrestler * 1986 – [[Ryota Moriwaki]], Japanese footballer *[[1987]] – [[Benjamin Corgnet]], French footballer * 1987 – [[Heidi Mount]], American model * 1987 – [[Juan Adriel Ochoa]], Mexican footballer * 1987 – [[Levi Porter]], English footballer * 1987 – [[Hilary Rhoda]], American model *[[1988]] – [[Jucilei]], Brazilian footballer * 1988 – [[Leigh Adams (footballer)|Leigh Adams]], Australian footballer * 1988 – [[Daniele Gasparetto]], Italian footballer * 1988 – [[Carlton Mitchell]], American football player * 1988 – [[Fabrice Muamba]], Congolese-English footballer * 1988 – [[Ivonne Orsini]], Puerto Rican model and television host, [[Miss World Puerto Rico 2008]] *[[1990]] – [[Lachlan Coote]], Australian rugby league player * 1990 – [[Charlie McDermott]], American actor * 1990 – [[Andrei Veis]], Estonian footballer *[[1992]] – [[Ken (VIXX singer)|Ken]], South Korean singer * 1992 – [[Julie Ertz]], American soccer player * 1992 – [[Huh Chan-mi]], South Korean singer<ref>{{cite web|title=허찬미, 실시간 검색어 오르며 화제…최근 근황은?|url=https://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=424355|work=톱스타뉴스|date=6 June 2018|access-date=16 March 2025|language=ko}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Adrián Alonso]], Mexican actor *[[1995]] – [[Darya Lebesheva]], Belarusian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Billie Jean King Cup - Players: Darya Lebesheva |url=https://www.billiejeankingcup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800314207 |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=billiejeankingcup.com}}{{dead link|date=April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Darya Lebesheva | Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/317925/name |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Al-Musrati]], Libyan footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Al-Musrati|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/almoatasembellah-ali-mohamed/327006/|website=Soccerway|access-date=6 April 2025}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Mingyu]], South Korean singer and rapper<ref>{{cite web |title=초콜릿보다 달콤한 세븐틴 민규, 스니커즈 앰버서더 되다 |url=https://www.marieclairekorea.com/tag/%EB%AF%BC%EA%B7%9C/ |website=[[Marie Claire Korea]] |access-date=13 March 2025 |language=ko-KR |trans-title=Seventeen's Mingyu, Sweeter Than Chocolate}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Nicolás González (footballer, born 1998)|Nicolás González]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Nicolás Iván González|url=https://www.juventus.com/en/teams/first-team-men/squad/nicolas-ivan-gonzalez|website=[[Juventus FC]]|access-date=6 April 2025}}</ref> * 1998 – [[Peyton List (actress, born 1998)|Peyton List]], American actress and model<ref>{{cite web |title=Peyton List Biography- Disney Channel |url=http://www.disneychannelmedianet.com/web/showpage/showpage.aspx?program_id=900077&type=list |access-date=May 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616173906/http://www.disneychannelmedianet.com/web/showpage/showpage.aspx?program_id=900077&type=list |archive-date=June 16, 2012}}</ref> * 1998 – [[Spencer List]], American actor<ref>{{Cite web|title=Best 13 Photos Of Peyton List With Her Brothers & Parents – Law Of The Fist|url=https://lawofthefist.com/best-13-photos-of-peyton-list-with-her-brothers-parents/|url-status=usurped|access-date=2021-05-13|website=Law of the Fist|date=21 September 2020 |language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513170744/https://lawofthefist.com/best-13-photos-of-peyton-list-with-her-brothers-parents/ |archive-date=2021-05-13 }}</ref> * 1998 – [[Nahuel Molina]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Nahuel Molina|url=https://en.atleticodemadrid.com/jugadores/nahuel-molina-lucero-2024-2025-2|website=[[Atlético Madrid]]|access-date=6 April 2025}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Shaheen Afridi]], Pakistani cricketer<ref>http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1072470.html Cricinfo</ref> * 2000 – [[Maxence Lacroix]], French footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maxence Lacroix|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/76104/Maxence-Lacroix/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=6 April 2025}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Oscar Piastri]], Australian racing driver<ref>{{Cite web |title=About | Oscar Piastri |url=https://oscarpiastri.com/about? |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=oscarpiastri.com}}</ref> * 2001 – [[Moritz Seider]], German ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Moritz Seider |url=https://www.nhl.com/redwings/player/moritz-seider-8481542 |access-date=11 April 2024 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]]}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Andrea Botez]], Canadian-American chess player, commentator, Twitch streamer and YouTuber<ref>{{Cite web |last=Golub |first=Kate |date=2022-08-09 |title=Andrea Botez's biography: age, height, birthday, sister, chess |url=https://www.legit.ng/1425797-andrea-botezs-biography-age-height-birthday-sister-chess.html |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=Legit.ng - Nigeria news. |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1644040963193708544|user=itsandreabotez|title=21 today! All I want for my birthday is that KO on April 15th|author=Andrea Botez|access-date=12 July 2023}}</ref> * 2002 – [[Leyre Romero Gormaz]], Spanish tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leyre Romero Gormaz | Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/326891/leyre-romero-gormaz |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Leyre Romero Gormaz |url=http://www.espn.com/tennis/player/_/id/7846/leyre-romero-gormaz |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=ESPN.com}}</ref> *[[2009]] – [[Shaylee Mansfield]], deaf American actress and YouTuber<ref>{{cite Instagram|postid=CNUzFlSDiaA|first=Shaylee|last=Mansfield|date=April 6, 2021|user=shayleemansfield|title=Happy 12th birthday to me! I'm lucky to be here today, to be me, and to wish for many more birthdays to come. And happiest birthday to all of my Aries. #birthdayvibes #tweengirls #signlanguage #aries♈ #atlantastreetart|access-date=November 22, 2021}}</ref> * 2009 – [[Valentina Tronel]], French child singer <!--Please do not add non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information.--> ==Deaths== ===Pre–1600=== * [[861]] – [[Prudentius of Troyes|Prudentius]], bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Troyes|Troyes]] * [[885]] – [[Saints Cyril and Methodius|Saint Methodius]], Byzantine missionary and saint (b. 815) * [[887]] – [[Pei Che]], [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor of the Tang Dynasty]] * [[943]] – [[Liu Churang]], Chinese general and chief of staff (b. 881) * 943 – [[Nasr II]], ruler (''[[Emir|amir]]'') of the [[Samanid Empire]] (b. 906) *[[1147]] – [[Frederick II, Duke of Swabia|Frederick II]], duke of [[Duchy of Swabia|Swabia]] (b. 1090) *[[1174]] – [[Umara al-Yamani]], Yemeni poet and historian (b. [[1121]])<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fulton |first=Michael S. |year=2022 |title=Contest for Egypt: The Collapse of the Fatimid Caliphate, the Ebb of Crusader Influence, and the Rise of Saladin |location=Leiden and Boston |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-04-51227-6 | page = 150}}</ref> *[[1199]] – [[Richard I of England|Richard I]], king of England (b. 1157)<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard I |url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/richard-i |website=Westminster Abbey |access-date=5 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1231]] – [[William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke]] *[[1250]] – [[Guillaume de Sonnac]], Grand Master of the Knights Templar *[[1252]] – [[Peter of Verona]], Italian priest and saint (b. 1206) *[[1340]] – [[Basil of Trebizond|Basil]], emperor of [[Empire of Trebizond|Trebizond]] ([[Turkey]]) *[[1362]] – [[James I, Count of La Marche|James I]], count of [[County of La Marche|La Marche]] (b. 1319) *[[1376]] – [[Preczlaw of Pogarell]], [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] and [[Bishop of Wrocław]] (b. 1310) *[[1490]] – [[Matthias Corvinus]], [[King of Hungary]] and [[List of rulers of Croatia|Croatia]] from 1458 to 1490 (b. 1443) *[[1520]] – [[Raphael]], Italian painter and architect (b. 1483) *[[1523]] – [[Henry Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire]], English nobleman (b. 1479) *[[1528]] – [[Albrecht Dürer]], German painter, engraver, and mathematician (b. 1471) *[[1551]] – [[Joachim Vadian]], Swiss scholar and politician (b. 1484) *[[1571]] – [[John Hamilton (archbishop of St Andrews)|John Hamilton]], Scottish archbishop and academic (b. 1512) *[[1590]] – [[Francis Walsingham]], English politician and diplomat, [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]] (b. 1532) *[[1593]] – [[Henry Barrowe]], English Puritan and separatist (b. 1550)<ref>{{cite EB1911 | wstitle=Barrowe, Henry |volume=3 |page=442}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1605]] – [[John Stow]], English historian and author (b. 1525) *[[1621]] – [[Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford]] (b. 1539) *[[1641]] – [[Domenichino|Domenico Zampieri (Domenichino)]], Italian painter (b. 1581) *[[1655]] – [[David Blondel]], French minister, historian, and scholar (b. 1591) *[[1670]] – [[Leonora Baroni]], Italian composer (b. 1611)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Julie Anne|last1=Sadie|first2=Rhian|last2=Samuel|title=The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers|location=London|publisher=Macmillan|year=1996|page=37|isbn=978-0-33351-598-3}}</ref> *[[1676]] – [[John Winthrop the Younger]], English politician, 1st [[List of colonial governors of Connecticut|Governor of Connecticut]] (b. 1606) *[[1686]] – [[Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey]], Irish-English politician (b. 1614) *[[1707]] – [[Willem van de Velde the Younger]], Dutch-English painter (b. 1633) *[[1755]] – [[Richard Rawlinson]], English minister and historian (b. 1690) *[[1790]] – [[Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt]] (b. 1719) *[[1825]] – [[Vladimir Borovikovsky]], Ukrainian-Russian painter and educator (b. 1757) *[[1827]] – [[Nikolis Apostolis]], Greek naval commander during the Greek War of Independence (b. 1770)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://photodentro.edu.gr/cultural/r/8526/5849 | title=Photodentro-Cultural: Αποστόλης Νικολής | date=28 September 2015 }}</ref> *[[1829]] – [[Niels Henrik Abel]], Norwegian mathematician and theorist (b. 1802) *[[1833]] – [[Adamantios Korais]], Greek philosopher and scholar (b. 1748) *[[1838]] – [[José Bonifácio de Andrada]], Brazilian poet, academic, and politician (b. 1763) *[[1860]] – [[James Kirke Paulding]], American author and politician, 11th [[United States Secretary of the Navy]] (b. 1778) *[[1862]] – [[Albert Sidney Johnston]], American general (b. 1803) *[[1883]] – [[Benjamin Wright Raymond]], American merchant and politician, 3rd [[Mayor of Chicago]] (b. 1801) *[[1886]] – [[William Edward Forster]], English businessman, philanthropist, and politician, [[Chief Secretary for Ireland]] (b. 1818) *[[1899]] – [[Alvan Wentworth Chapman]], American physician and botanist (b. 1809) ===1901–present=== *[[1906]] – [[Alexander Kielland]], Norwegian author, playwright, and politician, 6th [[List of County Governors of Møre og Romsdal|County Governor of Møre og Romsdal]] (b. 1849) *[[1913]] – [[Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore]] (b. 1835) *[[1927]] – [[Florence Earle Coates]], American poet (b. 1850) *[[1935]] – [[Edwin Arlington Robinson]], American poet and playwright (b. 1869) *[[1944]] – [[Rose O'Neill]], American [[cartoonist]], illustrator, artist, and writer (b. 1874) *[[1947]] – [[Herbert Backe]], German agronomist and politician (b. 1896) *[[1950]] – [[Louis Wilkins]], American pole vaulter (b. 1882) *[[1953]] – [[Idris Davies]], Welsh poet and author (b. 1905) *[[1959]] – [[Leo Aryeh Mayer]], Polish-Israeli scholar and academic (b. 1895) *[[1961]] – [[Jules Bordet]], Belgian microbiologist and immunologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1870) *[[1963]] – [[Otto Struve]], Ukrainian-American astronomer and academic (b. 1897) *[[1970]] – [[Maurice Stokes]], American basketball player (b. 1933) *[[1971]] – [[Igor Stravinsky]], Russian-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1882) *[[1974]] – [[Willem Marinus Dudok]], Dutch architect (b. 1884) * 1974 – [[Hudson Fysh]], Australian pilot and businessman, co-founded [[Qantas|Qantas Airways Limited]] (b. 1895) *[[1977]] – [[Kōichi Kido]], Japanese politician, 13th [[Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan]] (b. 1889) *[[1979]] – [[Ivan Vasilyov]], Bulgarian architect, designed the [[SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library]] (b. 1893) *[[1983]] – [[Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri]], Indian General who served as the Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army from 1962 to 1966 and the Military Governor of Hyderabad State from 1948 to 1949. (b. 1908) *[[1992]] – [[Isaac Asimov]], American science fiction writer (b. 1920)<ref>{{cite web |title=Isaac Asimov obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/1992/apr/07/sciencefictionfantasyandhorror.isaacasimov |website=the Guardian |access-date=10 March 2022 |language=en |date=7 April 1992}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Juvénal Habyarimana]], Rwandan banker and politician, 3rd [[President of Rwanda]] (b. 1937) * 1994 – [[Cyprien Ntaryamira]], Burundian politician, 5th [[President of Burundi]] (b. 1955) *[[1995]] – [[Ioannis Alevras]], Greek banker and politician, [[President of Greece]] (b. 1912) *[[1996]] – [[Greer Garson]], English-American actress (b. 1904) *[[1998]] – [[Norbert Schmitz]], German footballer (b. 1958) * 1998 – [[Tammy Wynette]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1942) *[[1999]] – [[Red Norvo]], American vibraphone player and composer (b. 1908) *[[2000]] – [[Habib Bourguiba]], Tunisian politician, 1st [[President of Tunisia]] (b. 1903) *[[2001]] – [[Charles Pettigrew]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1963) *[[2003]] – [[David Bloom]], American journalist (b. 1963) * 2003 – [[Anita Borg]], American computer scientist and educator; founded [[Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology]] (b. 1949) * 2003 – [[Gerald Emmett Carter]], Canadian cardinal (b. 1912) * 2003 – [[Babatunde Olatunji]], Nigerian drummer, educator, and activist (b. 1927) * 2003 – [[Dino Yannopoulos]], Greek stage director of the Metropolitan Opera (b. 1919)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/14/arts/dino-yannopoulos-83-director-with-long-tenure-at-the-met.html | title=Dino Yannopoulos, 83, Director with Long Tenure at the Met | newspaper=The New York Times | date=14 April 2003 | last1=Honan | first1=William H. }}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[Lou Berberet]], American baseball player (b. 1929) * 2004 – [[Larisa Bogoraz]], Russian linguist and activist (b. 1929) *[[2005]] – [[Rainier III, Prince of Monaco]] (b. 1923) * 2005 – [[Anthony F. DePalma]], American orthopedic surgeon and professor (b. 1904)<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 8, 2005 |title=Anthony DePalma Obituary |work=[[Sun-Sentinel]] |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/sunsentinel/name/anthony-depalma-obituary?id=26797930 |access-date=April 7, 2023}}</ref> *[[2006]] – [[Maggie Dixon]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1977) * 2006 – [[Francis L. Kellogg]], American soldier and diplomat (b. 1917) * 2006 – [[Stefanos Stratigos]], Greek actor and director (b. 1926) *[[2007]] – [[Luigi Comencini]], Italian director and producer (b. 1916) *[[2009]] – [[J. M. S. Careless]], Canadian historian and academic (b. 1919) * 2009 – [[Shawn Mackay]], Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1982) *[[2010]] – [[Wilma Mankiller]], American tribal leader (b. 1945) * 2010 – [[Corin Redgrave]], English actor (b. 1939) *[[2011]] – [[Gerald Finnerman]], American director and cinematographer (b. 1931) *[[2012]] – [[Roland Guilbault]], American admiral (b. 1934) * 2012 – [[Thomas Kinkade]], American painter and illustrator (b. 1958) * 2012 – [[Fang Lizhi]], Chinese astrophysicist and academic (b. 1936) * 2012 – [[Sheila Scotter]], Australian fashion designer and journalist (b. 1920) * 2012 – [[Reed Whittemore]], American poet and critic (b. 1919) *[[2013]] – [[Hilda Bynoe]], Grenadian physician and politician, 2nd [[Governor of Grenada]] (b. 1921) * 2013 – [[Bill Guttridge]], English footballer and manager (b. 1931) * 2013 – [[Bigas Luna]], Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1946) * 2013 – [[Ottmar Schreiner]], German lawyer and politician (b. 1946) *[[2014]] – [[Mary Anderson (actress, born 1918)|Mary Anderson]], American actress (b. 1918) * 2014 – [[Jacques Castérède]], French pianist and composer (b. 1926) * 2014 – [[Liv Dommersnes]], Norwegian actress (b. 1922)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Liv Dommersnes |first=Lillian |last=Bikset |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=22 August 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Liv_Dommersnes |language=no|access-date=16 March 2024}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Mickey Rooney]], American soldier, actor, and dancer (b. 1920) * 2014 – [[Chuck Stone]], American soldier, journalist, and academic (b. 1924) * 2014 – [[Massimo Tamburini]], Italian motorcycle designer, co-founded [[Bimota]] (b. 1943) *[[2015]] – [[Giovanni Berlinguer]], Italian lawyer and politician (b. 1924) * 2015 – [[James Best]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1926) * 2015 – [[Ray Charles (musician, born 1918)|Ray Charles]], American singer-songwriter and conductor (b. 1918) * 2015 – [[Dollard St. Laurent]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929) *[[2016]] – [[Merle Haggard]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)<ref name=":0" /> *[[2017]] – [[Don Rickles]], American actor and comedian (b. 1926) *[[2019]] – [[Michael O'Donnell (physician)|Michael O'Donnell]], British physician, journalist, author and broadcaster (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite news|author=Karl Sabbagh|url= https://www.theguardian.com/tone/obituaries|title= Michael O'Donnell Obituary|website=The Guardian|date=2019-04-26|access-date=2019-04-27}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Al Kaline]], American baseball player, broadcaster and executive (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/al-kaline-dies-at-85 |title=HOFer Kaline, beloved 'Mr. Tiger,' dies at 85 |first=Jason |last=Beck |website=MLB.com |date=April 6, 2020 |access-date=April 6, 2020}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Hans Küng]], Swiss Catholic priest, theologian, and author (b. 1928)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-08|title=Hans Küng obituary|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/08/hans-kung-obituary|access-date=2021-04-13|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> * 2021 – [[Alcee Hastings]], American politician (b. 1936)<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/fl-ne-alcee-hastings-civil-right-impeached-judge-congress-obituary-20210406-lnjgt4hokrh3zdzacufao4erqm-story.html|title = Congressman Alcee Hastings, after career of triumph, calamity and comeback, dies at 84|work = [[Sun-Sentinel]]|date = April 6, 2021|accessdate = April 6, 2021|last = Man|first = Anthony}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Vladimir Zhirinovsky]], Russian and Soviet politician (b. 1946)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.1tv.ru/news/2022-04-06/425801-ushel_iz_zhizni_politik_sozdatel_i_bessmennyy_lider_ldpr_vladimir_zhirinovskiy|title=Vladimir Zhirinovsky died|access-date=2022-04-06|language=ru|website=1tv}}</ref> * 2022 – [[Jill Knight]], British politician (b. 1923)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jobling |first=Ray |date=2022-06-08 |title=Letter: Lady Knight of Collingtree obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jun/08/letter-lady-knight-of-collingtree-obituary |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Joseph E. Brennan]], American politician, 70th [[Governor of Maine]] (b. 1934)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/former-maine-governor-joseph-brennan-dies-at-89/article_917254a6-f444-11ee-b5cd-bf02c99e95b1.html|title=Former Maine governor Joseph Brennan dies at 89|first=David|last=Ledford|date=April 6, 2024|website=FOX 22/ABC 7}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Clem Burke]], American drummer (b. 1954)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Risen |first=Clay |date=April 7, 2025 |title=Clem Burke, Versatile, Hard-Driving Drummer for Blondie, Dies at 70 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/arts/music/clem-burke-dead.html |access-date=April 8, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *2025 – [[Jay North]], American actor (b. 1951)<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Petri |first1=Alexandra E. |last2=Slotnik |first2=Daniel E. |date=April 6, 2025 |title=Jay North, Child Star Who Played 'Dennis the Menace,' Dies at 73 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/arts/television/jay-north-dennis-the-menance-dead.html |access-date=April 8, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> <!--Please do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. --> ==Holidays and observances== *[[Public holidays in Thailand|Chakri Day]], commemorating the establishment of the [[Chakri dynasty]]. (Thailand) *Christian [[feast day]]: **[[Albrecht Dürer]] and [[Lucas Cranach the Elder|Lucas Cranach]] ([[Calendar of Saints (Lutheran)|Lutheran Church]]). **[[Brychan]] **[[Eutychius of Constantinople]] ([[Eastern Orthodox Church]]) **[[Marcellinus of Carthage]] **[[Pope Sixtus I]] **[[April 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[International Day of Sport for Development and Peace]]<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref> *[[Public holidays in Indonesia|National Fisherman Day]] (Indonesia) *[[New Beer's Eve]] (United States) *[[Tartan Day]] (United States & Canada) *[[Waltzing Matilda|Waltzing Matilda Day]] (Australia)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2011/11/03/3355227.htm|title = Celebrating 'Waltzing Matilda' with a special day - ABC (None) - Australian Broadcasting Corporation|website = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://waltzingmatildaday.info/ |title=Archived copy |website=waltzingmatildaday.info |access-date=19 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417105857/http://waltzingmatildaday.info/ |archive-date=17 April 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref> *International [[Asexuality]] Day<ref>{{cite web |title=International Asexuality Day (IAD) |url=https://internationalasexualityday.org/en/}}</ref> ==Other== * [[April 6 Youth Movement]] * {{slink|Fiscal year#United Kingdom}} (starts 6{{nbsp}}April) ==References== <references/> ==External links== {{commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/6 BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=4|day=6}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/april/6 Historical Events on April 6] {{months}} [[Category:Days of April]]
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