April 6th in History
April 6th in History
- 0: Earliest recorded solar eclipse
- 1789: US Congress begins regular sessions in Federal Hall, NYC Lobbyists only arrive later
- 1830: Mormon church founded in the United States
- 1896: First modern Olympic games begin in Athens, Greece
- 1909: The North Pole reached for the first time, by American Robert Peary
- 1917: The United States enter World War I
- 1965: Early Bird, world's first commercial communication satellite, launched
April 6th birthdays
- 0: Jesus (according to scholars' estimates, Religious leader
- 1483: Raphael, Italian painter
- 1671: Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French philosopher
- 1866: Butch Cassidy, American 'Wild West' outlaw
- 1874: Harry Houdini, Famous escape artist
- 1928: James Watson, American scientist who discovered DNA structure
- 1929: Andre Previn, American conductor
