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April 6th


- Chakri Day, commemorating the reign of the Chakri Dynasty. (Thailand)
- Christian Feast Day
- Tartan Day (United States)

April 6th


- 2009 - A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 307.
- 2005 - Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day.
- 2004 - Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment.
- 1998 - Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.
- 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.
- 1994 - The Rwandan Genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down.
- 1984 - Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya.
- 1982 - Estonian Communist Party bureau declares "fight against bourgeois TV" — meaning Finnish TV — a top priority of the propagandists of Estonian SSR
- 1973 - Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft.
- 1973 - The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.
- 1972 - Vietnam War: Easter Offensive – American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments.
- 1970 - Newhall Incident: Four California Highway Patrol officers are killed.
- 1968 - In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.
- 1965 - Launch of Early Bird, the first communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit.
- 1965 - The British Government announces the cancellation of the TSR-2 aircraft project.
- 1962 - Leonard Bernstein causes controversy with his remarks from the podium during a New York Philharmonic concert featuring Glenn Gould performing Brahms' First Piano Concerto.
- 1957 - Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines.
- 1947 - The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
- 1945 - World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from the German and Croatian Nazis by the Yugoslav Partisans.
- 1941 - World War II: Nazi Germany launches Operation 25 (the invasion of Kingdom of Yugoslavia) and Operation Marita (the invasion of Greece).
- 1936 - Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.
- 1930 - Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire." beginning the Salt Satyagraha.
- 1929 - Huey P. Long Governor of Louisiana is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.
- 1926 - Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
- 1923 - The first Prefects Board in Southeast Asia is formed in Victoria Institution, Malaysia.
- 1919 - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi orders a general strike.
- 1917 - World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- 1911 - Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after Gjergj Kastrioti (Skenderbeg).
- 1909 - Robert Peary and Matthew Henson allegedly reach the North Pole.
- 1903 - The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Israel and the Western world.
- 1896 - In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I.
- 1895 - Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London after losing a libel case against the John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry.
- 1893 - Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
- 1888 - Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
- 1869 - Celluloid is patented.
- 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 .
- 1865 - American Civil War: The Battle of Sayler's Creek – Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia.
- 1862 - American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins – in Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.
- 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
- 1832 - Indian Wars: The Black Hawk War begins – the Sauk warrior Black Hawk begins a war with the United States.
- 1830 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is organized by Joseph Smith, Jr. and others at Fayette or Manchester, New York.
- 1814 - Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
- 1812 - British forces under the command of the Duke of Wellington assault the fortress of Badajoz. This would be the turning point in the Peninsular War against Napoleon led France.
- 1808 - John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company.
- 1793 - During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic, and the period known as the Reign of Terror begins.
- 1782 - Rama I of Siam (modern day Thailand) founds the Chakri dynasty.
- 1667 - An earthquake devastates Dubrovnik, then an independent city-state.
- 1652 - At the Cape of Good Hope, Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes Cape Town .
- 1453 - Mehmed II begins his siege of Constantinople (Istanbul), which falls on May 29.
- 1385 - John, Master of the Order of Aviz, is made king John I of Portugal.
- 1327 - The poet Petrarch first sees his idealized love, Laura, in the church of Saint Clare in Avignon.
- 1320 - The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath.
- 1199 - King Richard I of England dies from an infection following the removal of an arrow from his shoulder.
- 402 - Stilicho stymies the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia.
- -46 - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) in the battle of Thapsus.

April 6th


- 2007 - Princess Haalah bint Hashim, Princess of Jordan
- 1995 - Ryutaro Morimoto, Japanese actor and singer
- 1988 - Mike Bailey, English actor
- 1988 - Daniele Gasparetto, Italian footballer
- 1988 - Carlton Mitchell, American football player
- 1988 - Fabrice Muamba, Anglo-Congolese footballer
- 1988 - Leigh Adams, Australian rules footballer
- 1987 - Levi Porter, English footballer
- 1987 - Hilary Rhoda, American model
- 1986 - Aaron Curry, American football player
- 1985 - Clarke MacArthur, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985 - Frank Ongfiang, Italian footballer
- 1984 - Max Bemis, American musician/songwriter
- 1983 - Diora Baird, American actress
- 1983 - Jerome Kaino, New Zealand All Black rugby player
- 1983 - Jade Seah, Singaporean model, host and actress
- 1983 - Dash Shaw, American comic book writer and artist
- 1983 - Bobbi Starr, American pornographic actress
- 1983 - James Wade, English darts player
- 1982 - Michael Guy Chislett, Australian-American guitarist (The Academy Is...)
- 1982 - Ilan Hall, Israeli-American chef
- 1982 - Bret Harrison, American actor
- 1982 - Travis Moen, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981 - Robert Earnshaw, Zambian born, Welsh international footballer
- 1981 - Kari Jobe, American singer-songwriter
- 1978 - Tim Hasselbeck, American football player
- 1978 - Myleene Klass, British singer
- 1978 - Martin Mendez, Uruguayan-born bassist (Opeth)
- 1978 - Blaine Neal, American baseball player
- 1977 - Andy Phillips, American baseball player
- 1976 - Candace Cameron, American actress
- 1976 - Georg Hólm, Icelandic musician (Sigur Rós)
- 1976 - Hirotada Ototake, Japanese sports writer
- 1975 - Zach Braff, American actor
- 1975 - Hal Gill, Ice Hockey player
- 1974 - Robert Kova?, Croatian footballer
- 1973 - Sun Wen, Chinese footballer
- 1973 - Gina Yashere, English comedian
- 1973 - Donnie Edwards, American football player
- 1973 - Joe Machine, English artist, poet and writer
- 1973 - Rie Miyazawa, Japanese actress/singer
- 1972 - Ami James, Israeli-born American tattoo artist
- 1972 - Jason Hervey, American actor
- 1972 - Jo Van Daele, Belgian discus thrower
- 1971 - Lou Merloni, American baseball player
- 1970 - Olaf Kölzig, South African–born ice hockey player
- 1970 - Huang Xiaomin, Chinese swimmer
- 1969 - Bret Boone, American baseball player
- 1969 - Jack Canfora, American playwright
- 1969 - Bison Dele, American basketball player (disappeared 2002)
- 1969 - Ari Meyers, Puerto Rican-born American actress
- 1969 - Philipp Peter, Austrian racing driver
- 1969 - Paul Rudd, American actor
- 1969 - Spencer Wells, American geneticist
- 1968 - Affonso Giaffone, Brazilian racing driver
- 1968 - Vanessa Lann, American composer
- 1967 - Jonathan Firth, British actor
- 1967 - Mika Koivuniemi, Finnish ten-pin bowler
- 1966 - Young Man Kang, South Korean film director
- 1965 - Frank Black, American singer/songwriter
- 1965 - Sterling Sharpe, American football player
- 1965 - Lieve Slegers, Belgian athlete
- 1964 - Phil Gayle, English news presenter
- 1963 - Rafael Correa, President of Ecuador
- 1962 - Iris Häussler, German-born installation artist
- 1961 - Rory Bremner, English comedian and impressionist
- 1960 - Batem, French comic book artist
- 1960 - Warren Haynes, American guitarist and song writer
- 1960 - John Pizzarelli, American jazz guitarist, song writer, singer and bandleader
- 1957 - Paolo Nespoli, Italian astronaut
- 1957 - Jaroslava Maxova, Czech opera singer
- 1956 - Sebastian Spreng, Argentinean visual artist
- 1956 - Dilip Vengsarkar, Indian cricketer and administrator
- 1955 - Rob Epstein, American filmmaker and journalist
- 1955 - Keith Hunter Jesperson, Canadian serial killer
- 1955 - Cathy Jones, Canadian comedian
- 1955 - Blind Mississippi Morris, American delta blues musician
- 1955 - Michael Rooker, American actor
- 1953 - Christopher Franke, German musician and composer
- 1952 - Udo Dirkschneider, German singer
- 1952 - Marilu Henner, American actress
- 1952 - Michel Larocque, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1992)
- 1951 - Bert Blyleven, Dutch-born baseball player
- 1950 - Cleo Odzer, American writer
- 1949 - Horst Ludwig Störmer, German-born physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1948 - Patrika Darbo, American actress
- 1947 - John Ratzenberger, American actor
- 1945 - Neal Boortz, American radio personality
- 1944 - Felicity Palmer, English soprano
- 1942 - Barry Levinson, American film producer/director
- 1941 - Phil Austin, American comedian
- 1941 - Don "The Snake" Prudhomme, American drag racer
- 1941 - Gheorghe Zamfir, Romanian musician
- 1940 - Homero Aridjis, Mexican writer and diplomat
- 1940 - Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Mexican actor
- 1939 - André Ouellet, French Canadian politician
- 1938 - Paul Daniels, English magician
- 1938 - Roy Thinnes, American actor
- 1937 - Merle Haggard, American musician
- 1937 - Peter Maivia, Samoan professional wrestler (d. 1982)
- 1937 - Billy Dee Williams, American actor
- 1936 - Helen Berman, Dutch-Israeli visual artist
- 1935 - Douglas Hill, Canadian-born science fiction writer (d. 2007)
- 1934 - Enrique Álvarez Félix, Mexican actor (d. 1996)
- 1934 - Anton Geesink, Dutch judoka (d. 2010)
- 1934 - Guy Peellaert, Belgian visual artist (d. 2008)
- 1933 - Roy Goode, British lawyer
- 1933 - Eduardo Malapit, American politician (d. 2007)
- 1932 - Helmut Griem, German actor (d. 2004)
- 1931 - Baba Ram Dass, American Hindu spiritual teacher
- 1931 - Ivan Dixon, American actor and director (d. 2008)
- 1929 - Willis Hall, English playwright and radio and television writer (d. 2005)
- 1929 - Joi Lansing, American model and actress (d. 1972)
- 1929 - André Previn, German-born composer and conductor
- 1928 - James D. Watson, American geneticist, Nobel laureate
- 1927 - Gerry Mulligan, American musician (d. 1996)
- 1926 - Sergio Franchi, Italian-born singer and actor (d. 1990)
- 1926 - Gil Kane, Latvian-born cartoonist (d. 2000)
- 1926 - Ian Paisley, Northern Irish politician
- 1920 - Edmond H. Fischer, Swiss-American biochemist, Nobel laureate
- 1919 - Georgios Mylonas, Greek politician (d. 1998)
- 1918 - Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian president (d. 1982)
- 1917 - Leonora Carrington, British-born surrealist painter
- 1915 - Tadeusz Kantor, Polish painter, set designer and theater director (d. 1990)
- 1913 - Shannon Boyd-Bailey McCune, American geographer (d. 1993)
- 1911 - Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1979)
- 1909 - William M. Branham, American evangelist (d. 1965)
- 1909 - Hermann Lang, German race car driver (d. 1987)
- 1903 - Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player (d. 1962)
- 1903 - Harold Edgerton, American electrical engineer (d. 1990)
- 1902 - Veniamin Kaverin, Russian writer (d. 1989)
- 1902 - Julien Torma, French writer, playwright and poet (d. 1933)
- 1901 - Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian Catholic (d. 1925)
- 1895 - Dudley Nichols, American screenwriter (d. 1960)
- 1894 - Gertrude Baines, American supercentenarian (d. 2009)
- 1892 - Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American industrialist (d. 1981)
- 1892 - Lowell Thomas, American travel writer (d. 1981)
- 1890 - Anthony Fokker, Dutch designer of aircraft (d. 1939)
- 1888 - Hans Richter, Swiss painter, film maker, graphic artist and avant-gardist (d. 1976)
- 1888 - Gerhard Ritter, German historian (d. 1967)
- 1886 - Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, The Last Nizam of Hyderabad state (d. 1967)
- 1884 - Walter Huston, Canadian-born actor (d. 1950)
- 1878 - Erich Mühsam, German author (d. 1934)
- 1871 - Prince Alexander John of Wales (d. 1871)
- 1861 - Stanislas de Guaita, French occultist (d. 1897)
- 1851 - Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer (d. 1932)
- 1849 - John William Waterhouse, British painter (d. 1917)
- 1841 - Karl Binding, German jurist (d. 1920)
- 1826 - Gustave Moreau, French painter (d. 1898)
- 1823 - Joseph Medill, journalist and mayor of Chicago (d. 1899)
- 1820 - Nadar, French photographer (d. 1910)
- 1818 - Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Norwegian poet (d. 1870)
- 1815 - Robert Volkmann, German composer (d. 1883)
- 1812 - Alexander Herzen, Russian writer (d. 1870)
- 1810 - Philip Henry Gosse, English naturalist (d. 1888)
- 1773 - James Mill, Scottish philosopher and historian (d. 1836)
- 1766 - Wilhelm von Kobell, German painter and printmaker (d. 1853)
- 1741 - Nicolas Chamfort, French writer (d. 1794)
- 1725 - Pasquale Paoli, Corsican patriot and military leader (d. 1807)
- 1671 - Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet (d. 1741)
- 1664 - Arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (d. 1742)
- 1651 - André Dacier, French classical scholar (d. 1722)
- 1632 - Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1649)
- 1613 - Stjepan Gradi?, Croatian philosopher and scientist (d. 1683)
- 1483 - Raphael, Italian painter and architect (d. 1520)