April 6 Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato at the Battle of Thapsus . 402 - Stilicho defeats the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia . 1250 - Seventh Crusade: Ayyubids of Egypt capture King Louis IX of France in the Battle of Fariskur . 1320 - The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath . 1327 - The poet Petrarch first sees his idealized love, Laura, in the church of Saint Clare in Avignon . 1385 - John, Master of the Order of Aviz , an illegitimate son of Peter I of Portugal , is made king John I of Portugal . 1453 - Mehmed II begins his siege of Constantinople , which falls on May 29 . 1580 - One of the largest earthquakes recorded in the history of England , Flanders, or Northern France, takes place. 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 . 1776 - American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat . 1782 - King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke of Siam establishes the Chakri dynasty . 1793 - During the French Revolution , the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic. 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 Duke of Wellington assault the fortress of Badajoz . This would be the turning point in the Peninsular War against Napoleon-led France. 1814 - Nominal beginning of the Bourbon Restoration ; anniversary date that Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba . 1830 - Church of Christ , the original church of the Latter Day Saint movement , is organized by Joseph Smith and others at either 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 . 1861 - First performance of Arthur Sullivan's debut success, his suite of incidental music for The Tempest , leading to a career that included the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operas. 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 . 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 . 1869 - Celluloid is patented. 1888 - Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College . 1893 - Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff . 1895 - Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry . 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 . 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. 1911 - During the Battle of Deçiq , Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj , leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi , Montenegro , for the first time after George Kastrioti. 1917 - World War I: The United States declares war on Germany. 1926 - Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight. 1929 - Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana , is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives . 1930 - At the end of the Salt March , Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire ." 1936 - 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 Operation 25 and Operation Marita . 1945 - World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from German and Croatian forces by the Yugoslav Partisans . 1945 - World War II: The Battle of Slater's Knoll on Bougainville comes to an end. 1947 - The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement. 1957 - Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines and founds Olympic Airlines . 1965 - Launch of Early Bird , the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit . 1968 - In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150. 1968 - Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Liberal Leadership Election , and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon after. 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 - The Swedish pop band ABBA wins the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Waterloo", launching their international career. 1979 - Student protests break out in Nepal . 1984 - Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya . 1992 - The Bosnian War begins. 1994 - The Rwandan genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down . 1997 - In Greene County, Tennessee, the Lillelid murders occurs when a group of young people abduct and kidnap a religious family before shooting them dead on a rural suburban road. 1998 - Nuclear weapons testing: 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 . 2004 - Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment . 2005 - Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi 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 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila , Italy, killing 307. 2010 - Maoist rebels kill 76 CRPF officers in Dantewada district , India. 2011 - In San Fernando, Tamaulipas , Mexico, over 193 victims of Los Zetas were exhumed from several mass graves . 2012 - Azawad declares itself independent from the Republic of Mali . 2017 - U.S. military launches 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at an air base in Syria . Russia describes the strikes as an "aggression", adding they significantly damage US-Russia ties. 2018 - A bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior ice hockey team collides with a semi-truck in Saskatchewan , Canada , killing 16 people and injuring 13 others.Births 1135 - Maimonides , Jewish philosopher, Torah scholar, physician and astronomer 1342 - Infanta Maria, Marchioness of Tortosa 1483 - Raphael , Italian painter and architect 1573 - Margaret of Brunswick-Lüneburg , German noble 1632 - Maria Leopoldine of Austria 1651 - André Dacier , French scholar and academic 1660 - Johann Kuhnau , German organist and composer 1664 - Arvid Horn , Swedish general and politician, Governor of Västerbotten County 1671 - Jean-Baptiste Rousseau , French poet and playwright 1672 - André Cardinal Destouches , French composer 1706 - Louis de Cahusac , French playwright and composer 1708 - Johann Georg Reutter , Austrian organist and composer 1725 - Pasquale Paoli , French soldier and politician 1726 - Gerard Majella , Italian saint 1741 - Nicolas Chamfort , French author and playwright 1766 - Wilhelm von Kobell , German painter and educator 1773 - James Mill , Scottish historian, economist, and philosopher 1787 - Celestina Cordero , Puerto Rican educator 1810 - Philip Henry Gosse , English biologist and academic 1812 - Alexander Herzen , Russian philosopher and author 1815 - Robert Volkmann , German organist, composer, and conductor 1818 - Aasmund Olavsson Vinje , Norwegian journalist and poet 1820 - Nadar , French photographer, journalist, and author 1823 - Joseph Medill , Canadian-American publisher and politician, 26th Mayor of Chicago 1824 - George Waterhouse , English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand 1826 - Gustave Moreau , French painter and academic 1844 - William Lyne , Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales 1851 - Guillaume Bigourdan , French astronomer and academic 1852 - Will Crooks , English trade unionist and politician 1855 - Charles Huot , Canadian painter and illustrator 1857 - Arthur Wesley Dow , American painter and photographer 1860 - René Lalique , French sculptor and jewellery designer 1861 - Stanislas de Guaita , French poet and author 1864 - William Bate Hardy , English biologist and academic 1866 - Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau , Canadian cardinal 1869 - Levon Shant , Armenian author, poet, and playwright 1878 - Erich Mühsam , German author, poet, and playwright 1881 - Karl Staaf , Swedish pole vaulter and hammer thrower 1884 - J. G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh race car driver and engineer 1886 - Athenagoras I of Constantinople 1886 - Walter Dandy , American physician and neurosurgeon 1886 - Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII , Indian ruler 1888 - Hans Richter , Swiss painter, illustrator, and director 1888 - Gerhard Ritter , German historian and academic 1890 - Anthony Fokker , Dutch engineer and businessman, founded Fokker Aircraft Manufacturer 1892 - Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American businessman, founded the Douglas Aircraft Company 1892 - Lowell Thomas , American journalist and author 1895 - Dudley Nichols , American director, producer, and screenwriter 1898 - Jeanne Hébuterne , French painter and author 1900 - Leo Robin , American composer and songwriter 1901 - Pier Giorgio Frassati , Italian activist 1902 - Julien Torma , French author, poet, and playwright 1903 - Mickey Cochrane , American baseball player and manager 1903 - Harold Eugene Edgerton , American engineer and academic 1904 - Kurt Georg Kiesinger , German lawyer, politician and Chancellor of Germany 1904 - Erwin Komenda , Austrian car designer and engineer 1908 - Marcel-Marie Desmarais , Canadian preacher, missionary, and author 1909 - William M. Branham, American minister and theologian 1909 - Hermann Lang , German race car driver 1910 - Barys Kit , Belarusian-American rocket scientist 1911 - Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen , German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1913 - Shannon Boyd-Bailey McCune , American geographer and academic 1915 - Tadeusz Kantor , Polish director, painter, and set designer 1916 - Phil Leeds , American actor 1916 - Vincent Ellis McKelvey , American geologist and author 1917 - Leonora Carrington , English-Mexican painter and author 1918 - Alfredo Ovando Candía , Bolivian general and politician, 56th President of Bolivia 1919 - Georgios Mylonas , Greek politician, 11th Greek Minister of Culture 1920 - Jack Cover , American pilot and physicist, invented the Taser gun 1920 - Edmond H. Fischer, Swiss-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1921 - Wilbur Thompson , American shot putter 1922 - Gordon Chater , English-Australian comedian and actor 1923 - Herb Thomas , American race car driver 1926 - Sergio Franchi , Italian-American singer and actor 1926 - Gil Kane , Latvian-American author and illustrator 1926 - Ian Paisley , Northern Irish evangelical minister and politician, 2nd First Minister of Northern Ireland 1926 - Randy Weston , American jazz pianist and composer 1927 - Gerry Mulligan , American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer 1928 - James Watson , American biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate 1929 - Willis Hall , English playwright and author 1929 - Joi Lansing , American model, actress and nightclub singer 1929 - André Previn , American pianist, composer, and conductor 1931 - Ram Dass , American author and educator 1931 - Ivan Dixon , American actor, director, and producer 1932 - Connie Broden , Canadian ice hockey player 1932 - Helmut Griem , German actor and director 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 1934 - Enrique Álvarez Félix , Mexican actor 1934 - Anton Geesink , Dutch martial artist and wrestler 1934 - Guy Peellaert , Belgian painter, illustrator, and photographer 1935 - Douglas Hill , Canadian author and critic 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 1937 - Tom Veivers , Australian cricketer and politician 1937 - Billy Dee Williams , American actor, singer, and writer 1938 - Paul Daniels , English magician and television host 1938 - Roy Thinnes , American television and film actor 1939 - André Ouellet , Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st 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 1941 - Christopher Allsopp , English economist and academic 1941 - Phil Austin , American comedian, actor, and screenwriter 1941 - Hans W. Geißendörfer, German director and producer 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 1943 - Max Clifford , English journalist and publicist 1943 - Roger Cook , New Zealand-English journalist and academic 1943 - Ian MacRae , New Zealand rugby player 1943 - Mitchell Melton , American lawyer and politician 1944 - Felicity Palmer , English operatic soprano 1945 - Rodney Bickerstaffe , English trade union leader 1945 - 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 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 laureate 1950 - Claire Morissette , Canadian cycling activist 1950 - Cleo Odzer , American anthropologist and author 1951 - Bert Blyleven , Dutch-American baseball player and sportscaster 1951 - Jean-Marc Boivin , French skier, mountaineer, and pilot 1951 - Pascal Rogé , French pianist 1951 - Phil Schaap , American jazz disc jockey and historian 1952 - Udo Dirkschneider , German singer-songwriter 1952 - Marilu Henner , Greek-Polish American actress and author 1952 - Michel Larocque , Canadian ice hockey player and manager 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 1956 - Michele Bachmann , American lawyer and politician 1956 - Normand Corbeil , Canadian composer 1956 - Mudassar Nazar , Pakistani cricketer 1956 - 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 actor and screenwriter 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 1965 - Black Francis , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1965 - Sterling Sharpe , American football player and sportscaster 1966 - Vince Flynn , American author 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 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 , 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 1976 - 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 , 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 1980 - Antonio Thomas , American wrestler 1981 - Robert Earnshaw , Welsh footballer 1981 - Jeff Faine , American football player 1981 - 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 - 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 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 , Australian footballer 1988 - Daniele Gasparetto , Italian footballer 1988 - Carlton Mitchell , American football player 1988 - Fabrice Muamba , Congolese-English footballer 1988 - Ivonne Orsini , Puerto Rican-American 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 , South Korean singer 1992 - Julie Ertz , American soccer player 1994 - Adrián Alonso , Mexican actor 1995 - Darya Lebesheva , Belarusian tennis player 1998 - Peyton List , American actress and modelDeaths 861 - Prudentius, bishop of Troyes 885 - Saint Methodius , Byzantine missionary and saint 887 - Pei Che , chancellor of the Tang Dynasty 943 - Liu Churang , Chinese general and chief of staff 943 - Nasr II , ruler of the Samanid Empire 1147 - Frederick II , duke of Swabia 1199 - Richard I , king of England 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 1340 - Basil , emperor of Trebizond 1362 - James I , count of La Marche 1376 - Preczlaw of Pogarell , Cardinal and Bishop of Wrocław 1490 - Matthias Corvinus , King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458 to 1490 1520 - Raphael, Italian painter and architect 1523 - Henry Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire , English nobleman 1528 - Albrecht Dürer , German painter, engraver, and mathematician 1551 - Joachim Vadian , Swiss scholar and politician 1571 - John Hamilton , Scottish archbishop and academic 1590 - Francis Walsingham , English politician and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1593 - Henry Barrowe , English Puritan and separatist 1605 - John Stow , English historian and author 1621 - Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford 1641 - Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter 1655 - David Blondel , French minister, historian, and scholar 1676 - John Winthrop the Younger , English politician, 1st Governor of Connecticut 1686 - Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey , Irish-English politician 1707 - Willem van de Velde the Younger , Dutch-English painter 1755 - Richard Rawlinson , English minister and historian 1790 - Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt 1825 - Vladimir Borovikovsky , Ukrainian-Russian painter and educator 1829 - Niels Henrik Abel , Norwegian mathematician and theorist 1833 - Adamantios Korais , Greek philosopher and scholar 1838 - José Bonifácio de Andrada , Brazilian poet, academic, and politician 1860 - James Kirke Paulding , American author and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Navy 1862 - Albert Sidney Johnston, American general 1883 - Benjamin Wright Raymond , American merchant and politician, 3rd Mayor of Chicago 1886 - William Edward Forster , English businessman, philanthropist, and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland 1899 - Alvan Wentworth Chapman , American physician and botanist 1906 - Alexander Kielland , Norwegian author, playwright, and politician, 6th County Governor of Møre og Romsdal 1913 - Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore 1923 - Kabalega , King of Bunyoro 1927 - Florence Earle Coates , American poet 1935 - Edwin Arlington Robinson , American poet and playwright 1944 - Rose O'Neill , American cartoonist , illustrator, artist, and writer 1947 - Herbert Backe , German agronomist and politician 1950 - Louis Wilkins , American pole vaulter 1953 - Idris Davies , Welsh poet and author 1959 - Leo Aryeh Mayer , Polish-Israeli scholar and academic 1961 - Jules Bordet , Belgian microbiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate 1963 - Otto Struve , Ukrainian-American astronomer and academic 1970 - Maurice Stokes , American basketball player 1971 - Igor Stravinsky , Russian-American pianist, composer, and conductor 1974 - Willem Marinus Dudok , Dutch architect 1974 - Hudson Fysh , Australian pilot and businessman, co-founded Qantas Airways Limited 1977 - Kōichi Kido , Japanese politician, 13th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan 1979 - Ivan Vasilyov , Bulgarian architect, designed the SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library 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. 1992 - Isaac Asimov , American science fiction writer 1994 - Juvénal Habyarimana, Rwandan banker and politician, 3rd President of Rwanda 1994 - Cyprien Ntaryamira, Burundian politician, 5th President of Burundi 1995 - Ioannis Alevras , Greek banker and politician, President of Greece 1996 - Greer Garson , English-American actress 1998 - Norbert Schmitz , German footballer 1998 - Tammy Wynette , American singer-songwriter 1999 - Red Norvo , American vibraphone player and composer 2000 - Habib Bourguiba , Tunisian politician, 1st President of Tunisia 2001 - Charles Pettigrew , American singer-songwriter 2003 - David Bloom , American journalist 2003 - Anita Borg , American computer scientist and educator; founded Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology 2003 - Gerald Emmett Carter , Canadian cardinal 2003 - Babatunde Olatunji , Nigerian drummer, educator, and activist 2004 - Lou Berberet , American baseball player 2004 - Larisa Bogoraz , Russian linguist and activist 2005 - Rainier III, Prince of Monaco 2006 - Maggie Dixon , American basketball player and coach 2006 - Francis L. Kellogg, American soldier and diplomat 2006 - Stefanos Stratigos , Greek actor and director 2007 - Luigi Comencini , Italian director and producer 2009 - J. M. S. Careless, Canadian historian and academic 2009 - Shawn Mackay , Australian rugby player and coach 2010 - Wilma Mankiller , American tribal leader 2010 - Corin Redgrave , English actor 2011 - Gerald Finnerman , American director and cinematographer 2012 - Roland Guilbault , American admiral 2012 - Thomas Kinkade , American painter and illustrator 2012 - Fang Lizhi , Chinese astrophysicist and academic 2012 - Sheila Scotter , Australian fashion designer and journalist 2012 - Reed Whittemore , American poet and critic 2013 - Hilda Bynoe , Grenadian physician and politician, 2nd Governor of Grenada 2013 - Bill Guttridge , English footballer and manager 2013 - Bigas Luna , Spanish director and screenwriter 2013 - Ottmar Schreiner , German lawyer and politician 2014 - Mary Anderson , American actress 2014 - Jacques Castérède , French pianist and composer 2014 - Liv Dommersnes , Norwegian actress 2014 - Mickey Rooney , American soldier, actor, and dancer 2014 - Chuck Stone , American soldier, journalist, and academic 2014 - Massimo Tamburini , Italian motorcycle designer, co-founded Bimota 2015 - Giovanni Berlinguer , Italian lawyer and politician 2015 - James Best , American actor, director, and screenwriter 2015 - Ray Charles , American singer-songwriter and conductor 2015 - Dollard St. Laurent, Canadian ice hockey player 2016 - Merle Haggard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 2017 - Don Rickles , American actor and comedian 2019 - Michael O'Donnell , British physician, journalist, author and broadcasterHolidays and observances Chakri Day, commemorating the establishment of the Chakri dynasty. Christian feast day: *Albrecht Dürer and Lucas Cranach . *Brychan *Eutychius of Constantinople *Marcellinus of Carthage *Pope Celestine I *Pope Sixtus I *April 6 International Day of Sport for Development and Peace National Fisherman Day New Beer's Eve Tartan Day
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