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Notable anniversaries in history for today: April 6
- 300th: 1724 - Duke of Newcastle becomes English minister of Foreign Affairs.
- 100th: 1924 - Four planes leave Seattle, Washington on attempt at around-the-world flight (they succeed).
- 100th: 1924 - Italian fascists receive 65 percent of vote in parliament.
- 100th: 1924 - Völkische Block (National Socialists) receives 17.8 percent of vote in Bayern, Germany.
- 90th: 1934 - 418 Lutheran ministers are arrested in Germany.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Antonius Geesink in Holland; judo (Olympics-gold-1964).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of John Stax; rocker (Pretty Things - "Don't Bring Me Down").
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Judith McConnell in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Sophia - Santa Barbara).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of [Holly] Michelle [Gilliam] Phillips in Long Beach, California, USA; singer (Mama and Papas), actress (Knots Landing).
- 80th: 1944 - Jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain, France overrun by Germans.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Judi Bowker in Shawford, England; actress (Clash of the Titans).
- 70th: 1954 - NHL's Montreal Canadiens score three goals in 56 seconds in playoff game against Detroit Red Wings.
- 70th: 1954 - Frozen TV Dinner is first put on sale by Swanson and Sons.
- 70th: 1954 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Bill Brooks; NFL wide receiver (Buffalo Bills).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Johnny Dee; heavy metal drummer (Britny Fox - "Boys in Heat", "King Kobra").
- 60th: 1964 - Egypt and Belgium restore diplomatic relations.
- 50th: 1974 - Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony 11/16.
- 50th: 1974 - Willem Dudok, Dutch architect (Hilversum Town Hall), dies at age 89.
- 50th: 1974 - New York Yankees' first home game at Shea Stadium, beat Cleveland Indians 6-1.
- 50th: 1974 - Swedish music group Abba wins the Eurovision Song Festival with the song "Waterloo".
- 40th: 1984 - Jimmy Kenndy, British songwriter ("South of the Border"), dies.
- 40th: 1984 - Birth of Max Bemis, American musician (Say Anything).
- 40th: 1984 - The 56th Academy Awards, hosted by Jack Lemmon, are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, with Terms of Endearment winning Best Picture. Best Actor: Robert Duvall, Best Actress: Shirley Maclaine.
- 40th: 1984 - 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41-C)- Challenger 5 is launched; first time 11 people in space.
- 30th: 1994 - First scheduled Cleveland Indians night game at Jacobs Field is rained out.
- 30th: 1994 - Agatha Uwilingiyimana Rwanda/first female Prime Minister in Africa, assassinated.
- 30th: 1994 - Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundi President Cyprien Ntaryamira die when a missile shoots down their jet near Kigali, Rwanda.
- 30th: 1994 - Liberal Supreme Court Justice Blackmun (Roe versus Wade) resigns.
- 30th: 1994 - Palestinian suicide bomber kills 7 Israelis and himself.
- 30th: 1994 - Patricia Louise Dalton, chair (Sherlock Holmes Society), dies at age 75.
- 30th: 1994 - Rockwell B-1B Lancers break 11 world speed records.
- 30th: 1994 - Theo Bosch, humanist/architect (Amsterdam), dies at age 54.
- 20th: 2004 - Death of Niki Sullivan at age 66 of a heart attack, at his home in Independence, Missouri, USA; guitarist and singer (Buddy Holly's backing group, The Crickets).
- 15th: 2009 - An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale in central Italy kills 281, injures 1500, and leaves about 17,000 homeless. The quake flattened houses, ancient churches and other buildings in 26 cities and towns. The damage is estimated at US$4 billion.
- 15th: 2009 - Somali pirates seize British-owned cargo ship Malaspina Castle in the Gulf of Aden, and a Taiwanese ship near the Seychelles, after capturing a French yacht, a Yemeni tugboat, and the 20,000-ton German container vessel Hansa Stavanger on the past two days.
- 15th: 2009 - Japan announces it will spend a further 10 trillion yen (US$99 billion) to fight the recession.
- 15th: 2009 - Six bomb blasts in Baghdad, Iraq, kill more than 34 people and injure about 110.
- 15th: 2009 - North Carolina Tar Heels overwhelms Michigan State Spartans 89-72 in the final of the NCAA Tournament.
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