April 6
1830 - Joseph Smith and five others organized the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Fayette, New York.
1862 - The Battle of Shiloh began during the Civil War.
1886 - The city of Vancouver, British Columbia was incorporated.
1909 - Robert Peary and Matthew Henson became the first to reach the North Pole.
1917 - The United States declared war on Germany and entered World War I.
1945 - During World War II, the Japanese ship Yamato and nine other vessels sailed on a suicide mission to attack the U.S. fleet off Okinawa; the fleet was intercepted the next day.
1954 - Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R-Wis., responding to CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow’s broadside against him on “See It Now,” said in remarks filmed for the program that Murrow had, in the past, “engaged in propaganda for Communist causes.”
1968 - 41 people were killed by two consecutive natural gas explosions at a sporting goods store in downtown Richmond, Indiana.
1983 - Interior Secretary James Watt banned the Beach Boys from the 4th of July celebration on the Washington Mall, saying rock 'n' roll bands attract the "wrong element."
1985 - William J. Schroeder became the first artificial heart recipient to be discharged from the hospital as he moved into an apartment in Louisville, Kentucky.
1994 - The presidents of Rwanda and Burundi were killed in a plane crash.
1998 - Pakistan successfully tested a medium-range missile capable of striking neighboring India.
2001 - Algerian national Ahmed Ressam, accused of bringing explosives into the United States days before the millennium celebrations, was convicted on terror charges.
2004 - Jordan's military court convicted eight Muslim militants and sentenced them to death for the 2002 killing of U.S. aid official Laurence Foley in a terror conspiracy linked to al-Qaida.
2005 - Prince Rainier III of Monaco died at age 81.
2008 - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, speaking at a private fundraiser in San Francisco, spoke of voters in Pennsylvania’s Rust Belt communities who “cling to guns or religion” because of bitterness about their economic lot; Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton seized on the comment, calling it “elitist.”
2011 - Portugal became the third debt-stressed European country to need a bailout as the prime minister announced his country would request international assistance.
2011 - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi appealed directly to President Barack Obama in a letter to end what Gadhafi called “an unjust war”; he also wished Obama good luck in his bid for re-election.
2016 - A federal judge in Charleston, West Virginia, sentenced former coal executive Don Blankenship to a year in prison for his role in the 2010 Upper Big Branch Mine explosion that killed 29 men in America’s deadliest mining disaster in four decades; Blankenship maintained that he had committed no crime.
2020 - Hours after Democratic Gov. Tony Evers issued an executive order postponing the following day’s election for two months, the Wisconsin Supreme Court sided with Republicans in the state legislature who said Evers didn’t have the authority to reschedule the race; the decision left Wisconsin as the only state proceeding with an April election amid the coronavirus outbreak.
2020 - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was transferred to the intensive care unit of a London hospital where he was being treated for COVID-19, after his condition deteriorated.
Birthdays
23 - Peyton List (actress)
25 - Miranda May (actress)
29 - Julie Ertz (soccer player)
29 - Page Mackenzie (country singer)
31 - Charlie McDermott (actor)
39 - Bret Harrison (actor)
40 - Eliza Coupe (actress)
44 - Teddy Sears (actor)
45 - Candace Cameron Bure (actress)
46 - Joel Garland (actor)
46 - Zach Braff (actor)
49 - Jason Hervey (actor)
52 - Paul Rudd (actor)
66 - Michael Rooker (actor)
69 - Marilu Henner (actress)
70 - Bert Blyleven (baseball player)
74 - John Ratzenberger (actor)
79 - Barry Levinson (director)
83 - Roy Thinnes (actor)
84 - Billy Dee Williams (actor)
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Today in Sports History - April 6
1896 - The first modern Olympic Games opened in Athens, Greece.
1952 - Sam Snead wins his second Masters tournament.
1958 - Arnold Palmer wins his first Masters.
1970 - Bobby Orr (Boston Bruins) became the first defenseman to win the National Hockey League's (NHL) scoring title.
1973 - President Richard Nixon threw out the first pitch of the season at a California Angels game. It was the first time that a U.S. President had performed the ceremonial activity in a city other than Washington, DC.
1980 - Gordie Howe completes a record 26th season in the NHL.
1987 - Sugar Ray Leonard took the middleweight title from Marvin Hagler.
1992 - Duke defeats Michigan 71-51 to win a second consecutive NCAA Tournament.
1997 - Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) announced that he would retire from the National Hockey League following the playoffs of the current season.
2004 - The University of Connecticut became the first school to win the NCAA Division I men's and women's basketball championships in the same season after the women's team defeated Tennessee 70-61 to win their third consecutive championship.
2009 - North Carolina defeats Michigan State 89-72 to win their fifth NCAA Tournament.
2010 - Connecticut defeats Stanford 53-47 to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
2014 - WrestleMania XXX is held in New Orleans. The event saw Brock Lesnar defeat The Undertaker, snapping his 21 match winning streak in the event; also Daniel Bryan defeated Batista and Randy Orton to capture the WWE Championship.
2015 - Duke defeats Wisconsin 68-63 to win the NCAA Tournament.
2019 - The Tampa Bay Lightning win their 62nd game of the regular season, tying the NHL record for best record (Detroit Red Wings, 1995-96); their 128 points is the fourth-best in NHL history.
1830 - Joseph Smith and five others organized the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Fayette, New York.
1862 - The Battle of Shiloh began during the Civil War.
1886 - The city of Vancouver, British Columbia was incorporated.
1909 - Robert Peary and Matthew Henson became the first to reach the North Pole.
1917 - The United States declared war on Germany and entered World War I.
1945 - During World War II, the Japanese ship Yamato and nine other vessels sailed on a suicide mission to attack the U.S. fleet off Okinawa; the fleet was intercepted the next day.
1954 - Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R-Wis., responding to CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow’s broadside against him on “See It Now,” said in remarks filmed for the program that Murrow had, in the past, “engaged in propaganda for Communist causes.”
1968 - 41 people were killed by two consecutive natural gas explosions at a sporting goods store in downtown Richmond, Indiana.
1983 - Interior Secretary James Watt banned the Beach Boys from the 4th of July celebration on the Washington Mall, saying rock 'n' roll bands attract the "wrong element."
1985 - William J. Schroeder became the first artificial heart recipient to be discharged from the hospital as he moved into an apartment in Louisville, Kentucky.
1994 - The presidents of Rwanda and Burundi were killed in a plane crash.
1998 - Pakistan successfully tested a medium-range missile capable of striking neighboring India.
2001 - Algerian national Ahmed Ressam, accused of bringing explosives into the United States days before the millennium celebrations, was convicted on terror charges.
2004 - Jordan's military court convicted eight Muslim militants and sentenced them to death for the 2002 killing of U.S. aid official Laurence Foley in a terror conspiracy linked to al-Qaida.
2005 - Prince Rainier III of Monaco died at age 81.
2008 - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, speaking at a private fundraiser in San Francisco, spoke of voters in Pennsylvania’s Rust Belt communities who “cling to guns or religion” because of bitterness about their economic lot; Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton seized on the comment, calling it “elitist.”
2011 - Portugal became the third debt-stressed European country to need a bailout as the prime minister announced his country would request international assistance.
2011 - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi appealed directly to President Barack Obama in a letter to end what Gadhafi called “an unjust war”; he also wished Obama good luck in his bid for re-election.
2016 - A federal judge in Charleston, West Virginia, sentenced former coal executive Don Blankenship to a year in prison for his role in the 2010 Upper Big Branch Mine explosion that killed 29 men in America’s deadliest mining disaster in four decades; Blankenship maintained that he had committed no crime.
2020 - Hours after Democratic Gov. Tony Evers issued an executive order postponing the following day’s election for two months, the Wisconsin Supreme Court sided with Republicans in the state legislature who said Evers didn’t have the authority to reschedule the race; the decision left Wisconsin as the only state proceeding with an April election amid the coronavirus outbreak.
2020 - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was transferred to the intensive care unit of a London hospital where he was being treated for COVID-19, after his condition deteriorated.
Birthdays
23 - Peyton List (actress)
25 - Miranda May (actress)
29 - Julie Ertz (soccer player)
29 - Page Mackenzie (country singer)
31 - Charlie McDermott (actor)
39 - Bret Harrison (actor)
40 - Eliza Coupe (actress)
44 - Teddy Sears (actor)
45 - Candace Cameron Bure (actress)
46 - Joel Garland (actor)
46 - Zach Braff (actor)
49 - Jason Hervey (actor)
52 - Paul Rudd (actor)
66 - Michael Rooker (actor)
69 - Marilu Henner (actress)
70 - Bert Blyleven (baseball player)
74 - John Ratzenberger (actor)
79 - Barry Levinson (director)
83 - Roy Thinnes (actor)
84 - Billy Dee Williams (actor)
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Today in Sports History - April 6
1896 - The first modern Olympic Games opened in Athens, Greece.
1952 - Sam Snead wins his second Masters tournament.
1958 - Arnold Palmer wins his first Masters.
1970 - Bobby Orr (Boston Bruins) became the first defenseman to win the National Hockey League's (NHL) scoring title.
1973 - President Richard Nixon threw out the first pitch of the season at a California Angels game. It was the first time that a U.S. President had performed the ceremonial activity in a city other than Washington, DC.
1980 - Gordie Howe completes a record 26th season in the NHL.
1987 - Sugar Ray Leonard took the middleweight title from Marvin Hagler.
1992 - Duke defeats Michigan 71-51 to win a second consecutive NCAA Tournament.
1997 - Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) announced that he would retire from the National Hockey League following the playoffs of the current season.
2004 - The University of Connecticut became the first school to win the NCAA Division I men's and women's basketball championships in the same season after the women's team defeated Tennessee 70-61 to win their third consecutive championship.
2009 - North Carolina defeats Michigan State 89-72 to win their fifth NCAA Tournament.
2010 - Connecticut defeats Stanford 53-47 to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
2014 - WrestleMania XXX is held in New Orleans. The event saw Brock Lesnar defeat The Undertaker, snapping his 21 match winning streak in the event; also Daniel Bryan defeated Batista and Randy Orton to capture the WWE Championship.
2015 - Duke defeats Wisconsin 68-63 to win the NCAA Tournament.
2019 - The Tampa Bay Lightning win their 62nd game of the regular season, tying the NHL record for best record (Detroit Red Wings, 1995-96); their 128 points is the fourth-best in NHL history.
