6 April
Notable Births
Shaylee Mansfield
b. 2009
American actress (born 2009)
Valentina (French singer)
b. 2009
French singer (born 2009)
Andrea Botez
b. 2002
American-Canadian chess player (born 2002)
Leyre Romero Gormaz
b. 2002
Spanish tennis player (born 2002)
Oscar Piastri
b. 2001
Australian racing driver (born 2001)
Moritz Seider
b. 2001
German ice hockey player (born 2001)
Shaheen Shah Afridi
b. 2000
Pakistani cricketer (born 2000)
Maxence Lacroix
b. 2000
French footballer (born 2000)
Nicolás González (footballer, born 1998)
b. 1998
Argentine footballer (born 1998)
Peyton List (actress, born 1998)
b. 1998
American actress (born 1998)
Spencer List
b. 1998
American actor (born 1998)
Nahuel Molina
b. 1998
Argentine footballer (born 1998)
Mingyu
b. 1997
South Korean singer and rapper (born 1997)
Al-Musrati
b. 1996
Libyan footballer (born 1996)
Ken (South Korean singer)
b. 1992
South Korean singer
Paul Rudd
b. 1969
American actor (born 1969)
Tim Walz
b. 1964
Governor of Minnesota since 2019
Marilu Henner
b. 1952
American actress and singer (born 1952)
Barry Levinson
b. 1942
American filmmaker (born 1942)
Maimonides
b. 1135
Medieval Jewish philosopher (1135/1138–1204)
Notable Deaths
Clem Burke
d. 2025
American drummer (1954–2025)
Jay North
d. 2025
American actor (1951–2025)
Joseph E. Brennan
d. 2024
American lawyer and politician (1934–2024)
Vladimir Zhirinovsky
d. 2022
Russian politician (1946–2022)
Jill Knight
d. 2022
British politician (1923–2022)
Hans Küng
d. 2021
Swiss Catholic priest, theologian, and author (1928–2021)
Alcee Hastings
d. 2021
American politician and judge (1936–2021)
Al Kaline
d. 2020
American baseball player (1934–2020)
Don Rickles
d. 2017
American comedian and actor (1926–2017)
Merle Haggard
d. 2016
American singer-songwriter (1937–2016)
Giovanni Berlinguer
d. 2015
Italian politician, humanist, and professor of social medicine (1924–2015)
James Best
d. 2015
American actor, musician, artist (1926–2015)
Ray Charles (conductor)
d. 2015
American musician, conductor and arranger (1918–2015)
Dollard St. Laurent
d. 2015
Canadian ice hockey player
Mary Anderson (actress, born 1918)
d. 2014
American actress (1918–2014)
Liv Dommersnes
d. 2014
Norwegian actress and reciter of poetry
Mickey Rooney
d. 2014
American actor (1920–2014)
Chuck Stone
d. 2014
Tuskegee Airman and journalist (1924–2014)
Bigas Luna
d. 2013
Spanish film director, designer and artist (1946–2013)
Ottmar Schreiner
d. 2013
German lawyer and politician (1946–2013)
On This Day in History
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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.
Humboldt Broncos
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.
2017 Shayrat missile strike
2012
Azawad declares itself independent from the Republic of Mali.
Azawad
2011
In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, over 193 victims of Los Zetas were exhumed from several mass graves.
San Fernando, Tamaulipas
2010
Maoist rebels kill 76 CRPF officers in Dantewada district, India.
April 2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada
2009
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 307.
2009 L'Aquila earthquake
2008
The 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activists.
2008 Egyptian general strike
2005
Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day.
Jalal Talabani
2004
Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment.
Rolandas Paksas
1998
Nuclear weapons testing: Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.
Nuclear weapons testing
1997
In Greene County, Tennessee, the Lillelid murders occur.
Lillelid murders
1994
The Rwandan genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down.
Rwandan genocide
1992
The Bosnian War begins.
Bosnian War
1985
Sudanese President Gaafar Nimeiry is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Field Marshal Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab.
Gaafar Nimeiry
1984
Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya.
Cameroon
1974
In Brighton, United Kingdom, ABBA wins the 1974 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with "Waterloo", the first of a joint-record seven Swedish wins.
Brighton
1974
The first California Jam festival takes place at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California. Co-headlined by Deep Purple and Emerson, Lake & Palmer. The festival set what were then records for the loudest amplification system ever installed, the highest paid attendance, and highest gross in history.
California Jam
1973
Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft.
Pioneer 11
1973
The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.
American League
1972
Vietnam War: Easter Offensive: American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments.
Vietnam War