Interesting things that happened April 6th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1810 Philip Henry Gosse, invented the institutional aquarium
In 1823 Joseph Medill, newspaper editor
In 1866 Butch Cassidy, famous entrepenuer
+ Lincoln Steffens, journalist, muckraker
In 1890 Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker, Dutch aircraft pioneer
In 1892 Donald Wills Douglas, founded an aircraft company
+ Lowell Thomas, journalist
In 1928 James Watson, discovered double-helix nature of DNA
In 1929 Andre Previn, conductor, pianist
In 1937 Merle Haggard, musician
+ Billy Dee Williams, actor (Star Wars, Batman)
In 1943 Susan Tolsky (in Houston, TX), actor, voice artist
In 1944 Michelle Phillips (in Long Beach, CA), singer, actor
In 1952 Marilu Henner, actor (Taxi), producer, author, health advocate
In 1953 Janet Lynn, Olympic ice skater
Events worth noting:
In 1663 Kings Charles II signs the Carolina Charter.
In 1712 America's first major slave rebellion; about 20 African slaves
armed
with guns and clubs set fire to houses in New York.
In 1830 Joseph Smith organized the Mormon Church in Fayette, NY.
In 1862 Battle of ****loh, Tennessee.
In 1865 Battle of Sayler's Creek. One-third of Lee's army cut off.
In 1868 Brigham Young marries number 27, his final wife.
In 1896 First modern Olympic Games held in Athens, Greece.
In 1898 US Congress creates Tartan Day (not celebrated nationally until
1997).
In 1906 First animated cartoon is copyrighted.
In 1909 Peary and Henson reach the North Pole.
In 1912 Electric starter first appeared in cars.
In 1917 US declares war on Germany (WWI).
In 1926 Four planes take off on first successful around-the-world
flight.
In 1957 New York City ends trolley car service.
In 1965 Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird"), the first commercial geosynchronous
communications satellite, is launched.
In 1973 Pioneer 11 launched. First spacecraft to flyby Saturn.
+ Yankee Ron Blomberg becomes first designated hitter, he walked.
In 1974 Yankees first home game at Shea Stadium, beat Indians 6-1.
In 1975 Nationalist Chinese leader Chiang Kai-Shek died at the age of
87.
In 1984 Eleventh Space Shuttle Mission - Challenger 5 is launched.
In 1992 Prolific author Isaac Asimov dies, age 72.
And remember ...
America's Heartland Development Month
Cancer Control Month
Math Education Month
National Poetry Month
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