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April 6, 1997 "3 Sisters" closes at Criterion Theater New York City April 6, 1997 9th Seniors Golf Tradition: Gil Morgan wins April 6, 1997 Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Longs Drugs Challenge April 6, 1997 Brad Faxon wins Freeport-McDermott Golf Classic April 6, 1997 Progress M-34 Launch (Russia) April 6, 1997 Twelve Bridges LPGA Classic April 6, 1996 Albert Belle shows off his arm by hitting Sports Illustrated photographer Tony Tomsic in the hand prior to a game April 6, 1995 "Having Our Say" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 308 performances April 6, 1994 1st scheduled Indians night game at Jacobs Field is rained out April 6, 1994 Chuck Jones found guilty of breaking into Marla Maples home April 6, 1994 Liberal Supreme Court Justice Blackmun (Roe vs. Wade) resigns April 6, 1994 Palestinian suicide bomber kills 7 Israelis and himself April 6, 1994 Rockwell B-1B Lancers break 11 world speed records April 6, 1993 1st test flight of Ilyushin IL-96M (Moscow) April 6, 1993 Florida Marlins 1st lost ever (4-2 to Los Angeles Dodgers) April 6, 1992 1st game at Camden Field, Baltimore Orioles beat Indians 2-0 April 6, 1992 54th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Duke beats Michigan 71-51 April 6, 1992 Britain Radio Authority licenses Virgin and TV-AM radio licenses April 6, 1992 Microsoft announced Windows 3.1, upgrading Windows 3.0 April 6, 1992 Oriole Park at Camden Yards opens, beating Cleveland 2-0 April 6, 1992 Serbian troops begin siege of Sarajevo April 6, 1992 U.S. Supreme Court rules a Nebraska farmer was entrapped by postal agents into buying mail-order child pornography April 6, 1992 Voting begins on choice of Elvis postage stamps April 6, 1991 Former child actor Adam Rich arrested for breaking into a pharmacy April 6, 1991 New York - New Jersey Knights 1st home game (Giant Stadium) lose to Frankfurt 27-17 April 6, 1991 Subhana, becomes 1st Australian woman to become a Zen teacher April 6, 1991 Argentine soocer star Diego Maradona suspended for 15 month by Italian League for testing positive for cocaine use April 6, 1989 Orel Hershiser ends his record 59 consecutive scoreless streak April 6, 1988 Black pole explorer M Henson buried next to R Peary in Arlington April 6, 1988 New Jersey Devils' 1st playoff game; lose to Isles 4-3 (OT) in 1st round April 6, 1987 22nd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis and Hank Williams Jr April 6, 1987 Sugar Ray Leonard upsets Marvelous Marvin Hagler April 6, 1987 Al Campanis appears on Niteline saying blacks may not be equiped to be in baseball management, sparking a racial controversy April 6, 1986 15th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Pat Bradley April 6, 1986 Soccer ball juggled non-stop for 14:14 hrs April 6, 1985 Atlantis (OV-104) rollout at Palmdale April 6, 1985 Bombay beat Delhi by 90 runs to win the Ranji Trophy final April 6, 1985 Sudan suspends constitution after coup under general Swarreddahab April 6, 1985 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site April 6, 1984 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41-C)-Challenger 5 is launched April 6, 1984 1st time 11 people in space April 6, 1983 Caps 2-Isles 5-Patrick Div Semifinals- Isles hold 1-0 lead April 6, 1982 Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center from White Sands April 6, 1982 Largest crowd ever to see a baseball game in Minnesota 52,279 April 6, 1981 Yugoslav government sends troops to Kosovo April 6, 1980 9th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young April 6, 1980 Gordie Howe completes a record 26th season April 6, 1980 Post It Notes, introduced April 6, 1979 Rod Stewart and Alana Collins wed April 6, 1978 Karnataka beat Uttar Pradesh by inn and 193 to win Ranji Trophy April 6, 1977 Judge rules Beatles 1962 Hamburg album can be released April 6, 1977 Kingdome opens, Seattle Mariners 1st game, loses to Angels 7-0 April 6, 1976 1st quadrophonic movie track: "Ladies and Gentlemen the Rolling Stones" April 6, 1975 "Night... Made America Famous" closes at Barrymore New York City after 75 performances April 6, 1975 "Rocky Horror Show" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 45 performances April 6, 1975 Fastest hat trick by a Washington Capitals 3 mins 26 secs (Stan Gilbertson) April 6, 1974 200,000 attend rock concert "California Jam" April 6, 1974 Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony 11/16 April 6, 1974 Yankees 1st home game at Shea Stadium, beat Indians 6-1 April 6, 1973 Harbor strike in Gent/Antwerp, Belgium April 6, 1973 Indies troops invade Sikkim April 6, 1973 Pioneer 11 launched toward Jupiter and Saturn April 6, 1973 Roberto Clemente Day, Pirates retire his number April 6, 1973 Yankee Ron Blomberg becomes 1st designated hitter, he walks April 6, 1972 Egypt drops diplomatic relations with Jordan April 6, 1968 94.5% of East German voters approve new socialist constitution April 6, 1968 Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Dave Davis April 6, 1968 Gunpowder stocks at a sporting-goods store explode, killing 43 (Va) April 6, 1968 HemisFair 1968 opens in San Antonio, Texas April 6, 1967 Premier Pompidou forms new French government April 6, 1966 Mihir Sen swims Palk Strait between Sri Lanka and India April 6, 1965 Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") 1st coml geosynchronous communication satellite April 6, 1964 Egypt and Belgium restore diplomatic relations April 6, 1959 31st Academy Awards - "Gigi," Susan Hayward and David Niven win April 6, 1958 Arnold Palmer wins 1st major golf tournament-Masters April 6, 1957 New York City ends trolley car service April 6, 1957 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test (atmospheric tests) April 6, 1956 Polish communist Gomulka freed from prison April 6, 1955 "3 for Tonight" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 85 performances April 6, 1955 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site April 6, 1955 Yemen: failed coup by Abdullah Seif el-Islam April 6, 1954 Montreal Canadians score 3 goals in 56 sec in playoff game against Detroit April 6, 1954 TV Dinner was 1st put on sale by Swanson and Sons April 6, 1954 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island April 6, 1952 16th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 286 April 6, 1950 John F. Dulles becomes advisor to U.S. Secretary of State Acheson April 6, 1947 11th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 281 April 6, 1947 1st Tony Awards: Arthur Miller, David Wayne and Patricia Neal win April 6, 1945 Coevorden freed from nazis April 6, 1945 Japanese giant battleship Yamato heads to Okinawa April 6, 1945 Massive kamikaze-attack on U.S. battle fleet near Okinawa April 6, 1945 U.S. Marines explore Tsugen Shima near Okinawa April 6, 1944 Jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazis April 6, 1943 British and U.S. Army link up in Africa during WW II April 6, 1943 British offensive at Wadi Akarit, South-Tunisia April 6, 1943 Lou Jansen, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN) arrested April 6, 1941 8th Golf Masters Championship: Craig Wood wins, shooting a 280 April 6, 1941 Begin oper Bestrafung-Germany bomb attacks Belgrade (17,000 die) April 6, 1941 British general Gambier-Parry caught in North Africa April 6, 1941 German bombardment on Piraeus (munitions ship explodes) April 6, 1941 Italian held Addis Ababa surrenders to British and Ethiopian forces April 6, 1939 Great Britain and Poland sign military pact April 6, 1939 U.S. and U.K. agree on joint control of Canton and Enderbury Island in the Pacific April 6, 1938 Teflon invented by Roy J Plunkett April 6, 1936 3rd Golf Masters Championship: Horton Smith wins, shooting a 285 April 6, 1936 ANP begins telex service in Amsterdam April 6, 1936 Tornado, kills 203 and injuring 1,800 in Gainesville Georgia April 6, 1935 H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws, misses and sinks 371 more April 6, 1934 418 Lutheran ministers arrested in Germany April 6, 1931 1st broadcast of "Little Orphan Annie" on NBC-radio April 6, 1930 1st transcontinental glider tow completed April 6, 1930 Hostess Twinkies invented by bakery executive James Dewar April 6, 1926 Stanley Cup: Montl Maroons beat Victoria Cougars (WHL), 3 games to 1 April 6, 1925 1st film shown on an British Air flight April 6, 1924 4 planes leave Seattle on 1st successful around-the-world flight April 6, 1924 Italy fascists receives 65% of vote of parliament April 6, 1924 Volkische Block (Nazi's) receives 17.8% of vote in Bayern April 6, 1920 French troop attacks Main/Darmstadt/Hanau April 6, 1917 U.S. declares war on Germany, enters World War I April 6, 1916 German parliament OKs unrestricted submarine warfare April 6, 1912 Electric starter 1st appeared in cars April 6, 1909 1st credit union forms in US April 6, 1909 North Pole reached by Americans Robert Peary and Matthew Henson April 6, 1906 1st animated cartoon copyrighted April 6, 1903 General railroad strike against "worgwetten" (anti-strike laws) April 6, 1900 James J Jeffries KOs Jack Finnegan in 1 for heavyweight boxing title April 6, 1896 1st modern Olympic games open in Athens Greece [3/25 OS] American, James Connolly, wins 1st Olympic gold medal in mod history April 6, 1893 Andy Bowen and Jack Burke box 7 hours 19 mins to no decision (111 rounds) April 6, 1893 Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah dedicated April 6, 1890 French troops under capt Archinard occupy Segu, West-Sudan April 6, 1889 George Eastman places Kodak Camera on sale for 1st time April 6, 1886 City of Vancouver BC incorporated April 6, 1886 Declaration of Berlin neutralizes Tonga April 6, 1883 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Speckled Band" April 6, 1869 1st plastic, Celluloid, patented April 6, 1868 Brigham Young marries his 27th and final wife April 6, 1865 Battle of Sayler's Creek, 1/3rd of Lee's army cut off April 6, 1862 Battle of Shiloh, Union defeats Confederacy in SW Tennessee April 6, 1859 U.S. recognizes Liberal government in Mexico's War of Reform April 6, 1849 Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "Le Prophete," premieres in Paris April 6, 1848 Jews of Prussia granted equality April 6, 1841 Cornerstone laid for 2nd Mormon temple, Nauvoo, Missouri April 6, 1830 Joseph Smith and 5 others organizes Mormon church in Seneca Co, New York April 6, 1815 English militia shoots prisoners, 100's killed April 6, 1789 1st U.S. Congress begins regular sessions, Federal Hall, New York City April 6, 1757 English king George II fires minister William Pitt, Sr. April 6, 1727 Denmark signs Covenant of Hannover April 6, 1724 Duke of Newcastle becomes English minister of Foreign Affairs April 6, 1722 Peter the Great ends tax on men with beards April 6, 1672 France declares war on Netherlands April 6, 1664 France and Saksen sign alliance April 6, 1663 King Charles II signs Carolina Charter April 6, 1652 Cape Colony, the 1st European settlement in South Africa, established April 6, 1652 John of Riebeeck lands/establishes VOC-post in Capetown April 6, 1634 Heeren XIX asks "to secure Eylands Curaeao" April 6, 1516 A Willaert installed as singer of cardinal Ippolito I d'Este April 6, 1362 Robber bastion Tard-Venus strikes at Brignais France April 6, 1327 Italian poet Petrarch 1st sets eyes on his beloved Laura April 6, 774 Charles the Great affirms Pippins promise of Quiercy April 6, 610 Lailat-ul Qadar, night koran descended to Earth April 6, 402 Battle at Pollentia: Roman army under Stilicho beats Visigoten |