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 in the American Civil War began in Tennessee as Confederate forces launched a surprise attack against Union troops, who beat back the Confederates the following day.
1864 - Louisiana opened a convention in New Orleans to draft a new state constitution, one that called for the abolition of slavery.
1909 - Robert Peary and Matthew Henson became the first people to reach the North Pole.
1917 - The United States entered World War I as the House joined the Senate in approving a declaration of war against Germany that was then signed by President Woodrow Wilson.
1945 - During World War II, the Japanese warship 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 - At least 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."
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.
2017 - Don Rickles, the big-mouthed, bald-headed “Mr. Warmth” whose verbal assaults endeared him to audiences and peers and made him the acknowledged grandmaster of insult comedy, died at his Beverly Hills home at age 90.
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.
2021 - Moving up his deadline by about two weeks, President Joe Biden said every adult in the U.S. would be eligible for a coronavirus vaccination by April 19.
Birthdays
24 - Peyton List (actress)
26 - Miranda May (actress)
30 - Julie Ertz (soccer player)
32 - Charlie McDermott (actor)
40 - Bret Harrison (actor)
41 - Eliza Coupe (actress)
45 - Teddy Sears (actor)
46 - Candace Cameron Bure (actress)
47 - Joel Garland (actor)
47 - Zach Braff (actor)
50 - Jason Hervey (actor)
53 - Paul Rudd (actor)
53 - Ari Meyers (actor)
67 - Michael Rooker (actor)
69 - Janet Lynn (figure skater)
70 - Marilu Henner (actress)
71 - Bert Blyleven (baseball player)
75 - John Ratzenberger (actor)
80 - Barry Levinson (director)
84 - Roy Thinnes (actor)
85 - 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 the Masters for the second time.
1958 - Arnold Palmer wins his first Masters championship.
1970 - Bobby Orr (Boston Bruins) became the first defenseman to win the National Hockey League's (NHL) scoring title.
1973 - Ron Blomberg of the New York Yankees becomes major league baseball's first official designated hitter.
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 his 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 the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive season.
1997 - Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) announced that he would retire from the National Hockey League (NHL) following the playoffs of the current season.
2004 - The University of Connecticut became the first school to win both the men's and women's Division I basketball championships in the same season after the women's team defeated Tennessee 70-61 to win their third consecutive NCAA Tournament.
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.
2015 - Duke defeats Wisconsin 68-63 to win the NCAA Tournament.
2019 - The Tampa Bay Lighting win their 62nd game of the season, tying the record for most wins in a season held by the 1995-96 Detroit Red Wings.
2021 - Major League Baseball announced that the All-Star Game would be played at Coors Field in Denver; the game had been pulled from Atlanta because of objections to changes in Georgia’s voting laws.
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 in the American Civil War began in Tennessee as Confederate forces launched a surprise attack against Union troops, who beat back the Confederates the following day.
1864 - Louisiana opened a convention in New Orleans to draft a new state constitution, one that called for the abolition of slavery.
1909 - Robert Peary and Matthew Henson became the first people to reach the North Pole.
1917 - The United States entered World War I as the House joined the Senate in approving a declaration of war against Germany that was then signed by President Woodrow Wilson.
1945 - During World War II, the Japanese warship 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 - At least 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."
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.
2017 - Don Rickles, the big-mouthed, bald-headed “Mr. Warmth” whose verbal assaults endeared him to audiences and peers and made him the acknowledged grandmaster of insult comedy, died at his Beverly Hills home at age 90.
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.
2021 - Moving up his deadline by about two weeks, President Joe Biden said every adult in the U.S. would be eligible for a coronavirus vaccination by April 19.
Birthdays
24 - Peyton List (actress)
26 - Miranda May (actress)
30 - Julie Ertz (soccer player)
32 - Charlie McDermott (actor)
40 - Bret Harrison (actor)
41 - Eliza Coupe (actress)
45 - Teddy Sears (actor)
46 - Candace Cameron Bure (actress)
47 - Joel Garland (actor)
47 - Zach Braff (actor)
50 - Jason Hervey (actor)
53 - Paul Rudd (actor)
53 - Ari Meyers (actor)
67 - Michael Rooker (actor)
69 - Janet Lynn (figure skater)
70 - Marilu Henner (actress)
71 - Bert Blyleven (baseball player)
75 - John Ratzenberger (actor)
80 - Barry Levinson (director)
84 - Roy Thinnes (actor)
85 - 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 the Masters for the second time.
1958 - Arnold Palmer wins his first Masters championship.
1970 - Bobby Orr (Boston Bruins) became the first defenseman to win the National Hockey League's (NHL) scoring title.
1973 - Ron Blomberg of the New York Yankees becomes major league baseball's first official designated hitter.
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 his 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 the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive season.
1997 - Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) announced that he would retire from the National Hockey League (NHL) following the playoffs of the current season.
2004 - The University of Connecticut became the first school to win both the men's and women's Division I basketball championships in the same season after the women's team defeated Tennessee 70-61 to win their third consecutive NCAA Tournament.
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.
2015 - Duke defeats Wisconsin 68-63 to win the NCAA Tournament.
2019 - The Tampa Bay Lighting win their 62nd game of the season, tying the record for most wins in a season held by the 1995-96 Detroit Red Wings.
2021 - Major League Baseball announced that the All-Star Game would be played at Coors Field in Denver; the game had been pulled from Atlanta because of objections to changes in Georgia’s voting laws.
