Editing April 6 (section)

==Events==
===Pre–1600===
*[[46 BC]] &ndash; [[Julius Caesar]] defeats [[Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica|Caecilius Metellus Scipio]] and [[Cato the Younger|Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger)]] at the [[Battle of Thapsus]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh|title=A History of Rome to the Battle of Actium|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofrometob00shucuoft|year=1896|publisher=Macmillan and Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofrometob00shucuoft/page/752 752]}}</ref>
* [[402]] &ndash; [[Stilicho]] defeats the [[Visigoths]] under [[Alaric I|Alaric]] in the [[Battle of Pollentia]].<ref>{{cite book|author=C. W. Previté Orton|title=The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History|year=1975|url=https://archive.org/details/shortercambridge0001prev|url-access=registration|publisher=CUP Archive|pages=[https://archive.org/details/shortercambridge0001prev/page/81 81]|isbn=9780521209632}}</ref>
*[[1320]] &ndash; The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the [[Declaration of Arbroath]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Cowan|first=Edward J.|title=For Freedom Alone: The Declaration of Arbroath, 1320|location=East Linton, East Lothian, Scotland|publisher=Tuckwell|date=2002|isbn=9781862321502|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FAM3anarxLwC|pages=4, 8}}</ref>
*[[1453]] &ndash; [[Mehmed II]] begins his [[Fall of Constantinople|siege of Constantinople]]. The city falls on [[May 29]] and is renamed [[Istanbul]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Tucker|first=Spencer C.|chapter=Overview of 1400-1500: Chronology|title=A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East. Vol.1: ca. 3000 BCE—1499 CE|editor-last=Tucker|editor-first=Spencer C.|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC=CLIO|date=2010|isbn=9781851096671|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h5_tSnygvbIC|pages=341–343}}</ref>
*[[1580]] &ndash; One of the [[1580 Dover Straits earthquake|largest earthquakes]] recorded in the history of England, Flanders, or Northern France, takes place.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wood|first1=Robin Muir|last2=Melville|first2=Charles|title=Who Killed the British Earthquake?|work=The New Scientist|date=October 20, 1983|page=173|accessdate=April 12, 2022|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bIFUtulGdQcC&dq=Dover%20earthquake%20largest%20even%20%226%20April%22%20%221580%22&pg=PA173|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Varley|first=P.M.|chapter=Seismic Risk Assessment and Analysis|title=Engineering Geology of the Channel Tunnel|editor-last1=Harris|editor-first1=Colin S.|editor-last2=Hart|editor-first2=Malcolm B.|editor-last3=Varley|editor-first3=P.M.|editor-last4=Warren|editor-first4=Colin D.|location=London|publisher=T. Telford|date=1996|isbn=9780727720450|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ui_qSldWobYC|pages=195–197}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1652]] &ndash; At the [[Cape of Good Hope]], Dutch sailor [[Jan van Riebeeck]] establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes [[Cape Town]].
*[[1712]] &ndash; The [[New York Slave Revolt of 1712]] begins near [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]].
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: Ships of the [[Continental Navy]] fail in their [[Battle of Block Island|attempt to capture]] a [[Royal Navy]] [[dispatch boat]].
*[[1782]] &ndash; King [[Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke]] (Rama I) of Siam (modern day [[Thailand]]) establishes the Chakri dynasty.
*[[1793]] &ndash; During the [[French Revolution]], the [[Committee of Public Safety]] becomes the executive organ of the republic.
*[[1800]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Constantinople (1800)|Treaty of Constantinople]] establishes the [[Septinsular Republic]], the first autonomous Greek state since the [[Fall of the Byzantine Empire]]. (Under the [[Old Style and New Style dates|Old Style]] calendar then still in use in the Ottoman Empire, the treaty was signed on 21 March.)<ref>{{cite book|last=Gekas|first=Sakis|title=Xenocracy: State, Class, and Colonialism in the Ionian Islands, 1815-1864|location=New York|publisher=Berghahn|date=2017|isbn=9781785332616|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J2joCwAAQBAJ|pages=23–24|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Mackridge|first=Peter|chapter=Introduction|title=The Ionian Islands: Aspects of their History and Culture|editor-last1=Hirst|editor-first1=Anthony|editor-last2=Sammon|editor-first2=Patrick|location=Newcastle upon Tyne, UK|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|year=2014|isbn=9781443862783|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CdIxBwAAQBAJ|page=5}}</ref>
*[[1808]] &ndash; [[John Jacob Astor]] incorporates the [[American Fur Company]], that would eventually make him America's first millionaire.
*[[1812]] &ndash; British forces under the command of the [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Duke of Wellington]] assault the fortress of [[Siege of Badajoz (1812)|Badajoz]]. This would be the turning point in the [[Peninsular War]] against [[Napoleon]]-led France.
*[[1814]] &ndash; Nominal beginning of the [[Bourbon Restoration in France|Bourbon Restoration]]; anniversary date that Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to [[Elba]].
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)|Church of Christ]], the original church of the [[Latter Day Saint movement]], is [[April 6 (LDS Church)|organized]] by [[Joseph Smith]] and others at either [[Fayette, New York|Fayette]] or [[Manchester, New York]].
*[[1841]] &ndash; U.S. President [[John Tyler]] is sworn in, two days after having become president upon [[William Henry Harrison]]'s death.
*[[1860]] &ndash; The [[Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]], later renamed [[Community of Christ]], is organized by [[Joseph Smith III]] and others at [[Amboy, Illinois]].
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Battle of Shiloh]] begins: In [[Tennessee]], forces under [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] General [[Ulysses S. Grant]] meet [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] troops led by General [[Albert Sidney Johnston]].
*[[1865]] &ndash; American Civil War: The [[Battle of Sailor's Creek]]: Confederate General [[Robert E. Lee]]'s [[Army of Northern Virginia]] fights and loses its last major battle while in retreat from [[Richmond, Virginia]], during the [[Appomattox Campaign]].
*[[1866]] &ndash; The [[Grand Army of the Republic]], an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War, is founded. It lasts until 1956.
*[[1896]] &ndash; In [[Athens]], the opening of the [[1896 Summer Olympics|first modern Olympic Games]] is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by [[Roman emperor]] [[Theodosius I]].

===1901–present===
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Robert Peary]] and [[Matthew Henson]] become the first people to reach the [[North Pole]]; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.<ref>{{cite book|author=Dennis Rawlins|title=Peary at the North Pole: Fact Or Fiction?|url=https://archive.org/details/pearyatnorthpole00denn|url-access=registration|year=1973|publisher=Luce|isbn=978-0-88331-042-7|page=[https://archive.org/details/pearyatnorthpole00denn/page/180 180]}}</ref>
*[[1911]] &ndash; During the [[Battle of Deçiq]], [[Ded Gjo Luli|Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj]], leader of the [[Malësori]] [[Albania]]ns, raises the Albanian flag in the town of [[Tuzi]], Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti ([[Skanderbeg]]).
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: The [[United States declaration of war on Germany (1917)|United States declares war on Germany]].
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Finnish Civil War]]: The [[battle of Tampere]] ends.<ref>[https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/100_years_ago_today_reds_take_tampere_finnish_civil_war_begins/10044586 100 years ago today: Reds take Tampere, Finnish Civil War begins] – ''[[Yle News]]'', January 27, 2018. Retrieved October 6, 2021.</ref>
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Varney Airlines]] makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of [[United Airlines]]).
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Huey P. Long]], [[Governor of Louisiana]], is [[Impeachment in the United States|impeached]] by the [[Louisiana House of Representatives]].
*[[1930]] &ndash; At the end of the [[Salt March]], [[Mahatma Gandhi|Gandhi]] raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the [[British Empire]]."<ref>{{cite book |last=Gandhi |first=Mahatma |author2=Dalton, Dennis |author-link2=Dennis Dalton |title=Selected Political Writings |publisher=[[Hackett Publishing Company]] |year=1996 |isbn=0-87220-330-1 |page=[https://archive.org/details/mahatmagandhisel00maha/page/72 72] |url=https://archive.org/details/mahatmagandhisel00maha/page/72}}</ref>
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak|Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak]]: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits [[Gainesville, Georgia]], killing 203.
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Nazi Germany]] launches [[Invasion of Yugoslavia|Operation 25]] (the invasion of Kingdom of Yugoslavia) and [[Operation Marita]] (the invasion of Greece).
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: [[Sarajevo]] is liberated from [[Nazi Germany|German]] and [[Independent State of Croatia|Croatian]] forces by the [[Yugoslav Partisans]].
*  1945   &ndash; World War II: The [[Battle of Slater's Knoll]] on [[Bougainville Island|Bougainville]] comes to an end.
*[[1947]] &ndash; The first [[Tony Award]]s are presented for theatrical achievement.
*[[1948]] &ndash; The [[Finno-Soviet Treaty of 1948|Finno-Soviet Treaty]] is signed in Moscow.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Finland Vindicated |first=John |last=Lukacs |journal=[[Foreign Affairs (journal)|Foreign Affairs]] |volume=71 |issue=4 |year=1992 |pages=50–63 |doi=10.2307/20045309 |jstor=20045309 |url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/russia-fsu/1992-09-01/finland-vindicated|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; The flag carrier airline of [[Greece]] for decades, [[Olympic Airlines|Olympic Airways]], is founded by [[Aristotle Onassis]] following the acquisition of "TAE - Greek National Airlines".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://oainfo.olympicairlines.com/history_organization_en.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803120700/http://oainfo.olympicairlines.com/history_organization_en.htm | archive-date=2009-08-03 | title=History & Organization }}</ref>
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Capital Airlines Flight 67]] crashes in [[Tittabawassee Township, Michigan]], near [[MBS International Airport|Freeland Tri-City Airport]], killing 47.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Vickers 745D Viscount N7437 Freeland-Tri City Airport, MI (MBS) |url=https://www.asndata.aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19580406-0 |access-date=2022-04-05 |website=asndata.aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1965]] &ndash; Launch of [[Intelsat I|Early Bird]], the first commercial communications [[satellite]] to be placed in [[geosynchronous orbit]].
*[[1968]] &ndash; In the downtown district of [[Richmond, Indiana]], a [[Richmond, Indiana explosion|double explosion]] kills 41 and injures 150.
*  1968   &ndash; [[Pierre Elliott Trudeau]] wins the [[Liberal Party of Canada leadership election, 1968|Liberal Party leadership election]], and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon afterward.
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Newhall massacre]]: Four [[California Highway Patrol]] officers are killed in a shootout.
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: [[Easter Offensive]]: American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments.
*[[1973]] &ndash; Launch of ''[[Pioneer 11]]'' [[spacecraft]].
*  1973   &ndash; The [[American League]] of [[Major League Baseball]] begins using the [[designated hitter]].
*[[1974]] &ndash; In [[Brighton]], United Kingdom, [[ABBA]] wins the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1974|1974 edition]] of the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] with "[[Waterloo (song)|Waterloo]]", the first of a joint-record seven [[Sweden|Swedish]] wins.<ref>{{cite news |title=Culture Re-View: A look back at this day in history |url=https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/04/06/culture-re-view-the-day-abba-achieved-eurovision-glory |access-date=4 March 2024 |work=euronews |date=6 April 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Singer Loreen makes history as Sweden wins Eurovision for seventh time |url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230514-singer-loreen-makes-history-as-sweden-wins-eurovision-song-contest-for-7th-time |access-date=4 March 2024 |work=France 24 |date=14 May 2023}}</ref>
*[[1974]] &ndash; 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.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/california-screaming-how-the-california-jam-banished-altamonts-demons | title=California Screaming: How the California Jam banished Altamont's demons | date=6 April 2017 }}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; Members of [[Cameroon]]'s Republican Guard [[1984 Cameroonian coup attempt|unsuccessfully attempt]] to overthrow the government headed by [[Paul Biya]].
*[[1985]] &ndash; Sudanese President [[Gaafar Nimeiry]] is ousted from power in a [[1985 Sudanese coup d'état|coup d'état]] led by Field Marshal [[Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab]].<ref>{{cite web | work=The New York Times | title=Sudan's President is Ousted in Coup by Military Chief | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/04/07/world/sudan-s-president-is-ousted-in-coup-by-military-chief.html | date=7 April 1985 | access-date=23 December 2022}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; The [[Bosnian War]] begins.
*[[1994]] &ndash; The [[Rwandan genocide]] begins when the aircraft carrying [[Rwanda]]n [[President (government title)|president]] [[Juvénal Habyarimana]] and [[Burundi]]an president [[Cyprien Ntaryamira]] is [[Assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira|shot down]].
*[[1997]] &ndash; In Greene County, Tennessee, the [[Lillelid murders]] occur.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lakin |first1=Matt |title=Lillelid murders still haunt East Tennessee, 20 years later |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/crime/2017/04/02/lillelid-murders-haunt-east-tennessee-20-years-later/99876020/ |access-date=17 September 2021 |publisher=[[USA Today]] |date=2 April 2017}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Nuclear weapons testing]]: [[Pakistan]] tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Rolandas Paksas]] becomes the first president of [[Lithuania]] to be peacefully removed from office by [[impeachment]].
*[[2005]] &ndash; Kurdish leader [[Jalal Talabani]] becomes [[Iraq]]i president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named [[premier]] the next day.
*[[2008]] &ndash; The [[2008 Egyptian general strike]] starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by [[April 6 Youth Movement]] and Egyptian activists.
*[[2009]] &ndash; A [[2009 L'Aquila earthquake|6.3 magnitude earthquake]] strikes near [[L'Aquila]], Italy, killing 307.
*[[2010]] &ndash; Maoist rebels [[April 2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada|kill]] 76 [[Central Reserve Police Force|CRPF]] officers in [[Dantewada district]], India.
*[[2011]] &ndash; In [[San Fernando, Tamaulipas]], Mexico, over 193 victims of [[Los Zetas]] were exhumed from several [[2011 San Fernando massacre|mass graves]].
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Azawad]] [[Azawadi declaration of independence|declares itself independent]] from the [[Republic of Mali]].
*[[2017]] &ndash; U.S. military launches [[2017 Shayrat missile strike|59 Tomahawk cruise missiles]] at an air base in [[Syria]]. Russia describes the strikes as an "aggression", adding they significantly damage US-Russia ties.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39523654|title=Syria war: US launches missile strikes in response to chemical 'attack'|date=7 April 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=7 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407013217/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39523654|archive-date=7 April 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; A bus carrying the [[Humboldt Broncos]] junior ice hockey team [[Humboldt Broncos bus crash|collides with a semi-truck]] in [[Saskatchewan]], Canada, killing 16 people and injuring 13 others.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Humboldt Broncos bus crash: 16 people dead in highway tragedy|url=https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/humboldt-broncos-bus-involved-in-highway-crash|access-date=2021-05-23|website=thestarphoenix|language=en-CA}}</ref>