06 April History
- 1199 - English King Richard I is killed by an arrow at the siege of the castle of Chaluz in France.
- 1789 - The First U.S. Congress begins regular sessions at Federal Hall in New York City.
- 1814 - Granted sovereignty in the island of Elba and a pension from the French government, Napoleon Bonaparte abdicates at Fountainebleau. He is allowed to keep the title of emperor.
- 1830 - Joseph Smith and five others organize the Church of Latter-Day Saints in Seneca, New York.
- 1862 - Confederate forces attack General Ulysses S. Grant at Shiloh, Tennessee.
- 1865 - At the Battle of Sailer's Creek, a third of Lee's army is cut off by Union troops pursuing him to Appomattox.
- 1896 - The Modern Olympics begin in Athens with eight nations participating.
- 1903 - French Army Nationalists are revealed to have forged documents to guarantee a conviction for Alfred Dryfus.
- 1909 - Americans Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first men to reach the North Pole.
- 1917 - The United States declares war on Germany and enters World War I on Allied side.
- 1924 - Four planes leave Seattle on the first successful flight around the world.
- 1938 - The United States recognizes Nazi Germany's conquest of Austria.
- 1941 - German forces invade Greece and Yugoslavia.
- 1965 - President Lyndon B. Johnson authorizes the use of ground troops in combat operations.
06 April Birthdays
- 1483 - Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio), Italian painter (Sistine Madonna).
- 1786 - Sacagawea (also Sacajawea), American explorer.
- 1866 - Joseph Lincoln Steffens, journalist.
- 1905 - W. Warrick Cardozo, physician, researcher of Sickle Cell Anemia.
- 1927 - Gerry Mulligan, jazz saxaphonist.
- 1928 - James Watson, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA.
- 1929 - Andre Previn, pianist and conductor.
- 1937 - Merle Haggard, American country musician.