On This Day: April 06th

This is 97th day of the year and 269 days remain in the year.

Hebrew calendar—12 Nisan 5780
Chinese calendar—the 14th day of the 3rd month of 4718 (Geng Zi)
Islamic calendar—(note)

April 06 in history

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.

1896

First modern Olympic Games opened in Athens, Greece.

1909

Robert Peary and Matthew Henson became the first to reach the North Pole.

1917

U.S. declared war on Germany and entered World War I.

1994

The presidents of Rwanda and Burundi were killed in a plane crash.

April 06 BirthdaysRaphael Santi

Pronunciation: [räf"fäel´lO sän´tE, sän´tsyO]
Ital. Raffaello Santi or Raffaello Sanzio 1483–1520, major Italian Renaissance painter, born in Urbino.

James Millphilosopher, economist, and historian
Anthony Fokkeraircraft manufacturer
Andre Previnconductor, composer, and pianist

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Note: Dates in the Islamic calendar are provided for planning purposes only, and calculated with the hdate Islamic calendar program for moonrise in Boston, Masschusetts. Depending on your location and other factors, this result may differ from actual religious observances by one day. Please consult your local religious authority for any religious determinations of hejiric date.