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April 6th in History
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April 6th in History
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: Earliest recorded solar eclipse
1789
: US Congress begins regular sessions in Federal Hall, NYC Lobbyists only arrive later
1830
: Mormon church founded in the United States
1896
: First modern Olympic games begin in Athens, Greece
1909
: The North Pole reached for the first time, by American Robert Peary
1917
: The United States enter World War I
1965
: Early Bird, world's first commercial communication satellite, launched
April 6th birthdays
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: Jesus (according to scholars' estimates, Religious leader
1483
: Raphael, Italian painter
1671
: Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French philosopher
1866
: Butch Cassidy, American 'Wild West' outlaw
1874
: Harry Houdini, Famous escape artist
1928
: James Watson, American scientist who discovered DNA structure
1929
: Andre Previn, American conductor