Maoist rebels kill 76 CRPF officers in Dantewada district📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 INDIA🗓️ April 6, 2010Ambush of law enforcement by Naxalite-Maoist insurgents in Chhattisgarh, India
Nuclear weapons testing: Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 INDIA🗓️ April 6, 1998Controlled detonation of nuclear weapons for scientific or political purposes
At the end of the Salt March📜 TAXATION🌍 INDIA🗓️ April 6, 19301930 Indian protest led by Mahatma Gandhi
Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) at the Battle of Thapsus.📜 WARS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ April 6Roman general and dictator (100–44 BC)
A bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior ice hockey team collides with a semi-truck in Saskatchewan📜 HOCKEY🌍 CANADA🗓️ April 6, 2018Junior ice hockey team from Humboldt, Canada
U.S. military launches 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at an air base in Syria. Russia describes the strikes as an “aggression”📜 POLITICS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ April 6, 2017United States missile strike in Syria on 7 April 2017
Azawad declares itself independent from the Republic of Mali.📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ April 6, 2012Tuareg name for a territory in northern Mali
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L’Aquila📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 ITALY🗓️ April 6, 2009Earthquake in Abruzzo, Italy
The 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activists.📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ April 6, 2008Strike by Egyptian textile workers due to low wages and high food costs
Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day.📜 POLITICS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ April 6, 2005President of Iraq from 2006 to 2014
Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment.📜 POLITICS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ April 6, 2004Lithuanian politician; President from 2003 until impeached in 2004
In Greene County📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ April 6, 19971997 triple homicide in Greene County, Tennessee, USA
The Rwandan genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down.📜 POLITICS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ April 6, 1994Mass murder campaign in Rwanda
The Bosnian War begins.📜 WARS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ April 6, 19921992–1995 armed conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sudanese President Gaafar Nimeiry is ousted from power in a coup d’état led by Field Marshal Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab.📜 POLITICS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ April 6, 1985Sudanese president and military officer (1931–2009)
Members of Cameroon’s Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya.📜 CITIES🌍 UNITED KINGDOM🗓️ April 6, 1984Country in Central Africa
The first California Jam festival takes place at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario📜 MUSIC🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ April 6, 19741974 one-day rock music festival
Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft.📜 SPACE🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ April 6, 1973First spacecraft to visit Saturn (1973–1995)
The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ April 6, 1973League within Major League Baseball
Vietnam War: Easter Offensive: American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments.📜 WARS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ April 6, 1972War in Southeast Asia from 1955 to 1975
Newhall massacre: Four California Highway Patrol officers are killed in a shootout.📜 HISTORY🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ April 6, 1970Shootout near Santa Clarita, California
In the downtown district of Richmond📜 CITIES🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ April 6, 1968City in Indiana, United States
Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Liberal Party leadership election📜 POLITICS🌍 CANADA🗓️ April 6, 1968Prime Minister of Canada (1968–1979; 1980–1984)
Launch of Early Bird📜 SPACE🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ April 6, 1965American commercial communications satellite launched in 1965
Capital Airlines Flight 67 crashes in Tittabawassee Township📜 SPACE🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ April 6, 19581958 plane crash in Michigan, United States
The flag carrier airline of Greece for decades📜 OLYMPICS🌍 GREECE🗓️ April 6, 1957Country in Southeast Europe
The Finno-Soviet Treaty is signed in Moscow.📜 POLICIES🌍 RUSSIA🗓️ April 6, 19481948 treaty between Finland and the Soviet Union
The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.📜 AWARDS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ April 6, 1947Annual awards for Broadway theatre
World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from German and Croatian forces by the Yugoslav Partisans.📜 WARS🌍 GERMANY🗓️ April 6, 1945Capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina
World War II: The Battle of Slater’s Knoll on Bougainville comes to an end.📜 WARS🌍 AUSTRALIA🗓️ April 6, 19451945 battle between Australia and Japan
World War II: Nazi Germany launches Operation 25 (the invasion of Kingdom of Yugoslavia) and Operation Marita (the invasion of Greece).📜 HISTORY🌍 GERMANY🗓️ April 6, 19411939–1945 global conflict
Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ April 6, 1936Tornadoes that struck the United States
Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ April 6, 1926American domestic airline based in Boise, Idaho (1926-34)
Finnish Civil War: The battle of Tampere ends.📜 INDIAN ARMY🌍 GERMANY🗓️ April 6, 19181918 civil war in Finland
World War I: The United States declares war on Germany.📜 HISTORY🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ April 6, 19171914–1918 global conflict
During the Battle of Deçiq📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ April 6, 1911Battle of the Albanian Revolt of 1911
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.📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ April 6, 1909American explorer (1856–1920)
The Grand Army of the Republic📜 INDIAN ARMY🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ April 6, 1866American fraternal organization of Civil War veterans (1866–1956)
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📜 INDIAN ARMY🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ April 6, 18651865 American Civil War battle in Virginia