On This Day: 6 April

6 April in Indian history

• 2010Naxalite–Maoist insurgency: Insurgents from the Communist Party of India (Maoist) ambushed a Central Reserve Police Force convoy in Dantewada district, India, killing 76 officers.India
• 1998Nuclear weapons testing: Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.India
• 1930At the end of the Salt March, Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire."India

6 April in world history

• 2011Mexican drug war: Authorities discovered 59 bodies in clandestine mass graves linked to earlier bus hijackings in San Fernando, Tamaulipas.
• 2005Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani was elected by the National Assembly as the first non-Arab president of Iraq.
• 1994The Rwandan genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down.
• 1974The 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
• 1974In Brighton, United Kingdom, ABBA wins the 1974 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with "Waterloo", the first of a joint-record seven Swedish wins.
• 1945Second World War: The Battle of Slater's Knoll on Bougainville Island concluded with a decisive victory for the Australian Army's 7th Brigade against the Imperial Japanese Army's 6th Division.
• 1941World War II: The Luftwaffe began Operation Retribution, bombing the Yugoslav capital of Belgrade in retaliation for a coup d'état that overthrew the government that had signed the Tripartite Pact.
• 1929Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.
• 1918Finnish Civil War: The battle of Tampere ends.
• 1911During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).
• 1896In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
• 1865American 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.
• 1830Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer and others formally organized the Church of Christ, starting the Latter Day Saint movement.
• 1809Napoleonic Wars: British forces captured the French frigate Niémen in the Bay of Biscay.
• 1776American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy unsuccessfully attempted to capture HMS Glasgow near Block Island.

Born on 6 April

• 1986Goeido Gotaro, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1956Dilip Vengsarkar, Indian cricketer and coachIndia
• 1936Jean-Pierre Changeux, French neuroscientist, biologist, and academic
• 1909William M. Branham, American minister and theologian (died 1965)
• 1886Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, Indian ruler (died 1967)India
• 1826Gustave Moreau, French painter and academic (died 1898)

Died on 6 April

• 1983Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri, Indian General who served as the Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army from 1962 to 1966 and the Military Governor of Hyderabad State from 1948 to 1949. (born 1908)India
• 1953Idris Davies, Welsh poet and author (born 1905)
• 1860James Kirke Paulding, American author and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Navy (born 1778)
• 1490Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458 to 1490 (born 1443)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 6 April in history?

2011: Mexican drug war: Authorities discovered 59 bodies in clandestine mass graves linked to earlier bus hijackings in San Fernando, Tamaulipas. 2010: Naxalite–Maoist insurgency: Insurgents from the Communist Party of India (Maoist) ambushed a Central Reserve Police Force convoy in Dantewada district, India, killing 76 officers. 2005: Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani was elected by the National Assembly as the first non-Arab president of Iraq. 1998: Nuclear weapons testing: Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.

What happened on 6 April in Indian history?

2010: Naxalite–Maoist insurgency: Insurgents from the Communist Party of India (Maoist) ambushed a Central Reserve Police Force convoy in Dantewada district, India, killing 76 officers. 1998: Nuclear weapons testing: Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India. 1930: At the end of the Salt March, Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire.".

Which famous people were born on 6 April?

Goeido Gotaro, Japanese sumo wrestler (1986); Dilip Vengsarkar, Indian cricketer and coach (1956); Jean-Pierre Changeux, French neuroscientist, biologist, and academic (1936); William M. Branham, American minister and theologian (died 1965) (1909).

Which day is observed on 6 April?

Chakri Day, commemorating the establishment of the Chakri dynasty. (Thailand); International Day of Sport for Development and Peace; National Fisherman Day (Indonesia); New Beer's Eve (United States); Tartan Day (United States & Canada).