What are the important events that happened on April 6? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

April 6: Facts & Myths About This Day

April 6 is the 97^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 269 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 24, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,712,361,600 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘enneacontaheptagon’ day.

Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 298 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,124 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

April 6 Historical Events

• 1652 –
  At the Cape of Good Hope, Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes Cape Town.
• 1667 –
  An earthquake devastates Dubrovnik, then an independent city-state.
• 1814 –
  Nominal beginning of the Bourbon Restorationanniversary date that Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba. (Rule by the Bourbons is delayed a few weeks, though allies held most key locales of France.)
• 1830 –
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the original church of the Latter Day Saint movement, is organized by Joseph Smith, Jr. and others at Fayette or Manchester, New York.
• 1909 –
  Robert Peary and Matthew Henson reach the North Pole.
• 1929 –
  Huey P. Long Governor of Louisiana is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.
• 1930 –
  Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, “With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire.” beginning the Salt Satyagraha.
• 1936 –
  Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.
• 1947 –
  The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
• 1998 –
  Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.

Who were born on April 6?

• 1810 –
  Philip Henry Gosse, English naturalist (d. 1888)
• 1903 –
  Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player (d. 1962)
• 1926 –
  Ian Paisley, Northern Irish politician
• 1939 –
  André Ouellet, French Canadian politician
• 1970 –
  Olaf Kölzig, South African/German ice hockey player
• 1972 –
  Jo Van Daele, Belgian discus thrower
• 1973 –
  Joe Machine, English artist, poet and writer
• 1976 –
  Georg Hólm, Icelandic musician (Sigur Rós)
• 1978 –
  Blaine Neal, American baseball player
• 1978 –
  Martin Mendez, Uruguayan bassist (Opeth)

Who died on April 6?

• 1199 –
  Pierre Basile, French soldier
• 1655 –
  David Blondel, French Protestant clergyman (b. 1591)
• 1829 –
  Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician (b. 1802)
• 1959 –
  Leo Aryeh Mayer, Israeli professor and scholar of Islamic art (b. 1895)
• 1974 –
  Sir Hudson Fysh, Australian aviator and businessman (b. 1895)
• 1979 –
  Ivan Vasilyov, Bulgarian architect (b. 1893)
• 1996 –
  Greer Garson, Irish actress (b. 1904)
• 2003 –
  David Bloom, American reporter (b. 1963)
• 2004 –
  Larisa Bogoraz, Soviet dissident (b. 1929)
• 2004 –
  Niki Sullivan, American guitarist (The Crickets) (b. 1937)