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April 6
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 Civil War began.
1864 - Louisiana opened a convention in New Orleans to draft a new state constitution, one that called for the abolition of slavery.
1909 - Robert Peary and Matthew Henson became the first to reach the North Pole.
1917 - The United States declared war on Germany and officially entered World War I.
1945 - During World War II, the Japanese warship Yamato and nine other vessels sailed on a suicide mission to attack the U.S. fleet off Okinawa; the fleet was intercepted the next day.
1954 - Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R-Wis., responding to CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow’s broadside against him on “See It Now,” said in remarks filmed for the program that Murrow had, in the past, “engaged in propaganda for Communist causes.”
1983 - Interior Secretary James Watt banned the Beach Boys from the 4th of July celebration on the Washington Mall, saying rock 'n' roll bands attract the "wrong element."
1994 - Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun announced his retirement after 24 years.
1994 - The presidents of Rwanda and Burundi were killed in a plane crash.
1998 - The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 9,000 points for the first time.
1998 - Country singer Tammy Wynette died at her Nashville home at age 55.
1998 - Pakistan successfully tested a medium-range missile capable of striking neighboring India.
2001 - Algerian national Ahmed Ressam, accused of bringing explosives into the United States days before the millennium celebrations, was convicted on terror charges.
2004 - Jordan's military court convicted eight Muslim militants and sentenced them to death for the 2002 killing of U.S. aid official Laurence Foley in a terror conspiracy linked to al-Qaida.
2005 - Prince Rainier III of Monaco died at age 81.
2011 - Portugal became the third debt-stressed European country to need a bailout as the prime minister announced his country would request international assistance.
2015 - The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity at the University of Virginia announced it would “pursue all available legal action” against Rolling Stone, saying a Columbia Journalism School review showed the magazine acted recklessly and defamed its members by publishing a discredited article that accused them of gang r*pe.
Birthdays
28 - Julie Ertz (soccer player)
30 - Charlie McDermott (actor)
38 - Bret Harrison (actor)
39 - Eliza Coupe (actress)
39 - Kari Jobe (singer)
43 - Teddy Sears (actor)
44 - Candace Cameron Bure (actress)
45 - Joel Garland (actor)
45 - Zach Braff (actor)
48 - Jason Hervey (actor)
51 - Paul Rudd (actor)
51 - Ari Meyers (actress)
65 - Michael Rooker (actor)
68 - Marilu Henner (actress)
69 - Bert Blyleven (baseball player)
72 - Patrika Darbo (actress)
73 - John Ratzenberger (actor)
78 - Barry Levinson (director)
82 - Roy Thinnes (actor)
83 - Billy Dee Williams (actor)
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Today in Sports History - April 6
1896 - The first modern Olympic Games opened in Athens, Greece.
1936 - Horton Smith wins his second Masters golf tournament.
1941 - Craig Wood wins the Masters.
1947 - Jimmy Demaret wins the Masters.
1952 - Sam Snead wins his second Masters.
1958 - Arnold Palmer wins the Masters for the first time in his career.
1973 - U.S. President Nixon threw out the first pitch of the season at a California Angels game. It was the first time that a U.S. President had performed the ceremonial activity in a city other than Washington, DC.
1987 - Sugar Ray Leonard took the middleweight title from Marvin Hagler.
1992 - Duke defeats Michigan 71-51 to win a second consecutive NCAA Tournament.
1997 - Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) announced that he would retire from the National Hockey League (NHL) following the playoffs of the current season.
2004 - The University of Connecticut became the first school to win the NCAA Division I men's and women's basketball national championships in the same season as the women's team beat Tennessee 70-61 to win their third consecutive championship.
2009 - North Carolina defeats Michigan State 89-72 to win the NCAA Tournament.
2014 - WrestleMania XXX is held in New Orleans, Louisiana. The main event saw Daniel Bryan defeat Batista and Randy Orton to win the WWE Championship. The event also saw Brock Lesnar defeat The Undertaker, snapping the Undertaker's undefeated streak (21-0) in WrestleMania matches.
2015 - Kentucky coach John Calipari and Spencer Haywood were among 11 new inductees named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
2015 - Duke defeated Wisconsin 68-63 to win the NCAA Tournament.
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 Civil War began.
1864 - Louisiana opened a convention in New Orleans to draft a new state constitution, one that called for the abolition of slavery.
1909 - Robert Peary and Matthew Henson became the first to reach the North Pole.
1917 - The United States declared war on Germany and officially entered World War I.
1945 - During World War II, the Japanese warship Yamato and nine other vessels sailed on a suicide mission to attack the U.S. fleet off Okinawa; the fleet was intercepted the next day.
1954 - Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R-Wis., responding to CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow’s broadside against him on “See It Now,” said in remarks filmed for the program that Murrow had, in the past, “engaged in propaganda for Communist causes.”
1983 - Interior Secretary James Watt banned the Beach Boys from the 4th of July celebration on the Washington Mall, saying rock 'n' roll bands attract the "wrong element."
1994 - Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun announced his retirement after 24 years.
1994 - The presidents of Rwanda and Burundi were killed in a plane crash.
1998 - The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 9,000 points for the first time.
1998 - Country singer Tammy Wynette died at her Nashville home at age 55.
1998 - Pakistan successfully tested a medium-range missile capable of striking neighboring India.
2001 - Algerian national Ahmed Ressam, accused of bringing explosives into the United States days before the millennium celebrations, was convicted on terror charges.
2004 - Jordan's military court convicted eight Muslim militants and sentenced them to death for the 2002 killing of U.S. aid official Laurence Foley in a terror conspiracy linked to al-Qaida.
2005 - Prince Rainier III of Monaco died at age 81.
2011 - Portugal became the third debt-stressed European country to need a bailout as the prime minister announced his country would request international assistance.
2015 - The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity at the University of Virginia announced it would “pursue all available legal action” against Rolling Stone, saying a Columbia Journalism School review showed the magazine acted recklessly and defamed its members by publishing a discredited article that accused them of gang r*pe.
Birthdays
28 - Julie Ertz (soccer player)
30 - Charlie McDermott (actor)
38 - Bret Harrison (actor)
39 - Eliza Coupe (actress)
39 - Kari Jobe (singer)
43 - Teddy Sears (actor)
44 - Candace Cameron Bure (actress)
45 - Joel Garland (actor)
45 - Zach Braff (actor)
48 - Jason Hervey (actor)
51 - Paul Rudd (actor)
51 - Ari Meyers (actress)
65 - Michael Rooker (actor)
68 - Marilu Henner (actress)
69 - Bert Blyleven (baseball player)
72 - Patrika Darbo (actress)
73 - John Ratzenberger (actor)
78 - Barry Levinson (director)
82 - Roy Thinnes (actor)
83 - Billy Dee Williams (actor)
=====================================
Today in Sports History - April 6
1896 - The first modern Olympic Games opened in Athens, Greece.
1936 - Horton Smith wins his second Masters golf tournament.
1941 - Craig Wood wins the Masters.
1947 - Jimmy Demaret wins the Masters.
1952 - Sam Snead wins his second Masters.
1958 - Arnold Palmer wins the Masters for the first time in his career.
1973 - U.S. President Nixon threw out the first pitch of the season at a California Angels game. It was the first time that a U.S. President had performed the ceremonial activity in a city other than Washington, DC.
1987 - Sugar Ray Leonard took the middleweight title from Marvin Hagler.
1992 - Duke defeats Michigan 71-51 to win a second consecutive NCAA Tournament.
1997 - Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) announced that he would retire from the National Hockey League (NHL) following the playoffs of the current season.
2004 - The University of Connecticut became the first school to win the NCAA Division I men's and women's basketball national championships in the same season as the women's team beat Tennessee 70-61 to win their third consecutive championship.
2009 - North Carolina defeats Michigan State 89-72 to win the NCAA Tournament.
2014 - WrestleMania XXX is held in New Orleans, Louisiana. The main event saw Daniel Bryan defeat Batista and Randy Orton to win the WWE Championship. The event also saw Brock Lesnar defeat The Undertaker, snapping the Undertaker's undefeated streak (21-0) in WrestleMania matches.
2015 - Kentucky coach John Calipari and Spencer Haywood were among 11 new inductees named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
2015 - Duke defeated Wisconsin 68-63 to win the NCAA Tournament.
