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What happened in history on this day: April 6?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On April 6 in ...
- 1976 - Steve Jobs arranges a 3-month loan for Apple Computer of $5000.
- 1984 - 74 days after the introduction of the Macintosh, 50,000 units have been sold.
- 1992 - COMDEX/Spring '92 is held, in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1992 - At the Comdex / Windows World conference, Microsoft unveils Windows 3.1, including scalable TrueType fonts. The software comprises over 3 million lines of code.
- 1997 - Microsoft announces plans to buy WebTV Networks for US$425 million. The United States Justice Department begins a review of the merger.
- 2001 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Fairly Oddparents TV show in the US. A personal computer appears in a school classroom.
- 1931 - The Mickey Mouse film The Castaway is released to theaters.
- 1959 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Short Subjects, Live-Action Subjects) for the film Grand Canyon.
- 1959 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Short Subjects, Documentary) for the film Ama Girls.
- 1959 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Documentary, Features) for the film White Wilderness.
- 1960 - Disney releases the sixteenth People and Places film, Japan, to theaters.
- 1983 - The Disney-produced TV show Zorro and Son first airs on CBS.
- 1986 - The ABC TV network airs The Disney Sunday Movie, entitled I-Man.
- 1989 - The Gambia issues ten postage stamps depicting Mickey Mouse through the years.
- 1989 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences appologizes to Disney for unauthorized use of the Snow White character on their televised Academy Awards show, and states that it would not re-use the filmed segment again.
- 1990 - The Blue Ribbon Bakery shop opens on Main Street at Disneyland, in place of the Sunkist Citrus House.
- 1990 - Buena Vista releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Ernest Goes to Jail to theaters in the US.
- 1991 - The Disney Channel begins airing the animated series Darkwing Duck.
- 1993 - The NBC TV network airs the two-hour movie Miracle Child. The film is based on the novel Miracle at Clement's Pond by Patricia Pendergraft.
- 1994 - Tanzania issues fifteen postage stamps depicting various Disney characters.
- 1997 - The Captain EO film in Tomorrowland at Disneyland closes.
- 2000 - Albania issues four postage stamps depicting Donald Duck.
- 2001 - Albania issues four postage stamps depicting Goofy.
- 2001 - Disney releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Just Visiting to theaters in the USA.
- 2007 - At Disney's Animal Kingdom in Walt Disney World, the Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund donates US$100,000 each to five conservation celebrities: John Cleese, Isabella Rosellini, Wangari Maathai, Ian Douglas-Hamilton, and Jane Goodall.
- 1953 - At the Denver Auto Show, the Corvette show car #853 is on display.
- 1956 - Chevrolet issues a bulletin to dealers regarding the 1956 Corvette. The base 210-hp engine with single carburetor is now available, and the 225-hp dual carburetor is now optional.
- 1970 - The Corvette assembly plant shuts down, due to lack of parts, due to a Teamsters Union workers' strike.
- 1986 - At the Road Atlanta raceway in Braselton, Georgia, the IMSA Atlanta Journal/Constitution Grand Prix race is held. Finishing 1st in GTP class and 1st overall is the Hendrick Motorsports #52 Corvette GTP, driven by Sarel Van der Merwe and Doc Bundy. They set a new race average lap record speed of 120.951 MPH.
- 2001 - At the Sebring International Speedway in Sebring, Florida, the Superflo 12 Hours of Sebring - GT race is held, part of the SCCA - Speedvision World Challenge Series.
- Finishing 13th is the Flying Tiger Racing #73 Corvette C5, driven by Phil McClure.
- Finishing 15th is the Grand Sport Racing #08 Corvette C5, driven by Paul Brown.
- Finishing 16th is the Metric Chemical #35 Corvette C5, driven by David Farmer.
- Finishing 27th is the Pirate Racing #01 Corvette C5, driven by Bill Cooper.
- Finishing 30th is the Grand Sport Speedway #04 Corvette C5, driven by Bobby Sak.
- 1940 - German armed merchant raider Orion leaves Germany.
- 1941 - (early) Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union sign a treaty of friendship, providing for "amicable relations" in the event of foreign attack.
- 1941 - (0500 hours) The first wave of German Stuka bombers cross into Yugoslavia, beginning a three-day bombardment of Belgrade.
- 1941 - (just after dawn) The German 12th Army under Field Marshal List crosses from Bulgaria into the Macedonia area of Yugoslavia.
- 1941 - German battle cruiser Gneisenau is hit by a torpedo from British Coastal Command aircraft in Brest Roads, sustaining extensive damage.
- 1941 - British forces capture Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from Italy.
- 1941 - German forces invade Greece.
- 1941 - (night) An ammunition ship in the Greek port of the Piraeus is hit by an air-raid, devastating the town.
- 1945 - British Bomber Command is directed to discontinue area-bombing unless specifically directed.
- 1945 - The US Army Air Force makes a successful raid on targets in Leipzig.
- 1945 - (1520 hours) The Japanese Special Sea Attack Force, including battleship Yamato, cruiser Yahagi, and eight destroyers sail from Tokuyama in search of the American fleet near Okinawa.
- 1945 - The Japanese navy and the 32nd Japanese Army launch a combined attack on US forces landing on Okinawa. 355 kamikaze planes attack the fleet, the largest such attack of the war.
- 1945 - 3rd Canadian Division takes Zutphen in north-east Holland.
- 1965 - Netherlands issues a postage stamp marking the 20th anniversary of liberation, depicting statues to the resistance movement.
- 1988 - The USSR issues a postage stamp marking the 40th anniversary of the Soviet-Finnish peace treaty.
- 1991 - Marshall Islands issues two postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the invasion of Greece and Yugoslavia.
- 2004 - Isle of Man issues twelve postage stamps marking the 60th anniversary of D-Day.
- 2005 - Azerbaijan issues a postage stamp for the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II.
- 1982 - Atari releases the Pac-Man video game cartridge for the Atari VCS system. Price is US$37.
- 2001 - Warner Bros. releases the animated feature film Pokémon the Movie 3 to theaters in the US.
- 2004 - Acclaim releases the Alias video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US and Canada.
- 2012 - Nintendo releases the Xenoblade Chronicles video game for the Nintendo Wii in the US.
- 1974 - Music group Abba wins the Eurovision Song Festival with the song "Waterloo".
- 1937 - A Proclamation sets the designs of 1937 coins, to be current as of May 12. The obverse design by T. Humphrey Paget is used.
- 1978 - Jesse Helms proposes in Congress that if government sells gold reserves, it should include medallions in size suitable for sale to average citizens.
- 1893 - Andy Bowen and Jack Burke box 7 hours 19 minutes to no decision in Saint Louis (111 rounds, longest bout in boxing history).
- 1896 - First modern Olympic games begin in Athens, Greece, as the Games of the I Olympiad are staged; 60,000 spectators welcome 280 athletes from 13 nations to the international competition of 43 events. James Connolly of the USA wins first Olympic gold medal in modern history.
- 1900 - James J Jeffries knocks out Jack Finnegan in one round for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1926 - NHL Stanley Cup: Montréal Maroons beat Victoria Cougars (WHL), three games to 1.
- 1935 - H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws, misses and sinks 371 more.
- 1936 - Third Golf Masters Championship: Horton Smith wins, shooting a 285.
- 1941 - 8th Golf Masters Championship: Craig Wood wins, shooting a 280.
- 1947 - 11th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins his second Masters golf tournament, shooting a 281.
- 1952 - 16th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins his second Masters golf tournament, shooting a 286.
- 1954 - NHL's Montreal Canadiens score three goals in 56 seconds in playoff game against Detroit Red Wings.
- 1958 - Arnold Palmer wins first major golf tournament-the Masters.
- 1968 - Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Dave Davis.
- 1973 - Roberto Clemente Day, Pittsburgh Pirates retire his number.
- 1973 - New York Yankees' Ron Blomberg becomes first designated hitter, he walks.
- 1974 - Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony 11/16.
- 1974 - New York Yankees' first home game at Shea Stadium, beat Cleveland Indians 6-1.
- 1975 - Fastest hat trick by a Washington Capitals' player: 3 minutes 26 seconds (Stan Gilbertson).
- 1977 - Kingdome opens, Seattle Mariners' first game, loses to California Angels 7-0.
- 1978 - Karnataka beat Uttar Pradesh by inning and 193 to win Ranji Trophy.
- 1980 - 9th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young.
- 1980 - Gordie Howe completes a record 26th hockey season.
- 1982 - Largest crowd ever to see a baseball game in Minnesota: 52,279.
- 1982 - A blizzard unprecedented in size for April dumps 1-2 feet of snow on the northeastern U.S., closing schools and businesses, snarling traffic, and canceling several major league baseball games.
- 1985 - Bombay beats Delhi by 90 runs to win the Ranji Trophy final.
- 1986 - 15th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Pat Bradley.
- 1987 - Al Campanis appears on TV show Nightline saying blacks may not be equipped to be in baseball management, sparking a racial controversy.
- 1987 - Sugar Ray Leonard upsets Marvelous Marvin Hagler.
- 1988 - New Jersey Devils' first playoff game; lose to New York Islanders 4-3 (overtime) in first round.
- 1991 - Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona suspended for 15 months by Italian League for testing positive for cocaine use.
- 1991 - New York-New Jersey Knights first home game (Giants Stadium) lose to Frankfurt 27-17.
- 1992 - 54th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Duke beats Michigan 71-51.
- 1992 - Duke beats Michigan 71-51 for NCCA basketball championship.
- 1992 - Oriole Park at Camden Yards opens, Baltimore Orioles beat Cleveland Indians 2-0.
- 1993 - Florida Marlins first loss ever (4-2 to Los Angeles Dodgers).
- 1994 - First scheduled Cleveland Indians night game at Jacobs Field is rained out.
- 1996 - Albert Belle shows off his arm by hitting Sports Illustrated photographer Tony Tomsic in the hand prior to a game.
- 1996 - Major League Soccer kicks off in the USA in front of an overflow crowd of 31,683 packed in Spartan Stadium to witness the historic first game. San Jose Clash forward Eric Wynalda scores the league's first goal in a 1-0 victory over D. C. United.
- 1997 - 9th Seniors Golf Tradition: Gil Morgan wins.
- 1997 - Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Longs Drugs Challenge.
- 1997 - Brad Faxon wins Freeport-McDermott Golf Classic.
- 2009 - North Carolina Tar Heels overwhelms Michigan State Spartans 89-72 in the final of the NCAA Tournament.
- 2022 - At Honda Center in Anaheim, California, USA, NHL regular season game: Calgary Flames beats Anaheim Ducks by score 4-2.
- 2022 - At T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, NHL regular season game: Vancouver Canucks beats Vegas Golden Knights by score 5-1.
- 2022 - At Enterprise Center in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, NHL regular season game: Saint Louis Blues beats Seattle Kraken by score 4-1.
- 2022 - At Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, NHL regular season game: Detroit Red Wings beats Winnipeg Jets by score 3-1.
- 2022 - At Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., USA, NHL regular season game: Washington Capitals beats Tampa Bay Lightning by score 4-3.
- 1965 - Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") satellite is launched; first commercial geosynchronous communications satellite.
- 1973 - US launches Pioneer 11 to Jupiter and Saturn.
- 1984 - 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41-C)- Challenger 5 is launched; first time 11 people in space.
- 1997 - Progress M-34 Launch (Russia).
- 1936 - Tornado kills 203 and injures 1,800 in Gainesville, Georgia, USA.
- 1982 - A blizzard unprecedented in size for April dumps 1-2 feet of snow on the northeastern U.S., closing schools and businesses, snarling traffic, and canceling several major league baseball games.
- 1789 - First US Congress begins regular sessions, at Federal Hall, New York City, New York.
- 1830 - Joseph Smith and five others organize Mormon church in Seneca County, New York.
- 1841 - Cornerstone laid for second Mormon temple, in Nauvoo, Illinois, USA.
- 1841 - John Tyler is sworn in as 10th US President.
- 1859 - US recognizes Liberal government in México's War of the Reform.
- 1862 - Battle of Shiloh in South-West Tennessee begins as Confederate Army of the Mississippi under General Albert Sidney Johnson (44,700) men surprises Ulyssee Grant's federals (44,700 men) at Shiloh at dawn.
- 1862 - Adley Hogan Gladden, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at age 51.
- 1862 - Albert Sidney Johnston, Confederate General, dies in battle at Shiloh, Mississippi, at age 59.
- 1865 - John Austin Wharton, Confederate General-Major, dies at age 36.
- 1865 - Reuben B Boston, Confederate cavalry Colonel, dies in battle.
- 1865 - Battle of Sayler's Creek, one-third of Confederate General Robert Lee's army cut off.
- 1866 - G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) is established in the USA.
- 1869 - First plastic, celluloid, is patented by John Wesley Hyatt, in Albany, New York, USA.
- 1893 - Mormon temple in Salt Lake City dedicated.
- 1909 - First credit union established in US.
- 1909 - United States Navy commander Robert Peary, assistant Matthew Henson, and four Inuit men reach the North Pole, the first documented men to reach the pole.
- 1917 - US declares war on Germany, enters Great War.
- 1924 - Four planes leave Seattle, Washington on attempt at around-the-world flight (they succeed).
- 1936 - Tornado kills 203 and injures 1,800 in Gainesville, Georgia, USA.
- 1943 - British and US offensive at Wadi Akarit, South-Tunisia.
- 1945 - Massive kamikaze-attack on US battle fleet near Okinawa.
- 1945 - US marines explore Tsugen Shima near Okinawa.
- 1947 - First Tony Awards: Arthur Miller, David Wayne and Patricia Neal win.
- 1950 - John F Dulles becomes advisor to US Secretary of State Dean Acheson.
- 1954 - Frozen TV Dinner is first put on sale by Swanson and Sons.
- 1954 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island.
- 1955 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1959 - 31st Academy Awards: Gigi, Susan Hayward, and David Niven win.
- 1965 - Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") satellite is launched; first commercial geosynchronous communications satellite.
- 1968 - Bobby Hutton, US Black Panther leader, shot to death.
- 1968 - Gunpowder stock at a sporting-goods store explodes, killing 43 (Virginia).
- 1968 - HemisFair 1968 opens in San Antonio, Texas, USA.
- 1973 - US launches Pioneer 11 to Jupiter and Saturn.
- 1975 - Denise Oliverson disappears from Grand Junction, Colorado (Bundy victim).
- 1980 - Post It Notes are introduced.
- 1982 - A blizzard unprecedented in size for April dumps 1-2 feet of snow on the northeastern U.S., closing schools and businesses, snarling traffic, and canceling several major league baseball games.
- 1984 - The 56th Academy Awards, hosted by Jack Lemmon, are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, with Terms of Endearment winning Best Picture. Best Actor: Robert Duvall, Best Actress: Shirley Maclaine.
- 1984 - 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41-C)- Challenger 5 is launched; first time 11 people in space.
- 1985 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1987 - 22nd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis and Hank Williams Junior.
- 1992 - At the Comdex / Windows World conference, Microsoft unveils Windows 3.1, including scalable TrueType fonts. The software comprises over 3 million lines of code.
- 1994 - Liberal Supreme Court Justice Blackmun (Roe versus Wade) resigns.
- 1994 - Rockwell B-1B Lancers break 11 world speed records.
- 2002 - A ship spills 340,000 litres of crude oil off the southeast Louisiana coast, USA.
- 2009 - North Carolina Tar Heels overwhelms Michigan State Spartans 89-72 in the final of the NCAA Tournament.
- 2017 - In response to a suspected Syrian government chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town, the U.S. military launches 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at an air base in Syria. Russia describes the strikes as an "aggression", adding they significantly damage U.S.-Russia ties.
- 2020 - The United States designates the Russian Imperial Movement as a terrorist organization and imposes sanctions on its leaders.
- 2022 - US President Joe Biden signs into law the Postal Reform Act of 2022. Part of the law removes the pension pre-payment scheme from the United States Postal Service.
- 2022 - The U.S. Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson by 53-47 vote to become the next Supreme Court Justice.
Other history:
- 1886 - City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is incorporated.
- 1889 - George Eastman places Kodak Camera on sale for first time.
- 1896 - First modern Olympic games begin in Athens, Greece; James Connolly of USA wins first Olympic gold medal in modern history.
- 1917 - US declares war on Germany, enters war in Europe.
- 1954 - TV Dinner is first put on sale by Swanson and Sons in the USA.
- 1980 - Post-it Notes are introduced by 3M in the USA.
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