April 6th, 1973

Born on April 6th, 1973

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What happened on April 6th, 1973?

April 6th, 1973

The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.

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What else happened on April 6th?

April 6th, 2012

The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad unilaterally declared the region of Azawad independent from Mali.

April 6th, 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.

April 6th, 2009

Mass protests began across Moldova against the results of the parliamentary election.

April 6th, 2005

Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani (pictured) was elected by the National Assembly as the first non-Arab president of Iraq.

April 6th, 2004

Lithuanian president Rolandas Paksas became the first European head of state to be removed from office by impeachment.

April 6th, 1994

The aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira was shot down in Kigali; the event became the catalyst for the Rwandan genocide.

April 6th, 1970

Four California Highway Patrol officers were killed in a shootout following a traffic stop in Newhall, north of Los Angeles.

April 6th, 1945

Second 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.

April 6th, 1941

World 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.

April 6th, 1830

Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer and others formally organized the Church of Christ, starting the Latter Day Saint movement.

April 6th, 1812

Peninsular War: After a three-week siege, the Anglo-Portuguese Army, under the Earl of Wellington, captured Badajoz, Spain, and forced the surrender of the French garrison.

April 6th, 1809

Napoleonic Wars: British forces captured the French frigate Niémen in the Bay of Biscay.

April 6th, 1808

John Jacob Astor founded the American Fur Company, the profits from which made him the first multi-millionaire in the United States.

April 6th, 1776

American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy unsuccessfully attempted to capture HMS Glasgow near Block Island.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 6th

Born on April 6th, 1973

51

Niels Annen

German politician (SPD)

*April 6th, 1973, Eimsbüttel

51

Randall Godfrey

American football player

*April 6th, 1973, Valdosta

51

Donnie Edwards

American football player (born 1973)

*April 6th, 1973, San Diego

51

Joe Machine

British artist

*April 6th, 1973, Chatham

51

Prashanth

Indian actor

*April 6th, 1973, Chennai

51

Lori Heuring

American actress

*April 6th, 1973, Panama City

51

Rie Miyazawa

Japanese actress

*April 6th, 1973, Nerima-ku

51

Marc Metzger

German singer

*April 6th, 1973, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler

51

Joana Cotar

German politician

*April 6th, 1973, Pitești

51

Sun Wen

Chinese footballer

*April 6th, 1973, Shanghai

51

Cindy Robinson

American actress

*April 6th, 1973, Los Angeles

51

Celina Murga

Argentinian filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer

*April 6th, 1973, Paraná

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Who's birthday is on April 6th?

60

David Woodard

American conductor and writer

*April 6th, 1964, Santa Barbara

55

Paul Rudd

American actor

*April 6th, 1969, Passaic

61

Rafael Correa

President of Ecuador from 2007 to 2017

*April 6th, 1963, Guayaquil

49

Zach Braff

American actor

*April 6th, 1975, South Orange

36

Fabrice Muamba

Congolese association football player (born 1988)

*April 6th, 1988, Kinshasa

84

Karl Christ

German historian of classical antiquity

*April 6th, 1923, Ulm †March 28th, 2008, Marburg

67

Paolo Nespoli

Italian astronaut

*April 6th, 1957, Milan

78

Wolfgang Ischinger

German diplomat

*April 6th, 1946, Nürtingen

50

Robert Kovač

Croatian footballer

*April 6th, 1974, West Berlin

79

Merle Haggard

American country music songwriter, singer, and musician (1937–2016)

*April 6th, 1937, Bakersfield †April 6th, 2016, Palo Cedro

75

Anita Pallenberg

German-Italian actress, model and partner of Keith Richards

*April 6th, 1942, Rome †June 13th, 2017, Chichester

52

Anders Thomas Jensen

Danish film director, screenwriter and actor

*April 6th, 1972, Frederiksværk

50

Gina Yashere

British comedian

*April 6th, 1974, Bethnal Green

57

Jonathan Firth

British actor

*April 6th, 1967, Essex

76

Patrika Darbo

American actress

*April 6th, 1948, Jacksonville

23

Oscar Piastri

Australian racing driver

*April 6th, 2001, Melbourne

88

Ian Paisley

Politician and former church minister (1926-2014)

*April 6th, 1926, Armagh †September 12th, 2014, Belfast

41

Mitsuru Nagata

Japanese association football player

*April 6th, 1983, Shizuoka

90

Otto Frello

Danish painter (1924-2015)

*April 6th, 1924, Varde †March 24th, 2015

50

Adithya

Indian film actor

*April 6th, 1974, Mumbai

Same year
Born in 1973

51

Marika Carlsson

Swedish comedian

*March 19th, 1973, Ethiopia

51

Lutz Bachmann

German political activist; founder of Pegida

*January 26th, 1973, Dresden

50

Simon Archer

Badminton player

*June 27th, 1973, Royal Leamington Spa

50

Sven Beuckert

German association football player and manager

*December 12th, 1973, Stollberg

50

S. Antonius Budi Ariantho

Badminton player

*October 3rd, 1973, Pekalongan

50

Maren Meinert

German association football player and manager

*August 5th, 1973, Duisburg

50

Stefanie von Pfetten

Actress

*November 25th, 1973, Vancouver

50

Eddie Cibrian

American actor

*June 16th, 1973, Burbank

50

Roar Uthaug

Norwegian film director

*August 25th, 1973, Lørenskog

50

Thomas Kufen

German politician

*August 5th, 1973, Essen

50

Andreas Bausewein

German politician

*May 5th, 1973, Erfurt

51

Qin Yiyuan

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1973, Guangxi

50

Dong Jiong

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1973, Beijing

50

Ben Falcone

American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer

*August 25th, 1973, Carbondale

50

Ryan Giggs

Welsh association football player and coach (born 1973)

*November 29th, 1973, Cardiff

51

Peng Xingyong

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1973, Shandong

50

Eliza Nathanael

Indonesian badminton player

*May 27th, 1973, Surabaya

50

Kerry Godliman

English comedian and actor

*November 17th, 1973, Perivale

44

Demetri Betts

American singer

*April 26th, 1973, North Carolina †May 21st, 2017

50

Mike Beres

Canadian badminton player

*May 13th, 1973, Canada

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No: With 365 days 1973 is a normal year and no leap year.

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