April 6th, 1979

Born on April 6th, 1979

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What 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.

April 6th, 1712

A group of 23 slaves in New York City revolted, setting fire to a building, but were soon recaptured.

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

Born on April 6th, 1979

45

Clay Travis

American sports journalist

*April 6th, 1979, Nashville

45

Sam Atwell

Australian actor

*April 6th, 1979, Nambour

45

Tiana Angelina Moser

Swiss politician

*April 6th, 1979, Zürich

45

Britta Kamrau

German swimmer

*April 6th, 1979, Rostock

45

Luciano Beutler

Argentinian association football player

*April 6th, 1979, Campana

45

Uljana Wolf

German writer

*April 6th, 1979, Berlin

45

Lasse Münstermann

German snooker player

*April 6th, 1979, Göttingen

45

Alain N'Kong

Cameroonian footballer

*April 6th, 1979, Yaoundé

45

Lord Frederick Windsor

British financial analyst; son of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent

*April 6th, 1979, St. Mary's Hospital

45

Eilen Jewell

American singer

*April 6th, 1979, Boise

45

Manaka Ranaka

South African actor

*April 6th, 1979, Soweto

45

Christine Smith

Model

*April 6th, 1979, San Dimas

Same Day
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

51

Niels Annen

German politician (SPD)

*April 6th, 1973, Eimsbüttel

61

Rafael Correa

President of Ecuador from 2007 to 2017

*April 6th, 1963, Guayaquil

36

Fabrice Muamba

Congolese association football player (born 1988)

*April 6th, 1988, Kinshasa

46

Lauren Ridloff

American deaf actress and teacher

*April 6th, 1978, Chicago

49

Zach Braff

American actor

*April 6th, 1975, South Orange

84

Karl Christ

German historian of classical antiquity

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

41

Mitsuru Nagata

Japanese association football player

*April 6th, 1983, Shizuoka

46

Imani Coppola

American singer and musician

*April 6th, 1978, New York City

78

Wolfgang Ischinger

German diplomat

*April 6th, 1946, Nürtingen

67

Paolo Nespoli

Italian astronaut

*April 6th, 1957, Milan

46

Tim Hasselbeck

American football player and sports journalist (born 1978)

*April 6th, 1978, Norfolk

79

Merle Haggard

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

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

42

Miguel Ángel Silvestre

Spanish actor

*April 6th, 1982, Castelló de la Plana

23

Oscar Piastri

Australian racing driver

*April 6th, 2001, Melbourne

75

Anita Pallenberg

German-Italian actress, model and partner of Keith Richards

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

43

Robert Earnshaw

Welsh footballer (born 1981)

*April 6th, 1981, Mufulira

41

Diora Baird

American actress and model

*April 6th, 1983, Miami

88

Ian Paisley

Politician and former church minister (1926-2014)

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

Same year
Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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