WHAT HAPPENED ON 6. APRIL
Want to find out what all happened on 6. April

World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from German and Croatian forces by the Yugoslav Partisans. (6. April 1945)

World War II: the Battle of Slater's Knoll on Bougainville comes to an end. (6. April 1945)

The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement. (6. April 1947)

Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines. (6. April 1957)

Leonard Bernstein causes controversy with his remarks from the podium during a New York Philharmonic concert featuring Glenn Gould performing Brahms' First Piano Concerto. (6. April 1962)

Launch of Early Bird, the first communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit. (6. April 1965)

The British Government announces the cancellation of the TSR-2 aircraft project. (6. April 1965)

In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150. (6. April 1968)

Pierre Elliot Trudeau wins the Liberal Leadership Election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon after. (6. April 1968)

Newhall Incident: Four California Highway Patrol officers are killed in a shootout. (6. April 1970)

Vietnam War: Easter Offensive – American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments. (6. April 1972)

Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft. (6. April 1973)

The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter. (6. April 1973)

Estonian Communist Party bureau declares "fight against bourgeois TV"—meaning Finnish TV—a top priority of the propagandists of Estonian SSR (6. April 1982)

Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya. (6. April 1984)

The Rwandan Genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down. (6. April 1994)

Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India. (6. April 1998)

Travelers Group announces an agreement to undertake the $76 billion merger between Travelers and Citicorp, and the merger is completed on October 8, of that year, forming Citibank. (6. April 1998)

Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment. (6. April 2004)

Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day. (6. April 2005)