Summary of the Day ✨ 6 April (06/04)
Tragedy struck Canada as 16 lives were lost when the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team’s bus collided with a semi-truck in Saskatchewan, while across the globe, the U.S. launched 59 Tomahawk missiles at Syria, drawing immediate condemnation from Russia who called the strikes aggression that severely damaged US-Russia relations.
Historical Events 📜
- 2018: A bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior ice hockey team collides with a semi-truck in Saskatchewan, Canada, killing 16 people and injuring 13 others.
- 2017: 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 US-Russia ties.
- 2012: Azawad declares itself independent from the Republic of Mali.
- 2011: In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, over 193 victims of Los Zetas were exhumed from several mass graves.
- 2010: Maoist rebels kill 76 CRPF officers in Dantewada district, India.
- 2009: A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L’Aquila, Italy, killing 307.
- 2008: The 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activists.
- 2005: Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day.
- 2004: Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment.
- 1998: Nuclear weapons testing: Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.
- 1997: In Greene County, Tennessee, the Lillelid murders occur.
- 1994: The Rwandan genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down.
- 1992: The Bosnian War begins.
- 1985: Sudanese President Gaafar Nimeiry is ousted from power in a coup d’état led by Field Marshal Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab.
- 1984: Members of Cameroon’s Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya.
Famous Births 👶
- 2009: Shaylee Mansfield, deaf American actress and YouTuber
- 2009: Valentina Tronel, French child singer
- 2002: Andrea Botez, Canadian-American chess player, commentator, Twitch streamer and YouTuber
- 2002: Leyre Romero Gormaz, Spanish tennis player
- 2001: Oscar Piastri, Australian racing driver
- 2001: Moritz Seider, German ice hockey player
- 2000: Shaheen Afridi, Pakistani cricketer
- 2000: Maxence Lacroix, French footballer
- 1998: Nicolás González, Argentine footballer
- 1998: Peyton List, American actress and model
- 1998: Spencer List, American actor
- 1998: Nahuel Molina, Argentine footballer
- 1997: Mingyu, South Korean singer and rapper
- 1996: Al-Musrati, Libyan footballer
- 1995: Darya Lebesheva, Belarusian tennis player
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2026: Nick Pope, British UFO writer (born 1965)
- 2025: Clem Burke, American drummer (born 1954)
- 2025: Jay North, American actor (born 1951)
- 2024: Joseph E. Brennan, American politician, 70th Governor of Maine (born 1934)
- 2022: Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian and Soviet politician (born 1946)
- 2022: Jill Knight, British politician (born 1923)
- 2021: Hans Küng, Swiss Catholic priest, theologian, and author (born 1928)
- 2021: Alcee Hastings, American politician (born 1936)
- 2020: Al Kaline, American baseball player, broadcaster and executive (born 1934)
- 2019: Michael O’Donnell, British physician, journalist, author and broadcaster (born 1928)
- 2017: Don Rickles, American actor and comedian (born 1926)
- 2016: Merle Haggard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1937)
- 2015: Giovanni Berlinguer, Italian lawyer and politician (born 1924)
- 2015: James Best, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1926)
- 2015: Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter and conductor (born 1918)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Chakri Day, commemorating the establishment of the Chakri dynasty. (Thailand)
- Christian feast day:
Albrecht Dürer and Lucas Cranach (Lutheran Church). - Christian feast day:
Brychan - Christian feast day:
Eutychius of Constantinople - Christian feast day:
Galla of Rome - Christian feast day:
Marcellinus of Carthage - Christian feast day:
Notker the Stammerer - Christian feast day:
Blessed Pierina Morosini - Christian feast day:
Pope Sixtus I - Christian feast day:
April 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
- National Fisherman Day (Indonesia)
- New Beer’s Eve (United States)
- Tartan Day (United States & Canada)
- Waltzing Matilda Day (Australia)