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April 6th is the 96th day of the year (97th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.  There are 269 days remaining until the
end of the calendar year.

Births
1920
- Jack Cover, inventor (taser stun gun)
1929 - Joi Lansing, actress, singer, model (The Bob Cummings Show)
1945 - Neal Boortz, political commentator, talk show host
1947 - John Ratzenberger, actor (Cheers)
1969 - Paul Rudd, actor (I Love You Man, Friends)
1975 - Zach Braff, actor, director (The Last Kiss)
1976 - Candace Cameron Bure, actress (Full House)
1983 - Diora Baird, actress, model (Wedding Crashers)

Deaths
1970
- Sam Sheppard, physician, involved in controversial murder trial

Events
1830
- Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon religion, organized the Church of Christ during a meeting with his followers in
northwestern New York.
1862 - The two-day Battle of Shiloh begins in Tennessee, one of the American Civl War's bloodiest battles.
1896 - The opening to the first modern Olympic Games are celebrated in Athens, Greece.
1909 - Robert Peary and Matthew Henson claim to have reached the North Pole.
1917 - The United States declares war on Germany during World War I.
1938 - Dr. Roy Plunkett discovers polytetrafluoroethylene, better known by the DuPont brand name Teflon.
1947 - The first Tony Award ceremony is held at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City.
1968 - The film 2001: A Space Odyssey is released in theaters.
1973 - Ron Blomberg of the New York Yankees becomes the first designated hitter in Major League Baseball history.  
Blomberg is walked in his first appearance.
1998 - Citigroup is formed from one of the world's largest mergers after Citicorp and Travelers Group combine.
Calendar
January
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29 30 31
February
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8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
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29
March
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
April
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
May
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
June
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
July
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
August
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
September
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
October
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
November
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
December
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