April 6

Today in History
• 0610 - Lailat-ul Qadar, night koran descended to Earth
• 1362 - Robber bastion Tard-Venus strikes at Brignais France
• 1652 - Cape Colony, 1st European settlement in South Africa, established
• 1663 - King Charles II signs Carolina Charter
• 1672 - France declares war on Netherlands
• 1789 - 1st U.S. Congress begins regular sessions
• 1841 - Cornerstone laid for 2nd Mormon temple, Nauvoo, Missouri
• 1869 - 1st plastic, Celluloid, patented


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Army Day
• Chakri Day
• Maundy Thursday
• Näfelser Fahrt
• National Library Day
• National Pajama Day
• Theravada New Year
• World Table Tennis Day

Birthdays
• 1483 - Raphael Sanzio, Italian painter and master builder, Madonna Sistina
• 1632 - Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress
• 1810 - Philip Gosse, inventor of institutional aquarium
• 1830 - James Augustine Healy, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop
• 1890 - Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker, aircraft pioneer
• 1892 - Donald Wills Douglas, aircraft pioneer, McConnell Douglas
• 1928 - James D. Watson, chemist, co-discovered structure of DNA
• 1926 - Ian Paisley, North Ireland, clergyman and MP