April 6
People born on this day are Aries.
- 1985
Sudanese President Gaafar Nimeiry is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Field Marshal Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab.
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The Bosnian War begins.
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The Rwandan genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down.
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Nuclear weapons testing: Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.
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Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment.
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Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day.
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A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 307.
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In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, over 193 victims of Los Zetas were exhumed from several mass graves.
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Azawad declares itself independent from the Republic of Mali.
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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.
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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.
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The crew of Artemis II makes the first crewed circumlunar flight since Apollo 17 in 1972, returning humanity to the Moon's vicinity and breaking Apollo 13's record by ~4,000 miles as the furthest crewed spaceflight.
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2009Shaylee Mansfield, deaf American actress and YouTuber
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2009Valentina Tronel, French child singer
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2002Andrea Botez, Canadian-American chess player, commentator, Twitch streamer and YouTuber
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2002Leyre Romero Gormaz, Spanish tennis player
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2001Oscar Piastri, Australian racing driver
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2001Moritz Seider, German ice hockey player
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2000Shaheen Afridi, Pakistani cricketer
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2000Maxence Lacroix, French footballer
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1998Nicolás González, Argentine footballer
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1998Peyton List, American actress and model
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1998Spencer List, American actor
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1998Nahuel Molina, Argentine footballer
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