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Monday, April 06, 2015

This day in history

This day in history (A.D. dates)
  • 1199 - Richard I, the Lion-hearted, King of England (1189-99), dies at 41
  • 1320 - The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath
  • 1671 - French playwright and poet Jean-Baptiste Rousseau is born
  • 1672 - France declares war on Netherlands
  • 1808 - John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company
  • 1830 - Joseph Smith and 5 others organize the Mormon church
  • 1862 - The battle of Shiloh begins; Albert Sidney Johnston, U.S. Confederate general, dies in battle at 59
  • 1868 - Mormon leader Brigham Young marries his 27th wife, which is his last marriage
  • 1896 - U.S. President Benjamin Harrison marries Mary Scott at the St. Thomas Protestant Episcopal Church in New York City
  • 1896 - The first modern Olympic Games begin in Athens, Greece
  • 1909 - Explorers Robert E. Peary and Matthew A. Henson become the first men to reach the North Pole
  • 1915 - A daughter, Adelaide, is born to Robert and Tisha Chapman
  • 1917 - The United States declares war on Germany
  • 1920 - Physicist Erwin Schrödinger marries Annemarie Bertel
  • 1937 - Country singer/songwriter Merle Haggard is born
  • 1956 - Paramount Pictures sign Elvis Presley to a 3 movie deal
  • 1971 - Russian composer Igor Stravinsky dies at age 88
  • 1998 - Country singer Tammy Wynette dies at age 55
  • 2015 - Adelaide Chapman Vaughn celebrates her 100th birthday

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