April 6 - This Day in History

April 6 : General Interest
1896: First modern Olympic Games

On April 6, 1896, the Olympic Games, a long-lost tradition of ancient Greece, are reborn in Athens 1,500 years after being banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I... read more


American Revolution
1776 : Congress opens all U.S. ports to international trade
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-opens-all-us-ports-to-international-trade

Automotive
1853 : Emil Jellinek-Mercedes born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/emil-jellinek-mercedes-born

Civil War
1862 : Battle of Shiloh begins
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-shiloh-begins

Cold War
1990 : U.S. and Soviet negotiators make progress
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-and-soviet-negotiators-make-progress

Crime
1970 : Sam Sheppard dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sam-sheppard-dies

Disaster
1950 : Train falls off bridge in Brazil
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/train-falls-off-bridge-in-brazil

General Interest
1830 : Mormon Church established
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mormon-church-established
1909 : Peary's expedition reaches North Pole?
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pearys-expedition-reaches-north-pole
1917 : America enters World War I
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/america-enters-world-war-i

Hollywood
1968 : 2001: A Space Odyssey released
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/2001-a-space-odyssey-released

Literary
1895 : Oscar Wilde arrested
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/oscar-wilde-arrested

Music
1974 : The Eurovision song contest launches a bona fide star
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-eurovision-song-contest-launches-a-bona-fide-star

Old West
1832 : Black Hawk War begins
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/black-hawk-war-begins

Presidential
1841 : Tyler is inaugurated as 10th president
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tyler-is-inaugurated-as-10th-president

Sports
1896 : First modern Olympics is held
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-modern-olympics-is-held

Vietnam War
1965 : U.S. ground combat troops to take offensive measures
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-ground-combat-troops-to-take-offensive-measures
1972 : U.S. forces respond to North Vietnamese offensive
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-forces-respond-to-north-vietnamese-offensive

World War I
1917 : U.S. enters World War I
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-enters-world-war-i

World War II
1941 : Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-yugoslavia-and-greece