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jeffhoard jeffhoard
 
M$4 April 07, 2009 02:56 AM

April 6: What is one significant event that happened Today in History?

Find an interesting, obscure or important event that happened today in history. Please only post 1 event.

Bonus points if you can provide links to historical articles and can embed videos.

I'm in the process of building http://www.mahalo.com/April_6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzYWGu23qqo
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thekid thekid
 
 April 07, 2009 03:28 AM
1917 – World War I: The United States declares war on Germany
Woodrow Wilson asked congress to declare war on Germany on April 2nd. Four days later, on April 6th, the US entered the first World War.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw-d-HsSsVM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoDTcX715rA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6WEBhYfB8k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reUH8BpWQy4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoSUP5T7-EY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gATn4Wg_c-c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqOKfM2pYEA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExpnAtPgARM
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http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/wilsonwar.htm
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson_declares_war_on_Germany

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jeffhoard jeffhoard
 
April 07, 2009 04:28 AM
oh great collection of videos there.

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nushka nushka
 
April 07, 2009 04:51 AM
@jeffhoard. Excuse me, is that a blackbelt?

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cp24 cp24
 
April 07, 2009 03:14 AM
6 April 1896: The first celebration of the modern Olympic Games attracted athletes from 14 nations, with the largest delegations coming from Greece, Germany, France and Great Britain.

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http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1896


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ivey ivey
 
April 07, 2009 03:47 AM
Invention of Teflon
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http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2009/04/dayintech_0406


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lisa021 lisa021
 
April 07, 2009 03:49 AM
2001 U.S.A. Mars Odyssey

7th April 2001 : The Mars Odyssey spacecraft took off on a six-month, 286-million-mile journey to the red planet. It reached Mars on October 24, 2001. It is designed to orbit the planet Mars to hunt for evidence of past or present water and volcanic activity to help answer the question of whether life has ever existed on Mars.
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http://www.thepeoplehistory.com


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cjd cjd
 
April 07, 2009 10:38 AM
Probably it was this year in 2009 - the 6.3 magnitude earthquake that took place near L'Aquila, Italy, killing at least 179 people.

Along with the deaths, 34 people are missing, 1,500 injured and 17,000 homeless. The last earthquake to have taken place was the 2002 Molise earthquake.

Between 3,000 and 10,000 buildings have been damaged by the earthquake, Several buildings had collapsed as a result.

It is the most deadliest hurricane since the 1980 Irpinia earthquake which had killed 2,914 people.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/20090406_013242_umbria_quake_intensity.jpg
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_L'Aquila_earthquake

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7986727.stm


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sunpat sunpat
 
April 07, 2009 03:34 PM
Birthday of Twinkies - The Twinkie was invented on April 6, 1930 by a bakery manager James Dewar in Schiller Park, Illinois, making thrifty use of pans that were used for shortcake production only during the strawberry season. Twinkies originally contained a banana cream filling, but this was replaced with a vanilla cream filling during a banana shortage during World War II.

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http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Twinkie


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pats pats
 
April 08, 2009 08:19 PM
On April 6, 1869, celluloid was the first plastic to be patented by John Hyatt.


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