On This Day - April 6th (yesterday)

Featured Event:

Olympics revived (1896) 🥇

Pierre, baron de Coubertin, a founder of the International Olympic Committee and its president from 1896 to 1925, realized his goal of reviving the Olympics when the first modern Games opened in Athens this day in 1896.

Other Events:

1917: The United States declared war on Germany, thus entering World War I three years after the conflict began. 🪖

1974: Swedish Europop group ABBA had their international breakthrough as they captured the top prize at the Eurovision Song Contest with Waterloo. 🎤

2009: An earthquake struck near L'Aquila, Italy, causing extensive damage and killing more than 300 people. 🇮🇹

2009: American basketball player Michael Jordan, was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. 🏀

Holidays:

National Fisherman Day 🇮🇩

New Beer's Eve 🇺🇸

Waltzing Matilda Day 🇦🇺

International Asexuality Day 🌎

Featured Birthdays:

1483: Raphael 🇮🇹 (Painter)

1904: Kurt Georg Kiesinger 🇩🇪 (Politician)

1964: Tim Walz 🇺🇸 (Politician)

1969: Paul Rudd 🇺🇸 (Actor)

Featured Deaths:

1199: Richard the Lionheart 🇬🇧 (King)

1520: Raphael 🇮🇹 (Painter)

2014: Mickey Rooney 🇺🇸 (Actor)