GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY THREAD MONDAY APRIL 6 2026
(be sure and read at the bottom of this list)
1320 The Declaration of Arbroath is signed, asserting Scotland’s independence from England.
1453 Ottoman forces under Mehmed II begin the siege of Constantinople.
1652 At the Cape of Good Hope, Jan van Riebeeck establishes a Dutch settlement, marking the beginning of European colonization in South Africa.
1712 A slave revolt breaks out in New York City, one of the earliest and most significant uprisings in colonial America.
1830 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints founding is formally organized by Joseph Smith in Fayette, New York.
1862 The Battle of Shiloh begins in Tennessee.
1896 The first modern Olympic Games officially open in Athens, Greece.
1909 Robert Peary claims to have reached the North Pole.
1917 The United States formally enters World War I after Congress declares war on Germany.
1926 Varahagiri Venkata Giri, future President of India, is noted among political figures associated with this date.
1945 Sarajevo is liberated from Axis forces during World War II.
1965 The United States launches Intelsat I, the first commercial communications satellite.
1968 James Earl Ray is arrested for the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr..
1973 The Pioneer 11 spacecraft is launched by NASA to study the outer solar system.
1994 The Rwandan genocide begins following the assassination of President Juvénal Habyarimana.
2009 A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes L’Aquila, Italy, causing significant damage and loss of life.
2012 The Azawad independence declaration is proclaimed by Tuareg rebels in northern Mali.
This is so strange. I asked AI to give me a plain list of what happened on this day. I said "No emojis or bullet points". AI gave me a "plain" list ending at 2012. I didn't mean boring. Whst I meant was not not a bunch of pictures and wild emojis.
I feel like AI is going to be the death of humanity or maybe i feel that way because it is 4:30 am as I write this. LOL.