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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_6" title="April 6">April 6</a></b>: First day of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passover" title="Passover">Passover</a></b> (Judaism, 2023); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartan_Day" title="Tartan Day">Tartan Day</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1652" title="1652">1652</a> – Dutch sailor <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_van_Riebeeck" title="Jan van Riebeeck">Jan van Riebeeck</a></b> landed at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_Bay" title="Table Bay">Table Bay</a> in Southern Africa, establishing a settlement that later became known as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Town" title="Cape Town">Cape Town</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1809" title="1809">1809</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars" title="Napoleonic Wars">Napoleonic Wars</a>: British forces <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_6_April_1809" title="Action of 6 April 1809">captured the French frigate</a></b> <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Niemen_(1809)" title="HMS Niemen (1809)">Niémen</a></i> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Biscay" title="Bay of Biscay">Bay of Biscay</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945" title="1945">1945</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>: The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Slater%27s_Knoll" title="Battle of Slater's Knoll">Battle of Slater's Knoll</a></b> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bougainville_Island" title="Bougainville Island">Bougainville Island</a> concluded with a decisive victory for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Army" title="Australian Army">Australian Army</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th_Brigade_(Australia)" title="7th Brigade (Australia)">7th Brigade</a> against the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army" title="Imperial Japanese Army">Imperial Japanese Army</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Division_(Imperial_Japanese_Army)" title="6th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)">6th Division</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurds" title="Kurds">Kurdish</a> leader <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalal_Talabani" title="Jalal Talabani">Jalal Talabani</a></b> was elected by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Representatives_of_Iraq" title="Council of Representatives of Iraq">National Assembly</a> as the first non-Arab <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Iraq" title="President of Iraq">president of Iraq</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009" title="2009">2009</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_L%27Aquila_earthquake" title="2009 L'Aquila earthquake">An earthquake</a></b> measuring 6.3 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_magnitude_scale" title="Moment magnitude scale">M<sub>w</sub></a> struck near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Aquila" title="L'Aquila">L'Aquila</a> in the central Italian region of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abruzzo" title="Abruzzo">Abruzzo</a>, killing 308 people and leaving more than 66,000 homeless.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_of_Trebizond" title="Basil of Trebizond">Basil of Trebizond</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1340); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teigan_Van_Roosmalen" title="Teigan Van Roosmalen">Teigan Van Roosmalen</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1991); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammy_Wynette" title="Tammy Wynette">Tammy Wynette</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1998)</p>
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