April 6 Historical Events

The following events took place on April 6. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 68 events. Showing 61 - 68.

• 1998
  Travelers Group announces an agreement to undertake the $76 billion merger between Travelers and Citicorp, and the merger is completed on October 8, of that year, forming Citibank.
• 2004
  Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment.
• 2005
  Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day.
• 2008
  The 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activists.
• 2009
  A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 307.
• 2010
  Maoist rebels kill 76 CRPF officers in Dantewada district, India.
• 2011
  In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, over 193 bodies were exhumed from several mass graves made by Los Zetas.
• 2012
  Azawad declares itself independent from the Republic of Mali.