Today in History for 6th April 1994

Historical Events

Events 1 - 6 of 6

- 1st scheduled Indians night game at Jacobs Field is rained out
- Chuck Jones found guilty of breaking into Marla Maples home
- Liberal Supreme Court Justice Blackmun (Roe v Wade) resigns
- Palestinian suicide bomber kills 7 Israelis & himself
- Rockwell B-1B Lancers break 11 world speed records
- The Rwandan Genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down.

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 6 of 6

- Agatha Uwilingiyimana, Rwanda/1st female PM in Africa, assassinated
- Cyprian Niayamira, president of Burundi (1993-94), assassinated
- Cyprien Ntaryamira, Burundian politician (b. 1956)
- Dick Cary, jazz musician, dies at 77
- Patricia Louise Dalton, chair (Sherlock Holmes Society), dies at 75
- Theo Bosch, humanist/architect (Amsterdam), dies at 54

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