On This Day for April 6 - Olympics revived, Raphael is featured, and more

Created: 2020-04-06 10:02 Updated: 2020-04-06 10:02 Notebook: On this Day in History

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April 06

FEATURED BIOGRAPHY

Raphael

FEATURED EVENT

1896

Olympics revived

MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY

2014: American diminutive actor Mickey Rooney—who was noted for his high energy, charisma, and versatility, which were on display in such notable roles as the wisecracking teenager in the Andy Hardy films—died at the age of 93.

Damage in an area affected by the L'Aquila earthquake of 2009.

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

2009: American basketball player Michael Jordan , widely considered the game's greatest all-around player, was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

1992: Russian-born American author and biochemist Isaac Asimov, a highly successful and prolific writer of science fiction and of science books for the layperson, died in New York.