1997

Lillelid murders

The Lillelid murders were a series of killings that took place in Greene County, Tennessee, United States. Three members of the Lillelid family were killed on April 6, 1997. Vidar Lillelid, Delfina Lillelid, their daughter Tabitha, and son Peter were shot on a deserted rural road near Baileyton after a carjacking committed by a group of youths. Vidar and Delfina were found dead at the scene, while Tabitha died after being transported to the hospital. Peter survived, but, as a result of the shooting, was left with disabilities. Six young people from Kentucky, including two minors, were convicted of felony murder for the three deaths. Each received three life sentences, and an additional sentence of 25 years for the attempted murder of Peter.

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Lillelid murders

1998

Nuclear weapons testing

Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the performance of nuclear weapons and the effects of their explosion. Over 2,000 nuclear weapons tests have been carried out since 1945. Nuclear testing is a sensitive political issue. Governments have often performed tests to signal strength. Because of their destruction and fallout, testing has seen opposition by civilians as well as governments, with international bans having been agreed on. Thousands of tests have been performed, with most in the second half of the 20th century.

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Nuclear weapons testing

2000

Birth of Shaheen Shah Afridi

Shaheen Afridi, Pakistani cricketer

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Shaheen Shah Afridi

2000

Birth of Maxence Lacroix

Maxence Lacroix, French footballer

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Maxence Lacroix

2001

Birth of Oscar Piastri

Oscar Piastri, Australian racing driver

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Oscar Piastri

2001

Birth of Moritz Seider

Moritz Seider, German ice hockey player

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Moritz Seider

2002

Birth of Andrea Botez

Andrea Cecilia Cristina Botez is a Canadian chess player, commentator, DJ and internet personality. She is mostly known as part of the BotezLive Twitch channel with her sister Alexandra Botez. She is also credited as one of the creators who popularized chess on Twitch.

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Andrea Botez

2002

Birth of Leyre Romero Gormaz

Leyre Romero Gormaz is a Spanish tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of No. 123 by the WTA, achieved on 25 August 2025, and a best doubles ranking of world No. 130, reached on 25 November 2024.

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Leyre Romero Gormaz

2004

Rolandas Paksas

Rolandas Paksas is a Lithuanian politician who served as the sixth President of Lithuania from 2003 until his impeachment in April 2004. He previously served two terms as the Prime Minister of Lithuania in 1999 and again from 2000 to 2001, and as Mayor of Vilnius from 1997 to 1999 and again from 2000 to 2001. He led Order and Justice from 2004 to 2016 and was a Member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2019.

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Rolandas Paksas

2005

Jalal Talabani

Jalal Talabani was an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the 6th president of Iraq from 2005 to 2014, as well as the president of the Governing Council of Iraq.

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Jalal Talabani

2008

2008 Egyptian general strike

The 2008 Egyptian general strike was a strike which occurred on 6 April 2008, by Egyptian workers, primarily in the state-run textile industry, in response to low wages and rising food costs. Strikes are illegal in Egypt and authorities have been given orders to break demonstrations forcefully in the past. The strike took place just two days before key municipal elections.

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2008 Egyptian general strike

2009

2009 L'Aquila earthquake

An earthquake occurred in the region of Abruzzo, in central Italy, at 03:32 CEST on 6 April 2009. It was rated 5.8 or 5.9 on the Richter scale and 6.3 on the moment magnitude scale; its epicentre was near L'Aquila, the capital of Abruzzo, which together with surrounding villages suffered the most damage. There were several thousand foreshocks and aftershocks since December 2008, more than thirty of which had a Richter magnitude greater than 3.5.

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2009 L'Aquila earthquake

2009

Birth of Shaylee Mansfield

Shaylee Ava Mansfield is an American actress. Mansfield, who is deaf, first gained recognition by making YouTube videos in which she told Christmas stories in American Sign Language. Mansfield appeared in an "Unforgettable Stories" video advertisement by Disney Parks, in which she met Minnie Mouse, who was learning sign language at Walt Disney World. The video quickly went viral and became one of Disney's most-watched advertisements.

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Shaylee Mansfield

2009

Birth of Valentina (French singer)

Valentina Tronel, known mononymously as Valentina, is a French singer. She rose to prominence after she won Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020, becoming the first French entrant to win the contest. Previously, in 2017, she took part in the French version of The Voice Kids. Between 2018 and 2021, she was part of the child pop group Kids United Nouvelle Génération.

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Valentina (French singer)

2010

April 2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada

The April 2010 Dantewada Maoist attack was an 6 April 2010 ambush by Naxalite-Maoist insurgents from the Communist Party of India (Maoist) near Chintalnar village in Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh, India, leading to the killing of 76 CRPF policemen and 8 Maoists — the deadliest attack by the Maoists on Indian security forces.

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April 2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada