| General Information for April 6th 2016 |
| There are 2 public holidays today. |
| Day 97 of 2016 |
| 269 days left in 2016 |
| Week 14 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 2004 - Niki Sullivan, US guitarist with Buddy Holly and The Crickets, dies (born 1937). |
| 1960 - Sputnik 3 ceases sending back data, as noted in the song 'We Didn't Start the Fire'. |
| 1937 - The Luigi Accame ploughs into Rocken End, off the Isle of Wight. |
| 1652 - The Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a re-supply camp at the Cape of Good Hope. It eventually becomes Cape Town, South Africa. |