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 |
1994 - Juvénal Habyarimana, President of Rwanda, and Cyprien Ntaryamira, Hutu President of neighbouring Burundi die in an air crash when their plane is hit by two missiles. |
1971 - Operation Lam Son 719 ends, one stage of the US campaign in Vietnam. |
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. |