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A bit of April 6th history…
1652 - Cape Colony, 1st European settlement in South Africa, established by Dutch East India Company
1722 - Tsar Peter the Great ended the tax on men with beards.
1808 - John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company
1896 - 1st modern Summer Olympic Games opens in Athens, Greece (pictured)
1924 - 4 planes leave Seattle on 1st successful flight around the world.
1930 - Hostess Twinkies invented
1994 - Plane carrying Rwandan president and Burundian President is shot down by surface to air missiles, abruptly ending peace negotiations and sparking the Rwandan Genocide
A bit of April 6th history… 1652 - Cape Colony, 1st European...