April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 269 days remaining until the end of the year.
National Caramel Popcorn Day
3-4 quarts popped corn
1 cup brown sugar
1 stick (1/2 cup) butter
1/4 cup white corn syrup
1/2 t Salt
1/2 t Baking Soda
Combine all ingredients except baking soda and popcorn. Bring to a boil in the microwave. Microwave two minutes. Add Baking Soda. Stir.
Put popcorn in brown paper sack.
Pour caramel over popcorn and shake well
Microwave 1 1/2 minutes. Shake
Microwave 1 more minute. Shake
Pour onto baking sheet to cool.
Stir and serve.
Plan Your Epitaph Day
Sorry Charlie Day – It’s actually a day to reflect upon the rejections you have experienced in life and realize the world kept spinning despite them.
1199 – English King Richard I was killed by an arrow at the siege of the castle of Chaluz in France.
Scotland’s independence was confirmed with the Declaration of Arbroath on April 6, 1320. A letter in Latinwas submitted to Pope John XXII, dated 6 April 1320, intended to confirm Scotland’s status as an independent, sovereign state and defending Scotland’s right to use military action when unjustly attacked.
Birthday of Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino) (April 6, 1483), Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. Also anniversary of his death in 1520, on his 37th birthday. A sample of his work can be seen at Raphael Paintings.org
1606 – The Virginia Company of London was established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.
April 6, 1808 – John Jacob Astor incorporated the American Fur Company.
Anniversary of the founding of the Latter Day Saint movement by Joseph Smith in 1830.
Birthday of Joseph Lincoln Steffens (April 6, 1866), American journalist, foremost figure among the muckrakers who exposed political and business corruption in the U.S. He preferred revolution over reforms and supported the Soviet Union.
On this date in 1893, cornerstone of the Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah was laid.
In 1896, President Benjamin Harrison (In office 1889-1893) at age 62 married Mary Scott Lord Dimmick, the widowed 37-year-old niece and former secretary of his deceased wife at St Thomas Protestant Episcopal Church in New York City. Harrison’s two adult children, Russell, 41 years old at the time, and Mary (Mamie) McKee, 38, disapproved of the marriage and did not attend the wedding. Benjamin and Mary had one child together, Elizabeth (February 21, 1897 – December 26, 1955).
Anniversary of the formal opening of the first of the Modern Olympic games at Athens, Greece on April 6, 1896. 14 nations and 241 athletes competed in 43 events.
On April 6, 1909, the North Pole was reached by Americans Robert Peary and Matthew Henson.
New Beers Eve – In 1933, the Cullen-Harrison Act allowed production of beer to resume in the United States, with the caveat beer remain no more than 3.2% alcohol by weight. On April 7, the act became law, and beer production began – thus marking the imminent end of Prohibition. Upon signing the legislation, F. D. Roosevelt made his famous remark, “I think this would be a good time for a beer.”