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2018

The Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team was involved in a traffic accident in Tisdale, Saskatchewan. Sixteen people lost their lives.

2009

The premiere of the new “Star Trek” movie, directed by J.J. Abrams and starring Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto, takes place in Austin, Texas.

1991

Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona is suspended for 15 months by the Italian league for cocaine use.

1980

Gordie Howe completes his 26th season as a professional hockey player, a record.

1973

Designated hitters are now used in Major League Baseball.

1968

Pierre Elliott Trudeau becomes leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, succeeding Lester B. Pearson.

1938

Teflon is invented by Roy J. Plunkett.

1916

Actor Charlie Chaplin becomes the world’s highest-paid star when, at the age of 26, he signs a contract with Mutual Film Corporation worth $675,000 a year.

1909

Americans Robert Peary (photo) and Matthew Henson reach the North Pole.

1906

The first animated film in history, J. Stuart Blackton’s “Humorous Phases of Funny Faces,” is released.

1896

The first Olympic Games of the modern era begin in Athens, Greece.

1886

The city of Vancouver is incorporated.

It happened on… April 6

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