April 6

Events


 * 1875 - Bell was granted the patent for the multiple telegraph, which sent two signals at the same time.


 * 1965 - Launch of Intelsat I also known as Early Bird, the first communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit.

Births


 * 1815 - Robert Volkmann, German composer (d. 1883)
 * 1927 - Gerry Mulligan, American musician (d. 1996)
 * 1929 - André Previn, German-born composer and conductor
 * 1937 - Merle Haggard, American musician
 * 1938 - Paul Daniels, English magician
 * 1941 - Gheorghe Zamfir, Romanian musician
 * 1952 - Udo Dirkschneider, German singer
 * 1953 - Christopher Franke, German musician and composer
 * 1965 - Frank Black, American singer/songwriter
 * 1968 - Vanessa Lann, American composer
 * 1976 - Georg Hólm, Icelandic musician
 * 1978 - Myleene Klass, British singer
 * 1978 - Martin Mendez, Uruguayan-born Bassist (Opeth)
 * 1982 - Michael Guy Chislett, Australian born, American guitarist of The Academy Is...
 * 1984 - Max Bemis, American musician/songwriter
 * 1985 - Garrett Zablocki, American musician