Wednesday, April 6, 2016 is a Wednesday. It is day 97 of 2016 (26.5% through the year), ISO week 14, in Q2.
Calendar Specifications
Wednesday, April 6, 2016 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2026: During the Artemis II mission, the Orion made its closest approach to the far side of the Moon and reached its greatest distance from Earth .. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to April 6.
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Historical Milestones
During the Artemis II mission, the Orion made its closest approach to the far side of the Moon and reached its greatest distance from Earth .
Artemis II →A bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos collided with a semi-truck, killing 16 and injuring 13.
Humboldt Broncos →The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad unilaterally declared the region of Azawad independent from Mali.
National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad →Mexican drug war: Authorities discovered 59 bodies in clandestine mass graves linked to earlier bus hijackings in San Fernando, Tamaulipas.
Mexican drug war →Naxalite–Maoist insurgency: Insurgents from the Communist Party of India (Maoist) ambushed a Central Reserve Police Force convoy in Dantewada district, India, killing 76 officers.
Naxalite–Maoist insurgency →An earthquake measuring 6.3 Mw struck near L'Aquila in the central Italian region of Abruzzo, killing 308 people and leaving more than 66,000 homeless.
2009 L'Aquila earthquake →Mass protests began across Moldova against the results of the parliamentary election.
April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election protests →Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani was elected by the National Assembly as the first non-Arab president of Iraq.
Kurds →Lithuanian president Rolandas Paksas became the first European head of state to be removed from office by impeachment.
Rolandas Paksas →The aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira was shot down in Kigali; the event became the catalyst for the Rwandan genocide.
Juvénal Habyarimana →ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest representing Sweden with the song "Waterloo".
ABBA →Four California Highway Patrol officers were killed in a shootout following a traffic stop in Newhall, north of Los Angeles.
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Questions & Answers
Wednesday, April 6, 2016 falls on a Wednesday.
3,812 days ago (10 years, 5 months, 7 days ago). It is day 97 of 2016 with 269 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Wednesday, April 6, 2016 is written as VI.IV.MMXVI (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is New Moon (approx. 1% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Aries.