Today is Thursday, April 6, the 96th day of 2023 with 269 to follow.

The moon is full. Morning stars are Mars and Saturn. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Uranus and Venus.

Those born on this date are under the sign of Aries. They include Italian painter Raphael in 1483; newspaper editor Joseph Medill in 1823; journalist Lincoln Steffens in 1866; radio commentator Lowell Thomas in 1892; geneticist James Watson in 1928 (age 95); musician Andre Previn in 1929; country singer Merle Haggard in 1937; actor Billy Dee Williams in 1937 (age 86); drag racing legend Don "The Snake" Prudhomme in 1941 (age 82); producer/director Barry Levinson in 1942 (age 81); actor John Ratzenberger in 1947 (age 76); actor Marilu Henner in 1952 (age 71); actor Michael Rooker in 1955 (age 68); rock singer Black Francis, born Charles Thompson IV, in 1965 (age 58); actor Paul Rudd in 1969 (age 54); actor Zach Braff in 1975 (age 48); actor Candace Cameron Bure in 1976 (age 47); actor Eliza Coupe in 1981 (age 42); model Hilary Rhoda in 1987 (age 36); actor Charlie McDermott in 1990 (age 33); actor Miranda May in 1996 (age 27); actor Spencer List in 1998 (age 25); actor Peyton List in 1998 (age 25).On this date in history:

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In 1830, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, originally known as the Church of Christ, was founded between three groups of followers in Fayette, Manchester and Colesville, N.Y.

In 1851, Portland, Ore., was founded.

In 1896, the first modern Olympics formally opened in Athens, Greece. The Olympics had last been staged 1,500 years earlier.

In 1909, explorers Robert Peary and Matthew Henson reached the North Pole. It would be November of the same year before the National Geographic Society confirmed the accomplishment.

In 1917, the United States declared war on Germany, propelling America into World War I.

In 1938, DuPont researchers Roy Plunkett and Jack Rebok stumbled upon the chemical compound that was later marketed as Teflon.

In 1947, the first Tony Awards, honoring distinguished work in the theater, were presented in New York City.

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In 1968, federal troops and National Guardsmen were deployed in Chicago, Washington and Detroit as rioting continued over the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

In 1973, American League baseball teams used a designated hitter for the first time. It hasn't always been a popular rule.

In 1994, the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi were among those killed when their plane was hit by rockets as it was landing in Kigali, Rwanda. The attack triggered fighting between the Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups that left hundreds of thousands of people dead in what became known as the Rwandan Genocide.

In 2004, the University of Connecticut became the first school to win both the NCAA Division I men's and women's college basketball championships the same year. The UConn teams did it again in 2014.

In 2005, Prince Rainier III of Monaco, one of Europe's longest-reigning monarchs, died from multiple organ failure at the age of 81. He was succeeded by Prince Albert, one of three children of Rainier and his wife, movie star Grace Kelly, who died in a car crash in 1982.

In 2009, a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck central Italy's Abruzzo region, killing 307 people and causing damage throughout the city of L'Aquila.

In 2019, for the first time, a tremor was detected on the surface of Mars by the InSight lander's SEIS seismometer. NASA described the phenomenon as a marsquake.

In 2020, the British Open was canceled for the first time since World War II, becoming the first major golf championship to be eliminated due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2021, Forbes' annual World's Billionaires list grew by 660 people, adding $5 trillion in worth despite the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Amazon CEO Jeff Beoz topped the list for the fourth year in a row.

A thought for the day: "The one certain way for a woman to hold a man is to leave him for religion." -- British novelist Muriel Spark