TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 2010

Today is Tuesday, April 6, the 96th day of 2010. There are 269 days left in the year.

648 B.C. _ Earliest total solar eclipse; chronicled by Greeks

610 _ Lailat-ul Qadar, the night the Koran descended to Earth

1327 _ Italian poet Petrarch first sets eyes on his beloved Laura

1869 _ First plastic, Celluloid, patented

1906 _ First animated cartoon copyrighted

1909 _ North Pole reached by Americans Robert Peary and Matthew Henson

1917 _ U.S. declares war on Germany, enters World War I

1924 _ Italian fascists receive 65 percent of vote of parliament

1980 _ ``Post-It" notes are introduced

1989 _ Orel Hershiser ends his record 59 consecutive scoreless streak