Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 6
- 1320 - The Scots people adopted the Declaration of Arbroath.
- 1895 - Oscar Wilde was arrested for "acts of gross indecency".
- 1896 - The first modern Olympic Games opened in Athens.
- 1917 - World War I: The U.S. declared war on Germany.
- 1994 - The joint assassination of the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi marked the start of the Rwandan Genocide.