Today in history

April 6

1712
The first major slave rebellion in the North American colonies took place in New York.
1953
Hot Springs, Arkansas professional baseball team is voted out of the Class C Cotton States League after the club refuses to cancel contracts with two black pitchers whose services it had obtained.
1967
Tens of thousands protesting Vietnam War jeer Vice President Humphrey in West Berlin, West Germany.

1983
Interior Secretary James Watt banned the Beach Boys from the Fourth of July celebration on the Washington Mall, saying rock ‘n’ roll bands attracted the ”wrong element.”

1996
Eleven were arrested at the main post office near Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., for attempting to mail medical supplies to Iraq in defiance of U.S.-led embargo.