1896CE
Sports
First Modern Olympics Open
The first modern Olympic Games officially open in Athens, Greece, bringing together 280 athletes from 13 nations to compete.
Daily Chronicle
April 6
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1909CE
Exploration
North Pole Reached
American explorers Robert Peary and Matthew Henson reportedly become the first people to reach the geographic North Pole.
1928CE
Birth
James Watson Born
An American molecular biologist who co-discovered the double helix structure of the DNA molecule, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.