At A Glance

6 April 2022 at a glance

Day of the week
6 April 2022 was a Wednesday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Heat Waves” by Glass Animals.
Top Film of 2022
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2022 was Avatar: The Way of Water.
Star sign
The star sign for 6 April is Aries.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 6 April 2022 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
Birthstone
The birthstone for April is Diamond.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 6 April 2022 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 6 April

  • 2005 Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day.
  • 2008 The 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activists.
  • 2012 Azawad declares itself independent from the Republic of Mali.
  • 2017 U.S. military launches 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at an air base in Syria. Russia describes the strikes as an "aggression", adding they significantly damage US-Russia ties.
  • 2026 The crew of Artemis II makes the first crewed circumlunar flight since Apollo 17 in 1972, returning humanity to the Moon's vicinity and breaking Apollo 13's record by ~4,000 miles as the furthest crewed spaceflight.

Famous people born on April 6

  • Paul Rudd, American actor (born 1969)
  • Zach Braff, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1975)
  • Candace Cameron Bure, American actress and talk show panelist (born 1976)
  • Charlie McDermott, American actor (born 1990)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2022 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2022 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • January 10 – The United States Mint announces they have started shipping the first of the American Women quarters, starting with poet Maya Angelou, the first African American woman to be featured on a U.S. quarter.
  • March 15 – Amid Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the Senate passes a resolution condemning President Vladimir Putin as a war criminal.
  • March 27 – The 94th Academy Awards, hosted by Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes, are held at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Sian Heder's CODA is awarded Best Picture, along with an additional two awards, including Troy Kotsur for Best Supporting Actor.

Life in the US in 2022

President

Joe Biden

Gas (per gallon)

$3.99

Loaf of Bread

$2.76

Average House

$454,900

Weekly Wage

$1,069

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