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What happend on 7. April in History
In our data base we found 351 events happened on 7. April:
• 451: Attila the Hun sacks the town of Metz and attacks other cities in Gaul. [category: Events]
• 529: First draft of the Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I. [category: Events]
• 1348: Charles University is founded in Prague. [category: Events]
• 1498: Charles VIII of France (b. 1470) [category: Deaths]
• 1506: Francis Xavier, Spanish Roman Catholic missionary, co-founder of the Society of Jesus (d. 1552) [category: Births]
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• 1521: Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu. [category: Events]
• 1539: Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter (d. 1584) [category: Births]
• 1541: Francis Xavier leaves Lisbon on a mission to the Portuguese East Indies. [category: Events]
• 1613: Gerhard Douw, Dutch painter (d. 1675) [category: Births]
• 1614: El Greco, Greek artist (b. 1541) [category: Deaths]
• 1638: Shimazu Tadatsune, Japanese ruler of Satsuma (b. 1576) [category: Deaths]
• 1644: François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi, French soldier (d. 1730) [category: Births]
• 1648: John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (d. 1721) [category: Births]
• 1651: Lennart Torstenson, Swedish soldier and engineer (b. 1603) [category: Deaths]
• 1652: Pope Clement XII (d. 1740) [category: Births]
• 1658: Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, Spanish mystic (b. 1595) [category: Deaths]
• 1661: Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, English soldier and politician (b. 1604) [category: Deaths]
• 1663: Francis Cooke, Mayflower pilgrim (b. c.1583) [category: Deaths]
• 1668: William Davenant, English poet (b. 1606) [category: Deaths]
• 1713: Nicola Sala, Italian composer and music theorist (d. 1801) [category: Births]
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• 1718: Hugh Blair, Scottish preacher, author, and rhetorician (d. 1800) [category: Births]
• 1719: Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French saint (b. 1651) [category: Deaths]
• 1724: Premiere performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion BWV 245 at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig. [category: Events]
• 1727: Michel Adanson, French botanist (d. 1806) [category: Births]
• 1739: Dick Turpin, English highwayman (b. 1705) [category: Deaths]
• 1747: Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal (b. 1676) [category: Deaths]
• 1763: Domenico Dragonetti, Italian double bass virtuoso and composer (d. 1846) [category: Births]
• 1766: Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist and critic (b. 1685) [category: Deaths]
• 1767: Franz Sparry, Austrian composer (b. 1715) [category: Deaths]
• 1767: End of Burmese–Siamese War (1765–1767) [category: Events]
• 1770: William Wordsworth, English poet (d. 1850) [category: Births]
• 1772: Charles Fourier, French philosopher (d. 1837) [category: Births]
• 1776: Captain John Barry and the USS Lexington captures the Edward. [category: Events]
• 1780: William Ellery Channing, Unitarian theologian (d. 1842) [category: Births]
• 1782: Taksin, King of Thailand (b. 1734) [category: Deaths]
• 1788: American Pioneers to the Northwest Territory arrive at the confluence of the Ohio and Muskingum rivers, establishing Marietta, Ohio, as the first permanent American settlement of the new United States in the Northwest Territory. [category: Events]
• 1789: Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1725) [category: Deaths]
• 1789: Petrus Camper, Dutch anatomist (b. 1722) [category: Deaths]
• 1798: The Mississippi Territory is organized from disputed territory claimed by both the United States and Spain. It is expanded in 1804 and again in 1812. [category: Events]
• 1801: Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer (b. 1724) [category: Deaths]
• 1803: Flora Tristan, French philosopher (d. 1844) [category: Births]
• 1803: James Curtiss, American politician, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1859) [category: Births]
• 1804: Toussaint Louverture, Haitian Revolutionary (b. 1743) [category: Deaths]
• 1805: Lewis and Clark Expedition: The Corps of Discovery breaks camp among the Mandan tribe and resumes its journey West along the Missouri River. [category: Events]
• 1811: Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (b. 1757) [category: Deaths]
• 1823: Jacques Charles, French chemist (b. 1746) [category: Deaths]
• 1827: John Walker, an English chemist, sells the first friction match that he had invented the previous year. [category: Events]
• 1829: Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, commences translation of the Book of Mormon, with Oliver Cowdery as his scribe. [category: Events]
• 1831: D. Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil, resigns. He goes to his native Portugal to become King D. Pedro IV. [category: Events]
• 1833: Antoni Radziwiłł, Polish politician (b. 1775) [category: Deaths]
• 1836: William Godwin, English political writer (b. 1756) [category: Deaths]
• 1848: Randall Davidson, 1st Baron Davidson of Lambeth, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1930) [category: Births]
• 1850: William Lisle Bowles, English poet and critic (b. 1762) [category: Deaths]
• 1853: Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, (d. 1884) [category: Births]
• 1858: Anton Diabelli, Austrian music publisher, editor, and composer (b. 1781) [category: Deaths]
• 1859: Walter Camp, American football player, coach, and writer (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1860: Will Keith Kellogg, American industrialist and food manufacturer, founder of the Kellogg's Company (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1862: American Civil War: Battle of Shiloh ends – the Union Army under General Ulysses S. Grant defeats the Confederates near Shiloh, Tennessee. [category: Events]
• 1867: Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1868: Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Irish Nationalist, journalist, and Father of Canadian confederation (b. 1825) [category: Deaths]
• 1868: Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation is assassinated by the Irish, in one of the few Canadian political assassinations, and the only one of a federal politician. [category: Events]
• 1870: Gustav Landauer, German anarchist and revolutionary (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1871: Epifanio de los Santos, Filipino historian, scholar and lawyer (d. 1927) [category: Births]
• 1871: Alexander Loyd, American politician, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805) [category: Deaths]
• 1871: Prince Alexander John of Wales (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1873: John McGraw, American baseball player and manager (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1873: Prospère Bruggeman, Belgian rower (death date unknown) [category: Births]
• 1876: Fay Moulton, American sprinter, football player, coach and lawyer (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1882: Kurt von Schleicher, German general and politician (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1883: Gino Severini, Italian painter (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1884: Clement Smoot, American golfer (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1885: Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist (b. 1804) [category: Deaths]
• 1886: Ed Lafitte, American baseball player (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1887: Joseph Stadler, American athlete [category: Births]
• 1889: Gabriela Mistral, Chilean writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1889: Youssef Karam, Lebanese nationalist leader (b.1823) [category: Deaths]
• 1890: Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American conservationist and writer (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1890: Paul Berth, Danish football player (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1890: Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal. [category: Events]
• 1891: Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish carpenter and toy maker, founder of the Lego Group toy company (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1891: P. T. Barnum, American showman, businessman, scam artist, and entertainer (b. 1810) [category: Deaths]
• 1893: Allen Dulles, American Central Intelligence Agency director (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1895: Margarete Schön, German actress (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1896: Frits Peutz, Dutch architect (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1897: Erich Loewenhardt, German flying ace of World War I (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1897: Walter Winchell, American broadcaster and journalist (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1899: Robert Casadesus, French pianist (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1903: Edwin T. Layton, American Navy officer (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1906: Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples. [category: Events]
• 1906: The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco. [category: Events]
• 1908: Percy Faith, Canadian composer, conductor, and bandleader (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1908: H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman [category: Events]
• 1909: Robert Charroux, French writer (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1911: Hervé Bazin, French writer (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1913: Charles Vanik, American politician (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1914: Ralph Flanagan, American bandleader, conductor, pianist, composer, and arranger (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1915: Billie Holiday, American singer and songwriter (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1915: Henry Kuttner, American writer (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1915: Stanley Adams, American actor (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1916: Anthony Caruso, American actor (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1917: R. G. Armstrong, American actor [category: Births]
• 1918: Bobby Doerr, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1919: Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer [category: Births]
• 1919: Roger Lemelin, Canadian novelist and writer (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1920: Ravi Shankar, Indian musician and composer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1920: Karl Binding, German jurist (b. 1841) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: Mongo Santamaria, Cuban jazz musician (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1922: Teapot Dome scandal: United States Secretary of the Interior leases Teapot Dome petroleum reserves in Wyoming. [category: Events]
• 1924: Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian writer (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1925: Chaturanan Mishra, Indian politician (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1925: Jan van Roessel, Dutch footballer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1927: Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian drummer, educator, and activist (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1927: First distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover). [category: Events]
• 1928: Alan J. Pakula, American director and producer (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1928: James Garner, American actor [category: Births]
• 1928: James White, Irish writer (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1928: Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1929: Bob Denard, French soldier and mercenary (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1929: Joe Gallo, American gangster (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1930: Andrew Sachs, English actor [category: Births]
• 1930: Yves Rocher, French businessman, founder of the cosmetics brand Yves Rocher (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1931: Daniel Ellsberg, American military analyst [category: Births]
• 1931: Donald Barthelme, American author (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1932: Grigore Constantinescu, Romanian priest and journalist (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: Wayne Rogers, American actor [category: Births]
• 1933: Prohibition is repealed for beer of no more than 3.2% alcohol by weight, eight months before the ratification of the XXI amendment. [category: Events]
• 1934: Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1935: Bobby Bare, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1935: Hodding Carter III, American journalist and politician [category: Births]
• 1936: Jean-Pierre Changeux, French neuroscientist [category: Births]
• 1938: Freddie Hubbard, American jazz trumpeter (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1938: Jerry Brown, American politician [category: Births]
• 1938: Spencer Dryden, American drummer (Jefferson Airplane, New Riders of the Purple Sage, The Dinosaurs, and The Peanut Butter Conspiracy) (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1939: David Frost, English broadcaster and television host [category: Births]
• 1939: Francis Ford Coppola, American director [category: Births]
• 1939: Gary Kellgren, American audio engineer, co-founder of the Record Plant recording studios [category: Births]
• 1939: Joseph Lyons, Australian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: World War II: Italy invades Albania. [category: Events]
• 1940: Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp. [category: Events]
• 1941: Cornelia Frances, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1941: Gorden Kaye, British actor [category: Births]
• 1941: James Di Pasquale, American composer [category: Births]
• 1942: Jeetendra, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1942: Nam Gi-nam, Korean director [category: Births]
• 1943: Alexandre Millerand, French politician, President of France (b. 1859) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: Jovan Dučić, Serbian poet (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: Holocaust: In Terebovlia, Ukraine, Germans order 1,100 Jews to undress to their underwear and march through the city of Terebovlia to the nearby village of Plebanivka where they are shot dead and buried in ditches. [category: Events]
• 1943: Ioannis Rallis becomes collaborationist Prime Minister of Greece during the WWII Axis Occupation. [category: Events]
• 1944: Bill Stoneman, American baseball player and manager [category: Births]
• 1944: Gerhard Schröder, German politician [category: Births]
• 1944: Julia Phillips, American producer and writer (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1945: Hans van Hemert, Dutch ASCAP award winning record producer and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1945: Joël Robuchon, French chef [category: Births]
• 1945: Martyn Lewis, British news anchor [category: Births]
• 1945: Megas, Icelandic singer, songwriter, and writer [category: Births]
• 1945: Werner Schroeter, German director [category: Births]
• 1945: World War II: The Japanese battleship Yamato, the largest battleship ever constructed, is sunk by American planes 200 miles north of Okinawa while en route to a suicide mission in Operation Ten-Go. [category: Events]
• 1945: World War II: Visoko is liberated by the 7th, 9th, and 17th Krajina brigades from the Tenth division of Yugoslav Partisan forces. [category: Events]
• 1946: Colette Besson, French runner (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1946: Herménégilde Chiasson, Acadian poet and playwright [category: Births]
• 1946: Stan Winston, American special effects artist, makeup artist, and director (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1946: Zaid Abdul-Aziz, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1946: Syria's independence from France is officially recognised. [category: Events]
• 1947: Eliseo Soriano, Filipino televangelist [category: Births]
• 1947: Florian Schneider, German musician (Kraftwerk and Organisation) [category: Births]
• 1947: Michèle Torr, French singer and author [category: Births]
• 1947: Patricia Bennett, American singer (The Chiffons) [category: Births]
• 1947: Henry Ford, American automobile manufacturer and industrialist, founder of the Ford Motor Company (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Carol Douglas, American singer [category: Births]
• 1948: A Buddhist monastery burns in Shanghai, China, leaving twenty monks dead. [category: Events]
• 1948: The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations. [category: Events]
• 1949: John Oates, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Hall & Oates) [category: Births]
• 1949: Mitch Daniels, American politician, governor of Indiana [category: Births]
• 1949: John Gourlay, Canadian football player (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Brian J. Doyle, American Deputy Press Secretary in the United States Department of Homeland Security [category: Births]
• 1950: Walter Huston, Canadian-born American actor (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: Janis Ian, American singer, songwriter, musician, and author [category: Births]
• 1952: Clarke Peters, American actor [category: Births]
• 1952: Gilles Valiquette, Canadian singer, record producer, and actor [category: Births]
• 1954: Jackie Chan, Chinese actor, director, producer, and martial artist [category: Births]
• 1954: Tony Dorsett, American football player [category: Births]
• 1954: President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference. [category: Events]
• 1955: Gregg Jarrett, American lawyer and journalist [category: Births]
• 1955: Werner Stocker, German actor (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1955: Theda Bara, American actress (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Annika Billström, Swedish politician [category: Births]
• 1956: Christopher Darden, American lawyer, writer, and lecturer, prosecutor in O. J. Simpson murder case [category: Births]
• 1956: Spain relinquishes its protectorate in Morocco. [category: Events]
• 1957: Kim Kap-su, Korean actor [category: Births]
• 1960: Buster Douglas, American boxer [category: Births]
• 1960: Henri Guisan, Swiss army officer, General of the Swiss Army during World War II (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Brigitte van der Burg, Dutch politician [category: Births]
• 1961: Pascal Olmeta, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1961: Thurl Bailey, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1962: Andrew "Andy" Hampsten, American cyclist [category: Births]
• 1962: Hugh O'Connor, American actor (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1962: Ram Gopal Varma, Indian director and producer [category: Births]
• 1963: Jaime de Marichalar, Duke of Lugo [category: Births]
• 1963: Paul Michael Robinson, American actor, photographer, and model [category: Births]
• 1964: Jace Alexander, American director [category: Births]
• 1964: Russell Crowe, New Zealand actor [category: Births]
• 1964: Steve Graves, Canadian hockey player [category: Births]
• 1964: IBM announces the System/360. [category: Events]
• 1965: Alison Lapper, British artist [category: Births]
• 1965: Bill Bellamy, American actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1965: Roger Leger, Canadian hockey player (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Gary Wilkinson, English snooker player [category: Births]
• 1967: Artemis Gounaki, composer, writer and producer [category: Births]
• 1967: Simone Schilder, Dutch tennis player [category: Births]
• 1967: Film critic Roger Ebert published his very first film review in the Chicago Sun-Times. [category: Events]
• 1968: Duncan Armstrong, Australian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1968: Jennifer Lynch, American director [category: Births]
• 1968: Jim Clark, Scottish race car driver (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Ricky Watters, American football player [category: Births]
• 1969: The Internet's symbolic birth date: publication of RFC 1. [category: Events]
• 1970: Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian pianist [category: Births]
• 1971: Guillaume Depardieu, French actor (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1971: Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, American actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Victor Kraatz, Canadian figure skater [category: Births]
• 1971: President Richard Nixon announces his decision to increase the rate of American troop withdrawals from Vietnam. [category: Events]
• 1972: Abeid Karume, African political leader, first president of Zanzibar (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Joe Gallo, American gangster (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Brett Tomko, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1973: Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Dutch politician [category: Births]
• 1973: Marco Delvecchio, Italian football player [category: Births]
• 1973: Ève Salvail, Canadian model [category: Births]
• 1974: Antonia Bennett, American singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Christina Davis, Australian ballet dancer and contestant on the first season of Big Brother Australia [category: Births]
• 1974: Nathan Baesel, American actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Tygo Gernandt, Dutch actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Jeremy Taggart, Canadian drummer (Our Lady Peace) [category: Births]
• 1975: Karin Dreijer Andersson, Swedish singer (The Knife and Honey Is Cool) [category: Births]
• 1975: Ronde Barber, American football player [category: Births]
• 1975: Ronnie Belliard, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Tiki Barber, American football player [category: Births]
• 1976: Barbara Jane Reams, American actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Kevin Alejandro, American actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Former British Cabinet Minister John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party. [category: Events]
• 1977: Silvana Arias, Peruvian actress [category: Births]
• 1977: German Federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light. [category: Events]
• 1978: Duncan James, English singer and actor (Blue) [category: Births]
• 1978: Jo Appleby, English soprano (Amici Forever) [category: Births]
• 1978: Development of the neutron bomb is canceled by President Jimmy Carter. [category: Events]
• 1979: Adrián Beltré, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Anika Knudsen, American model [category: Births]
• 1979: Danny Sandoval, Venezuelan baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Pascal Dupuis, Canadian hockey player [category: Births]
• 1979: Patrick Crayton, American football player [category: Births]
• 1979: Robert Jozinović, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1980: David Otunga, American wrestler and lawyer [category: Births]
• 1980: Dragan Bogavac, Montenegrin footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Alex Lanipekun, British actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Kelli Young, English singer (Liberty X) [category: Births]
• 1981: Sharka Blue, Czech porn actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Suzann Pettersen, Norwegian golfer [category: Births]
• 1981: Vanessa Olivarez, American singer, songwriter, and actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Kit Lambert, British record producer and manager (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Norman Taurog, American director (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Silvana Arias, Peruvian actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Soledad Fandiño, Argentine actress and model [category: Births]
• 1982: Sonjay Dutt, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1982: Brenda Benet, American actress (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Harald Ertl, Austrian race car driver (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Franck Ribéry, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Jon Stead, British footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Kyle Labine, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1983: During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first space shuttle spacewalk. [category: Events]
• 1984: Matt McDonald, American roofing foreman and contestant on the 9th season of Big Brother [category: Births]
• 1984: Norman D. Golden II, American actor [category: Births]
• 1984: Yonah Higgins, English singer and actress (Cleopatra) [category: Births]
• 1984: Frank Church, American Senator (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Ariela Massotti, Brazilian actress [category: Births]
• 1985: KC Concepcion, Filipina actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1985: Carl Schmitt, German philosopher and theorist (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev declares a moratorium on the deployment of middle-range missiles in Europe. [category: Events]
• 1986: Brooke Brodack, American comedian [category: Births]
• 1987: Alexis Love, Mexican-American porn actress and model [category: Births]
• 1987: April O'Neil, American porn actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Eelco Sintnicolaas, Dutch athlete, specialising in the decathlon [category: Births]
• 1987: Jack Duarte, Mexican actor, singer, and guitarist (Eme 15) [category: Births]
• 1987: Jack Johnson, American actor [category: Births]
• 1987: Jaimee Kaire-Gataulu, New Zealand actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Martín Cáceres, Uruguayan footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Antonio Piccolo, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Ed Speleers, English actor and producer [category: Births]
• 1988: Sarah Walker, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1989: Alexa Demara, American actress, model, writer and martial artist [category: Births]
• 1989: Franco Di Santo, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Soviet submarine Komsomolets sinks in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway killing 42 sailors. [category: Events]
• 1990: Anna Bogomazova, Russian kickboxer, professional wrestler and valet [category: Births]
• 1990: Trent Cotchin, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Ronald Evans, American astronaut (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: A fire breaks out on the passenger ferry M/S Scandinavian Star, killing 158 people. [category: Events]
• 1990: Iran Contra Affair: John Poindexter is found guilty of five charges for his part in the scandal (the conviction is later reversed on appeal). [category: Events]
• 1991: Luka Milivojević, Serbian footballer [category: Births]
• 1992: Alexis Jordan, American singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1992: Andreea Acatrinei, Romanian gymnast [category: Births]
• 1992: Jessica Sara, American actress [category: Births]
• 1992: Ace Bailey, Canadian hockey player (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Antonis Tritsis, Greek politician (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Republika Srpska announces its independence. [category: Events]
• 1994: Agathe Uwilingiyimana, Rwandan politician, Prime Minister of Rwanda (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer and politician (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Golo Mann, German historian (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Auburn Calloway attempts to hijack FedEx Express Flight 705 and crash it to insure his family with his life insurance policy. The crew subdues him and lands the aircraft safely. [category: Events]
• 1994: Rwandan Genocide: Massacres of Tutsis begin in Kigali, Rwanda. [category: Events]
• 1995: First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops begin a massacre of civilians in Samashki, Chechnya. [category: Events]
• 1997: Georgi Shonin, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Luis Aloma, Cuban baseball player (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese movie producer (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Conner Rayburn, American actor [category: Births]
• 1999: Heinz Lehmann, Canadian psychiatrist (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: The World Trade Organization rules in favor of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas. [category: Events]
• 2000: Broery Marantika, Indonesian singer (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Beatrice Straight, American actress (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: David Graf, American actor (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Mars Odyssey is launched. [category: Events]
• 2002: John Agar, American actor (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Cecile de Brunhoff, French author (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: David Greene, British director (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's regime falls two days later. [category: Events]
• 2004: Konstantinos Kallias, Greek politician (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Victor Argo, American actor (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Bob Kennedy, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Cliff Allison, British race car driver (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Barry Nelson, American actor (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Johnny Hart, American cartoonist (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Ludu Daw Amar, Burmese writer (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Mark Speight, English television presenter (b. 1965) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Dave Arneson, American game designer, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces. [category: Events]
• 2009: Mass protests begin across Moldova under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are fraudulent. [category: Events]
• 2011: Pierre Gauvreau, Canadian painter (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Mike Wallace, American journalist (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Steven Kanumba Tanzanian actor (b.1984) [category: Deaths]
• _: April 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Blessed Alexander Rawlins [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Blessed Edward Oldcorne and Blessed Ralph Ashley [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Blessed Notker the Stammerer [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Day of Maternity and Beauty (Armenia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Genocide Memorial Day (Rwanda) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Saint Aibert of Crespin [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Saint Brynach [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Saint Hegesippus [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Saint Henry Walpole [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Sheikh Abeid Amani Karume Day (Tanzania) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Women's Day (Mozambique) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Health Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]