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April 7 is the 97th day of the year (98th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. International holidays March 2 - Mothering Sunday (Britain March 7 - Nyepi (Indonesia International holidays and other major events April 1 - April Fools' Day April 4 - Qingming Festival (Mainland International holidays May 1 - Labour Day ( Pakistan) May 1 - Labour Day ( Singapore) Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common International holidays and other major events April 1 - April Fools' Day April 4 - Qingming Festival (Mainland April 2007 is the fourth month of that year It began on a Sunday and 30 days later ended on a Monday. Stories without links will be removed'. News stories must be in English 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September April 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September April 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September April 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 268 days remaining until the end of the year.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I. Events By Place Byzantine Empire April 7 — The first draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in The Corpus Juris Civilis ("Body of Civil Law" is the modern name for a collection of fundamental works in Jurisprudence, issued from 529 Jurisprudence is the Theory and Philosophy of Law. Scholars of jurisprudence or legal philosophers hope to obtain a deeper understanding of the nature This is a list of the Emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire, commonly known as the Byzantine Empire by modern historians Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus ( Greek: Φλάβιος Πέτρος Σαββάτιος Ιουστινιανός; known in English as Justinian I or
• 1348 - Charles University is founded in Prague. Prague (ˈprɑːg Praha (ˈpraɦa see also other names) is the Capital and Largest city of the Czech Republic.
• 1521 - Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu. Ferdinand Magellan (Fernão de Magalhães fɨɾˈnɐ̃ũ dɨ mɐgɐˈʎɐ̃ĩʃ Fernando de Magallanes (Spring 1480 &ndash April 27 1521 Mactan Island, Cebu Cebu is an island of the Philippines. It is the main island of Cebu Province in Visayas.
• 1541 - Francis Xavier leaves Lisbon on a mission to the Portuguese East Indies. Saint Francis Xavier ( Konkani / Konknni: Sam Fransisku Xavier/ Sanv Fransisk Xavier Basque: San Frantzisko Xabierkoa Spanish: San Francisco Lisbon (Lisboa liʒˈboɐ is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. The Indies or East Indies (or East India) is a term often used to refer to the islands of SE Asia, especially the Malay Archipelago
• 1776 - Captain John Barry and the USS Lexington captures the Edward. Year 1776 ( MDCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a John Barry (1745 – 13 September, 1803) was an officer in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War and later in
• 1788 - American Pioneers to the Northwest Territory arrive at 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, and opening the westward expansion of the new country. Year 1788 ( MDCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap American Pioneers to the Northwest Territory included soldiers of the Revolution and members of the Ohio Company of Associates. The Ohio River is the largest Tributary by volume of the Mississippi River. The Muskingum River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 111 miles (179 km long in southeastern Ohio in the United States. Marietta is a city in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Washington County. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For the Canadian territory see Northwest Territories. For the northwestern corner of the Lower 48 see Northwestern United States.
• 1795 - France adopts the metre as the basic measure of length. Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International
• 1798 - The Mississippi Territory is organized from territory ceded by Georgia and South Carolina and is later twice expanded to include disputed territory claimed by both the U.S. and Spain. Year 1798 ( MDCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Mississippi Territory was a historic Organized territory of the United States from April 7, 1798, and expanded twice (in 1804 The State of Georgia ( is a state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule South Carolina ( is a state in the southern region ( Deep South) of the United States of America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
• 1805 - Lewis and Clark Expedition: The Corps of Discovery breaks camp among the Mandan tribe and resumes its journey West along the Missouri River. Year 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or The Mandan are a Native American tribe that historically lived along the banks of the Missouri River and two of its tributaries—the Heart and This article refers to the cardinal direction for other uses see West (disambiguation.
• 1805 - First public performance of Beethoven's Third Symphony (Eroica). Ludwig van Beethoven ( English ˈlʊdvɪg væn ˈbeɪtoʊvən, 16 December 1770 &ndash 26 March 1827 was a German Composer and Pianist. The Symphony No 3 in E flat major ( Op 55 by Ludwig van Beethoven (known as the Eroica which is Italian for "heroic"
• 1827 - John Walker, an English chemist, sells the first friction match. Year 1827 ( MDCCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common John Walker ( 29 May 1781 &ndash 1 May 1859) was an English chemist from Stockton-on-Tees, who in 1827 The English people (from the adjective in Englisc) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to England who predominantly speak English Pharmacists are Health professionals who practice the art and science of Pharmacy. A match is a consumable Tool for lighting a Fire under controlled circumstances on demand He had invented it the previous year.
• 1829 - Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commences translation of the Book of Mormon, with Oliver Cowdery as his scribe. For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the fourth largest Christian denomination in the United States and the largest and most well-known The Book of Mormon is a Sacred text of the churches in the Latter Day Saint movement. Oliver Hervy Pliny Cowdery ( 3 October 1806 – 3 March 1850) was the primary participant with Joseph Smith Jr
• 1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Shiloh ends - the Union Army under General Ulysses S. Grant defeats the Confederates near Shiloh, Tennessee. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Background and opposing forces After the losses of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson in February 1862 Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston withdrew The Union Army was the army that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. Ulysses S Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27 1822 &ndash July 23 1885 was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861 Shiloh National Military Park preserves the American Civil War Shiloh and Corinth
• 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. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Thomas D'Arcy McGee, PC, ( April 13, 1825 &ndash April 7, 1868) was a Canadian journalist, Father of Confederation
• 1890 - Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common is a Waterway in Japan built during the Meiji Period in order to transport Water, freight and passengers from Lake Biwa to the nearby City
• 1906 - Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Mount Vesuvius (in Italian Monte Vesuvio and in Latin Mons Vesuvius) is an active Stratovolcano east of Naples Naples ( Napoli, Neapolitan: Nàpule) is a historic City in southern Italy, the Capital of the
• 1906 - The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco. The Algeciras Conference of 1906 took place in Algeciras Spain, and lasted from January 16 to April 7. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Morocco (المغرب "al-Maghrib" officially the Kingdom of Morocco (المملكة المغربية is a country located in North Africa
• 1908 - H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
• 1922 - Teapot Dome scandal: United States Secretary of the Interior leases Teapot Dome petroleum reserves in Wyoming. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Herbert Henry Asquith 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, KG, PC ( 12 September 1852 &ndash 15 February 1928) served The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s and a third party The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, GCB (7 September 1836 &ndash 22 April 1908 was a British Liberal Statesman who served as Prime Minister Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Teapot Dome scandal refers to a Bribery scandal of the White House administration of United States President Warren G The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior. Teapot Dome scandal refers to a Bribery scandal of the White House administration of United States President Warren G Petroleum ( L petroleum, from Greek πετρέλαιον, lit The State of Wyoming ( is a sparsely populated state in the western region of the United States.
• 1927 - First distance public television broadcast (from Washington, DC to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover). Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Public broadcasting refers to radio television and other electronic media outlets that receive some or all of their funding from the public Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D The City of New York The United States Secretary of Commerce is the head of the United States Department of Commerce concerned with business and industry the Department states its mission to Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10 1874 &ndash October 20 1964 was the thirty-first President of the United States (1929–1933
• 1933 - Prohibition is repealed for beer of no more than 3. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Prohibition of alcohol, often referred to simply as prohibition, also known as Noble Experiment, refers to a Sumptuary law which prohibits Alcohol Beer is the world's oldest and most widely consumed Alcoholic beverage and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea 2% alcohol by weight, eight months before the ratification of the XXI amendment. In Chemistry, an alcohol is any Organic compound in which a Hydroxyl group ( - O[[hydrogen H]]) is bound to a Carbon In the Physical sciences weight is a Measurement of the gravitational Force acting on an object The Twenty-first Amendment ( Amendment XXI) to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution,
• 1939 - World War II: Italy invades Albania. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest This article is about the country in southern Europe For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Albania topics.
• 1940 - Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5 1856 &ndash November 14 1915 was an American educator orator author and leader of the African-American community African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A postage stamp is an adhesive paper evidence of pre-paying a fee for postal services
• 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. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Holocaust (from the Greek el ''ὁλόκαυστον'' (el-Latn holókauston holos, "completely" and kaustos, "burnt" also known as The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Undergarments are clothes worn under other clothes often next to the skin Terebovlia (Теребовля also Terebovlya, Trembowla is a small City in the Ternopil Oblast ( province) of western Ukraine. There they are shot dead and buried in ditches.
• 1945 - World War II: The Japanese battleship Yamato, the largest battleship ever constructed, is sunk 200 miles north of Okinawa while en-route to a suicide mission in Operation Ten-Go. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Construction The Yamato class was built after the Japanese withdrew from the Washington Naval Treaty at the Second London Conference of 1936 is one of Japan 's southern prefectures, and consists of hundreds of the Ryukyu Islands in a chain over 1000 km long which extends southwest from Kyūshū The term suicide mission commonly refers to a task which is so dangerous for the people involved that it is not expected that they will survive the attack Ten-gō sakusen ( Kyūjitai: ja 天號作戰 Shinjitai: ja 天号作戦 "Operation Heaven One" also known as Ten-ichi-go and Operation
• 1945 - World War II: Visoko is liberated by the 7th, 9th and 17th Krajina brigades from the Tenth division of Yugoslav Partisan forces. Visoko is a city and municipality in central Bosnia and Herzegovina of rich historical heritage The Yugoslav Partisans, or simply the Partisans, ( Serbo-Croatian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Slovene: Partizani
• 1946 - Syria's independence from France is officially recognised. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
• 1948 - The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security
• 1948 - A Buddhist monastery burns in Shanghai, China, leaving twenty monks dead. Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices Shanghai ( 上[[wikt 海|海]] is the largest city in China in terms of population and one of the largest urban areas in the world with over 20 million China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National
• 1954 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14 1890 – March 28 1969 was President of the United States from 1953 until 1961 and a five-star general The domino theory was a Foreign policy theory promoted by the government of the United States, that speculated that if one land in a region came under the influence
• 1956 - Spain relinquishes its protectorate in Morocco. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. In International law, a protectorate is a autonomous territory that is "protected" by a stronger state or entity hense the protector which engages to protect Morocco (المغرب "al-Maghrib" officially the Kingdom of Morocco (المملكة المغربية is a country located in North Africa
• 1963 - Yugoslavia is proclaimed to be a Socialist republic and Josip Broz Tito is named President for life. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian: The term socialist state (or socialist republic, or workers' state) can carry one of several different (but related meanings In strictly speaking any President for Life is a Title assumed by some Dictators to remove their Term limit, in the hope that their Authority, legitimacy, and
• 1964 - IBM announces the System/360. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. International Business Machines Corporation abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue", is a multinational Computer Technology The IBM System/360 ( S/360) is a Mainframe computer system family announced by IBM on April 7, 1964.
• 1968 - Jim Clark, two-time F1 World Champion and winner of the Indianapolis 500, dies in a racing accident during a Formula 2 race at Hockenheim, Germany. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jim (or Jimmy) Clark OBE ( 4 March, 1936 &ndash 7 April, 1968) was a Scottish Formula One The Formula One World Drivers' Championship (WDC is awarded by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile ( FIA) to the most successful Formula One The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, often shortened to Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500, and historically known simply as "The 500" is an American The Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg is an Automobile racing track situated near the town of Hockenheim in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
• 1969 - The Internet's symbolic birth date: publication of RFC 1. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks In Computer network Engineering, a Request for Comments (RFC is a Memorandum published by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF describing
• 1971 - U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his decision to increase the rate of American troop withdrawals from Vietnam. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially
• 1976 - Former British Cabinet Minister John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Thomson Stonehouse ( 28 July 1925 - 14 April 1988) was a British Politician and minister under Harold Wilson The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the
• 1977 - German Federal Prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. United States Attorneys (also known as federal prosecutors) represent the United States federal government in United States district court and Siegfried Buback ( January 3, 1920 in Wilsdruff &ndash April 7, 1977 in Karlsruhe) was the chief federal prosecutor The Red Army Faction or RAF ( German Rote Armee Fraktion) (in its early stages commonly known as Baader-Meinhof Group ''Gang'' was one
• 1978 - Development of the neutron bomb is canceled by U.S. President Jimmy Carter. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) A neutron bomb, technically referred to as an enhanced radiation weapon (ERW is a type of tactical Nuclear weapon formerly built mainly by the United States The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr (born October 1 1924 was the thirty-ninth President of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981 and the recipient of the 2002
• 1983 - During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first space shuttle spacewalk. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) STS-6 was a Space Shuttle mission conducted by NASA using Space Shuttle ''Challenger''. Franklin Story Musgrave (born August 19, 1935) is an American Doctor and a retired NASA Astronaut. Donald Herod Peterson is a retired United States Air Force officer and a former USAF and NASA Astronaut. NASA 's Space Shuttle, officially called the Space Transportation System ( STS) is the Spacecraft currently used by the United States
• 1985 - Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev declares a moratorium on the deployment of middle-range missiles in Europe. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev ( Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachyov;; born 2 March 1931 in Privolnoye Stavropol Krai) is a Russian politician
• 1989 - Soviet submarine Komsomolets sinks in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway killing 42 sailors. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Hanzo missed identifierss-n-15starfish]]missiles*6x533mm(21- Inch)torpedotubesfor 53-65 / 53-65k |shiparmour --> The Barents Sea (Barentshavet Баренцево море is a part of the Arctic Ocean located north of Norway and Russia. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional
• 1990 - Iran Contra Affair: John Poindexter is found guilty of five charges for his part in the scandal (the conviction was reversed on appeal). Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) The Iran-Contra affair was a political scandal which was revealed in November 1986 as a result of earlier events during the Reagan administration. John Marlan Poindexter (born August 12, 1936 in Odon Indiana) is a retired American naval officer and Department of Defense official
• 1992 - Republika Srpska announces its independence. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Republika Srpska ( Serbian: Република Српска Republika Srpska ( often abbreviated PC or RS) also Српска Srpska
• 1994 - Massacres of Tutsis begin in Kigali, Rwanda. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The Tutsi are one of three native Peoples of the nations of Rwanda and Burundi in central Africa, the other two being the Twa Kigali, population 851024 (2005 is the Capital and largest city of Rwanda. The Republic of Rwanda (ruːˈændə or /rəˈwɑːndə/ in English ɾwanda or in Kinyarwanda is a small Landlocked country in the
• 1999 - The World Trade Organisation rules in favor of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in
• 2001 - Mars Odyssey is launched. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. 2001 Mars Odyssey is a Robotic spacecraft Orbiting the planet Mars.
• 2003 - U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's regime falls two days later. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Baghdad (بغداد) is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti ( Arabic: ar صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي --> April 28 1937 &ndash December 30

Births

• 1506 - Saint Francis Xavier, Spanish founder of the Society of Jesus (d. Saint Francis Xavier ( Konkani / Konknni: Sam Fransisku Xavier/ Sanv Fransisk Xavier Basque: San Frantzisko Xabierkoa Spanish: San Francisco The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order 1552)
• 1539 - Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter (d. Tobias Stimmer ( 7 April 1539 &ndash 4 January 1584 was a Swiss painter and illustrator 1584)
• 1613 - Gerhard Douw, Dutch painter (d. Gerard Dou, also known as Gerrit and Douw or Dow ( April 7, 1613 &ndash February 9, 1675) was a Dutch Golden 1675)
• 1644 - François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi, French soldier (d. François de Neufville 2nd duc de Villeroi ( April 7, 1644 - July 18, 1730) French soldier came of a noble family which 1730)
• 1648 - John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (d. Year 1730 ( MDCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, KG, PC ( 7 April 1648 &ndash 24 February 1721) English statesman 1721)
• 1652 - Pope Clement XII (d. Year 1721 ( MDCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a See Corsini for other uses of that name Pope Clement XII ( April 7, 1652 &ndash February 6, 1740)
• 1718 - Hugh Blair, Scottish preacher and man of letters (d. Year 1740 ( MDCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Year 1718 ( MDCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Hugh Blair ( April 7, 1718 &ndash December 27, 1800) was a Scottish author considered one of the first great theorists of written 1800)
• 1727 - Michel Adanson, French botanist (d. Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. Year 1727 ( MDCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Michel Adanson ( April 7, 1727 - August 3, 1806) was a French naturalist of Scottish descent 1806)
• 1770 - William Wordsworth, English poet (d. Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1770 ( MDCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Friday 1850)
• 1772 - Charles Fourier, French philosopher (d. For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Year 1772 ( MDCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a François Marie Charles Fourier ( April 7, 1772 - October 10, 1837) was a French Utopian 1837)
• 1803 - Flora Tristan, French feminist and socialist philosopher (d. Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Flora Tristan (April 7 1803 in Paris, France – November 14 1844 in Bordeaux, France) was a socialist writer and activist 1844)
• 1803 - James Curtiss, Mayor of Chicago (d. Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year James Curtiss (also Curtis (April 1803 died November 2, 1859; originally buried in City Cemetery 1859)
• 1848 - Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Randall Thomas Davidson 1st Baron Davidson of Lambeth, KCVO ( April 7, 1848 &ndash May 25, 1930) was an Anglican The Archbishop of Canterbury is the chief bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the 1930)
• 1859 - Walter Camp, sports authority known as the "Father of American Football" (d. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Walter Chauncey Camp ( April 7, 1859 &ndash March 14, 1925) was a sports writer and American football coach known as the "Father 1925)
• 1860 - Will Keith Kellogg, American cereal manufacturer (d. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Will Keith Kellogg, usually referred to as W K Kellogg ( April 7, 1860 &ndash October 6, 1951) was a U 1951)
• 1867 - Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist (d. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Holger Pedersen may refer to Holger Pedersen (linguist - Danish linguist (1867-1953 Holger Pedersen (astronomer - Danish astronomer (b 1953)
• 1870 - Gustav Landauer, German anarchist and revolutionary (d. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Gustav Landauer ( 7 April 1870 in Karlsruhe, Germany &mdash 2 May 1919 in Munich, Germany) was 1919)
• 1873 - John McGraw, American baseball player and manager (d. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1934)
• 1883 - Gino Severini, Italian painter (d. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Gino Severini ( 1883 – 1966) was an Italian painter and a leading member of the Futurist movement 1966)
• 1886 - Ed Lafitte, American baseball player (d. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Edward Francis Lafitte ( April 7, 1886 – April 12, 1971) was a Pitcher in Major League Baseball who played with the 1971)
• 1889 - Gabriela Mistral, Chilean writer, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Gabriela Mistral ( April 7, 1889 — January 10, 1957) was the Pseudonym of Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1957)
• 1890 - Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American conservationist and writer (d. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Marjory Stoneman Douglas (April 7 1890 – May 14 1998 was an American Journalist, Writer and Environmentalist known for her staunch defense of 1998)
• 1891 - Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish inventor (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ole Kirk Christiansen ( April 8, 1891 &ndash March 11, 1958) was the 13th son of an impoverished farmer family in Jutland in western 1958)
• 1893 - Allen Dulles, American Central Intelligence Agency director (d. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Allen Welsh Dulles (April 7 1893 &ndash January 29 1969 was the first civilian and the longest serving (1953-1961 Director of Central Intelligence (de-facto head of 1969)
• 1897 - Walter Winchell, American broadcaster and journalist (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Walter Winchell ( April 7, 1897 &ndash February 20, 1972) was an American newspaper and radio commentator 1972)
• 1899 - Robert Casadesus, French pianist (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Robert Casadesus ( April 7, 1899 &ndash September 19, 1972) was a renowned 20th-century French Pianist. 1972)
• 1905 - Queenie Leonard, American actress (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Queenie Leonard (born Pearl Walker ( April 7, 1905 - January 17, 2002) was a British Character actress and Singer 2002)
• 1908 - Percy Faith, Canadian composer and musician (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Percy Faith ( April 7, 1908 – February 9, 1976) Canadian-born band-leader Orchestrator and Composer, known for his lush 1976)
• 1909 - Robert Charroux, French writer (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Robert Charroux was the best-known pen-name of Robert Grugeau ( April 7. 1978)
• 1911 - Hervé Bazin, French writer (d. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Hervé Bazin (Jean-Pierre Hervé-Bazin ( April 7 1911, Angers - February 17 1996, Angers) was a French writer 1996)
• 1913 - Charles Vanik, American politician (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Charles Albert Vanik ( April 7, 1913 - August 30, 2007) was a Democratic politician from Ohio. 2007)
• 1914 - Ralph Flanagan, American big band leader (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Ralph Flanagan (born Ralph Elias Flenniken, ( April 7, 1914 in Lorain Ohio - December 30, 1995 in Miami Florida 1995)
• 1915 - Stanley Adams, American actor (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Stanley Adams ( April 7, 1915 – April 27, 1977) was an American Actor and Screenwriter. 1977)
• 1915 - Billie Holiday, American singer (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7 1915 – July 17 1959 was an American Jazz singer and songwriter 1959)
• 1915 - Henry Kuttner, American writer (d. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Henry Kuttner ( April 7 1915 – February 4 1958) was a Science fiction author born in Los Angeles, California. 1958)
• 1916 - Anthony Caruso, American actor (d. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Anthony Caruso (b April 7 1916 &ndash April 4 2003) was a character actor in over 100 American films usually playing villains including the 2003)
• 1917 - R.G. Armstrong, American actor
• 1918 - Bobby Doerr, American baseball player
• 1919 - Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer
• 1919 - Roger Lemelin, Quebec novelist and television writer (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Robert Golden "RG" Armstrong (born April 7, 1917) is an American actor and playwright Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Robert Pershing Doerr (born April 7 1918 in Los Angeles California) is a former Second baseman and coach in Major League Baseball Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Edoardo Mangiarotti (born April 7, 1919) is an Italian fencer. Roger Lemelin ( April 7, 1919 - March 16, 1992) was a Quebec novelist television writer and essayist 1992)
• 1920 - Ravi Shankar, Indian sitar player
• 1922 - Mongo Santamaria, Cuban musician (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Pandit Ravi Shankar ( রবি শংকর Devanagari: रविशंकर "Pandit" ( Sanskrit, "learned" is honorific born April Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría ( April 7, 1917 in Havana, Cuba &ndash February 1, 2003) was an Afro-Cuban 2003)
• 1924 - Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian writer
• 1927 - Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian drummer (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Johannes Mario Simmel (born April 7, 1924) is an Austrian writer Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Babatunde Olatunji ( April 7, 1927 – April 6, 2003) was a Nigerian Drummer educator social activist and recording 2003)
• 1928 - James Garner, American actor
• 1928 - Alan J. Pakula, American film producer and director (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Garner (born April 7 1928 is an American Film and Emmy -award winning Television Actor. Alan Jay Pakula ( April 7 1928 &ndash November 19 1998) was an American film director writer and producer noted for his contributions 1998)
• 1928 - James White, Northern Irish science fiction writer (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) James White ( April 7, 1928 - August 23, 1999) was a prolific Northern Irish author of Science fiction Novellas short 1999)
• 1929 - Bob Denard, French mercenary (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "Colonel" Bob Denard ( April 7, 1929 &ndash October 13, 2007) born Gilbert Bourgeaud, was one of the most famous and 2007)
• 1930 - Andrew Sachs, English actor
• 1931 - Donald Barthelme, American author
• 1933 - Wayne Rogers, American actor
• 1934 - Swami Shantananda, Hindu Saint, Philosopher, Disciple of Swami Sivananda, Founder of Temple of Fine Arts
• 1934 - Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Andrew Sachs (born Andreas Siegfried Sachs, 7 April 1930 is a German - British actor. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Donald Barthelme ( April 7, 1931 – July 23, 1989) was an American author of short fiction and Novels He also Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Wayne M Rogers (born April 7 1933, Birmingham Alabama) is an American Film and Television Actor, best Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Swami Shantananda Saraswathi was the founder of Shiva Family The Temple of Fine Arts (Kala Mandir Temple of Service Annalakshmi and Lavanya Arts Ian William Richardson CBE ( 7 April 1934 &ndash 9 February 2007) was a Scottish Actor best known for playing 2007)
• 1935 - Bobby Bare, American musician
• 1935 - Hodding Carter III, American journalist and politician
• 1936 - Jean-Pierre Changeux, French neuroscientist
• 1938 - Jerry Brown, American politician
• 1938 - Spencer Dryden, American drummer (Jefferson Airplane) (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bobby Bare (born Robert Joseph Bare on April 7, 1935 in Ironton Ohio) is an American Country music singer and songwriter Hodding Carter III (born April 7, 1935) is an American Journalist and Politician best known for his role as assistant secretary of state in Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jean-Pierre Changeux (born April 7, 1936) is a French neuroscientist known for his research in several fields of Biology, from Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown Jr (born April 7, 1938) is the current Attorney General and former governor of the State of Spencer Dryden ( April 7 1938 – January 11 2005) was an American Musician who was best known as the Drummer Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band from San Francisco, a pioneer of the Psychedelic rock movement 2005)
• 1938 - Freddie Hubbard, American jazz trumpeter
• 1939 - Francis Ford Coppola, American film director
• 1939 - Sir David Frost, English broadcaster and TV host
• 1941 - Gorden Kaye, British actor
• 1942 - Jeetendra, Indian actor
• 1944 - Julia Phillips, American film producer and writer (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (born April 7 1938 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American Jazz Trumpeter. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Francis Ford "Frank" Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five-time Academy Award -winning American Film director, Sir David Paradine Frost, OBE (born 7 April 1939) is an English Satirist and Television presenter, famed as both a Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gorden Fitzgerald Kaye (born 7 April 1941) is a BAFTA -nominated English Comic Actor, best known for playing René Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jeetendra (born April 7, 1942) is a popular Indian Actor. Early life Jeetendra was born Ravi Kapoor in Amritsar Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Julia Phillips ( April 7 1944 – January 1 2002) was an Academy Award -winning Film producer and Author. 2002)
• 1944 - Gerhard Schröder, Chancellor of Germany
• 1944 - Bill Stoneman, American baseball player and manager
• 1945 - Martin Lewis, British newsreader
• 1945 - Megas, Icelandic singer, songwriter and writer
• 1945 - Joël Robuchon, French chef
• 1945 - Werner Schroeter, German film director
• 1946 - Colette Besson, French runner (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ˌɡeɐ̯haɐ̯t fʁɪʦ kʊɐ̯t ˈʃʁøːdɐ (born 7 April 1944 German politician, was Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005 The Head of government of Germany is called Chancellor (Kanzler William Hambly Stoneman III (born April 7, 1944, in Oak Park Illinois) is a consultant for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of Major League Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar This article is about Martin Lewis - the British-born humorist/writer/producer/TV and radio host This article contains Icelandic characters For more information see Icelandic language - Megas (born Joël Robuchon (born 7 April 1945 in Poitiers, France) is a French Chef and Restaurateur. Werner Schroeter (born April 7 1945 in Georgenthal, Thuringia) is a German Film director, considered together with Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Colette Besson ( April 7, 1946 in Saint-Georges-de-Didonne ( Charente-Maritime) – August 9, 2005 in La Rochelle 2005)
• 1947 - Patricia Bennett, American singer (The Chiffons)
• 1947 - Florian Schneider, German musician (Kraftwerk)
• 1947 - Eliseo Soriano, Philippine evangelist
• 1948 - Carol Douglas, American singer
• 1949 - John Oates, American musician (Hall & Oates)
• 1951 - Janis Ian, American singer and songwriter
• 1954 - Jackie Chan, Chinese actor, action choreographer, film director, producer, martial artist, comedian, screenwriter, singer and stunt performer. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Patricia Bennett (born April 7, 1947, in The Bronx, New York) was a member of the Girl group, The Chiffons. The Chiffons was an all Girl group originating from the Bronx area of New York in 1960. Florian Schneider-Esleben (born 7 April 1947, in Düsseldorf, Germany) is one of the founding members of Electronic music band Kraftwerk (ˈkʁaftvɛɐk German for " power plant " or " Power station " is an influential Electronic music band from Eliseo Fernando Soriano (born April 4 1947 a controversial Filipino evangelist is presiding minister of the Philippines -based Members Church of God International Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Carol Douglas (b April 7, 1948 in Brooklyn, New York) is an Actress and Singer who is best known for her Disco Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John William Oates (born April 7, 1949 in New York) is an American Musician and producer best known as the mustachioed Hall & Oates are a Pop music duo made up of Daryl Hall and John Oates. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Janis Ian (born Janis Eddy Fink, April 7 1951 is a Grammy Award -winning American Songwriter, Singer, multi-instrumental Musician Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE (born Chan Kong Sang, 陳港生 on 7 April 1954 is an Actor, action choreographer, Film director
• 1954 - Tony Dorsett, American football player
• 1955 - Werner Stocker, German actor (d. Anthony "Tony" Drew Dorsett (born April 7, 1954 in Rochester Pennsylvania) is a former American football Running back Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Werner Stocker (b April 7, 1955 in Flintsbach am Inn, Bavaria, Germany -d 1993)
• 1956 - Annika Billström, Swedish politician
• 1956 - Christopher Darden, American O.J. Simpson prosecutor
• 1957 - Kim Kap-su, South Korean actor
• 1961 - Pascal Olmeta, French footballer
• 1962 - Andrew "Andy" Hampsten, American cyclist
• 1962 - Hugh O'Connor, American actor (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Annika Billström ( 7 April 1956 in Härnösand, Västernorrland County) is a Swedish social democratic Politician Christopher Allen Darden (born April 7, 1956) is an American Lawyer who gained fame during the O Orenthal James "O J" Simpson (born July 9 1947 who has also been called The Juice, is a retired American football player, Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Kim Kap-su (born April 7, 1957) is a South Korean film actor Filmography She's on Duty (2005 Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pascal Olmeta (born April 7, 1961) is a French football Goalkeeper who played for Olympique de Marseille in the 1990s Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Andrew Hampsten (born April 7, 1962 in Columbus Ohio) is an American cyclist best remembered for winning the 1988 Giro d'Italia and the Not to be confused with Hugo Oconór. Hugh Edward Ralph O'Connor ( April 7, 1962 &ndash March 28, 1995) was an 1995)
• 1962 - Alain Robert, French rock and urban climber
• 1963 - Jaime de Marichalar, duke of Lugo, Spanish royalty
• 1964 - Russell Crowe, New Zealand actor
• 1964 - Steve Graves, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1965 - Bill Bellamy, American actor and comedian
• 1965 - Alison Lapper, British artist
• 1966 - Gary Wilkinson, English snooker player
• 1967 - Artemis Gounaki, composer, writer and music producer
• 1968 - Duncan Armstrong, Australian swimmer
• 1969 - Ricky Watters, American football player
• 1970 - Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian pianist
• 1971 - Guillaume Depardieu, French actor
• 1971 - Victor Kraatz, Canadian figure skater
• 1971 - Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, American actress
• 1973 - Carole Montillet, French skier
• 1973 - Ève Salvail, Canadian model
• 1973 - Brett Tomko, American baseball player
• 1975 - Ronde Barber, American football player
• 1975 - Tiki Barber, American football player
• 1975 - Ronnie Belliard, American baseball player
• 1976 - Kevin Alejandro, American actor
• 1977 - Silvana Arias, Peruvian actress
• 1978 - Vladimir Voltchkov, Belarusian tennis player
• 1979 - Adrián Beltré, Dominican baseball player
• 1981 - Suzann Pettersen, Norwegian golfer
• 1982 - Sonjay Dutt, Indian American professional wrestler
• 1986 - Brooke Brodack, American internet celebrity
• 1987 - Alexa Demara, American model and actress

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• 1307 - Joan of Acre, daughter of Edward I of England (b. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Alain Robert (born as Robert Alain Philippe on 7 August 1962 is a French rock and urban climber, from Digoin, Saône-et-Loire Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. | Don Jaime de Marichalar y Sáenz de Tejada (born in Pamplona on April 7, 1963) is the husband of the Infanta Elena Duchess of Lugo Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Russell Ira Crowe (born 7 April 1964 is an Academy Award - BAFTA - Golden Globe - and Screen Actors Guild Award -winning New Zealand and Steve Graves (b April 7, 1964 in Trenton Ontario) is a former professional Ice hockey left wing Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Bill Bellamy (born April 7, 1965) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. Alison Lapper MBE (born 7 April 1965 in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire) is an English Artist who was Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Gary Wilkinson (born April 7, 1966) is an English professional Snooker player Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Artemis Gounaki ( Greek Aρτεμίς Γουνάκη * April 7, 1967 in Munich is a Greek and German Singer, Vocal Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Duncan John D'Arcy Armstrong OAM (born 7 April 1968 in Rockhampton, Queensland) is an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1980s Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Richard "Ricky" James Watters (born April 7, 1969 in Harrisburg Pennsylvania) is a former American football Running back Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Leif Ove Andsnes is a Norwegian Pianist. He studied with Jiří Hlinka at the Grieg Academy of Music in Bergen Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Guillaume Depardieu (born April 7, 1971) is a French Actor. He is the son of the actor Gérard Depardieu and the actress Elisabeth Victor Kraatz (born April 7 1971 in West Berlin, West Germany) is a Canadian figure skater Jennifer Schwalbach Smith (born April 7 1971 sometimes credited as Jennifer Schwalbach, is an American Actress, former Reporter for USA Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Carole Montillet-Carles (born April 7, 1973) is a French Alpine skier. Ève Salvail (born April 7, 1973 in Matane, Quebec) is a Canadian Supermodel. Brett Daniel Tomko (born April 7, 1973 in Euclid Ohio) is a Major League Baseball Pitcher who is currently a Free agent Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jamael Orondé "Rondé" Barber (RON-day (born April 7, 1975 in Roanoke Virginia) is an American football player who currently plays For the Field hockey player see Kate Barber Atiim Kiambu Hakeem-ah "Tiki" Barber (TEE-kee (born April 7, 1975 Ronald "Ronnie" Belliard (born April 7 1975 in Bronx, New York) is a Second baseman of Dominican descent Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kevin Michael Alejandro (born April 7, 1976) is an American Actor. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Silvana Arias (born April 7, 1977 in Lima) is a Peruvian Actress. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) } Vladimir Nikolayevich Voltchkov (Уладзімір Мікалаевіч Валчкоў Uladzimir Mikalayevich Valchkov; born April 7, 1978, in Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Adrián Beltré Pérez (born April 7, 1979 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball Third baseman Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Amateur career Pettersen was born in Oslo. She was a successful amateur golfer Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Retesh Bhalla (born April 7, 1982 in Washington DC) better known by his Ring name, Sonjay Dutt, is an Indian American Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Brooke Allison Brodack (b April 7, 1986, Putnam Connecticut) aka Brookers, is a Viral video comedian mainly known for her short Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Alexa Demara is an American model, actress, and martial artist Joan of Acre (April 1272 &ndash April 7, 1307) was a daughter of King Edward I of England and his first wife Eleanor of Castile (1241-1290 Edward I (17 June 1239 – 7 July 1307 popularly known as Longshanks, was a King of England who achieved historical fame by conquering large parts of Wales and almost 1271)
• 1498 - King Charles VIII of France (b. Charles VIII, called the Affable (l'Affable 30 June 1470 &ndash 7 April 1498 was King of France from 1483 to his death 1470)
• 1614 - El Greco, Greek-born artist (b. El Greco' ("The Greek " 1541 &ndash April 7 1614 was a painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance 1541)
• 1638 - Shimazu Tadatsune, Japanese ruler of Satsuma (b. Shimazu Tadatsune (島津忠恒 November 27, 1576 - April 7, 1638) was a Tozama daimyo of Satsuma, the first 1576)
• 1651 - Lennart Torstenson, Swedish soldier and engineer (b. Lennart Torstenson, Count of Ortala, Baron of Virestad ( 17 August 1603 – 7 April 1651) was 1603)
• 1658 - Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, Spanish mystic (b. Juan Eusebio Nieremberg (1595 Madrid &mdash April 7 1658, Madrid Spanish Jesuit and mystic. 1595)
• 1661 - Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, English soldier and politician (b. Sir William Brereton 1st Baronet ( September 13 1604 – April 7 1661) was an English soldier politician and writer 1604)
• 1663 - Francis Cooke, Mayflower pilgrim (b. Francis Cooke ( 1583 &ndash 7 April 1663 Plymouth Massachusetts) was one of the 102 passengers on the Mayflower. c. 1583)
• 1668 - William Davenant, English poet (b. Sir William Davenant (baptised 3 March, 1606 &ndash April 7, 1668) also spelled D'Avenant, was an English Poet 1606)
• 1719 - Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French saint (b. Year 1719 ( MDCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (John Baptist de La Salle (born 30 April 1651 in Reims; died 7 April 1719 in Saint-Yon 1651)
• 1739 - Dick Turpin, English highwayman (hanged) (b. Year 1739 ( MDCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a For other meanings see Dick Turpin (disambiguation. Richard (Dick Turpin ( September 21, 1705 in Hempstead 1706)
• 1747 - Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal (b. Year 1706 ( MDCCVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1747 ( MDCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Early Life From his earliest youth he was devoted to the profession of arms for which he educated himself physically and mentally 1676)
• 1761 - Thomas Bayes, English mathematician (b. Year 1761 ( MDCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Thomas Bayes (c 1702 &ndash 17 April 1761) was a British Mathematician and Presbyterian minister known for having formulated 1702)
• 1766 - Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist and critic (b. Year 1702 ( MDCCII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1766 ( MDCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Tiberius Hemsterhuis ( January 9, 1685 - April 7, 1766) Dutch Philologist and Critic, was born in Groningen 1685)
• 1767 - Franz Sparry, composer (b. Year 1767 ( MDCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Franz Sparry ( April 28, 1715 &ndash April 7, 1767) was a composer of the Baroque period 1715)
• 1782 - Taksin, King of Thailand (b. Year 1715 ( MDCCXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1782 ( MDCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Taksin the Great (สมเด็จพระเจ้าตากสินมหาราช;; Teochew: Dênchao was born in April 17, 1734 1734)
• 1789 - Abd-ul-Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (b. Year 1734 ( MDCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1789 ( MDCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Abdülhamid I ( Ottoman Turkish: عبد الحميد اول `Abdü’l-Ḥamīd-i evvel) ( March 20, 1725 April 7, 1789 The Ottoman Dynasty (or the Imperial House of Osman) ( Turkish: Osmanlı Hanedanı) ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 to 1922 beginning with 1725)
• 1789 - Petrus Camper, Dutch anatomist (b. Year 1725 ( MDCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Peter, Pieter, or usually Petrus Camper ( May 11, 1722 in Leiden &ndash April 7, 1789 in The Hague 1722)
• 1801 - Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer (b. Year 1722 ( MDCCXXII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1801 ( MDCCCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Tuesday Noël François de Wailly ( July 31, 1724 &ndash April 7, 1801) French Grammarian and Lexicographer, was born 1724)
• 1804 - Toussaint Louverture, Haitian Revolutionary (b. Year 1724 ( MDCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1804 ( MDCCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture 1743)
• 1811 - Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (b. Year 1743 ( MDCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Prince Garsevan Chavchavadze (გარსევან ჭავჭავაძე ( July 20, 1757, - April 7, 1811) was a Georgian 1757)
• 1823 - Jacques Charles, French chemist (b. Year 1757 ( MDCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1823 ( MDCCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Jacques Alexandre César Charles ( November 12, 1746 – April 7, 1823) was a French inventor scientist mathematician and balloonist 1746)
• 1833 - Antoni Radziwiłł, Polish politician (b. Year 1746 ( MDCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Prince Antoni Henryk Radziwiłł ( 13 June 1775 &ndash 7 April 1833) was a Polish-Lithuanian 1775)
• 1836 - William Godwin, English political writer (b. Year 1775 ( MDCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap William Godwin ( 3 March 1756 &ndash 7 April 1836) was an English journalist political philosopher and Novelist 1756)
• 1850 - William Lisle Bowles, English poet and critic (b. Year 1756 ( MDCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link William Lisle Bowles ( September 24, 1762 - April 7, 1850) was an English Poet and Critic. 1762)
• 1858 - Anton Diabelli, Austrian music publisher, editor, and composer (b. Year 1762 ( MDCCLXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Anton Diabelli (September 6 1781 &ndash April 7 1858 was an Austrian 1781)
• 1868 - D'Arcy McGee, Canadian journalist and Father of Confederation (b. Year 1781 ( MDCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Thomas D'Arcy McGee, PC, ( April 13, 1825 &ndash April 7, 1868) was a Canadian journalist, Father of Confederation 1825)
• 1871 - Alexander Lloyd, Mayor of Chicago (b. Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Alexander Lloyd (also Alexander Loyd) ( August 19 1805 -May 71872 who was buried in Rosehill Cemetery served as a mayor 1805)
• 1885 - Carl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist (b. Year 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Karl (Carl Theodor Ernst von Siebold ( February 16, 1804 - April 7, 1885) was a German Physiologist and Zoologist 1804)
• 1891 - P. T. Barnum, American circus impresario (b. Year 1804 ( MDCCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5 1810 &ndash April 7 1891 was an American Showman remembered for Hoaxes and for founding the Circus that became the 1810)
• 1920 - Karl Binding, German jurist (b. Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Karl Ludwig Lorenz Binding ( April 6 1841 — April 7 1920) was a German Jurist known as a promoter of the theory of 1841)
• 1928 - Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (b. For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alexander Aleksandrovich Bogdanov Александр Александрович Богданов (born Alyaksandr Malinouski, Аляксандар Маліноўскі( 1873)
• 1939 - Joseph Lyons, tenth Prime Minister of Australia (b. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joseph Aloysius Lyons, CH (15 September 1879 &ndash 7 April 1939 Australian politician The Prime Minister of Australia is the Head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. 1879)
• 1943 - Jovan Dučić, Serbian poet
• 1943 - Alexandre Millerand, President of France (b. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jovan Dučić ( Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Дучић) (1871-1943 was a famous Serbian poet writer and diplomat Alexandre Millerand (10 February 1859 - 7 April 1943 was a French socialist Politician. The President of the French Republic (Président de la République française colloquially referred to in English as the President of France, is France 's elected 1859)
• 1947 - Henry Ford, American automobile manufacturer and industrialist (b. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Henry Ford ( July 30, 1863 &ndash April 7, 1947) was the American founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of 1863)
• 1950 - Walter Huston, Canadian-born actor (b. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Walter Huston ( April 6 1884 &ndash April 7 1950) was an Academy Award -winning Canadian -born American actor 1884)
• 1955 - Theda Bara, American film actress (b. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Theda Bara was the stage name and later legal name of Theodosia Burr Goodman ( July 29, 1885 – April 13, 1955) an American 1885)
• 1968 - Jim Clark, OBE, Scottish race car driver and two-time F1 world champion (b. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jim (or Jimmy) Clark OBE ( 4 March, 1936 &ndash 7 April, 1968) was a Scottish Formula One The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Formula One World Drivers' Championship (WDC is awarded by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile ( FIA) to the most successful Formula One 1936)
• 1981 - Kit Lambert, British record producer and manager (The Who) (b. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Christopher "Kit" Sebastian Lambert ( 11 May, 1935 &ndash 7 April, 1981) was a Record producer and the Manager The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964. The primary lineup consisted of guitarist Pete Townshend 1935)
• 1981 - Norman Taurog, American film director (b. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Norman Rae Taurog ( February 23, 1899 - April 7, 1981) was an Academy Award -winning American film director born in Chicago 1899)
• 1982 - Brenda Benet, American actress (b. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Brenda Benet ( August 14, 1945 - April 7, 1982) was an American actress 1945)
• 1982 - Harald Ertl, Austrian racing driver (b. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Harald Ertl ( August 31, 1948 - April 7 1982) was an Austrian Motorsport Journalist and racing driver 1948)
• 1984 - Frank Church, U. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) For his son Frank Forrester Church IV the Unitarian Universalist minister and theologian see Forrest Church. S. Senator from Idaho (b. 1924)
• 1990 - Ronald Evans, American astronaut (b. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Ronald Ellwin Evans Jr ( November 10, 1933 &ndash April 7, 1990) (Captain USN Ret 1933)
• 1992 - Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player (b. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Irvine Wallace "Ace" Bailey ( July 3, 1903 – April 7, 1992) was an Ice hockey player who competed for the Toronto 1903)
• 1994 - Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer and politician (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Albert Sigurður Guðmundsson ( October 5 1923 &ndash April 7 1994) was the first Icelandic professional football player 1923)
• 1994 - Golo Mann, German historian (b. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Golo Mann ( March 27, 1909 &ndash April 7, 1994) born Angelus Gottfried Thomas Mann, was a popular German Historian 1909)
• 1994 - Agathe Uwilingiyimana, Prime Minister of Rwanda (b. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Agathe Uwilingiyimana ( 23 May, 1953 – 7 April, 1994) was a Rwandan Political figure. List of the Heads of Government of Rwanda 1953)
• 1997 - Luis Aloma, Cuban baseball player (b. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Luis Aloma Barba ( July 23, 1923 - April 7, 1996) nicknamed "Witto" was a Relief pitcher in Major League Baseball 1923)
• 1997 - Georgi Shonin, Soviet cosmonaut (b. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Georgi Stepanovich Shonin (Гео́ргий Степа́нович Шо́нин ( August 3, 1935 &ndash April 7, 1997; born in 1935)
• 1997 - Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese film producer (Godzilla) (b. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tomoyuki Tanaka (田中 友幸 Tanaka Tomoyuki) was a Japanese Film producer, most famous for creating the Godzilla movies 1910)
• 1998 - Broery Marantika, Indonesian singer
• 2001 - David Graf, American actor (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Broery ( June 25, 1944 - April 7, 2000) was the stage name of the famous Indonesian Singer Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Paul David Graf ( April 16, 1950 &ndash April 7, 2001) was an American Actor, best known for his role as Sgt 1950)
• 2001 - Beatrice Straight, American actress (b. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1914)
• 2002 - John Agar, American actor (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. John G Agar ( January 31, 1921 – April 7, 2002) was an American actor 1921)
• 2003 - Cecile de Brunhoff, French storyteller (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Cecile de Brunhoff ( October 16, 1903 &ndash April 7, 2003) was a French storyteller and the co-creator of the Babar stories 1903)
• 2003 - David Greene, British television director (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting For other persons named David Greene see David Greene (disambiguation David Greene ( February 22 1921 &ndash 1921)
• 2004 - Victor Argo, American actor (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Victor Argo ( November 5 1934 &ndash April 7 2004) was an American actor who usually played the part of the tough bad guy in the movies 1934)
• 2005 - Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer (b. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Grigoris Bithikotsis ( Greek Γρηγόρης Μπιθικώτσης, ɣriˈɣo̞ˑris ˌbiθiˈko̞ˑʦis ( December 11, 1922 - April 7 1922)
• 2005 - Bob Kennedy, American baseball player and manager (b. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Daniel Kennedy ( August 18, 1920 - April 7, 2005) was a Right fielder / Third baseman, manager and 1920)
• 2005 - Cliff Allison, British racing driver (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Henry Clifford Allison ( 8 February 1932, Brough, Westmorland &ndash 7 April 2005, Brough (now Cumbria 1932)
• 2007 - Johnny Hart, American cartoonist (b. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Johnny Hart ( February 18 1931 &ndash April 7 2007) was an American Cartoonist noted as the creator of the Comic strip 1931)
• 2007 - Barry Nelson, American actor (b. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Barry Nelson ( April 16, 1917 – April 7, 2007) was an American Actor, noted as the first actor to portray Ian 1917)
• 2007 - Diego Corrales, American boxer (b. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Diego "Chico" Corrales ( August 25 1977 &ndash May 7 2007) was a former Super featherweight and Lightweight 1977)

Holidays and observances

• World Health Day - Celebrated by the 191 member countries of the World Health Organization
• Mozambique - Women's Day. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays World Health Day is celebrated every year on 7 April, under the sponsorship of the World Health Organization ( WHO) Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique (Moçambique or República de Moçambique, ʁɛ'publikɐ d musɐ̃'bik is a country in southeastern Africa
• The feast of Annunciation is celebrated by the Western Orthodox Church. In Christianity the Annunciation ( grc Ευαγγελισμός της Θεοτόκου, Evangelismós tēs Theotókou in Greek) is the revelation Western Rite Orthodoxy or Western Orthodoxy or Orthodox Western Rite are terms used to describe congregations and groups which are in communion with Eastern
• Saint John Baptist de La Salle (d. Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (John Baptist de La Salle (born 30 April 1651 in Reims; died 7 April 1719 in Saint-Yon 1719)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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