What happened on April 7? There are more than 271 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About April 7
April 7 is the 98th day of the year 2024. There are 268 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday. This day falls under the 14th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Springville, New York 14141 sunrise occured at 06:43 AM and sunset occured at 07:49 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Aries. The modern birthstone for this month is Diamond while the mystical birthstone is Opal.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 297 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For April 7
- 529First draft of the Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I.
- 1348Charles University is founded in Prague.
- 1521Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu.
- 1541Francis Xavier leaves Lisbon on a mission to the Portuguese East Indies.
- 1724Premiere performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s St John Passion BWV 245 at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig.
- 1767End of Burmese–Siamese War (1765–1767)
- 1776Captain John Barry and the USS Lexington captures the Edward.
- 1788American 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, and opening the westward expansion of the new country.
- 1798The Mississippi Territory is organized from disputed territory claimed by both the United States and Spain. It is expanded in 1804 and again in 1812.
- 1805Lewis and Clark Expedition: The Corps of Discovery breaks camp among the Mandan tribe and resumes its journey West along the Missouri River.
- 1827John Walker, an English chemist, sells the first friction match that he had invented the previous year.
- 1829Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, commences translation of the Book of Mormon, with Oliver Cowdery as his scribe.
- 1831D. Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil, resigns. He goes to his native Portugal to become King D. Pedro IV.
- 1862American Civil War: Battle of Shiloh ends – the Union Army under General Ulysses S. Grant defeats the Confederates near Shiloh, Tennessee.
- 1868Thomas 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.
- 1890Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
- 1906Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
- 1906The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
- 1908H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
- 1922Teapot Dome scandal: United States Secretary of the Interior leases Teapot Dome petroleum reserves in Wyoming.
- 1927First distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).
- 1933Prohibition is repealed for beer of no more than 3.2% alcohol by weight, eight months before the ratification of the XXI amendment.
- 1939World War II: Italy invades Albania.
- 1940Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.
- 1943Holocaust: 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.
- 1943Ioannis Rallis becomes collaborationist Prime Minister of Greece during the WWII Axis Occupation.
- 1945World 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.
- 1945World War II: Visoko is liberated by the 7th, 9th, and 17th Krajina brigades from the Tenth division of Yugoslav Partisan forces.
- 1946Syria’s independence from France is officially recognised.
- 1948A Buddhist monastery burns in Shanghai, China, leaving twenty monks dead.
- 1948The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.
- 1954President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his “domino theory” speech during a news conference.
- 1956Spain relinquishes its protectorate in Morocco.
- 1964IBM announces the System/360.
- 1969The Internet’s symbolic birth date: publication of RFC 1.
- 1971President Richard Nixon announces his decision to increase the rate of American troop withdrawals from Vietnam.
- 1976Former British Cabinet Minister John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party.
- 1977German Federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light.
- 1978Development of the neutron bomb is canceled by President Jimmy Carter.
- 1983During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first space shuttle spacewalk.
- 1985Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev declares a moratorium on the deployment of middle-range missiles in Europe.
- 1989Soviet submarine Komsomolets sinks in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway killing 42 sailors.
- 1990A fire breaks out on the passenger ferry M/S Scandinavian Star, killing 158 people.
- 1990Iran Contra Affair: John Poindexter is found guilty of five charges for his part in the scandal (the conviction is later reversed on appeal).
- 1992Republika Srpska announces its independence.
- 1994Auburn 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.
- 1994Rwandan Genocide: Massacres of Tutsis begin in Kigali, Rwanda.
- 1995First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops begin a massacre of civilians in Samashki, Chechnya.
- 1999The World Trade Organization rules in favor of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas.
- 2001Mars Odyssey is launched.
- 2003U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein’s regime falls two days later.
- 2009Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces.
- 2009Mass protests begin across Moldova under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are fraudulent.
Who Were Born On April 7?
- 1506Saint Francis Xavier, Spanish co-founder of the Society of Jesus (d. 1552)
- 1539Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter (d. 1584)
- 1613Gerhard Douw, Dutch painter (d. 1675)
- 1644François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi, French soldier (d. 1730)
- 1648John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (d. 1721)
- 1652Pope Clement XII (d. 1740)
- 1718Hugh Blair, Scottish preacher and man of letters (d. 1800)
- 1727Michel Adanson, French botanist (d. 1806)
- 1770William Wordsworth, English poet (d. 1850)
- 1772Charles Fourier, French philosopher (d. 1837)
- 1780William Ellery Channing, Unitarian theologian (d. 1842)
- 1803Flora Tristan, French feminist and socialist philosopher (d. 1844)
- 1803James Curtiss, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1859)
- 1848Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1930)
- 1853Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, son of Queen Victoria (d. 1884)
- 1859Walter Camp, sports authority known as the “Father of American Football” (d. 1925)
- 1860Will Keith Kellogg, American cereal manufacturer (d. 1951)
- 1867Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist (d. 1953)
- 1870Gustav Landauer, German anarchist and revolutionary (d. 1919)
- 1871Epifanio de los Santos, Filipino historian, scholar and lawyer (d. 1927)
- 1873John McGraw, American baseball player and manager (d. 1934)
- 1883Gino Severini, Italian painter (d. 1966)
- 1886Ed Lafitte, American baseball player (d. 1971)
- 1889Gabriela Mistral, Chilean writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1957)
- 1890Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American conservationist and writer (d. 1998)
- 1890Paul Berth, Danish amateur football player (d. 1969)
- 1891Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish inventor (d. 1958)
- 1893Allen Dulles, American Central Intelligence Agency director (d. 1969)
- 1895Margarete Schön, German actress (d. 1985)
- 1897Erich Loewenhardt, German flying ace of World War I (d. 1918)
- 1897Walter Winchell, American broadcaster and journalist (d. 1972)
- 1899Robert Casadesus, French pianist (d. 1972)
- 1903Edwin T. Layton, American Naval officer (d. 1984)
- 1908Percy Faith, Canadian composer and musician (d. 1976)
- 1909Robert Charroux, French writer (d. 1978)
- 1911Hervé Bazin, French writer (d. 1996)
- 1913Charles Vanik, American politician (d. 2007)
- 1914Ralph Flanagan, American big band leader (d. 1995)
- 1915Billie Holiday, American singer (d. 1959)
- 1915Henry Kuttner, American writer (d. 1958)
- 1915Stanley Adams, American actor (d. 1977)
- 1916Anthony Caruso, American actor (d. 2003)
- 1917R. G. Armstrong, American actor
- 1918Bobby Doerr, American baseball player
- 1919Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer
- 1919Roger Lemelin, Quebec novelist and television writer (d. 1992)
- 1920Ravi Shankar, Indian sitar player
- 1922Mongo Santamaria, Cuban musician (d. 2003)
- 1924Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian writer (d. 2009)
- 1927Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian drummer (d. 2003)
- 1928Alan J. Pakula, American film producer and director (d. 1998)
- 1928James Garner, American actor
- 1928James White, Northern Irish science fiction writer (d. 1999)
- 1929Bob Denard, French mercenary (d. 2007)
- 1929Joe Gallo, American gangster (d. 1972)
- 1930Andrew Sachs, English actor
- 1931Daniel Ellsberg, American military analyst
- 1931Donald Barthelme, American author (d. 1989)
- 1933Wayne Rogers, American actor
- 1934Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (d. 2007)
- 1935Bobby Bare, American musician
- 1935Hodding Carter III, American journalist and politician
- 1936Jean-Pierre Changeux, French neuroscientist
- 1938Freddie Hubbard, American jazz trumpeter (d. 2008)
- 1938Jerry Brown, American politician
- 1938Spencer Dryden, American drummer (Jefferson Airplane) (d. 2005)
- 1939Francis Ford Coppola, American film director
- 1939Sir David Frost, English broadcaster and TV host
- 1941Cornelia Frances, Australian actress
- 1941Gorden Kaye, British actor
- 1941James Di Pasquale, American composer
- 1942Jeetendra, Indian actor
- 1942Nam Gi-nam, South Korean director of movies
- 1944Bill Stoneman, American baseball player and manager
- 1944Gerhard Schröder, German politician
- 1944Julia Phillips, American film producer and writer (d. 2002)
- 1945Joël Robuchon, French chef
- 1945Martyn Lewis, British newsreader
- 1945Megas, Icelandic singer, songwriter, and writer
- 1945Werner Schroeter, German film director
- 1946Colette Besson, French runner (d. 2005)
- 1946Stan Winston, American special effects artist, makeup artist, and film director (d. 2008)
- 1946Zaid Abdul-Aziz, American basketball player
- 1947Eliseo Soriano, Philippine evangelist
- 1947Florian Schneider, German musician (Kraftwerk)
- 1947Patricia Bennett, American singer (The Chiffons)
- 1948Carol Douglas, American singer
- 1949John Oates, American rock guitarist and lyricst (Hall & Oates)
- 1949Mitch Daniels, American politician, governor of Indiana
- 1950Brian J. Doyle, former Deputy Press Secretary in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- 1951Janis Ian, American singer and songwriter
- 1952Clarke Peters, American actor
- 1954Jackie Chan, Chinese actor, director, producer, and martial artist
- 1954Tony Dorsett, American football player
- 1955Gregg Jarrett, American lawyer and television news journalist
- 1955Werner Stocker, German actor (d. 1993)
- 1956Annika Billström, Swedish politician
- 1956Christopher Darden, prosecutor in O. J. Simpson murder case
- 1957Kim Kap-su, South Korean actor
- 1960Buster Douglas, American boxer
- 1961Pascal Olmeta, French footballer
- 1961Thurl Bailey, American basketball player
- 1962Andrew “Andy” Hampsten, American cyclist
- 1962Hugh O'Connor, American actor (d. 1995)
- 1962Ram Gopal Varma, Indian film director & producer
- 1963Jaime de Marichalar, Duke of Lugo, Spanish royalty
- 1963Paul Michael Robinson, American actor and erotic actor
- 1964Jace Alexander, American television director
- 1964Russell Crowe, Australian actor
- 1964Steve Graves, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1965Alison Lapper, British artist
- 1965Bill Bellamy, American actor and comedian
- 1966Gary Wilkinson, English snooker player
- 1967Artemis Gounaki, composer, writer and music producer
- 1968Duncan Armstrong, Australian swimmer
- 1968Jennifer Lynch, American director
- 1969Ricky Watters, American football player
- 1970Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian pianist
- 1971Guillaume Depardieu, French actor (d. 2008)
- 1971Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, American actress
- 1971Victor Kraatz, Canadian figure skater
- 1973Ève Salvail, Canadian model
- 1973Brett Tomko, American baseball player
- 1973Carole Montillet, French skier
- 1975Karin Dreijer Andersson, Swedish singer
- 1975Ronde Barber, American football player
- 1975Ronnie Belliard, American baseball player
- 1975Tiki Barber, American football player
- 1976Kevin Alejandro, American actor
- 1977Silvana Arias, Peruvian actress
- 1979Adrián Beltré, Dominican baseball player
- 1979Danny Sandoval, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1979Pascal Dupuis, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979Patrick Crayton, American football player
- 1980Dragan Bogavac, Montenegrin footballer
- 1981Suzann Pettersen, Norwegian golfer
- 1982Sonjay Dutt, American professional wrestler
- 1983Franck Ribéry, French footballer
- 1983Jon Stead, British footballer
- 1986Brooke Brodack, American internet celebrity
- 1988Antonio Piccolo, Italian footballer
- 1988Edward Speleers, British model and actor
- 1989Alexa Demara, American model
- 1989Franco Di Santo, Argentine footballer
- 1990Trent Cotchin, Australian footballer
- 1992Alexis Jordan, American singer
Who Died On April 7?
- 1498King Charles VIII of France (b. 1470)
- 1614El Greco, Greek-born artist (b. 1541)
- 1638Shimazu Tadatsune, Japanese ruler of Satsuma (b. 1576)
- 1651Lennart Torstenson, Swedish soldier and engineer (b. 1603)
- 1658Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, Spanish mystic (b. 1595)
- 1661Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, English soldier and politician (b. 1604)
- 1663Francis Cooke, Mayflower pilgrim (b. c.1583)
- 1668William Davenant, English poet (b. 1606)
- 1719Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French saint (b. 1651)
- 1739Dick Turpin, English highwayman (b. 1705)
- 1747Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal (b. 1676)
- 1766Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist and critic (b. 1685)
- 1767Franz Sparry, Austrian composer (b. 1715)
- 1782Taksin, King of Thailand (b. 1734)
- 1789Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1725)
- 1789Petrus Camper, Dutch anatomist (b. 1722)
- 1801Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer (b. 1724)
- 1804Toussaint Louverture, Haitian Revolutionary (b. 1743)
- 1811Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (b. 1757)
- 1823Jacques Charles, French chemist (b. 1746)
- 1833Antoni Radziwiłł, Polish politician (b. 1775)
- 1836William Godwin, English political writer (b. 1756)
- 1850William Lisle Bowles, English poet and critic (b. 1762)
- 1858Anton Diabelli, Austrian music publisher, editor, and composer (b. 1781)
- 1868Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Canadian journalist and Father of Confederation (b. 1825)
- 1871Alexander Loyd, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
- 1871Prince Alexander John of Wales (b. 1871)
- 1885Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist (b. 1804)
- 1891P. T. Barnum, American circus impresario (b. 1810)
- 1920Karl Binding, German jurist (b. 1841)
- 1928Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (b. 1873)
- 1939Joseph Lyons, tenth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1879)
- 1943Alexandre Millerand, President of France (b. 1859)
- 1943Jovan Dučić, Serbian poet (b. 1871)
- 1947Henry Ford, American automobile manufacturer and industrialist (b. 1863)
- 1950Walter Huston, Canadian-born actor (b. 1884)
- 1955Theda Bara, American film actress (b. 1885)
- 1960Henri Guisan, General of the Swiss Army during World War II (b. 1874)
- 1968Jim Clark, OBE, Scottish race car driver and two-time F1 world champion (b. 1936)
- 1972Abeid Karume, first president of Zanzibar (b. 1905)
- 1972Joe Gallo, American gangster (b. 1929)
- 1981Kit Lambert, British record producer and manager (The Who) (b. 1935)
- 1981Norman Taurog, American film director (b. 1899)
- 1982Brenda Benet, American actress (b. 1945)
- 1982Harald Ertl, Austrian racing driver (b. 1948)
- 1984Frank Church, U.S. Senator from Idaho (b. 1924)
- 1985Carl Schmitt, German philosopher and political theorist (b. 1888)
- 1990Ronald Evans, American astronaut (b. 1933)
- 1992Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1903)
- 1992Antonis Tritsis, Greek politician (b. 1937)
- 1994Agathe Uwilingiyimana, Prime Minister of Rwanda (b. 1953)
- 1994Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer and politician (b. 1923)
- 1994Golo Mann, German historian (b. 1909)
- 1997Georgi Shonin, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1935)
- 1997Luis Aloma, Cuban baseball player (b. 1923)
- 1997Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese film producer (Godzilla series) (b. 1910)
- 2000Broery Marantika, Indonesian singer (b. 1944)
- 2001Beatrice Straight, American actress (b. 1914)
- 2001David Graf, American actor (b. 1950)
- 2002John Agar, American actor (b. 1921)
- 2003Cecile de Brunhoff, French storyteller (b. 1903)
- 2003David Greene, British television director (b. 1921)
- 2004Konstantinos Kallias, Greek politician (b. 1901)
- 2004Victor Argo, American actor (b. 1934)
- 2005Bob Kennedy, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
- 2005Cliff Allison, British racing driver (b. 1932)
- 2005Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer (b. 1922)
- 2007Barry Nelson, American actor (b. 1917)
- 2007Johnny Hart, American cartoonist (b. 1931)
- 2008Mark Speight, English television presenter (b. 1965)
- 2009Dave Arneson, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons (b. 1947)
- 2010Jean-Paul Proust, French-born Minister of State of Monaco (b. 1940)
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