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April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). There are 268 days remaining.
Births:
- 1506 - Saint Francis Xavier
- 1770 - William Wordsworth, English poet (+ 1850)
- 1772 - Charles Fourier, French philosopher (+ 1837)
- 1897 - Walter Winchell
- 1915 - Billie Holiday, US-american Jazz and Blues singer (+ 1959)
- 1920 - Ravi Shankar, musician
- 1924 - Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian writer
- 1939 - Francis Ford Coppola, US-american film director and David Frost
- 1944 - Gerhard Schröder, German Bundeskanzler (chancellor) since 1998
- 1951 - Janis Ian, singer and songwriter
Deaths:
- 1614 - El Greco, artist
- 1858 - Anton Diabelli, music publisher, editor and composer
- 1891 - P. T. Barnum
- 1947 - Henry Ford, American automobile manufacturer and industrialist
- 1955 - Theda Bara, silent film actress
- 1968 - Jim Clark, racing driver
- 1997 - Georgi Shonin, cosmonaut
Events
- 1348 - Charles University founded in Prague
- 1652 - Cape Town, South Africa first settled by the Dutch under Jan Van Riebeeck
- 1856 - Foundation of Nelson College, Nelson, New Zealand
- 1862 - Union Army defeats the Confederates at the Battle of Shiloh
- 1943 - LSD first synthesized
- 1964 - IBM announces the System/360
- 1989 - Soviet submarine Komsomolets sank in Barents Sea
Holidays and observances:
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
April 6 - April 8 - March 7 - May 7 - more historical anniversaries