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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.
Events
- 1348 - Charles University is founded in Prague
- 1795 - France adopts the metre as the unit of length
- 1815 - Mount Tombora erupts, killing 92,000 people
- 1831 - Emperor Pedro I of Brazil abdicates in favor of his son, Pedro II
- 1856 - Foundation of Nelson College, Nelson, New Zealand
- 1862 - Union Army defeats the Confederates at the Battle of Shiloh
- 1906 - Mount Vesuvius erupts
- 1927 - First long distance public television broadcast
- 1933 - The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, ending Prohibition
- 1939 - World War II: Italy invades Albania
- 1943 - LSD is first synthesized
- 1945 - World War II: The Japanese battleship Yamato is sunk
- 1948 - The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations
- 1953 - Dag Hammarskjöld is elected United Nations Secretary General
- 1954 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech
- 1956 - Spain relinquishes its protectorate in Morocco
- 1963 - Josip Broz Tito is named President of Yugoslavia for life
- 1964 - IBM announces the System/360
- 1989 - Soviet submarine Komsomolets sinks in the Barents Sea
- 1994 - Massacres of Hutus begin in Kigali, Rwanda
- 1998 - Citicorp and Travelers Group announce plans to merge creating the largest financial-services conglomerate in the world, Citigroup.
- 2000 - Mars Odyssey is launched
Births:
- 1506 - Saint Francis Xavier, founder of the Society of Jesus (+ 1552)
- 1770 - William Wordsworth, English poet (+ 1850)
- 1772 - Charles Fourier, French philosopher (+ 1837)
- 1873 - John McGraw, baseball coach, manager, player
- 1893 - Allen Dulles, director of the Central Intelligence Agency (+ 1969)
- 1897 - Walter Winchell, broadcaster, journalist (+ 1972)
- 1904 - Ralph Bunche, diplomat, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
- 1908 - Percy Faith, composer, musician (+ 1976)
- 1915 - Billie Holiday, American jazz and Blues singer (+ 1959)
- 1915 - Henry Kuttner, science fiction writer (+ 1958)
- 1920 - Ravi Shankar, musician
- 1922 - Mongo Santamaria, Latin jazz musician (+ 2003)
- 1924 - Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian writer
- 1928 - James Garner, actor
- 1928 - Alan J. Pakula, producer, director (+ 1998)
- 1939 - Francis Ford Coppola, American film director
- 1939 - Sir David Frost, broadcaster, television host
- 1944 - Gerhard Schröder, German Bundeskanzler (chancellor)
- 1949 - John Oates, musician ("Hall and Oates")
- 1951 - Janis Ian, singer and songwriter
- 1954 - Jackie Chan, actor
- 1954 - Tony Dorsett, American football star
- 1964 - Russell Crowe, actor
Deaths:
- 30 - Jesus Christ (traditionally)
- 1614 - El Greco, artist
- 1858 - Anton Diabelli, music publisher, editor and composer
- 1891 - P. T. Barnum,circus impresario
- 1947 - Henry Ford, automobile manufacturer and industrialist
- 1950 - Walter Huston, Academy Award winning actor
- 1955 - Theda Bara, silent film actress
- 1968 - Jim Clark, racing driver
- 1981 - Norman Taurog, director
- 1997 - Georgi Shonin, cosmonaut
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