On this day | April 7th

On this day: April 7th

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451 Attila captures Metz in France, killing most of its inhabitants and burning the town.

529 First ''Corpus Juris Civilis'', a fundamental work in jurisprudence, is issued by List of Byzantine emperors Justinian I.

1141 Empress Matilda becomes the first female ruler of England, adopting the title "Lady of the English".

1348 Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor charters Charles University.

1449 Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy abdicates his claim to the Pope, ending the reign of the final Antipope.

1521 Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu.

1541 Francis Xavier leaves Lisbon on a mission to the Portuguese Empire.

1724 Premiere performance of Bach's ''St John Passion structure'', Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis 245, at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig.

1767 End of Burmese–Siamese War (1765–1767).

1788 List of early settlers of Marietta, Ohio establish Marietta, Ohio, the first permanent settlement created by Citizenship of the United States in the recently organized Northwest Territory.

1790 Greek War of Independence: Greek revolutionary Lambros Katsonis loses three of his ships in the Battle of Andros (1790).

1795 The French First Republic adopts the kilogram and gram as its primary unit of mass.

1798 The Mississippi Territory is organized from disputed territory claimed by both the United States and the Spanish Empire. It is expanded in 1804 and again in 1812.

1805 Lewis and Clark Expedition: The Corps of Discovery breaks camp among the Mandan tribe and resumes its journey West along the Missouri River.

1805 German composer Ludwig van Beethoven premieres his Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven), at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.

1824 The Mechanics' institute is established in Manchester, England at the Bridgewater Arms hotel, as part of a national movement for the education of working men. The institute is the precursor to three Universities in the city: the University of Manchester, UMIST and the Metropolitan University of Manchester (MMU).

1831 Pedro II of Brazil becomes Emperor of Empire of Brazil.

1862 American Civil War: The Union's Army of the Tennessee and the Army of the Ohio Battle of Shiloh the Confederate Army of Mississippi near Shiloh, Hardin County, Tennessee.

1868 Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation, is assassinated by a Fenian activist.

1906 Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.

1906 The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.

1922 Teapot Dome scandal: United States Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall Teapot Dome scandal federal petroleum reserves to private oil companies on excessively generous terms.

1926 Violet Gibson attempts to assassinate Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini.

1927 AT&T Corporation engineer Herbert Ives transmits the first long-distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).

1933 Prohibition in the United States is repealed for beer of no more than 3.2% alcohol by weight, eight months before the ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution. (Now celebrated as National Beer Day (United States) in the United States.)

1933 Nazi Germany issues the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service banning Jews and political dissidents from civil service posts.

1939 Benito Mussolini declares an Italian protectorate of Albania (1939–1943) over Albania and forces King Zog I of Albania into exile.

1940 Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a Postage stamps and postal history of the United States.

1943 The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Terebovlia, Germans order 1,100 Jews to undress and march through the city to the nearby village of Plebanivka, where they are shot and buried in ditches.

1943 Ioannis Rallis becomes Collaborationism Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis occupation of Greece.

1943 The National Football League makes Football helmet mandatory.

1944 In the Fragheto massacre, soldiers belonging to the German 356th Infantry Division kill 30 Italian civilians and 15 partisans near Casteldelci in central-northern Italy.

1945 World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship ''Japanese battleship Yamato'', one of the two largest ever constructed, is sunk by United States Navy aircraft during Operation Ten-Go.

1946 The Soviet Union annexes East Prussia as the Kaliningrad Oblast of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

1948 The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.

1954 United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.

1955 Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.

1956 Francoist Spain agrees to surrender its Spanish protectorate in Morocco in Morocco.

1964 IBM announces the IBM System/360.

1965 Representatives of the National Congress of American Indians testify before members of the US Senate in Washington, D.C., against the termination of the Colville people tribe.

1968 Two-time Formula One British List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions Jim Clark dies in an accident during a Formula Two race in Hockenheimring.

1969 The Internet's symbolic birth date: Publication of Request for Comments 1.

1971 Vietnam War: President Richard Nixon announces his decision to quicken the pace of Vietnamization.

1972 Vietnam War: Vietcong Battle of Loc Ninh the South Vietnamese town of Lộc Ninh, Bình Phước.

1976 Member of Parliament and suspected spy John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party (UK) after being arrested for Faked death.

1977 German Federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light.

1978 Development of the neutron bomb is canceled by President Jimmy Carter.

1980 During the Iran hostage crisis, the United States severs relations with Iran.

1982 Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh is arrested.

1983 During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Donald H. Peterson perform the first Space Shuttle spacewalk.

1988 Soviet Defense Minister Dmitry Yazov orders the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan.

1989 Soviet submarine K-278 Komsomolets sinks in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway, killing 42 sailors.

1990 A fire breaks out on the passenger ferry ''MS Scandinavian Star'', killing 159 people.

1990 John Poindexter is convicted for his role in the Iran–Contra affair. In 1991 the convictions are reversed on appeal.

1994 Rwandan genocide: Massacres of Tutsis begin in Kigali, Rwanda, and soldiers kill the civilian Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana.

1994 Auburn Calloway attempts to destroy Federal Express Flight 705 in order to allow his family to benefit from his life insurance policy.

1995 First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops begin a Samashki massacre of civilians in Samashki, Chechnya.

1999 Turkish Airlines Flight 5904 crashes near Ceyhan in southern Turkey, killing six people.

2001 NASA launches the 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter.

2003 Iraq War: U.S. troops Battle of Baghdad (2003); Saddam Hussein's Ba'athist Iraq falls two days later.

2003 Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide demands reparations of $21 billion from France for the Haiti Independence Debt.

2009 Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces.

2009 April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election protests begin across Moldova under the belief that results from the April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election are fraudulent.

2011 The Israel Defense Forces use their Iron Dome missile system to successfully intercept a BM-21 Grad launched from Gaza Strip, marking the first Short-range ballistic missile intercept ever.

2017 A man 2017 Stockholm truck attack in Stockholm, killing five people and injuring fifteen others.

2017 U.S. President Donald Trump orders the 2017 Shayrat missile strike against Syria in retaliation for the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack.

2018 Former Brazilians president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is arrested for corruption by determination of Judge Sergio Moro, from the "Operation Car Wash". Lula stayed imprisoned for 580 days, after being released by the Supreme Federal Court.

2018 Syria launches the Douma chemical attack during the Eastern Ghouta offensive (February-April 2018) of the Syrian civil war.

2020 COVID-19 pandemic: China ends its Wuhan lockdown in Wuhan.

2020 COVID-19 pandemic: Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly resigns for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic on USS Theodore Roosevelt and the dismissal of Brett Crozier.

2021 COVID-19 pandemic: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announces that the SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant has become the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the United States.

2022 Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed for the Supreme Court of the United States, becoming the first black female justice.

1206 Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1253)

1330 John, 3rd Earl of Kent, English nobleman (d. 1352)

1470 Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire (d. 1498)

1506 Francis Xavier, Spanish missionary and saint, co-founded the Society of Jesus (d. 1552)

1539 Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter and illustrator (d. 1584)

1613 Gerrit Dou, Dutch painter (d. 1675)

1644 François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, French general (d. 1730)

1648 John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 1721)

1652 Pope Clement XII (d. 1740)

1713 Nicola Sala, Italian composer and theorist (d. 1801)

1718 Hugh Blair, Scottish minister and author (d. 1800)

1727 Michel Adanson, French botanist, entomologist, and mycologist (d. 1806)

1763 Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (d. 1846)

1770 William Wordsworth, English poet (d. 1850)

1772 Charles Fourier, French philosopher (d. 1837)

1780 William Ellery Channing, American preacher and theologian (d. 1842)

1803 James Curtiss, American journalist and politician, 11th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1859)

1803 Flora Tristan, French author and activist (d. 1844)

1811 Hasan Tahsini, Albanian astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (d. 1881)

1817 Francesco Selmi, Italian chemist and patriot (d. 1881)

1848 Randall Davidson, Scottish archbishop (d. 1930)

1859 Walter Camp, American football player and coach (d. 1925)

1860 Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (d. 1951)

1867 Holger Pedersen (linguist), Danish linguist and academic (d. 1953)

1870 Gustav Landauer, German theorist and activist (d. 1919)

1871 Epifanio de los Santos, Filipino jurist, historian, and scholar (d. 1927)

1873 John McGraw, American baseball player and manager (d. 1934)

1874 Frederick Carl Frieseke, German-American painter (d. 1939)

1876 Fay Moulton, American sprinter, football player, coach, and lawyer (d. 1945)

1882 Bert Ironmonger, Australian cricketer (d. 1971)

1882 Kurt von Schleicher, German general and politician, 23rd Chancellor of Germany (d. 1934)

1883 Gino Severini, Italian-French painter and author (d. 1966)

1884 Clement Smoot, American golfer (d. 1963)

1886 Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and soldier (d. 1971)

1889 Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet and educator, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (d. 1957)

1890 Paul Berth, Danish footballer (d. 1969)

1890 Victoria Ocampo, Argentine writer (d. 1979)

1890 Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American journalist and activist (d. 1998)

1891 Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman, founded the Lego Group (d. 1958)

1892 Julius Hirsch, German footballer (d. 1945)

1893 José de Almada Negreiros, Portuguese artist (d. 1970)

1893 Allen Dulles, American lawyer and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 1969)

1895 John Bernard Flannagan, American soldier and sculptor (d. 1942)

1895 Margarete Schön, German actress (d. 1985)

1896 Frits Peutz, Dutch architect, designed the Glaspaleis (d. 1974)

1897 Erich Löwenhardt, Polish-German lieutenant and pilot (d. 1918)

1897 Walter Winchell, American journalist and radio host (d. 1972)

1899 Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer (d. 1972)

1900 Adolf Dymsza, Polish actor (d. 1975)

1900 Tebbs Lloyd Johnson, English race walker (d. 1984)

1902 Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (d. 1941)

1903 M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1965)

1903 Edwin T. Layton, American admiral (d. 1984)

1904 Roland Wilson (economist), Australian economist and statistician (d. 1996)

1908 Percy Faith, Canadian composer, conductor, and bandleader (d. 1976)

1908 Peter Zaremba (athlete), American hammer thrower (d. 1994)

1909 Robert Charroux, French author and critic (d. 1978)

1910 Melissanthi, Greek poet, teacher and journalist (d. 1990)

1913 Louise Currie, American actress (d. 2013)

1913 Charles Vanik, American soldier, judge, and politician (d. 2007)

1914 Ralph Flanagan, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1995)

1914 Domnitsa Lanitou-Kavounidou, Greek sprinter (d. 2011)

1915 Stanley Adams (actor), American actor and screenwriter (d. 1977)

1915 Billie Holiday, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1959)

1915 Henry Kuttner, American author (d. 1958)

1916 Anthony Caruso (actor), American actor (d. 2003)

1917 R. G. Armstrong, American actor and playwright (d. 2012)

1918 Bobby Doerr, American baseball player and coach (d. 2017)

1919 Roger Lemelin, Canadian author and screenwriter (d. 1992)

1919 Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer (d. 2012)

1920 Ravi Shankar, Indian-American sitar player and composer (d. 2012)

1921 Feza Gürsey, Turkish mathematician and physicist (d. 1992)

1922 Mongo Santamaría, Cuban-American drummer (d. 2003)

1924 Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian-English author and screenwriter (d. 2009)

1925 Chaturanan Mishra, Indian trade union leader and politician (d. 2011)

1925 Jan van Roessel, Dutch footballer (d. 2011)

1927 Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian-American drummer, educator, and activist (d. 2003)

1927 Leonid Shcherbakov, Russian triple jumper (d. 2004)

1928 James Garner, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 2014)

1928 Alan J. Pakula, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1998)

1928 James White (author), Northern Irish author and educator (d. 1999)

1929 Bob Denard, French soldier (d. 2007)

1929 Joe Gallo, American gangster (d. 1972)

1930 Jane Priestman, English interior designer (d. 2021)

1930 Yves Rocher, French businessman, founded the Yves Rocher (company) (d. 2009)

1930 Andrew Sachs, German-English actor and screenwriter (d. 2016)

1930 Roger Vergé, French chef and restaurateur (d. 2015)

1931 Donald Barthelme, American short story writer and novelist (d. 1989)

1931 Daniel Ellsberg, American activist and author (d. 2023)

1932 Cal Smith, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)

1933 Wayne Rogers, American actor, investor, and producer (d. 2015)

1933 Sakıp Sabancı, Turkish businessman and philanthropist (d. 2004)

1934 Ian Richardson, Scottish-English actor (d. 2007)

1935 Bobby Bare, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1935 Hodding Carter III, American journalist and politician, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs (d. 2023)

1937 Charlie Thomas (musician), American singer (d. 2023)

1938 Jerry Brown, American lawyer and politician, 34th and 39th Governor of California

1938 Spencer Dryden, American drummer (d. 2005)

1938 Freddie Hubbard, American trumpet player and composer (d. 2008)

1938 Iris Johansen, American author

1939 Francis Ford Coppola, American director, producer, and screenwriter

1939 David Frost, English journalist and game show host (d. 2013)

1939 Gary Kellgren, American record producer, co-founded Record Plant (d. 1977)

1939 Brett Whiteley, Australian painter (d. 1992)

1940 Marju Lauristin, Estonian academic and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Social Affairs

1941 James Di Pasquale, American composer

1941 Peter Fluck, English puppet maker and illustrator

1941 Cornelia Frances, English-Australian actress (d. 2018)

1941 Gorden Kaye, English actor (d. 2017)

1942 Jeetendra, Indian actor, TV and film producer

1943 Mick Abrahams, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1943 Dennis Amiss, English cricketer and manager

1944 Shel Bachrach, American insurance broker, investor, businessman and philanthropist (d. 2024)

1944 Warner Fusselle, American sportscaster (d. 2012)

1944 Oshik Levi, Israeli singer and actor

1944 Julia Phillips, American film producer and author (d. 2002)

1944 Gerhard Schröder, German lawyer and politician, 7th List of chancellors of Germany

1944 Bill Stoneman, American baseball player and manager

1945 Megas, Icelandic singer-songwriter

1945 Gerry Cottle, English circus owner (d. 2021)

1945 Marilyn Friedman, American philosopher and academic

1945 Martyn Lewis, Welsh journalist and author

1945 Joël Robuchon, French chef and author (d. 2018)

1945 Werner Schroeter, German director and screenwriter (d. 2010)

1945 Hans van Hemert, Dutch songwriter and producer (d. 2024)

1946 Zaid Abdul-Aziz, American basketball player

1946 Colette Besson, French runner and educator (d. 2005)

1946 Herménégilde Chiasson, Canadian poet, playwright, and politician, 29th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick

1946 Robert Metcalfe, American engineer and entrepreneur

1946 Dimitrij Rupel, Slovenian politician and diplomate

1946 Stan Winston, American special effects designer and makeup artist (d. 2008)

1947 Patricia Bennett, American singer

1947 Florian Schneider, German singer and drummer (d. 2020)

1947 Michèle Torr, French singer and author

1948 John Oates, American singer-songwriter guitarist, and producer

1948 Arnie Robinson, American athlete (d. 2020)

1948 Ecaterina Andronescu, Romanian politician

1949 Mitch Daniels, American academic and politician, 49th Governor of Indiana

1950 Brian J. Doyle, American press secretary

1950 Neil Folberg, American-Israeli photographer

1951 Bruce Gary, American drummer (d. 2006)

1951 Janis Ian, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1952 David Baulcombe, English geneticist and academic

1952 Jane Frederick, American hurdler and heptathlete

1952 Gilles Valiquette, Canadian actor, singer, and producer

1952 Dennis Hayden (actor), American actor

1953 Santa Barraza, American mixed media artist

1953 Douglas Kell, English biochemist and academic

1954 Jackie Chan, Hong Kong martial artist, actor, stuntman, director, producer, and screenwriter

1954 Tony Dorsett, American football player

1955 Tim Cochran, American mathematician and academic (d. 2014)

1955 Gregg Jarrett, American lawyer and journalist

1956 Annika Billström, Swedish businesswoman and politician, 16th List of mayors of Stockholm

1956 Christopher Darden, American lawyer and author

1956 Georg Werthner, Austrian decathlete

1957 Kim Kap-soo, South Korean actor

1957 Thelma Walker, British politician

1958 Brian Haner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1958 Hindrek Kesler, Estonian architect

1960 Buster Douglas, American boxer and actor

1960 Sandy Powell (costume designer), English costume designer

1961 Thurl Bailey, American basketball player and actor

1961 Pascal Olmeta, French footballer

1961 Brigitte van der Burg, Tanzanian-Dutch geographer and politician

1962 Jon Cruddas, English lawyer and politician

1962 Andrew Hampsten, American cyclist

1963 Jaime de Marichalar, Spanish businessman

1963 Nick Herbert, English businessman and politician, Minister for Policing

1963 Dave Johnson (decathlete), American decathlete and educator

1964 Jace Alexander, American actor and director

1964 Russell Crowe, New Zealand-Australian actor

1964 Steve Graves, Canadian ice hockey player

1965 Bill Bellamy, American comedian, actor, and producer

1965 Rozalie Hirs, Dutch composer and poet

1965 Alison Lapper, English painter and photographer

1965 Nenad Vučinić, Serbian-New Zealand basketball player and coach

1966 Richard Gomez, Filipino actor and politician

1966 Zvika Hadar, Israeli entertainer

1966 Béla Mavrák, Hungarian tenor singer

1966 Gary Wilkinson (snooker player), English snooker player

1967 Artemis Gounaki, Greek-German singer-songwriter

1967 Bodo Illgner, German footballer

1967 Simone Schilder, Dutch tennis player

1968 Duncan Armstrong, Australian swimmer and sportscaster

1968 Jennifer Lynch, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter

1968 Jože Možina, Slovenian historian, sociologist and journalist

1968 Vasiliy Sokov, Russian triple jumper

1969 Ricky Watters, American football player

1970 Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian pianist and educator

1970 Alexander Karpovtsev, Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2011)

1971 Guillaume Depardieu, French actor (d. 2008)

1971 Victor Kraatz, German-Canadian figure skater

1972 Tim Peake, British astronaut

1973 Marco Delvecchio, Italian footballer

1973 Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Dutch lawyer and politician, List of Ministers of Defence of the Netherlands

1973 Carole Montillet, French skier

1973 Christian O'Connell, British radio DJ and presenter

1973 Brett Tomko, American baseball player

1975 Karin Dreijer Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer

1975 Ronde Barber, American football player and sportscaster

1975 Tiki Barber, American football player and journalist

1975 Ronnie Belliard, American baseball player

1975 John Cooper (musician), American singer-songwriter and bass player

1975 Simon Woolford, Australian rugby league player

1976 Kevin Alejandro, American actor and producer

1976 Martin Buß, German high jumper

1976 Jessica Lee, English lawyer and politician

1976 Aaron Lohr, American actor

1976 Barbara Jane Reams, American actress

1976 Gang Qiang, Chinese anchor

1977 Tama Canning, Australian-New Zealand cricketer

1977 Karin Haydu, Slovak actress

1978 Jo Appleby, English soprano

1978 Duncan James, English singer-songwriter and actor

1978 Lilia Osterloh, American tennis player

1979 Adrián Beltré, Dominican-American baseball player

1979 Patrick Crayton, American football player

1979 Pascal Dupuis, Canadian ice hockey player

1979 Danny Sandoval, Venezuelan-American baseball player

1980 Dragan Bogavac, Montenegrin footballer

1980 Bruno Covas, Brazilian lawyer, politician (d. 2021)

1980 Tetsuji Tamayama, Japanese actor

1981 Hitoe Arakaki, Japanese singer

1981 Kazuki Watanabe (musician), Japanese songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000)

1981 Vanessa Olivarez, American singer-songwriter, and actress

1981 Suzann Pettersen, Norwegian golfer

1982 Silvana Arias, Peruvian actress

1982 Sonjay Dutt, American wrestler

1982 Kelli Young, English singer

1983 Davidson Brothers, Australian musician

1983 Franck Ribéry, French footballer

1983 Jon Stead, English footballer

1983 Jakub Smrž, Czech motorcycle rider

1983 Janar Talts, Estonian basketball player

1984 Hiroko Shimabukuro, Japanese singer

1985 KC Concepcion, Filipino actress and singer

1985 Humza Yousaf, Scottish politician

1986 Brooke Brodack, American comedian

1986 Jack Duarte, Mexican actor, singer, and guitarist

1986 Andi Fraggs, English singer-songwriter and producer

1986 Christian Fuchs, Austrian footballer

1986 Choi Si-won, South Korean singer and actor

1987 Martín Cáceres, Uruguayan footballer

1987 Eelco Sintnicolaas, Dutch decathlete

1987 Jamar Smith, American football player

1988 Antonio Piccolo, Italian footballer

1988 Ed Speleers, English actor and producer

1989 Franco Di Santo, Argentinian footballer

1989 Mitchell Pearce, Australian rugby league player

1989 Teddy Riner, French judoka

1990 Nickel Ashmeade, Jamaican sprinter

1990 Anna Bogomazova, Russian-American kick-boxer, martial artist, and wrestler

1990 Sorana Cîrstea, Romanian tennis player

1990 Trent Cotchin, Australian footballer

1991 Luka Milivojević, Serbian footballer

1991 Anne-Marie (singer), English singer-songwriter

1992 Andreea Acatrinei, Romanian gymnast

1992 Guilherme Negueba, Brazilian footballer

1993 Ichinojō Takashi, Mongolian sumo wrestler

1994 Johanna Allik, Estonian figure skater

1994 Aaron Gray (rugby league), Australian rugby league player

1994 Josh Hader, American baseball player

1996 Emerson Hyndman, American international soccer player

1997 Rafaela Gómez, Ecuadorian tennis player

AD 30 Jesus (possible Chronology of Jesus # Date of crucifixion) (b. ''circa'' 4 BC)

821 George the Standard-Bearer, archbishop of Mytilene (b. c. 776)

924 Berengar I of Italy (b. 845)

1201 Baha al-Din Qaraqush, regent of Egypt and builder of the Cairo Citadel

1206 Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine

1340 Bolesław Jerzy II of Mazovia (b. 1308)

1498 Charles VIII of France (b. 1470)

1499 Galeotto I Pico, Duke of Mirandola (b. 1442)

1501 Minkhaung II, king of Ava (b. 1446)

1606 Edward Oldcorne, English martyr (b. 1561)

1614 El Greco, Greek-Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1541)

1638 Shimazu Tadatsune, Japanese daimyō (b. 1576)

1651 Lennart Torstensson, Swedish field marshal and engineer (b. 1603)

1658 Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, Spanish mystic and philosopher (b. 1595)

1661 Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, English commander and politician (b. 1604)

1663 Francis Cooke, English-American settler (b. 1583)

1668 William Davenant, English poet and playwright (b. 1606)

1719 Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French priest and saint, founded the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (b. 1651)

1739 Dick Turpin, English criminal (b. 1705)

1747 Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (b. 1676)

1761 Thomas Bayes, English minister and mathematician (b. 1701)

1766 Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist and critic (b. 1685)

1767 Franz Sparry, Austrian composer and director (b. 1715)

1779 Martha Ray, English singer (b. 1746)

1782 Taksin, Thai king (b. 1734)

1789 Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1725)

1789 Petrus Camper, Dutch physician, anatomist, and physiologist (b. 1722)

1801 Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer and author (b. 1724)

1804 Toussaint Louverture, Haitian general (b. 1743)

1811 Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (b. 1757)

1823 Jacques Charles, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1746)

1833 Antoni Radziwiłł, Lithuanian composer and politician (b. 1775)

1836 William Godwin, English journalist and author (b. 1756)

1849 Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentinian priest and politician (b. 1777)

1850 William Lisle Bowles, English poet and critic (b. 1762)

1858 Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer and publisher (b. 1781)

1868 Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Irish-Canadian journalist, activist, and politician (b. 1825)

1879 Begum Hazrat Mahal, Begum of Awadh, was the second wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah (b. 1820)

1884 Maria Doolaeghe, Flemish novelist (b. 1803)

1885 Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist and zoologist (b. 1804)

1889 Youssef Bey Karam, Lebanese soldier and politician (b. 1823)

1889 Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician and president, 1872-1876 (b. 1823)

1891 P. T. Barnum, American businessman and politician, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1810)

1917 Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer and playwright (b. 1861)

1918 David Kolehmainen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1885)

1918 George E. Ohr, American potter (b. 1857)

1920 Karl Binding, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1841)

1922 James McGowen, Australian politician, 18th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1855)

1928 Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician, philosopher, and author (b. 1873)

1932 Grigore Constantinescu, Romanian priest and journalist (b. 1875)

1938 Suzanne Valadon, French painter (b. 1865)

1939 Joseph Lyons, Australian educator and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1879)

1943 Jovan Dučić, Serbian-American poet and diplomat (b. 1871)

1943 Alexandre Millerand, French lawyer and politician, 12th President of France (b. 1859)

1947 Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company (b. 1863)

1949 John Gourlay (soccer), Canadian soccer player (b. 1872)

1950 Walter Huston, Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1883)

1955 Theda Bara, American actress (b. 1885)

1956 Fred Appleby, English runner (b. 1879)

1960 Henri Guisan, Swiss general (b. 1874)

1965 Roger Leger, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1919)

1966 Walt Hansgen, American race car driver (b. 1919)

1968 Edwin Baker (CNIB), Canadian co-founder of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) (b. 1893)

1968 Jim Clark, Scottish race car driver (b. 1936)

1972 Joe Gallo, American gangster (b. 1929)

1972 Abeid Karume, Tanzanian politician, 1st President of Zanzibar (b. 1905)

1981 Kit Lambert, English record producer and manager (b. 1935)

1981 Norman Taurog, American director and screenwriter (b. 1899)

1982 Harald Ertl, Austrian race car driver and journalist (b. 1948)

1984 Frank Church, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1924)

1985 Carl Schmitt, German philosopher and jurist (b. 1888)

1986 Leonid Kantorovich, Russian mathematician and economist (b. 1912)

1990 Ronald Evans (astronaut), American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1933)

1991 Memduh Ünlütürk, Turkish general (b. 1913)

1992 Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1903)

1992 Antonis Tritsis, Greek high jumper and politician, 71st List of mayors of Athens (b. 1937)

1994 Lee Brilleaux, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952)

1994 Albert Guðmundsson (footballer, born 1923), Icelandic footballer, manager, and politician (b. 1923)

1994 Golo Mann, German historian and author (b. 1909)

1994 Agathe Uwilingiyimana, Rwandan chemist, academic, and politician, Prime Minister of Rwanda (b. 1953)

1995 Philip Jebb, English architect and politician (b. 1927)

1997 Luis Aloma, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1923)

1997 Georgy Shonin, Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1935)

1998 Alex Schomburg, Puerto Rican painter and illustrator (b. 1905)

1999 Heinz Lehmann, German-Canadian psychiatrist and academic (b. 1911)

2001 David Graf, American actor (b. 1950)

2001 Beatrice Straight, American actress (b. 1914)

2002 John Agar, American actor (b. 1921)

2003 Cecile de Brunhoff, French pianist and author (b. 1903)

2003 David Greene (director), English-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)

2004 Victor Argo, American actor (b. 1934)

2004 Konstantinos Kallias, Greek politician (b. 1901)

2005 Cliff Allison, English race car driver (b. 1932)

2005 Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1922)

2005 Bob Kennedy, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1920)

2005 Melih Kibar, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1951)

2007 Johnny Hart, American author and illustrator (b. 1931)

2007 Barry Nelson (actor), American actor (b. 1917)

2008 Ludu Daw Amar, Burmese journalist and author (b. 1915)

2009 Dave Arneson, American game designer, co-created ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (b. 1947)

2011 Pierre Gauvreau, Canadian painter (b. 1922)

2012 Steven Kanumba, Tanzanian actor and director (b. 1984)

2012 Satsue Mito, Japanese zoologist and academic (b. 1914)

2012 Ignatius Moses I Daoud, Syrian cardinal (b. 1930)

2012 David E. Pergrin, American colonel and engineer (b. 1917)

2012 Bashir Ahmed Qureshi, Pakistani politician (b. 1959)

2012 Mike Wallace, American television news journalist (b. 1918)

2013 Marty Blake, American businessman (b. 1927)

2013 Les Blank, American director and producer (b. 1935)

2013 Andy Johns, English-American record producer (b. 1950)

2013 Lilly Pulitzer, American fashion designer (b. 1931)

2013 Irma Ravinale, Italian composer and educator (b. 1937)

2013 Mickey Rose, American screenwriter (b. 1935)

2013 Carl Williams (boxer), American boxer (b. 1959)

2014 George Dureau, American painter and photographer (b. 1930)

2014 James Alexander Green, American-English mathematician and academic (b. 1926)

2014 V. K. Murthy, Indian cinematographer (b. 1923)

2014 Zeituni Onyango, Kenyan-American computer programmer (b. 1952)

2014 John Shirley-Quirk, English opera singer (b. 1931)

2014 George Shuffler, American guitarist (b. 1925)

2014 Josep Maria Subirachs, Spanish sculptor and painter (b. 1927)

2014 Royce Waltman, American basketball player and coach (b. 1942)

2015 Tim Babcock, American soldier and politician, 16th Governor of Montana (b. 1919)

2015 José Capellán, Dominican-American baseball player (b. 1981)

2015 Stan Freberg, American puppeteer, voice actor, and singer (b. 1926)

2015 Richard Henyekane, South African footballer (b. 1983)

2015 Geoffrey Lewis (actor), American actor (b. 1935)

2016 Blackjack Mulligan, American professional wrestler (b. 1942)

2017 Nicolae Șerban Tanașoca, Romanian historian and philologist (b. 1941)

2019 Seymour Cassel, American actor (b. 1935)

2020 John Prine, American country folk singer-songwriter (b. 1946)

2020 Herb Stempel, American television personality (b. 1926)

2021 Tommy Raudonikis, Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1950)

2023 – Ben Ferencz, American lawyer (b. 1920)

2024 – Jerry Grote, American baseball player (b. 1942)

2024 – Joe Kinnear, Irish football player and manager (b. 1946)

Christian Calendar of saintss:

- Aibert

- Alexander Rawlins

- Edward Oldcorne and Ralph Ashley

- Notker the Stammerer

- Brynach

- Hegesippus (chronicler)

- Henry Walpole

- Hermann Joseph

- Jean-Baptiste de La Salle

- Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow (Eastern Orthodox Church, Episcopal Church (USA))

- April 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Flag Day (Slovenia)

Genocide Memorial Day (Rwanda), and its related observance:

- International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Rwanda Genocide (United Nations)

Motherhood and Beauty Day (Armenia)

National Beer Day (United States)

Sheikh Abeid Amani Karume Day (Tanzania)

Public holidays in Mozambique (Mozambique)

Veterans' Day (Belgium)

World Health Day (International observance)

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/7 BBC: On This Day]

[https://www.onthisday.com/events/april/7 Historical Events on April 7]