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April 7April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). There are 268 days remaining. Events - 529 - first draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I
- 1348 - Charles University is founded in Prague.
- 1521 - Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu
- 1655 - Fabio Chigi becomes Pope Alexander VII
- 1795 - France adopts the metre as the unit of length
- 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
- 1805 - Lewis and Clark Expedition: The Corps of Discovery breaks camp among the Mandan tribe and resumes its journey West along the Missouri River.
- 1827 - John Walker (inventor), an English chemist, invents the friction match.
- 1831 - Emperor Pedro I of Brazil abdicates in favor of his son, Pedro II
- 1856 - Foundation of Nelson College, Nelson, New Zealand
- 1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Shiloh ends - Union Army under General Ulysses S. Grant defeat the Confederates near Shiloh, Tennessee.
- 1906 - Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
- 1906 - The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
- 1908 - Herbert Henry Asquith 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 oil reserves in Wyoming.
- 1927 - First long distance public television broadcast (Washington, DC to New York City; image was of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).
- 1934 - The U.S. Congress passes the Jones-Connally Farm-Relief Act.
- 1939 - World War II: Italy invades Albania.
- 1940 - Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.
- 1943 - First synthesis of LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide, by Albert Hoffman
- 1945 - World War II: The Japanese battleship Yamato is sunk 200 miles north of Okinawa while in-route to a suicide mission.
- 1946 - Syria's independence from Vichy France is officially recognised
- 1948 - The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.
- 1953 - Dag Hammarskjld is elected United Nations Secretary General.
- 1954 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.
- 1955 - Anthony Eden becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- 1956 - Spain relinquishes its protectorate in Morocco.
- 1963 - Yugoslavia is proclaimed to be a Socialist republic and Josip Broz Tito is named President for life.
- 1964 - IBM announces the System/360
- 1967 - Six-Day War: Israeli fighters shoot down seven Syrian MIG-21s.
- 1968 - Formula One racer Jim Clark is killed in an accident during a Formula 2 race in Hockenheim, Germany.
- 1969 - The Internet's symbolic birth date: publication of RFC 1.
- 1977 - German Federal Prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light
- 1977 - Toronto Blue Jays play their first-ever game of baseball against the Chicago White Sox
- 1980 - The United States severs diplomatic relations with Iran and imposes economic sanctions following the taking of American hostages on November 4, 1979.
- 1983 - During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first space shuttle spacewalk (duration: 4 hours, 10 minutes).
- 1989 - Soviet submarine Komsomolets sinks in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway after a fire. 42 sailors die.
- 1990 - Iran Contra Affair: John Poindexter is found guilty of five charges for his part in the scandal but the convictions were later reversed after an appeal.
- 1993 - Attack submarine ex-Queenfish completes being recycled
- 1994 - Massacres of Tutsis begin in Kigali, Rwanda.
- 1998 - Citicorp and Travelers Group announce plans to merge creating the largest financial-services conglomerate in the world, Citigroup.
- 1999 - Kosovo War: Kosovo's main border crossings are closed by Serbian forces to prevent ethnic Albanians from leaving.
- 2000 - Attack submarine ex-Trepang completes being recycled
- 2001 - Mars Odyssey is launched.
- 2001 - An M-17 helicopter crashes into mountain in south of Hanoi, Vietnam killing 16.
- 2003 - US troops capture Baghdad, Saddam Hussein's regime falls two days later
Births - 1506 - Saint Francis Xavier, founder of the Society of Jesus (d. 1552)
- 1652 - Pope Clement XII, n Lorenzo Corsini (d. 1740)
- 1770 - William Wordsworth, English poet (d. 1850)
- 1772 - Charles Fourier, French philosopher (d. 1837)
- 1803 - James Curtiss, mayor of Chicago, IL (d. 1859)
- 1867 - Holger Pedersen, Dutch linguist (d. 1953)
- 1873 - John McGraw, baseball coach, manager, player, Hall of Famer (d. 1934)
- 1891 - Ole Kirk Christiansen, in Denmark, inventor of Lego
- 1893 - Allen Dulles, director of the Central Intelligence Agency (d. 1969)
- 1897 - Walter Winchell, broadcaster, journalist (d. 1972)
- 1899 - Robert Casadesus, French pianist (d. 1972)
- 1908 - Percy Faith, composer, musician (d. 1976)
- 1915 - Billie Holiday, American jazz and Blues singer (d. 1959)
- 1915 - Henry Kuttner, science fiction writer (d. 1958)
- 1918 - Bobby Doerr, baseball player, Hall of Famer
- 1920 - Ravi Shankar, musician
- 1922 - Mongo Santamaria, Latin jazz musician (d. 2003)
- 1924 - Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian writer
- 1928 - James Garner, actor
- 1928 - Alan J. Pakula, producer, director (d. 1998)
- 1934 - Ian Richardson, British actor
- 1938 - Freddie Hubbard, jazz trumpeter
- 1939 - Francis Ford Coppola, American film director
- 1939 - Sir David Frost, broadcaster, television host
- 1944 - Gerhard Schrder, German Bundeskanzler (chancellor) since 1998
- 1946 - Colette Besson, French runner
- 1949 - John Oates, musician ("Hall and Oates")
- 1951 - Janis Ian, singer and songwriter
- 1954 - Jackie Chan, actor
- 1954 - Tony Dorsett, American football star
- 1955 - Werner Stocker, actor
- 1956 - Christopher Darden, O.J. Simpson prosecuter
- 1964 - Russell Crowe, actor
- 1965 - Bill Bellamy, actor, comedian (Fled, Any Given Sunday, Fastlane)
- 1966 - Gary Wilkinson, English snooker player
Deaths - 1498 - King Charles VIII of France (b. 1470)
- 1614 - El Greco (Domenikos Theotocopoulos), artist (b. 1541)
- 1638 - Shimazu Tadatsune, Japanese daimyo (b. 1576)
- 1668 - William Davenant, English poet (b. 1606)
- 1739 - Dick Turpin, highwayman, hanged (b. 1706)
- 1761 - Thomas Bayes mathematician (b. 1702)
- 1789 - Abd-ul-Hamid I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1725)
- 1858 - Anton Diabelli, music publisher, editor and composer (b. 1781)
- 1871 - Alexander Lloyd, mayor of Chicago, IL (b. 1805)
- 1891 - P. T. Barnum, circus impresario (b. 1810)
- 1939 - Joseph Lyons, tenth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1879)
- 1947 - Henry Ford, automobile manufacturer and industrialist (b. 1863)
- 1950 - Walter Huston, Academy Award winning actor (b. 1884)
- 1955 - Theda Bara, silent film actress (b. 1885)
- 1961 - Marian Jordan, actress
- 1968 - Jim Clark, racing driver (b. 1936)
- 1981 - Norman Taurog, director
- 1994 - Golo Mann, German historian (b. 1909)
- 1997 - Georgi Shonin, cosmonaut (b. 1935)
- 1997 - Witto Aloma, Major League Baseball player (b. 1923)
- 1998 - Marjory Stoneman Douglas, preeminent conservationist and environmentalist (b. 1890)
- 2001 - Beatrice Straight, Academy Award-winning actress (b. 1914)
- 2003 - Ferdinand Seibt, historian
- 2003 - Jutta Hipp, pianist
- 2003 - Cecile de Brunhoff, children's book author Babar
Holidays and observances External links
April 6 - April 8 - March 7 - May 7 -- listing of all days
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