What Happened on April 7
Significant Events
- 30 Scholars' estimate for Jesus' crucifixion by Roman troops in Jerusalem
- 529 First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (fundamental work in jurisprudence) issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I
- 1724 Johann Sebastian Bach's "St John Passion" premieres in Leipzig
- 1948 World Health Organization formed by the United Nations
- 1954 US President Dwight D. Eisenhower in news conference is first to voice fear of a "domino-effect" of communism in Indo-China
- 1969 The Internet's symbolic birth date: publication of RFC 1
- 1999 The World Trade Organisation rules in favor of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas
Famous Birthdays
William Wordsworth
(1770 - 1850)
Billie Holiday
(1915 - 1959)
Joe Gallo
(1929 - 1972)
Francis Ford Coppola
79 Years Old
Jackie Chan
64 Years Old
Russell Crowe
54 Years Old
Would You Believe?
Longest-ever captured python found on Penang in Malaysia (26ft/8m)
On April 7, 2016
Famous Weddings
- 1920 Country singer Jimmie Rodgers (22) weds Carrie Williamson
- 1921 French president Charles de Gaulle (30) weds Yvonne Vendroux (20)
- 1940 Writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (21) weds Natalya Reshetovskaya
- 1977 Businessman Donald Trump (30) weds his first wife Czech model Ivana Zelníčková (28) at the Marble Collegiate Church in Manhattan, New York
- 1979 Country singer Rosanne Cash (23) weds singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell (28)
Famous Divorces
- 1994 Shannen Doherty files for divorce from Ashley Hamilton
Henry Ford
George Nissen
Mike WallaceApril in History
Lionheart Richard, The Stranger King
Richard the Lionheart, Robin Hood’s king is considered one of the great English monarchs. Yet he cost his country a fortune and barely lived there.
April 6, 1199
The Man Who Sold His Wife
Most modern readers believe Thomas Hardy was plunging into deep fiction when he wrote about a man selling his wife in, The Mayor of Casterbridge. He wasn't.
April 7, 1832
Step Aboard the Titanic – Las Vegas Style
Even by Las Vegas standards it was controversial, a $1.2 billion recreation of the doomed Titanic, along with the iceberg that caused its destruction.
April 8, 1999
Yes, We Have Some Bananas
A strange fruit went on sale in London on this day, the like of which nobody had seen before. Known to scientists as the Plantaine fruit, it is now unremarkable.
April 10, 1633