April 7th, 1179

Born on April 7th, 1179

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What happened on April 7th?

April 7th, 2017

A hijacker deliberately drove a truck into crowds along Drottninggatan in Stockholm, Sweden, killing five people.

April 7th, 1995

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

April 7th, 1994

Rwandan Civil War: The Rwandan genocide began a few hours after the assassination of President Juvénal Habyarimana, with hundreds of thousands killed in the following 100 days.

April 7th, 1979

Uganda–Tanzania War: Tanzanian forces defeated Ugandan troops and their Libyan allies at the Battle of Entebbe, opening the way for an advance on the Ugandan capital, Kampala.

April 7th, 1972

Communist forces overran the South Vietnamese town of Lộc Ninh.

April 7th, 1964

Reverend Bruce W. Klunder was killed by a bulldozer while he was protesting the construction of a segregated school in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.

April 7th, 1949

The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific, based on Tales of the South Pacific by James Michener, opened on Broadway.

April 7th, 1948

The United Nations established the World Health Organization to act as a coordinating authority on international public health.

April 7th, 1945

World War II: U.S. forces sank the Japanese battleship Yamato during Operation Ten-Go in the East China Sea.

April 7th, 1926

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini survived an assassination attempt by Irishwoman Violet Gibson.

April 7th, 1896

An Arctic expedition led by Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen (pictured) reached 86°13.6′N, almost three degrees beyond the previous Farthest North latitude.

April 7th, 1862

American Civil War: Union forces defeated Confederate troops at the Battle of Shiloh, the bloodiest battle in U.S. history at the time, in Hardin County, Tennessee.

April 7th, 1655

After a conclave lasting eighty days, the College of Cardinals elected Fabio Chigi as Pope Alexander VII (pictured).

April 7th, 2001

NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey (artist's conception pictured), the longest-surviving continually active spacecraft in orbit around a planet other than Earth, launched from Cape Canaveral.

April 7th, 1824

The Mechanics' Institution 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).

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 7th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on April 7th?

77

Ulf Brunnberg

Actor

*April 7th, 1947, Bromma parish

70

Jackie Chan

Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)

*April 7th, 1954, Victoria Peak

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

24

Jimena Riadigos

Argentinian Beach handball player

*April 7th, 2000, Mar del Plata

61

Daniel Toscan du Plantier

French film producer

*April 7th, 1941, Chambéry †February 11th, 2003, Berlin

60

Russell Crowe

New Zealand actor

*April 7th, 1964, Wellington

67

Gabriela Mistral

Chilean poet, diplomat and educator

*April 7th, 1889, Vicuña †January 10th, 1957, Hempstead

41

Franck Ribéry

French association football player

*April 7th, 1983, Boulogne-sur-Mer

80

William Wordsworth

English Romantic poet (1770–1850)

*April 7th, 1770, Cockermouth †April 23rd, 1850, Rydal Mount

48

Kevin Alejandro

American actor and film director

*April 7th, 1976, San Antonio

85

Francis Ford Coppola

American filmmaker

*April 7th, 1939, Detroit

53

Veit Rosenberger

German historian of classical antiquity

*April 7th, 1963, Meckesheim †September 1st, 2016, Meckesheim

62

Robert Wells

Swedish pianist, composer and singer

*April 7th, 1962, Stockholm

87

Clement XII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1730 to 1740

*April 7th, 1652, Florence †February 6th, 1740, Rome

44

Billie Holiday

American jazz singer (1915–1959)

*April 7th, 1915, Philadelphia †July 17th, 1959, New York City

72

Clarke Peters

American actor, singer, writer and director

*April 7th, 1952, New York City

27

Oliver Burke

Scottish association football player (born 1997)

*April 7th, 1997, Kirkcaldy

51

Bob Berg

American jazz saxophonist (1951–2002)

*April 7th, 1951, Brooklyn †December 5th, 2002, Amagansett

68

Siegfried Schneider

German politician (1956–)

*April 7th, 1956, Hitzhofen

39

KC Concepcion

Filipina actress and singer (born 1985)

*April 7th, 1985, Manila

58

Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Rochambeau

French soldier

*April 7th, 1755, Paris †September 20th, 1813, Leipzig

86

Doe Avedon

American actress and model (1925-2011)

*April 7th, 1925, Old Westbury †December 18th, 2011, Encino

73

Janis Ian

American singer-songwriter

*April 7th, 1951, The Bronx

35

Teddy Riner

French judoka

*April 7th, 1989, Les Abymes

92

Ravi Shankar

Indian sitar player (1920–2012)

*April 7th, 1920, Varanasi †December 11th, 2012, San Diego

86

Jerry Brown

Governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019

*April 7th, 1938, San Francisco

86

James Garner

American film and television actor (1928–2014)

*April 7th, 1928, Norman †July 19th, 2014, Brentwood

62

Stan Winston

American special make-up effects artist

*April 7th, 1946, Arlington County †June 15th, 2008, Malibu

79

Jean-Claude Bercq

French actor (1929-2008)

*April 7th, 1929, Valleroy †December 12th, 2008, Saint-Louis

53

Victor Kraatz

Canadian ice dancer

*April 7th, 1971, West Berlin

88

Victoria Ocampo

Argentine writer and translator (1890-1979)

*April 7th, 1890, Buenos Aires †January 27th, 1979, Buenos Aires

46

Francis Xavier

Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)

*April 7th, 1506, Javier †December 3rd, 1552, Shangchuan Island

80

Makoto Kobayashi

Japanese theoretical physicist (1944-)

*April 7th, 1944, Nagoya

52

Kurt von Schleicher

German chancellor (1882-1934)

*April 7th, 1882, Brandenburg an der Havel †June 30th, 1934, Neubabelsberg

37

Martín Cáceres

Uruguayan footballer

*April 7th, 1987, Montevideo

72

Ian Richardson

British actor (1934-2007)

*April 7th, 1934, Edinburgh †February 9th, 2007, London

28

Marquardt Petersen

German trumpeter

*April 7th, 1996, Flensburg

82

Wayne Rogers

American actor (1933–2015)

*April 7th, 1933, Birmingham †December 31st, 2015, Los Angeles

47

Otto II Wittelsbach

Duke of Bavaria from 1231 to 1253

*April 7th, 1206, Kelheim †November 29th, 1253, Landshut

43

Alex Lanipekun

British actor

*April 7th, 1981, London

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1179 is a normal year and no leap year.

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