April 7th, 1900

Born on April 7th, 1900

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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

Born on April 7th, 1900

84

Tebbs Lloyd Johnson

British racewalker

*April 7th, 1900, Melton Mowbray †December 26th, 1984, Coventry

75

Adolf Dymsza

Polish actor

*April 7th, 1900, Warsaw †August 20th, 1975, Góra Kalwaria

51

Emil Walter

German association football player (1900-1952)

*April 7th, 1900, Pforzheim †March 1st, 1952, Pforzheim

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

77

Ulf Brunnberg

Actor

*April 7th, 1947, Bromma parish

67

Gabriela Mistral

Chilean poet, diplomat and educator

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

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

73

Robert Casadesus

French pianist and composer

*April 7th, 1899, Paris †September 19th, 1972, Paris

61

Daniel Toscan du Plantier

French film producer

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

44

Billie Holiday

American jazz singer (1915–1959)

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

60

Russell Crowe

New Zealand actor

*April 7th, 1964, Wellington

24

Jimena Riadigos

Argentinian Beach handball player

*April 7th, 2000, Mar del Plata

85

Francis Ford Coppola

American filmmaker

*April 7th, 1939, Detroit

86

Doe Avedon

American actress and model (1925-2011)

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

41

Franck Ribéry

French association football player

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

88

Victoria Ocampo

Argentine writer and translator (1890-1979)

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

53

Veit Rosenberger

German historian of classical antiquity

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

72

Clarke Peters

American actor, singer, writer and director

*April 7th, 1952, New York City

48

Kevin Alejandro

American actor and film director

*April 7th, 1976, San Antonio

62

Robert Wells

Swedish pianist, composer and singer

*April 7th, 1962, Stockholm

90

Georg Richter

German rower (1905-1995)

*April 7th, 1905, Halle (Saale) †July 3rd, 1995, Verden

51

Bob Berg

American jazz saxophonist (1951–2002)

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

92

Ravi Shankar

Indian sitar player (1920–2012)

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

Same year
Born in 1900

74

Wolfgang Schadewaldt

German classical philologist, literary theorist and translator

*March 15th, 1900, Berlin †November 10th, 1974, Tübingen

92

Helen Hayes

American actress (1900–1993)

*October 10th, 1900, Washington, D.C. †March 17th, 1993, Nyack

82

Anna Seghers

German writer

*November 19th, 1900, Mainz †June 1st, 1983, East Berlin

58

Wolfgang Pauli

Physicist, Nobel prize winner (1900–1958)

*April 25th, 1900, Vienna †December 15th, 1958, Zürich

84

Eduardo De Filippo

Italian actor, director and playwright (1900–1984)

*May 24th, 1900, Naples †October 31st, 1984, Rome

101

Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother

Queen of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952

*August 4th, 1900, Hitchin †March 30th, 2002, Royal Lodge

88

Hanne Sobek

German association football player and manager (1900–1989)

*March 18th, 1900, Mirow †February 17th, 1989, Berlin

83

Roland Culver

Actor (1900-1984)

*August 31st, 1900, Highgate †March 1st, 1984, Henley-on-Thames

93

Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt

Viceroy, physician, athlete (1900-1994)

*August 10th, 1900, Whanganui †January 1st, 1994, London

44

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

French writer and aviator (1900–1944)

*June 29th, 1900, 2nd arrondissement of Lyon †July 31st, 1944, île de Riou

81

Karl von Appen

German stage designer/member:Association of Revolutionary Visual Artists. (1900-1981)

*May 12th, 1900, Düsseldorf †August 22nd, 1981, East Berlin

86

David Hand

American animator and filmmaker

*January 23rd, 1900, Plainfield †October 11th, 1986, San Luis Obispo

58

Frédéric Joliot-Curie

French scientist (1900-1958)

*March 19th, 1900, Paris †August 14th, 1958, Paris

67

Spencer Tracy

American actor (1900–1967)

*April 5th, 1900, Milwaukee †June 10th, 1967, Los Angeles

89

Ruhollah Khomeini

Iranian politician and religious leader (1900–1989)

*May 17th, 1900, Khomein †June 3rd, 1989, Tehran

71

Giorgos Seferis

Greek poet and diplomat (1900-1971)

*March 13th, 1900, Urla †September 20th, 1971, Athens

50

Kurt Weill

German composer (1900–1950)

*March 2nd, 1900, Dessau †April 3rd, 1950, New York City

84

François de Menthon

French politician (1900-1984)

*January 8th, 1900, Montmirey-la-Ville †June 2nd, 1984, Menthon-Saint-Bernard

83

Luis Buñuel

Spanish-Mexican filmmaker (1900–1983)

*February 22nd, 1900, Calanda †July 29th, 1983, Mexico City

78

Ignazio Silone

Italian author and politician (1900-1978)

*May 1st, 1900, Pescina †August 22nd, 1978, Geneva

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on April 7th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast days, Genocide Memorial Day) which are celebrated on April 7th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1900 is a normal year and no leap year.

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