7th APRiL ~ HISTORY ON THIS DAY

please enjoy your travel through time on the 7th day of April, with interesting events, births & deaths on this day in history

7th April History Timeline

1100s / the 12th century on the 7th of April

1141 : Empress Matilda became the 1st female ruler of England, with the title of Lady of the English.

1300s / the 14th century on the 7th of April

1348 : Charles University was founded in Prague.

1700s / the 18th century on the 7th of April

1770 : William Wordsworth the English poet was born in Cockermouth, Cumberland, England (died in 1850 aged 80).

William Wordsworth biography (The Documentary video)

1800s / the 19th century on the 7th of April

1805 : Ludwig van Beethoven premiered his Third Symphony, at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna, Austria.

1827 : The 1st friction match was sold by John Walker, an English chemist, who had invented the friction matches in the previous year.

1900s / the 20th century on the 7th of April

1906 : Mount Vesuvius erupted in Naples.

1915 : Billie Holiday the American singer was born Eleanora Fagan in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (died in 1959 aged 44).

Billie Holiday – Strange Fruit live in1959 (Reelin’ In The Years 66 video)

1920 : Ravi Shankar the Indian sitar player was born in Benares, Benares State, British India. (died in 2012 aged 92).

1927 : The 1st long-distance public television broadcast, which displayed the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover, was transmitted from Washington, D.C., to New York City, USA.

1928 : James Garner the American actor was born James Scott Bumgarner in Norman, Oklahoma, USA (died in 2014 aged 86).

1939 : Sir David Frost the English journalist was born in Tenterden, Kent, United Kingdom (died in 2013 aged 74).

1939 : Brett Whiteley the Australian painter was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (died in 1992 aged 53).

Whiteley movie trailer : A visual journey through the mind of an Australian cultural icon (Journeyman Pictures verified video)

1940 : Booker T. Washington became the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp. Booker Taliaferro Washington was an American author, educator, African American civil rights leader, and adviser to some of the presidents of the United States.

1947 : Henry Ford the American founder of the Ford Motor Company died of a cerebral hemorrhage aged 83 (born in 1863).

1948 : The World Health Organization was established by the United Nations.

1948 : John Oates the American musician from Hall & Oates was born.

Daryl Hall & John Oates – How Does It Feel To Be Back (Daryl Hall & John Oates verified video)

1949 : The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific opened on Broadway, and ran for 1,925 performances, while winning 10 Tony Awards.

SOUTH PACIFIC – Through Time and History (Rodgers & Hammerstein video)

1951 : Janis Ian the American singer-songwriter was born Janis Eddy Fink in Farmingdale, New Jersey USA.

Janis Ian – Fly Too High (1979 music video)

1954 : Dwight D. Eisenhower a United States president gave his “domino theory” speech during a news conference.

1954 : Jackie Chan the Hong Kong martial artist and actor was born in Victoria Peak, British Hong Kong.

1955 : Winston Churchill resigned as Prime Minister of the United .

1964 : IBM announced the System/360.

IBM System 360 Mainframe Computer History Archives 1964 SLT, Course # CH-08 (Computer History Archives Project video)

1964 : Russell Crowe the New Zealand-Australian actor was born in Wellington, New Zealand.

1969 : The Internet‘s symbolic birth date recognized with the publication of RFC 1.

1978 : Development of the neutron bomb was cancelled by United States President Jimmy Carter.

1994 : Civil war erupted in Rwanda with massacres of Tutsis during the Rwandan genocide. Rwandan armed forces killed 10 Belgian peacekeeping officers in an effort to discourage international intervention in the genocide that had begun only hours earlier. In approximately 3 months, the Hutu extremists controlling Rwanda brutally murdered 500,000 to 1 million innocent civilian Tutsis and moderate Hutus in the worst episode of ethnic genocide in the World, since World War II. 

2000s / the 21st century on the 7th of April

2001 : Mars Odyssey was launched.

Today in History for April 7th by Associated Press

Video features : Civil war erupted in Rwanda, New York audiences previewed long-distance television for the first time, auto pioneer Henry Ford died in Dearborn, Michigan, singer Billie Holiday also known as Lady Day was born in Philadelphia…

Today in History for April 7th (Associated Press verified video)

We hope you enjoyed your travel through time on the 7th day of April

see more interesting events on all the other days of APRiL (History On This Day @ Azoosh)

This page was last updated on the 7th April 2021

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