Events That Happened on April 7

Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed for the Supreme Court of the United States, becoming the first black female justice.

COVID-19 pandemic: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announces that the SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant has become the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the United States.

COVID-19 pandemic: China ends its lockdown in Wuhan.

COVID-19 pandemic: Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly resigns for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic on USS Theodore Roosevelt and the dismissal of Brett Crozier.

Former Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is arrested for corruption by determination of Judge Sérgio Moro, from the "Car-Wash Operation". Lula stayed imprisoned for 580 days, after being released by the Brazilian Supreme Court.

Syria launches the Douma chemical attack during the Eastern Ghouta offensive of the Syrian Civil War.

A man deliberately drives a hijacked truck into a crowd of people in Stockholm, Sweden, killing five people and injuring fifteen others.

U.S. President Donald Trump orders the 2017 Shayrat missile strike against Syria in retaliation for the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack.

The Israel Defense Forces use their Iron Dome missile system to successfully intercept a BM-21 Grad launched from Gaza, marking the first short-range missile intercept ever.

A gunman opens fire at an elementary school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing twelve children and injuring 22 others before committing suicide.

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces.

Mass protests begin across Moldova under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are fraudulent.

First release of Git distributed version control system.

Iraq War: U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's Ba'athist regime falls two days later.

Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide demands reparations of $21 billion from France for the Haiti Independence Debt.

NASA launches the 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter.

Turkish Airlines Flight 5904 crashes near Ceyhan in southern Turkey, killing six people.

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

Rwandan genocide: Massacres of Tutsis begin in Kigali, Rwanda, and soldiers kill the civilian Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana.

Auburn Calloway attempts to destroy Federal Express Flight 705 in order to allow his family to benefit from his life insurance policy.

A fire breaks out on the passenger ferry Scandinavian Star, killing 159 people.

John Poindexter is convicted for his role in the Iran–Contra affair. In 1991 the convictions are reversed on appeal.

Soviet submarine Komsomolets sinks in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway, killing 42 sailors.

Soviet Defense Minister Dmitry Yazov orders the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan.

During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first Space Shuttle spacewalk.

Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh is arrested.

During the Iran hostage crisis, the United States severs relations with Iran.

Development of the neutron bomb is canceled by President Jimmy Carter.

German Federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light.

Member of Parliament and suspected spy John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party after being arrested for faking his own death.

Vietnam War: Communist forces overrun the South Vietnamese town of Loc Ninh.

Vietnam War: President Richard Nixon announces his decision to quicken the pace of Vietnamization.

The Internet's symbolic birth date: Publication of RFC 1.

Two-time Formula One British World Champion Jim Clark dies in an accident during a Formula Two race in Hockenheim.

Representatives of the National Congress of American Indians testify before members of the US Senate in Washington, D.C., against the termination of the Colville tribe.

IBM announces the System/360.

Francoist Spain agrees to surrender its protectorate in Morocco.

Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.

United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.

The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.

The Soviet Union annexes East Prussia as the Kaliningrad Oblast of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Yamato, one of the two largest ever constructed, is sunk by United States Navy aircraft during Operation Ten-Go.

In the Fragheto massacre, soldiers belonging to the German 356th Infantry Division kill 30 Italian civilians and 15 partisans near Casteldelci in central-northern Italy.

The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Terebovlia, Germans order 1,100 Jews to undress and march through the city to the nearby village of Plebanivka, where they are shot and buried in ditches.

Ioannis Rallis becomes collaborationist Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis Occupation.

The National Football League makes helmets mandatory.

Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.

Benito Mussolini declares an Italian protectorate over Albania and forces King Zog I into exile.

Benito Mussolini invades Albania.

Prohibition in the United States is repealed for beer of no more than 3.2% alcohol by weight, eight months before the ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution. (Now celebrated as National Beer Day in the United States.)

Nazi Germany issues the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service banning Jews and political dissidents from civil service posts.

AT&T engineer Herbert Ives transmits the first long-distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).

Violet Gibson attempts to assassinate Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini.

Teapot Dome scandal: United States Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall leases federal petroleum reserves to private oil companies on excessively generous terms.

Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.

The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.

Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation, is assassinated by a Fenian activist.

American Civil War: The Union's Army of the Tennessee and the Army of the Ohio defeat the Confederate Army of Mississippi near Shiloh, Tennessee.

Pedro II becomes Emperor of Empire of Brazil.

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).

Lewis and Clark Expedition: The Corps of Discovery breaks camp among the Mandan tribe and resumes its journey West along the Missouri River.

German composer Ludwig van Beethoven premieres his Third Symphony, at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.

The Mississippi Territory is organized from disputed territory claimed by both the United States and the Spanish Empire. It is expanded in 1804 and again in 1812.

The French First Republic adopts the kilogram and gram as its primary unit of mass.

Russo-Turkish war (1787–1792): Greek privateer Lambros Katsonis loses three of his ships in the Battle of Andros.

Settlers establish Marietta, Ohio, the first permanent settlement created by U.S. citizens in the recently organized Northwest Territory.

End of Burmese–Siamese War (1765–1767).

Premiere performance of Bach's St John Passion, BWV 245, at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig.

Francis Xavier leaves Lisbon on a mission to the Portuguese East Indies.

Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu.

Felix V abdicates his claim to the papacy, ending the reign of the final Antipope.

Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV charters Prague University.

Empress Matilda becomes the first female ruler of England, adopting the title "Lady of the English".

First Corpus Juris Civilis, a fundamental work in jurisprudence, is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I.

Attila the Hun captures Metz in France, killing most of its inhabitants and burning the town.

Rafaela Gómez, Ecuadorian tennis player

Emerson Hyndman, American international soccer player

Johanna Allik, Estonian figure skater

Aaron Gray, Australian rugby league player

Josh Hader, American baseball player

Ichinojō Takashi, Mongolian sumo wrestler

Andreea Acatrinei, Romanian gymnast

Guilherme Negueba, Brazilian footballer

Luka Milivojević, Serbian footballer

Anne-Marie, English singer-songwriter

Nickel Ashmeade, Jamaican sprinter

Anna Bogomazova, Russian-American kick-boxer, martial artist, and wrestler

Sorana Cîrstea, Romanian tennis player

Trent Cotchin, Australian footballer

Franco Di Santo, Argentinian footballer

Mitchell Pearce, Australian rugby league player

Teddy Riner, French judoka

Antonio Piccolo, Italian footballer

Ed Speleers, English actor and producer

Martín Cáceres, Uruguayan footballer

Eelco Sintnicolaas, Dutch decathlete

Jamar Smith, American football player

Brooke Brodack, American comedian

Jack Duarte, Mexican actor, singer, and guitarist

Andi Fraggs, English singer-songwriter and producer

Christian Fuchs, Austrian footballer

Choi Si-won, South Korean singer and actor

KC Concepcion, Filipino actress and singer

Humza Yousaf, Scottish politician

Hiroko Shimabukuro, Japanese singer

Hamish Davidson, Australian musician

Franck Ribéry, French footballer

Jon Stead, English footballer

Jakub Smrž, Czech motorcycle rider

Janar Talts, Estonian basketball player

Silvana Arias, Peruvian actress

Sonjay Dutt, American wrestler

Kelli Young, English singer

Hitoe Arakaki, Japanese singer

Kazuki Watanabe, Japanese songwriter and guitarist (died 2000)

Vanessa Olivarez, American singer-songwriter, and actress

Suzann Pettersen, Norwegian golfer

Dragan Bogavac, Montenegrin footballer

Bruno Covas, Brazilian lawyer, politician (died 2021)

Tetsuji Tamayama, Japanese actor

Adrián Beltré, Dominican-American baseball player

Patrick Crayton, American football player

Pascal Dupuis, Canadian ice hockey player

Danny Sandoval, Venezuelan-American baseball player

Jo Appleby, English soprano

Duncan James, English singer-songwriter and actor

Lilia Osterloh, American tennis player

Tama Canning, Australian-New Zealand cricketer

Karin Haydu, Slovak actress

Kevin Alejandro, American actor and producer

Martin Buß, German high jumper

Jessica Lee, English lawyer and politician

Aaron Lohr, American actor

Barbara Jane Reams, American actress

Gang Qiang, Chinese anchor

Karin Dreijer Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer

Ronde Barber, American football player and sportscaster

Tiki Barber, American football player and journalist

Ronnie Belliard, American baseball player

John Cooper, American singer-songwriter and bass player

Simon Woolford, Australian rugby league player

Marco Delvecchio, Italian footballer

Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Defence

Carole Montillet, French skier

Christian O'Connell, British radio DJ and presenter

Brett Tomko, American baseball player

Tim Peake, British astronaut

Guillaume Depardieu, French actor (died 2008)

Victor Kraatz, German-Canadian figure skater

Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian pianist and educator

Alexander Karpovtsev, Russian ice hockey player and coach (died 2011)

Ricky Watters, American football player

Duncan Armstrong, Australian swimmer and sportscaster

Jennifer Lynch, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter

Jože Možina, Slovenian historian, sociologist and journalist

Vasiliy Sokov, Russian triple jumper

Artemis Gounaki, Greek-German singer-songwriter

Bodo Illgner, German footballer

Simone Schilder, Dutch tennis player

Richard Gomez, Filipino actor and politician

Zvika Hadar, Israeli entertainer

Béla Mavrák, Hungarian tenor singer

Gary Wilkinson, English snooker player

Bill Bellamy, American comedian, actor, and producer

Rozalie Hirs, Dutch composer and poet

Alison Lapper, English painter and photographer

Nenad Vučinić, Serbian-New Zealand basketball player and coach

Jace Alexander, American actor and director

Russell Crowe, New Zealand-Australian actor

Steve Graves, Canadian ice hockey player

Jaime de Marichalar, Spanish businessman

Nick Herbert, English businessman and politician, Minister for Policing

Dave Johnson, American decathlete and educator

Jon Cruddas, English lawyer and politician

Andrew Hampsten, American cyclist

Thurl Bailey, American basketball player and actor

Pascal Olmeta, French footballer

Brigitte van der Burg, Tanzanian-Dutch geographer and politician

Buster Douglas, American boxer and actor

Sandy Powell, English costume designer

Brian Haner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Hindrek Kesler, Estonian architect

Kim Kap-soo, South Korean actor

Thelma Walker, British politician

Annika Billström, Swedish businesswoman and politician, 16th Mayor of Stockholm

Christopher Darden, American lawyer and author

Georg Werthner, Austrian decathlete

Tim Cochran, American mathematician and academic (died 2014)

Gregg Jarrett, American lawyer and journalist

Jackie Chan, Hong Kong martial artist, actor, stuntman, director, producer, and screenwriter

Tony Dorsett, American football player

Santa Barraza, American mixed media artist

Douglas Kell, English biochemist and academic

David Baulcombe, English geneticist and academic

Jane Frederick, American hurdler and heptathlete

Gilles Valiquette, Canadian actor, singer, and producer

Dennis Hayden, American actor

Bruce Gary, American drummer (died 2006)

Janis Ian, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Brian J. Doyle, American press secretary

Neil Folberg, American-Israeli photographer

Mitch Daniels, American academic and politician, 49th Governor of Indiana

John Oates, American singer-songwriter guitarist, and producer

Arnie Robinson, American athlete (died 2020)

Ecaterina Andronescu, Romanian politician

Patricia Bennett, American singer

Florian Schneider, German singer and drummer (died 2020)

Michèle Torr, French singer and author

Zaid Abdul-Aziz, American basketball player

Colette Besson, French runner and educator (died 2005)

Herménégilde Chiasson, Canadian poet, playwright, and politician, 29th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick

Robert Metcalfe, American engineer and entrepreneur

Dimitrij Rupel, Slovenian politician and diplomate

Stan Winston, American special effects designer and makeup artist (died 2008)

Megas, Icelandic singer-songwriter

Gerry Cottle, English circus owner (died 2021)

Marilyn Friedman, American philosopher and academic

Martyn Lewis, Welsh journalist and author

Joël Robuchon, French chef and author (died 2018)

Werner Schroeter, German director and screenwriter (died 2010)

Hans van Hemert, Dutch songwriter and producer (died 2024)

Shel Bachrach, American insurance broker, investor, businessman and philanthropist (died 2024)

Warner Fusselle, American sportscaster (died 2012)

Oshik Levi, Israeli singer and actor

Julia Phillips, American film producer and author (died 2002)

Gerhard Schröder, German lawyer and politician, 7th Chancellor of Germany

Bill Stoneman, American baseball player and manager

Mick Abrahams, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Dennis Amiss, English cricketer and manager

Jeetendra, Indian actor, TV and film producer

James Di Pasquale, American composer

Peter Fluck, English puppet maker and illustrator

Cornelia Frances, English-Australian actress (died 2018)

Gorden Kaye, English actor (died 2017)

Marju Lauristin, Estonian academic and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Social Affairs

Francis Ford Coppola, American director, producer, and screenwriter

David Frost, English journalist and game show host (died 2013)

Gary Kellgren, American record producer, co-founded Record Plant (died 1977)

Brett Whiteley, Australian painter (died 1992)

Jerry Brown, American lawyer and politician, 34th and 39th Governor of California

Spencer Dryden, American drummer (died 2005)

Freddie Hubbard, American trumpet player and composer (died 2008)

Iris Johansen, American author

Charlie Thomas, American singer (died 2023)

Bobby Bare, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Hodding Carter III, American journalist and politician, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs (died 2023)

Ian Richardson, Scottish-English actor (died 2007)

Wayne Rogers, American actor, investor, and producer (died 2015)

Sakıp Sabancı, Turkish businessman and philanthropist (died 2004)

Cal Smith, American singer and guitarist (died 2013)

Donald Barthelme, American short story writer and novelist (died 1989)

Daniel Ellsberg, American activist and author (died 2023)

Ted Kotcheff, Canadian film and television director (died 2025)

Jane Priestman, English interior designer (died 2021)

Yves Rocher, French businessman, founded the Yves Rocher Company (died 2009)

Andrew Sachs, German-English actor and screenwriter (died 2016)

Roger Vergé, French chef and restaurateur (died 2015)

Bob Denard, French soldier (died 2007)

Joe Gallo, American gangster (died 1972)

James Garner, American actor, singer, and producer (died 2014)

Alan J. Pakula, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1998)

James White, Northern Irish author and educator (died 1999)

Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian-American drummer, educator, and activist (died 2003)

Leonid Shcherbakov, Russian triple jumper (died 2004)

Chaturanan Mishra, Indian trade union leader and politician (died 2011)

Jan van Roessel, Dutch footballer (died 2011)

Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian-English author and screenwriter (died 2009)

Mongo Santamaría, Cuban-American drummer (died 2003)

Feza Gürsey, Turkish mathematician and physicist (died 1992)

Ravi Shankar, Indian-American sitar player and composer (died 2012)

Roger Lemelin, Canadian author and screenwriter (died 1992)

Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer (died 2012)

Bobby Doerr, American baseball player and coach (died 2017)

R. G. Armstrong, American actor and playwright (died 2012)

Anthony Caruso, American actor (died 2003)

Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter (died 1977)

Billie Holiday, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 1959)

Henry Kuttner, American author (died 1958)

Ralph Flanagan, American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1995)

Domnitsa Lanitou-Kavounidou, Greek sprinter (died 2011)

Louise Currie, American actress (died 2013)

Charles Vanik, American soldier, judge, and politician (died 2007)

Melissanthi, Greek poet, teacher and journalist (died 1990)

Robert Charroux, French author and critic (died 1978)

Percy Faith, Canadian composer, conductor, and bandleader (died 1976)

Pete Zaremba, American hammer thrower (died 1994)

Roland Wilson, Australian economist and statistician (died 1996)

M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (died 1965)

Edwin T. Layton, American admiral (died 1984)

Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (died 1941)

Adolf Dymsza, Polish actor (died 1975)

Tebbs Lloyd Johnson, English race walker (died 1984)

Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer (died 1972)

Erich Löwenhardt, Polish-German lieutenant and pilot (died 1918)

Walter Winchell, American journalist and radio host (died 1972)

Frits Peutz, Dutch architect, designed the Glaspaleis (died 1974)

John Bernard Flannagan, American soldier and sculptor (died 1942)

Margarete Schön, German actress (died 1985)

José Sobral de Almada Negreiros, Portuguese artist (died 1970)

Allen Dulles, American lawyer and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence (died 1969)

Julius Hirsch, German footballer (died 1945)

Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman, founded the Lego Group (died 1958)

Paul Berth, Danish footballer (died 1969)

Victoria Ocampo, Argentine writer (died 1979)

Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American journalist and activist (died 1998)

Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1957)

Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and soldier (died 1971)

Clement Smoot, American golfer (died 1963)

Gino Severini, Italian-French painter and author (died 1966)

Bert Ironmonger, Australian cricketer (died 1971)

Kurt von Schleicher, German general and politician, 23rd Chancellor of Germany (died 1934)

Fay Moulton, American sprinter, football player, coach, and lawyer (died 1945)

Frederick Carl Frieseke, German-American painter (died 1939)

John McGraw, American baseball player and manager (died 1934)

Epifanio de los Santos, Filipino jurist, historian, and scholar (died 1927)

Gustav Landauer, German theorist and activist (died 1919)

Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist and academic (died 1953)

Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (died 1951)

Walter Camp, American football player and coach (died 1925)

Randall Davidson, Scottish archbishop (died 1930)

Francesco Selmi, Italian chemist and patriot (died 1881)

Hasan Tahsini, Albanian astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (died 1881)

James Curtiss, American journalist and politician, 11th Mayor of Chicago (died 1859)

Flora Tristan, French author and activist (died 1844)

William Ellery Channing, American preacher and theologian (died 1842)

Charles Fourier, French philosopher (died 1837)

William Wordsworth, English poet (died 1850)

Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (died 1846)

Michel Adanson, French botanist, entomologist, and mycologist (died 1806)

Hugh Blair, Scottish minister and author (died 1800)

Nicola Sala, Italian composer and theorist (died 1801)

Pope Clement XII (died 1740)

John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council (died 1721)

François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, French general (died 1730)

Gerrit Dou, Dutch painter (died 1675)

Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter and illustrator (died 1584)

Francis Xavier, Spanish missionary and saint, co-founded the Society of Jesus (died 1552)

Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire (died 1498)

John, 3rd Earl of Kent, English nobleman (died 1352)

Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria (died 1253)

William Finn, American composer and lyricist (born 1952)

Greg Millen, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (born 1957)

Jerry Grote, American baseball player (born 1942)

Joe Kinnear, Irish football player and manager (born 1946)

Ben Ferencz, American lawyer (born 1920)

Philippe Bouvatier, French cyclist (born 1964)

Tommy Raudonikis, Australian rugby league player and coach (born 1950)

John Prine, American country folk singer-songwriter (born 1946)

Herb Stempel, American television personality (born 1926)

Seymour Cassel, American actor (born 1935)

Nicolae Șerban Tanașoca, Romanian historian and philologist (born 1941)

Blackjack Mulligan, American professional wrestler (born 1942)

Tim Babcock, American soldier and politician, 16th Governor of Montana (born 1919)

José Capellán, Dominican-American baseball player (born 1981)

Stan Freberg, American puppeteer, voice actor, and singer (born 1926)

Richard Henyekane, South African footballer (born 1983)

Geoffrey Lewis, American actor (born 1935)

George Dureau, American painter and photographer (born 1930)

James Alexander Green, American-English mathematician and academic (born 1926)

V. K. Murthy, Indian cinematographer (born 1923)

Zeituni Onyango, Kenyan-American computer programmer (born 1952)

John Shirley-Quirk, English opera singer (born 1931)

George Shuffler, American guitarist (born 1925)

Josep Maria Subirachs, Spanish sculptor and painter (born 1927)

Royce Waltman, American basketball player and coach (born 1942)

Marty Blake, American businessman (born 1927)

Les Blank, American director and producer (born 1935)

Andy Johns, English-American record producer (born 1950)

Lilly Pulitzer, American fashion designer (born 1931)

Irma Ravinale, Italian composer and educator (born 1937)

Mickey Rose, American screenwriter (born 1935)

Carl Williams, American boxer (born 1959)

Steven Kanumba, Tanzanian actor and director (born 1984)

Satsue Mito, Japanese zoologist and academic (born 1914)

Ignatius Moses I Daoud, Syrian cardinal (born 1930)

David E. Pergrin, American colonel and engineer (born 1917)

Bashir Ahmed Qureshi, Pakistani politician (born 1959)

Mike Wallace, American television news journalist (born 1918)

Pierre Gauvreau, Canadian painter (born 1922)

Dave Arneson, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (born 1947)

Ludu Daw Amar, Burmese journalist and author (born 1915)

Johnny Hart, American author and illustrator (born 1931)

Barry Nelson, American actor (born 1917)

Cliff Allison, English race car driver (born 1932)

Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer-songwriter (born 1922)

Bob Kennedy, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1920)

Melih Kibar, Turkish composer and educator (born 1951)

Victor Argo, American actor (born 1934)

Konstantinos Kallias, Greek politician (born 1901)

Cecile de Brunhoff, French pianist and author (born 1903)

David Greene, English-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921)

John Agar, American actor (born 1921)

David Graf, American actor (born 1950)

Beatrice Straight, American actress (born 1914)

Heinz Lehmann, German-Canadian psychiatrist and academic (born 1911)

Alex Schomburg, Puerto Rican painter and illustrator (born 1905)

Luis Aloma, Cuban-American baseball player (born 1923)

Georgy Shonin, Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (born 1935)

Philip Jebb, English architect and politician (born 1927)

Lee Brilleaux, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1952)

Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer, manager, and politician (born 1923)

Golo Mann, German historian and author (born 1909)

Agathe Uwilingiyimana, Rwandan chemist, academic, and politician, Prime Minister of Rwanda (born 1953)

Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1903)

Antonis Tritsis, Greek high jumper and politician, 71st Mayor of Athens (born 1937)

Memduh Ünlütürk, Turkish general (born 1913)

Ronald Evans, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (born 1933)

Leonid Kantorovich, Russian mathematician and economist (born 1912)

Carl Schmitt, German philosopher and jurist (born 1888)

Frank Church, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (born 1924)

Harald Ertl, Austrian race car driver and journalist (born 1948)

Kit Lambert, English record producer and manager (born 1935)

Norman Taurog, American director and screenwriter (born 1899)

Joe Gallo, American gangster (born 1929)

Abeid Karume, Tanzanian politician, 1st President of Zanzibar (born 1905)

Edwin Baker, Canadian co-founder of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) (born 1893)

Jim Clark, Scottish race car driver (born 1936)

Walt Hansgen, American race car driver (born 1919)

Roger Leger, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1919)

Henri Guisan, Swiss general (born 1874)

Fred Appleby, English runner (born 1879)

Theda Bara, American actress (born 1885)

Walter Huston, Canadian-American actor and singer (born 1883)

John Gourlay, Canadian soccer player (born 1872)

Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company (born 1863)

Jovan Dučić, Serbian-American poet and diplomat (born 1871)

Alexandre Millerand, French lawyer and politician, 12th President of France (born 1859)

Joseph Lyons, Australian educator and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1879)

Suzanne Valadon, French painter (born 1865)

Grigore Constantinescu, Romanian priest and journalist (born 1875)

Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician, philosopher, and author (born 1873)

James McGowen, Australian politician, 18th Premier of New South Wales (born 1855)

Karl Binding, German lawyer and jurist (born 1841)

David Kolehmainen, Finnish wrestler (born 1885)

George E. Ohr, American potter (born 1857)

Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer and playwright (born 1861)

P. T. Barnum, American businessman and politician, co-founded The Barnum & Bailey Circus (born 1810)

Youssef Bey Karam, Lebanese soldier and politician (born 1823)

Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician and president, 1872-1876 (born 1823)

Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist and zoologist (born 1804)

Maria Doolaeghe, Flemish novelist (born 1803)

Begum Hazrat Mahal, Begum of Awadh, was the second wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah (born 1820)

Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Irish-Canadian journalist, activist, and politician (born 1825)

Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer and publisher (born 1781)

William Lisle Bowles, English poet and critic (born 1762)

Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentinian priest and politician (born 1777)

William Godwin, English journalist and author (born 1756)

Antoni Radziwiłł, Lithuanian composer and politician (born 1775)

Jacques Charles, French physicist and mathematician (born 1746)

Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (born 1757)

Toussaint Louverture, Haitian general (born 1743)

Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer and author (born 1724)

Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman sultan (born 1725)

Petrus Camper, Dutch physician, anatomist, and physiologist (born 1722)

Taksin, Thai king (born 1734)

Martha Ray, English singer (born 1746)

Franz Sparry, Austrian composer and director (born 1715)

Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist and critic (born 1685)

Thomas Bayes, English minister and mathematician (born 1701)

Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (born 1676)

Dick Turpin, English criminal (born 1705)

Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French priest and saint, founded the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (born 1651)

William Davenant, English poet and playwright (born 1606)

Francis Cooke, English-American settler (born 1583)

Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, English commander and politician (born 1604)

Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, Spanish mystic and philosopher (born 1595)

Lennart Torstensson, Swedish field marshal and engineer (born 1603)

Shimazu Tadatsune, Japanese daimyō (born 1576)

El Greco, Greek-Spanish painter and sculptor (born 1541)

Edward Oldcorne, English martyr (born 1561)

Minkhaung II, king of Ava (born 1446)

Galeotto I Pico, Duke of Mirandola (born 1442)

Charles VIII of France (born 1470)

Bolesław Jerzy II of Mazovia (born 1308)

Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine

Baha al-Din Qaraqush, regent of Egypt and builder of the Cairo Citadel

Berengar I of Italy (born 845)

George the Standard-Bearer, archbishop of Mytilene (born c. 776)

Jesus Christ (possible date of the crucifixion) (born circa 4 BC)

Christian feast days: Aibert of Crespin

Christian feast days: Blessed Alexander Rawlins

Christian feast days: Blessed Edward Oldcorne and Blessed Ralph Ashley

Christian feast days: Blessed Notker the Stammerer

Christian feast days: Brynach

Christian feast days: Hegesippus

Christian feast days: Henry Walpole

Christian feast days: Hermann Joseph

Christian feast days: Jean-Baptiste de La Salle

Christian feast days: Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow (Eastern Orthodox Church, Episcopal Church (USA))

Christian feast days: April 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Flag Day (Slovenia)

Genocide Memorial Day (Rwanda), and its related observance: International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Rwanda Genocide (United Nations)

Motherhood and Beauty Day (Armenia)

National Beer Day (United States)

Sheikh Abeid Amani Karume Day (Tanzania)

Women's Day (Mozambique)

Veterans' Day (Belgium)

World Health Day (International observance)