April 7

Events

• 451 - Attila the Hun sacks the town of Metz and attacks other cities in Gaul.
• 529 - First draft of the Corpus Juris Civilis is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I.
• 611 - Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul sacks rival city-state Palenque in southern Mexico.
• 1141 - Empress Matilda became the first female ruler of England, adopting the title 'Lady of the English'.
• 1348 - Charles University is founded in Prague.
• 1521 - Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu.
• 1541 - Francis Xavier leaves Lisbon on a mission to the Portuguese East Indies.
• 1724 - Premiere performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion, BWV 245, at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig.
• 1767 - End of Burmese–Siamese War.
• 1776 - Captain John Barry and the captures the Edward.
• 1788 - American pioneers to the Northwest Territory establish Marietta, Ohio as the first permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory.
• 1789 - Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
• 1798 - The Mississippi Territory is organized from disputed territory claimed by both the United States and Spain. It is expanded in 1804 and again in 1812.
• 1805 - Lewis and Clark Expedition: The Corps of Discovery breaks camp among the Mandan tribe and resumes its journey West along the Missouri River.
• 1805 - German composer Ludwig van Beethoven premiered his Third Symphony, at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.
• 1827 - John Walker, an English chemist, sells the first friction match that he had invented the previous year.
• 1829 - Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, commences translation of the Book of Mormon, with Oliver Cowdery as his scribe.
• 1831 - Emperor Pedro I of Brazil resigns. He goes to his native Portugal to become King Pedro IV.
• 1862 - 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.
• 1868 - Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation, is assassinated by a Fenian activist.
• 1890 - Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
• 1906 - Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
• 1906 - The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
• 1922 - The United States Secretary of the Interior leases federal petroleum reserves to private oil companies on excessively generous terms.
• 1927 - The first long-distance public television broadcast.
• 1933 - Prohibition in the United States is repealed for beer of no more than 3.2% alcohol by weight, eight months before the ratification of the XXI amendment.
• 1940 - Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.
• 1943 - 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.
• 1943 - Ioannis Rallis becomes collaborationist Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis Occupation.
• 1945 - World War II: The battleship Yamato, one of the two largest ever constructed, is sunk by American aircraft during Operation Ten-Go.
• 1945 - World War II: Visoko is liberated by the 7th, 9th, and 17th Krajina brigades from the Tenth division of Yugoslav Partisan forces.
• 1948 - The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.
• 1949 - The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific opened on Broadway; it would run for 1,925 performances and win ten Tony Awards.
• 1954 - United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.
• 1955 - Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
• 1964 - IBM announces the System/360.
• 1964 - A bulldozer kills Rev. Bruce W. Klunder, a civil rights activist, during a school segregation protest in Cleveland, Ohio, sparking a riot.
• 1965 - Representatives of the National Congress of American Indians testify before members of the US Senate against the termination of the Colville tribe in Washington DC.
• 1968 - Motor racing world champion Jim Clark is killed in an accident during a Formula Two race at Hockenheim.
• 1969 - The Internet's symbolic birth date: Publication of RFC 1.
• 1971 - President Richard Nixon announces his decision to quicken the pace of Vietnamization.
• 1976 - Member of Parliament and suspected spy John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party after being arrested for faking his own death.
• 1977 - German Federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light.
• 1978 - Development of the neutron bomb is canceled by President Jimmy Carter.
• 1980 - During the Iran hostage crisis, the United States severs relations with Iran.
• 1983 - During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first Space Shuttle spacewalk.
• 1989 - Soviet submarine Komsomolets sinks in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway killing 42 sailors.
• 1990 - Iran–Contra affair: John Poindexter is found guilty of five charges for his part in the scandal.
• 1990 - A fire breaks out on the passenger ferry Scandinavian Star, killing 159 people.
• 1994 - Rwandan genocide: Massacres of Tutsis begin in Kigali, Rwanda.
• 1994 - Auburn Calloway attempts to destroy Federal Express Flight 705 in order to allow his family to benefit from his life insurance policy.
• 1995 - First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops begin a massacre of civilians in Samashki, Chechnya.
• 1999 - The World Trade Organization rules in favor of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas.
• 2001 - Mars Odyssey is launched.
• 2003 - U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's regime falls two days later.
• 2009 - Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces.
• 2009 - Mass protests begin across Moldova under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are fraudulent.
• 2017 - A man deliberately drives a hijacked truck into a crowd of people, killing five people and injuring fifteen others.

  Births

• 1206 - Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria
• 1330 - John, 3rd Earl of Kent, English nobleman
• 1470 - Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire
• 1506 - Francis Xavier, Spanish missionary and saint, co-founded the Society of Jesus
• 1539 - Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter and illustrator
• 1613 - Gerrit Dou, Dutch painter
• 1644 - François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, French general
• 1648 - John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council
• 1652 - Pope Clement XII
• 1713 - Nicola Sala, Italian composer and theorist
• 1718 - Hugh Blair, Scottish minister and author
• 1727 - Michel Adanson, French botanist, entomologist, and mycologist
• 1763 - Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer
• 1770 - William Wordsworth, English poet
• 1772 - Charles Fourier, French philosopher and author
• 1780 - William Ellery Channing, American preacher and theologian
• 1803 - James Curtiss, American journalist and politician, 11th Mayor of Chicago
• 1803 - Flora Tristan, French author and activist
• 1811 - Hasan Tahsini, Albanian astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher
• 1817 - Francesco Selmi, Italian chemist and patriot
• 1848 - Randall Davidson, Scottish archbishop
• 1859 - Walter Camp, American football player and coach
• 1860 - Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company
• 1867 - Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist and academic
• 1870 - Gustav Landauer, Jewish-German theorist and activist
• 1871 - Epifanio de los Santos, Filipino jurist, historian, and scholar
• 1873 - John McGraw, American baseball player and manager
• 1874 - Frederick Carl Frieseke, German-American painter
• 1876 - Fay Moulton, American sprinter, football player, coach, and lawyer
• 1882 - Bert Ironmonger, Australian cricketer
• 1882 - Kurt von Schleicher, German general and politician, 23rd Chancellor of Germany
• 1883 - Gino Severini, Italian-French painter and author
• 1884 - Clement Smoot, American golfer
• 1886 - Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and soldier
• 1889 - Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1890 - Paul Berth, Danish footballer
• 1890 - Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American journalist and activist
• 1891 - Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman, founded the Lego Group
• 1893 - Allen Dulles, American lawyer and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence
• 1895 - John Flannagan, American soldier and sculptor
• 1895 - Margarete Schön, German actress
• 1896 - Frits Peutz, Dutch architect, designed the Glaspaleis
• 1897 - Erich Löwenhardt, Polish-German lieutenant and pilot
• 1897 - Walter Winchell, American journalist and radio host
• 1899 - Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer
• 1900 - Adolf Dymsza, Polish actor
• 1900 - Tebbs Lloyd Johnson, English race walker
• 1902 - Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer
• 1903 - M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician
• 1903 - Edwin T. Layton, American admiral
• 1904 - Roland Wilson, Australian economist and statistician
• 1908 - Percy Faith, Canadian composer, conductor, and bandleader
• 1908 - Pete Zaremba, American hammer thrower
• 1909 - Robert Charroux, French author and critic
• 1913 - Louise Currie, American actress
• 1913 - Charles Vanik, American soldier, judge, and politician
• 1914 - Ralph Flanagan, American pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1915 - Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter
• 1915 - Billie Holiday, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1915 - Henry Kuttner, American author
• 1916 - Anthony Caruso, American actor
• 1917 - R. G. Armstrong, American actor and playwright
• 1918 - Bobby Doerr, American baseball player and coach
• 1919 - Roger Lemelin, Canadian author and screenwriter
• 1919 - Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer
• 1920 - Ravi Shankar, Indian-American sitar player and composer
• 1921 - Feza Gürsey, Turkish mathematician and physicist
• 1922 - Mongo Santamaría, Cuban-American drummer
• 1924 - Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian-English author and screenwriter
• 1925 - Chaturanan Mishra, Indian trade union leader and politician
• 1925 - Jan van Roessel, Dutch footballer
• 1927 - Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian-American drummer, educator, and activist
• 1927 - Leonid Shcherbakov, Russian triple jumper
• 1928 - James Garner, American actor, singer, and producer
• 1928 - Alan J. Pakula, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1928 - James White, Northern Irish author and educator
• 1929 - Bob Denard, French soldier
• 1929 - Joe Gallo, American gangster
• 1930 - Jane Priestman, English interior designer
• 1930 - Yves Rocher, French businessman, founded the Yves Rocher Company
• 1930 - Andrew Sachs, German-English actor and screenwriter
• 1930 - Roger Vergé, French chef and restaurateur
• 1931 - Donald Barthelme, American short story writer and novelist
• 1931 - Daniel Ellsberg, American activist and author
• 1932 - Cal Smith, American singer and guitarist
• 1933 - Wayne Rogers, American actor, investor, and producer
• 1933 - Sakıp Sabancı, Turkish businessman and philanthropist
• 1934 - Ian Richardson, Scottish-English actor
• 1935 - Bobby Bare, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1935 - Hodding Carter III, American journalist and politician, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
• 1937 - Charlie Thomas, American singer
• 1938 - Jerry Brown, American lawyer and politician, 34th and 39th Governor of California
• 1938 - Spencer Dryden, American drummer
• 1938 - Freddie Hubbard, American trumpet player and composer
• 1938 - Iris Johansen, American author
• 1939 - Francis Ford Coppola, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1939 - David Frost, English journalist and game show host
• 1939 - Gary Kellgren, American record producer, co-founded Record Plant
• 1939 - Brett Whiteley, Australian painter
• 1940 - Marju Lauristin, Estonian academic and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Social Affairs
• 1941 - James Di Pasquale, American composer
• 1941 - Peter Fluck, English puppet maker and illustrator
• 1941 - Cornelia Frances, English-Australian actress
• 1941 - Gorden Kaye, English actor
• 1942 - Jeetendra, Indian actor, TV and film producer
• 1943 - Mick Abrahams, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 - Dennis Amiss, English cricketer and manager
• 1944 - Shel Bachrach, American insurance broker, investor, businessman and philanthropist
• 1944 - Warner Fusselle, American sportscaster
• 1944 - Oshik Levi, Israeli singer and actor
• 1944 - Julia Phillips, American film producer and author
• 1944 - Gerhard Schröder, German lawyer and politician, 7th Chancellor of Germany
• 1944 - Bill Stoneman, American baseball player and manager
• 1945 - Megas, Icelandic singer-songwriter
• 1945 - Gerry Cottle, English businessman
• 1945 - Marilyn Friedman, American philosopher and academic
• 1945 - Martyn Lewis, Welsh journalist and author
• 1945 - Joël Robuchon, French chef and author
• 1945 - Werner Schroeter, German director and screenwriter
• 1945 - Hans van Hemert, Dutch songwriter and producer
• 1946 - Zaid Abdul-Aziz, American basketball player
• 1946 - Colette Besson, French runner and educator
• 1946 - Herménégilde Chiasson, Canadian poet, playwright, and politician, 29th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
• 1946 - Dimitrij Rupel, Slovenian politician and diplomate
• 1946 - Stan Winston, American special effects designer and makeup artist
• 1947 - Patricia Bennett, American singer
• 1947 - Florian Schneider, German singer and drummer
• 1947 - Michèle Torr, French singer and author
• 1948 - John Oates, American singer-songwriter guitarist, and producer
• 1949 - Mitch Daniels, American academic and politician, 49th Governor of Indiana
• 1950 - Brian J. Doyle, American press secretary
• 1951 - Bruce Gary, American drummer
• 1951 - Janis Ian, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 - David Baulcombe, English geneticist and academic
• 1952 - Jane Frederick, American hurdler and heptathlete
• 1952 - Gilles Valiquette, Canadian actor, singer, and producer
• 1952 - Dennis Hayden, American actor
• 1953 - Santa Barraza, American mixed media artist
• 1953 - Douglas Kell, English biochemist and academic
• 1954 - Jackie Chan, Hong Kong martial artist, actor, stuntman, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1954 - Tony Dorsett, American football player
• 1955 - Tim Cochran, American mathematician and academic
• 1955 - Gregg Jarrett, American lawyer and journalist
• 1956 - Annika Billström, Swedish businesswoman and politician, 16th Mayor of Stockholm
• 1956 - Christopher Darden, American lawyer and author
• 1956 - Georg Werthner, Austrian decathlete
• 1957 - Kim Kap-soo, South Korean actor
• 1957 - Thelma Walker, British politician
• 1958 - Brian Haner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1958 - Hindrek Kesler, Estonian architect
• 1960 - Buster Douglas, American boxer and actor
• 1960 - Sandy Powell, English costume designer
• 1961 - Thurl Bailey, American basketball player and actor
• 1961 - Pascal Olmeta, French footballer
• 1961 - Brigitte van der Burg, Tanzanian-Dutch geographer and politician
• 1962 - Jon Cruddas, English lawyer and politician
• 1962 - Andrew Hampsten, American cyclist
• 1963 - Jaime de Marichalar, Spanish businessman
• 1963 - Nick Herbert, English businessman and politician, Minister for Policing
• 1963 - Dave Johnson, American decathlete and educator
• 1964 - Jace Alexander, American actor and director
• 1964 - Russell Crowe, New Zealand-Australian actor
• 1964 - Steve Graves, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1965 - Bill Bellamy, American comedian, actor, and producer
• 1965 - Rozalie Hirs, Dutch composer and poet
• 1965 - Alison Lapper, English painter and photographer
• 1965 - Nenad Vučinić, Serbian-New Zealand basketball player and coach
• 1966 - Richard Gomez, Filipino actor and politician
• 1966 - Zvika Hadar, Israeli entertainer
• 1966 - Béla Mavrák, Hungarian tenor singer
• 1966 - Gary Wilkinson, English snooker player
• 1967 - Artemis Gounaki, Greek-German singer-songwriter
• 1967 - Bodo Illgner, German footballer
• 1967 - Simone Schilder, Dutch tennis player
• 1968 - Duncan Armstrong, Australian swimmer and sportscaster
• 1968 - Jennifer Lynch, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1968 - Jože Možina, Slovenian historian, sociologist and journalist
• 1968 - Vasiliy Sokov, Russian triple jumper
• 1969 - Ricky Watters, American football player
• 1970 - Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian pianist and educator
• 1971 - Guillaume Depardieu, French actor
• 1971 - Victor Kraatz, German-Canadian figure skater
• 1972 - Tim Peake, British astronaut
• 1973 - Marco Delvecchio, Italian footballer
• 1973 - Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Defence
• 1973 - Carole Montillet, French skier
• 1973 - Christian O'Connell, British radio DJ and presenter
• 1973 - Brett Tomko, American baseball player
• 1975 - Karin Dreijer Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
• 1975 - Ronde Barber, American football player and sportscaster
• 1975 - Tiki Barber, American football player and journalist
• 1975 - Ronnie Belliard, American baseball player
• 1975 - John Cooper, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1975 - Simon Woolford, Australian rugby league player
• 1976 - Kevin Alejandro, American actor and producer
• 1976 - Martin Buß, German high jumper
• 1976 - Jessica Lee, English lawyer and politician
• 1976 - Aaron Lohr, American actor
• 1976 - Barbara Jane Reams, American actress
• 1976 - Gang Qiang, Chinese anchor
• 1978 - Jo Appleby, English soprano
• 1978 - Duncan James, English singer-songwriter and actor
• 1978 - Lilia Osterloh, American tennis player
• 1979 - Adrián Beltré, Dominican-American baseball player
• 1979 - Patrick Crayton, American football player
• 1979 - Pascal Dupuis, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 - Danny Sandoval, Venezuelan-American baseball player
• 1980 - Dragan Bogavac, Montenegrin footballer
• 1980 - Tetsuji Tamayama, Japanese actor
• 1981 - Hitoe Arakaki, Japanese singer
• 1981 - Kazuki Watanabe, Japanese songwriter and guitarist
• 1981 - Vanessa Olivarez, American singer-songwriter, and actress
• 1981 - Suzann Pettersen, Norwegian golfer
• 1982 - Silvana Arias, Peruvian actress
• 1982 - Sonjay Dutt, American wrestler
• 1982 - Kelli Young, English singer
• 1983 - Hamish Davidson, Australian musician
• 1983 - Franck Ribéry, French footballer
• 1983 - Jon Stead, English footballer
• 1983 - Jakub Smrž, Czech motorcycle rider
• 1983 - Janar Talts, Estonian basketball player
• 1984 - Hiroko Shimabukuro, Japanese singer
• 1985 - KC Concepcion, Filipino actress and singer
• 1985 - Humza Yousaf, Scottish politician
• 1986 - Brooke Brodack, American comedian
• 1986 - Jack Duarte, Mexican actor, singer, and guitarist
• 1986 - Andi Fraggs, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1986 - Christian Fuchs, Austrian footballer
• 1987 - Martín Cáceres, Uruguayan footballer
• 1987 - Eelco Sintnicolaas, Dutch decathlete
• 1987 - Jamar Smith, American football player
• 1988 - Antonio Piccolo, Italian footballer
• 1988 - Ed Speleers, English actor and producer
• 1989 - Alexa Demara, American actress, model and writer
• 1989 - Franco Di Santo, Argentinian footballer
• 1989 - Mitchell Pearce, Australian rugby league player
• 1989 - Teddy Riner, French judoka
• 1990 - Nickel Ashmeade, Jamaican sprinter
• 1990 - Anna Bogomazova, Russian-American kick-boxer, martial artist, and wrestler
• 1990 - Sorana Cîrstea, Romanian tennis player
• 1990 - Trent Cotchin, Australian footballer
• 1991 - Luka Milivojević, Serbian footballer
• 1991 - Anne-Marie, English singer-songwriter
• 1992 - Andreea Acatrinei, Romanian gymnast
• 1992 - Guilherme Negueba, Brazilian footballer
• 1993 - Ichinojō Takashi, Mongolian sumo wrestler
• 1994 - Johanna Allik, Estonian figure skater
• 1994 - Aaron Gray, Australian rugby league player
• 1996 - Emerson Hyndman, American international soccer player
• 1997 - Rafaela Gómez, Ecuadorian tennis player

  Deaths

• AD 30 - Jesus Christ,
• 821 - George the Standard-Bearer, archbishop of Mytilene
• 924 - Berengar I of Italy
• 1206 - Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine
• 1340 - Bolesław Jerzy II of Mazovia
• 1498 - Charles VIII of France
• 1499 - Galeotto I Pico, Duke of Mirandola
• 1501 - Minkhaung II, king of Ava
• 1606 - Edward Oldcorne, English martyr
• 1614 - El Greco, Greek-Spanish painter and sculptor
• 1638 - Shimazu Tadatsune, Japanese daimyō
• 1651 - Lennart Torstensson, Swedish field marshal and engineer
• 1658 - Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, Spanish mystic and philosopher
• 1661 - Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, English commander and politician
• 1663 - Francis Cooke, English-American settler
• 1668 - William Davenant, English poet and playwright
• 1719 - Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French priest and saint, founded the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
• 1739 - Dick Turpin, English criminal
• 1747 - Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
• 1761 - Thomas Bayes, English minister and mathematician
• 1766 - Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist and critic
• 1767 - Franz Sparry, Austrian composer and director
• 1782 - Taksin, Thai king
• 1789 - Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman sultan
• 1789 - Petrus Camper, Dutch physician, anatomist, and physiologist
• 1801 - Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer and author
• 1804 - Toussaint Louverture, Haitian general
• 1811 - Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician
• 1823 - Jacques Charles, French physicist and mathematician
• 1833 - Antoni Radziwiłł, Lithuanian composer and politician
• 1836 - William Godwin, English journalist and author
• 1849 - Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentinian priest and politician
• 1850 - William Lisle Bowles, English poet and critic
• 1858 - Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer and publisher
• 1868 - Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Irish-Canadian journalist, activist, and politician
• 1879 - Begum Hazrat Mahal, Begum of Awadh, was the second wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
• 1885 - Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist and zoologist
• 1889 - Youssef Bey Karam, Lebanese soldier and politician
• 1889 - Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician and president, 1872-1876
• 1891 - P. T. Barnum, American businessman and politician, co-founded The Barnum & Bailey Circus
• 1917 - Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer and playwright
• 1918 - David Kolehmainen, Finnish wrestler
• 1918 - George E. Ohr, American potter
• 1920 - Karl Binding, German lawyer and jurist
• 1922 - James McGowen, Australian politician, 18th Premier of New South Wales
• 1928 - Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician, philosopher, and author
• 1932 - Grigore Constantinescu, Romanian priest and journalist
• 1938 - Suzanne Valadon, French painter
• 1939 - Joseph Lyons, Australian educator and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia
• 1943 - Jovan Dučić, Serbian-American poet and diplomat
• 1943 - Alexandre Millerand, French lawyer and politician, 12th President of France
• 1947 - Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company
• 1949 - John Gourlay, Canadian soccer player
• 1950 - Walter Huston, Canadian-American actor and singer
• 1955 - Theda Bara, American actress
• 1956 - Fred Appleby, English runner
• 1960 - Henri Guisan, Swiss general
• 1965 - Roger Leger, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1966 - Walt Hansgen, American race car driver
• 1968 - Edwin Baker, Canadian co-founder of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind
• 1968 - Jim Clark, Scottish race car driver
• 1972 - Joe Gallo, American gangster
• 1972 - Abeid Karume, Tanzanian politician, 1st President of Zanzibar
• 1981 - Kit Lambert, English record producer and manager
• 1981 - Norman Taurog, American director and screenwriter
• 1982 - Harald Ertl, Austrian race car driver and journalist
• 1984 - Frank Church, American soldier, lawyer, and politician
• 1985 - Carl Schmitt, German philosopher and jurist
• 1986 - Leonid Kantorovich, Russian mathematician and economist
• 1990 - Ronald Evans, American captain, engineer, and astronaut
• 1991 - Memduh Ünlütürk, Turkish general
• 1992 - Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1992 - Antonis Tritsis, Greek high jumper and politician, 71st Mayor of Athens
• 1994 - Lee Brilleaux, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1994 - Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer, manager, and politician
• 1994 - Golo Mann, German historian and author
• 1994 - Agathe Uwilingiyimana, Rwandan chemist, academic, and politician, Prime Minister of Rwanda
• 1995 - Philip Jebb, English architect and politician
• 1997 - Luis Aloma, Cuban-American baseball player
• 1997 - Georgy Shonin, Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and astronaut
• 1998 - Alex Schomburg, Puerto Rican-American painter and illustrator
• 1999 - Heinz Lehmann, German-Canadian psychiatrist and academic
• 2001 - David Graf, American actor
• 2001 - Beatrice Straight, American actress
• 2002 - John Agar, American actor
• 2003 - Cecile de Brunhoff, French pianist and author
• 2003 - David Greene, English-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 2004 - Victor Argo, American actor
• 2004 - Konstantinos Kallias, Greek politician
• 2005 - Cliff Allison, English race car driver
• 2005 - Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer-songwriter
• 2005 - Bob Kennedy, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 2005 - Melih Kibar, Turkish composer and educator
• 2007 - Johnny Hart, American author and illustrator
• 2007 - Barry Nelson, American actor
• 2008 - Ludu Daw Amar, Burmese journalist and author
• 2009 - Dave Arneson, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons
• 2011 - Pierre Gauvreau, Canadian painter
• 2012 - Steven Kanumba, Tanzanian actor and director
• 2012 - Satsue Mito, Japanese zoologist and academic
• 2012 - Ignatius Moses I Daoud, Syrian cardinal
• 2012 - David E. Pergrin, American colonel and engineer
• 2012 - Bashir Ahmed Qureshi, Pakistani politician
• 2012 - Mike Wallace, American television news journalist
• 2013 - Marty Blake, American businessman
• 2013 - Les Blank, American director and producer
• 2013 - Andy Johns, English-American record producer
• 2013 - Lilly Pulitzer, American fashion designer
• 2013 - Irma Ravinale, Italian composer and educator
• 2013 - Mickey Rose, American screenwriter
• 2013 - Carl Williams, American boxer
• 2014 - George Dureau, American painter and photographer
• 2014 - James Alexander Green, American-English mathematician and academic
• 2014 - V. K. Murthy, Indian cinematographer
• 2014 - Zeituni Onyango, Kenyan-American computer programmer
• 2014 - John Shirley-Quirk, English opera singer
• 2014 - George Shuffler, American guitarist
• 2014 - Josep Maria Subirachs, Spanish sculptor and painter
• 2014 - Royce Waltman, American basketball player and coach
• 2015 - Tim Babcock, American soldier and politician, 16th Governor of Montana
• 2015 - José Capellán, Dominican-American baseball player
• 2015 - Stan Freberg, American puppeteer, voice actor, and singer
• 2015 - Richard Henyekane, South African footballer
• 2015 - Geoffrey Lewis, American actor
• 2016 - Blackjack Mulligan, American professional wrestler
• 2019 - Seymour Cassel, American actor

  Holidays and observances

• Christian feast days:
• *Aibert of Crespin
• *Blessed Alexander Rawlins
• *Blessed Edward Oldcorne and Blessed Ralph Ashley
• *Blessed Notker the Stammerer
• *Brynach
• *Hegesippus
• *Henry Walpole
• *Hermann Joseph
• *Jean-Baptiste de La Salle
• *Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow
• *April 7
• Flag Day
• Genocide Memorial Day, and its related observance:
• *International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Rwanda Genocide
• Motherhood and Beauty Day
• National Beer Day
• Sheikh Abeid Amani Karume Day
• Women's Day
• World Health Day