Interesting things that happened April 7th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1506 St. Francis Xavier, missionary
In 1770 William Wordsworth (in England), poet
In 1860 W. K. Kellogg, founded a cereal company
In 1897 Walter Winchell, columnist
In 1908 Percy Faith, musician, conductor
In 1915 Billie Holiday, blues singer
In 1920 Ravi Shankar, sitar player
In 1928 James Garner, actor (Maverick movies and series, etc.)
In 1931 Daniel Ellsberg, whose psychiatrist had a famous office
In 1932 Mark Russell, satirist
In 1938 Jerry Brown, Linda Ronstadt's boyfriend, California governor
In 1939 Francis Ford Coppola, director
+ David Frost, interviewer
In 1948 John Oates, musican (Hall and Oates), producer
In 1951 Janis Ian, singer, songwriter, SF author
Events worth noting:
In 30 Scholars calculate this as the date that Jesus of Nazareth was
crucified by Roman troops in Jerusalem.
In 1862 Union forces under Grant defeat the Confederates at ****loh,
Tenn.
+ Island No. 10 falls after long siege.
In 1927 Using phone lines TV was sent from Wa****ngton DC to New York
City.
In 1931 Seals Stadium opens.
In 1933 Prohibition ends, Utah(!) 38th state to ratify 21st Amendment
In 1948 World Health Organization is established.
In 1953 First jet transatlantic non-stop flight (west to east).
In 1959 First astronauts - selection announced by NASA.
+ Radar first bounced off sun, Stanford California.
In 1964 IBM announces System/360.
In 1966 United States recovers an H-bomb that it lost off the coast of
Spain. (whoops!)
In 1977 Consumer Product Safety Commission bans "TRIS" flame-retardant.
In 1980 Jimmy Carter breaks relations with Iran during hostage crisis.
In 1983 Challenger crew perform a spacewalk - first by US in 9 years.
In 1985 First live telecast of Easter Parade.
In 1994 Hutus and Tutsis clash in Kigali, Rwanda's capital.
And remember ...
America's Heartland Development Month
Cancer Control Month
Math Education Month
National Poetry Month
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