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Birthday April 07, 1770 William Wordsworth is born |
Birthday April 07, 1860 W.K. Kellogg, founded the cereal company. |
Birthday April 07, 1873 John McGraw, second all-time winningest baseball manager, is born |
Birthday April 07, 1915 Billie Holiday, blues singer |
Birthday April 07, 1920 Indian sitar legend Ravi Shankar is born |
Birthday April 07, 1932 Mark Russell, satirist |
History April 07, 1776 U.S. Navy captures first British warship |
History April 07, 1805 Lewis and Clark depart Fort Mandan |
History April 07, 1862 Battle of Shiloh concludes |
History April 07, 1918 Winston Churchill urges talks with Russia |
History April 07, 1931 Seals Stadium opens. |
History April 07, 1933 Prohibition ends. |
History April 07, 1939 Italy invades Albania |
History April 07, 1945 Japanese battleship Yamato is sunk by Allied forces |
History April 07, 1947 Auto pioneer Henry Ford dies |
History April 07, 1948 World Health Organization is established. |
History April 07, 1953 Hammarskjold elected U.N. head |
History April 07, 1954 Eisenhower gives famous domino theory speech |
History April 07, 1961 JFK lobbies Congress to help save historic sites in Egypt |
History April 07, 1963 Tito is made president for life |
History April 07, 1970 John Wayne wins Best Actor Oscar |
History April 07, 1975 North Vietnamese forces begin preparations for final offensive |
History April 07, 1990 Twin ferry accidents on opposite ends of world |
History April 07, 1994 The Rwandan genocide |
History April 07, 2012 Longtime 60 Minutes journalist Mike Wallace dies |