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April 7: Day of the Week
April 7, 2024 was the 98th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 268 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is dimanche.
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Here’s the April calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
April 7 Historical Event(s)
1827
John Walker, an English chemist, sells the first friction match that he had invented the previous year.
1862
American Civil War: Battle of Shiloh ends – the Union Army under General Ulysses S. Grant defeats the Confederates near Shiloh, Tennessee.
1927
First distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).
1943
Holocaust: In Terebovlia, Ukraine, Germans order 1,100 Jews to undress to their underwear and march through the city of Terebovlia to the nearby village of Plebanivka where they are shot dead and buried in ditches.
1945
World War II: Visoko is liberated by the 7th, 9th, and 17th Krajina brigades from the Tenth division of Yugoslav Partisan forces.
1985
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev declares a moratorium on the deployment of middle-range missiles in Europe.
1990
A fire breaks out on the passenger ferry M/S Scandinavian Star, killing 158 people.
1994
Auburn Calloway attempts to hijack FedEx Express Flight 705 and crash it to insure his family with his life insurance policy. The crew subdues him and lands the aircraft safely.
2001
Mars Odyssey is launched.
2009
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces.
Who were born on April 7?
1718
Hugh Blair, Scottish preacher and man of letters (d. 1800)
1859
Walter Camp, sports authority known as the “Father of American Football” (d. 1925)
1897
Erich Loewenhardt, German flying ace of World War I (d. 1918)
1916
Anthony Caruso, American actor (d. 2003)
1919
Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer
1931
Daniel Ellsberg, American military analyst
1961
Pascal Olmeta, French footballer
1963
Paul Michael Robinson, American actor and erotic actor
1970
Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian pianist
1980
Dragan Bogavac, Montenegrin footballer
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Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters CAWZHOI? Check your answers here: Make words with these letters CAWZHOI. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
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