What are the important events that happened on April 7? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
April 7: Facts & Myths About This Day
April 7 is the 97th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 268 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 25, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 484,440 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘enneacontaheptagon’ day.
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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.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 316 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,490 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 7 Historical Events
- 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.
- 1829 –Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, commences translation of the Book of Mormon, with Oliver Cowdery as his scribe.
- 1906 –The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
- 1933 –Prohibition is repealed for beer of no more than 3.2% alcohol by weight, eight months before the ratification of the XXI amendment.
- 1939 –World War II: Italy invades Albania.
- 1954 –President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his “domino theory” speech during a news conference.
- 1985 –Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev declares a moratorium on the deployment of middle-range missiles in Europe.
- 2003 –U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein’s regime falls two days later.
Who were born on April 7?
- 1803 –James Curtiss, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1859)
- 1853 –Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, son of Queen Victoria (d. 1884)
- 1936 –Jean-Pierre Changeux, French neuroscientist
- 1941 –Cornelia Frances, Australian actress
- 1956 –Annika Billström, Swedish politician
- 1975 –Karin Dreijer Andersson, Swedish singer
- 1975 –Ronde Barber, American football player
- 1979 –Adrián Beltré, Dominican baseball player
- 1981 –Suzann Pettersen, Norwegian golfer
- 1982 –Sonjay Dutt, American professional wrestler
Who died on April 7?
- 1614 –El Greco, Greek-born artist (b. 1541)
- 1668 –William Davenant, English poet (b. 1606)
- 1801 –Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer (b. 1724)
- 1943 –Jovan Dučić, Serbian poet (b. 1871)
- 1981 –Kit Lambert, British record producer and manager (The Who) (b. 1935)
- 1984 –Frank Church, U.S. Senator from Idaho (b. 1924)
- 1992 –Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1903)
- 2001 –David Graf, American actor (b. 1950)
- 2007 –Barry Nelson, American actor (b. 1917)
- 2010 –Jean-Paul Proust, French-born Minister of State of Monaco (b. 1940)
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