April 07

Thursday 07, 2005:

The State of Connecticut allows same-sex civil unions.

Monday 07, 2003:

US troops capture Baghdad, Saddam Hussein's regime falls two days later

Saturday 07, 2001:

An M-17 helicopter crashes into mountain in south of Hanoi, Vietnam killing 16.

Wednesday 07, 1999:

Kosovo War: Kosovo's main border crossings are closed by Serbian forces to prevent ethnic Albanians from leaving.

Tuesday 07, 1998:

Citicorp and Travelers Group announce plans to merge creating the largest financial-services conglomerate in the world, Citigroup.

Thursday 07, 1994:

Massacres of Tutsis begin in Kigali, Rwanda.

Saturday 07, 1990:

Iran Contra Affair: John Poindexter is found guilty of five charges for his part in the scandal but the convictions were later reversed after an appeal.

Friday 07, 1989:

Soviet submarine Komsomolets sinks in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway after a fire. 42 sailors die.

Thursday 07, 1983:

During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first space shuttle spacewalk (duration: 4 hours, 10 minutes).

Monday 07, 1980:

The United States severs diplomatic relations with Iran and imposes economic sanctions following the taking of American hostages on November 4, 1979.

Thursday 07, 1977:

Toronto Blue Jays play their first-ever game of baseball against the Chicago White Sox

Monday 07, 1969:

The Internet's symbolic birth date: publication of RFC 1.

Sunday 07, 1968:

Formula One racer Jim Clark is killed in an accident during a Formula 2 race in Hockenheim, Germany.

Friday 07, 1967:

Six-Day War: Israeli fighters shoot down seven Syrian MIG-21s.

Tuesday 07, 1964:

IBM announces the System/360

Sunday 07, 1963:

Yugoslavia is proclaimed to be a Socialist republic and Josip Broz Tito is named President for life.

Saturday 07, 1956:

Spain relinquishes its protectorate in Morocco.

Thursday 07, 1955:

Anthony Eden becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Wednesday 07, 1954:

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.

Tuesday 07, 1953:

Dag Hammarskjöld is elected United Nations Secretary General.

Monday 07, 1952:

The manga Astro Boy debuts in the monthly magazine Shōnen.

Wednesday 07, 1948:

The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.

Sunday 07, 1946:

Syria's independence from Vichy France is officially recognised

Saturday 07, 1945:

Kantaro Suzuki becomes the 42nd Prime Minister of Japan

Wednesday 07, 1943:

First synthesis of LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide, by Albert Hoffman

Sunday 07, 1940:

Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.

Friday 07, 1939:

World War II: Italy invades Albania.

Saturday 07, 1934:

The U.S. Congress passes the Jones-Connally Farm-Relief Act.

Thursday 07, 1927:

First long distance public television broadcast (Washington, DC to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).

Friday 07, 1922:

Teapot Dome scandal: United States Secretary of the Interior leases Teapot Dome petroleum reserves in Wyoming.

Tuesday 07, 1908:

Herbert Henry Asquith takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman

Saturday 07, 1906:

The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.

Monday 07, 1862:

Union Army under General Ulysses S. Grant defeat the Confederates near Shiloh, Tennessee.

Monday 07, 1856:

Foundation of Nelson College, Nelson, New Zealand.

Thursday 07, 1831:

Emperor Pedro I of Brazil abdicates in favor of his son, Pedro II.

Saturday 07, 1827:

John Walker (inventor), an English chemist, invents the friction match.

Sunday 07, 1805:

First public performance of Beethoven's Third Symphony (Eroica).

Saturday 07, 1798:

The Mississippi Territory is organized from territory ceded by Georgia and South Carolina and is later twice expanded to include disputed territory claimed by both the U.S. and Spain.

Tuesday 07, 1795:

France adopts the metre as the unit of length.

Wednesday 07, 1655:

Fabio Chigi becomes Pope Alexander VII.

Monday 07, 1541:

Francis Xavier leaves Lisbon on a mission to the Portuguese East Indies.

Thursday 07, 1521:

Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu

Sunday 07, 1348:

Charles University is founded in Prague.

Thursday 07, 529:

first draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I

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