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 98^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 268 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 25, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,712,448,000 seconds 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 ‘enneacontaoctagon’ day.

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 297 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 4,125 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

April 7 Historical Events

• 529 –
  First draft of the Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I.
• 1348 –
  Charles University is founded in Prague.
• 1798 –
  The Mississippi Territory is organized from disputed territory claimed by both the United States and Spain. It is expanded in 1804 and again in 1812.
• 1927 –
  First distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).
• 1948 –
  The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.
• 1969 –
  The Internet’s symbolic birth date: publication of RFC 1.
• 1977 –
  German Federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light.
• 1983 –
  During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first space shuttle spacewalk.
• 1985 –
  Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev declares a moratorium on the deployment of middle-range missiles in Europe.
• 1990 –
  Iran Contra Affair: John Poindexter is found guilty of five charges for his part in the scandal (the conviction is later reversed on appeal).

Who were born on April 7?

• 1848 –
  Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1930)
• 1859 –
  Walter Camp, sports authority known as the “Father of American Football” (d. 1925)
• 1889 –
  Gabriela Mistral, Chilean writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1957)
• 1927 –
  Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian drummer (d. 2003)
• 1933 –
  Wayne Rogers, American actor
• 1955 –
  Gregg Jarrett, American lawyer and television news journalist
• 1961 –
  Pascal Olmeta, French footballer
• 1963 –
  Jaime de Marichalar, Duke of Lugo, Spanish royalty
• 1979 –
  Adrián Beltré, Dominican baseball player
• 1980 –
  Dragan Bogavac, Montenegrin footballer

Who died on April 7?

• 1498 –
  King Charles VIII of France (b. 1470)
• 1651 –
  Lennart Torstenson, Swedish soldier and engineer (b. 1603)
• 1658 –
  Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, Spanish mystic (b. 1595)
• 1868 –
  Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Canadian journalist and Father of Confederation (b. 1825)
• 1968 –
  Jim Clark, OBE, Scottish race car driver and two-time F1 world champion (b. 1936)
• 1982 –
  Harald Ertl, Austrian racing driver (b. 1948)
• 1994 –
  Agathe Uwilingiyimana, Prime Minister of Rwanda (b. 1953)
• 2004 –
  Konstantinos Kallias, Greek politician (b. 1901)
• 2005 –
  Bob Kennedy, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
• 2010 –
  Jean-Paul Proust, French-born Minister of State of Monaco (b. 1940)