Historical events on April 7
APRIL 7, 1948
The United Nations established the World Health Organization to act as a coordinating authority on international public health.
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the
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APRIL 7, 1979
Uganda–Tanzania War: Tanzanian forces defeated Ugandan troops and their Libyan allies at the Battle of Entebbe, opening the way for an advance on the Ugandan capital, Kampala.
The Uganda–Tanzania War, known in Tanzania as the Kagera War and in Uganda as the 1979 Liberation War, was fought between Uganda
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APRIL 7, 1896
An Arctic expedition led by Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen (pictured) reached 86°13.6′N, almost three degrees beyond the previous Farthest North latitude.
Nansen's Fram expedition of 1893–1896 was an attempt by the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen to reach the geographical North Pole by harnessing
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APRIL 7, 1926
Italian dictator Benito Mussolini survived an assassination attempt by Irishwoman Violet Gibson.
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician and journalist who, upon assuming office as Prime Minister, became the dictator of Fascist
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APRIL 7, 1964
American Presbyterian minister Bruce W. Klunder was killed by a bulldozer while protesting the construction of a segregated school in Cleveland, Ohio.
Bruce W. Klunder was an American Presbyterian minister and civil rights activist. He died when he was run over by a bulldozer
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APRIL 7, 1862
American Civil War: Union forces defeated Confederate troops at the Battle of Shiloh, at the time the bloodiest battle in U.S. history, in Hardin County, Tennessee.
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in
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APRIL 7, 2001
NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey (artist's conception pictured), the longest-surviving continually active spacecraft in orbit around a planet other than Earth, launched from Cape Canaveral.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the United States's civil space
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APRIL 7, 1994
Rwandan Civil War: The Rwandan genocide began a few hours after the assassination of President Juvénal Habyarimana, with hundreds of thousands killed in the following 100 days.
The Rwandan Civil War was a large-scale civil war in Rwanda which was fought between the Rwandan Armed Forces, representing the country's
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APRIL 7, 1655
After a conclave lasting eighty days, the College of Cardinals elected Fabio Chigi as Pope Alexander VII.
The 1655 papal conclave was convened following the death of Pope Innocent X and ended with the election of Cardinal Fabio Chigi
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APRIL 7, 1995
First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops began a massacre of hundreds of civilians in Samashki, Chechnya.
The First Chechen War, also referred to as the First Russo-Chechen War, was a struggle for independence waged by the Chechen Republic
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APRIL 7, 1945
World War II: U.S. forces sank the Japanese battleship Yamato during Operation Kikusui I in the East China Sea.
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all
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APRIL 7, 1972
Communist forces overran the South Vietnamese town of Lộc Ninh.
The Viet Cong (VC) was an epithet and umbrella term to refer to the communist-driven armed movement and united front organization in
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APRIL 7, 1949
The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific, based on Tales of the South Pacific by James Michener, opened on Broadway.
Rodgers and Hammerstein was a theater-writing team of composer Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) and lyricist-dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960), who together created a
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APRIL 7, 2017
A hijacker deliberately drove a truck into crowds along Drottninggatan in Stockholm, Sweden, killing five people.
On 7 April 2017, a vehicle-ramming terrorist attack took place in central Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. A hijacked truck was deliberately
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APRIL 7, 1994
A FedEx employee tried to hijack Federal Express Flight 705 in a failed suicide attempt.
FedEx Corporation, originally known as Federal Express Corporation, is an American multinational conglomerate holding company specializing in transportation, e-commerce, and business services.
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