Representatives of the National Congress of American Indians testify before members of the US Senate in Washington📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 INDIA🗓️ April 7, 1965Native American rights organization
World Health Day (International observance)📜 OBSERVANCES🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ April 7Worldwide day of action organized by the WHO
Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed for the Supreme Court of the United States📜 POLITICS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ April 7, 2022US Supreme Court justice since 2022
COVID-19 pandemic: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announces that the SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant has become the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the United States.📜 DISEASES🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ April 7, 2021United States government public health agency
COVID-19 pandemic: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announces that the SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant has become the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the United States.📜 DISEASES🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ April 7, 2021United States government public health agency
COVID-19 pandemic: China ends its lockdown in Wuhan.📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 CHINA🗓️ April 7, 2020Pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19 pandemic: Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly resigns for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic on USS Theodore Roosevelt and the dismissal of Brett Crozier.📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ April 7, 2020American businessman and government official (born 1960)
Syria launches the Douma chemical attack during the Eastern Ghouta offensive of the Syrian Civil War.📜 INDIAN ARMY🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ April 7, 2018Military operations of the Syrian Civil War involving chemical weapons
Syria launches the Douma chemical attack during the Eastern Ghouta offensive of the Syrian Civil War.📜 INDIAN ARMY🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ April 7, 2018Military operations of the Syrian Civil War involving chemical weapons
A man deliberately drives a hijacked truck into a crowd of people in Stockholm📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 SWEDEN🗓️ April 7, 2017Terrorist attack in Sweden
U.S. President Donald Trump orders the 2017 Shayrat missile strike against Syria in retaliation for the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack.📜 POLITICS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ April 7, 2017President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)
U.S. President Donald Trump orders the 2017 Shayrat missile strike against Syria in retaliation for the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack.📜 POLITICS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ April 7, 2017President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)
The Israel Defense Forces use their Iron Dome missile system to successfully intercept a BM-21 Grad launched from Gaza📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ April 7, 2011Combined military forces of Israel
A gunman opens fire at an elementary school in Rio de Janeiro📜 HISTORY🌍 BRAZIL🗓️ April 7, 2011Mass murder in 2011 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The Israel Defense Forces use their Iron Dome missile system to successfully intercept a BM-21 Grad launched from Gaza📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ April 7, 2011Combined military forces of Israel
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces.📜 POLITICS🌍 BRAZIL🗓️ April 7, 2009Country in South America
Mass protests begin across Moldova under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are fraudulent.📜 POLITICS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ April 7, 2009
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces.📜 POLITICS🌍 BRAZIL🗓️ April 7, 2009Country in South America
Mass protests begin across Moldova under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are fraudulent.📜 POLITICS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ April 7, 2009
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces.📜 POLITICS🌍 BRAZIL🗓️ April 7, 2009Country in South America
First release of Git distributed version control system.📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ April 7, 2005Distributed version control software system
First release of Git distributed version control system.📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ April 7, 2005Distributed version control software system
Iraq War: U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein’s Ba’athist regime falls two days later.📜 ISLAMIC FESTIVALS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ April 7, 2003Conflict in Iraq from 2003 to 2011
Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide demands reparations of $21 billion from France for the Haiti Independence Debt.📜 POLITICS🌍 FRANCE🗓️ April 7, 2003Former president of Haiti, priest (b. 1953)
Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide demands reparations of $21 billion from France for the Haiti Independence Debt.📜 POLITICS🌍 FRANCE🗓️ April 7, 2003Former president of Haiti, priest (b. 1953)
Iraq War: U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein’s Ba’athist regime falls two days later.📜 ISLAMIC FESTIVALS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ April 7, 2003Conflict in Iraq from 2003 to 2011
NASA launches the 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter.📜 SPACE🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ April 7, 2001American space and aeronautics agency
NASA launches the 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter.📜 SPACE🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ April 7, 2001American space and aeronautics agency
Turkish Airlines Flight 5904 crashes near Ceyhan in southern Turkey📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ April 7, 19991999 aviation accident
First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops begin a massacre of civilians in Samashki📜 WARS🌍 RUSSIA🗓️ April 7, 19951994–1996 war between Russia and Chechen separatists
First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops begin a massacre of civilians in Samashki📜 WARS🌍 RUSSIA🗓️ April 7, 19951994–1996 war between Russia and Chechen separatists
Rwandan genocide: Massacres of Tutsis begin in Kigali📜 WARS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ April 7, 1994Mass murder campaign in Rwanda
Auburn Calloway attempts to destroy Federal Express Flight 705 in order to allow his family to benefit from his life insurance policy.📜 POLICIES🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ April 7, 19941994 aircraft hijacking over Arkansas