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Notable anniversaries in history for today: April 7
- 500th: 1524 - Philip of Burgundy bishop of Utrecht, dies.
- 300th: 1724 - Johann S Bach's "John Passion" premieres in Leipzig.
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Harry Cordon; comic/host (Fred Haché Show).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Nick Perito in Denver, Colorado, USA; orchestra leader (Don Knotts Show, Big Show).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Ian Richards in Edinburgh, Scotland; actor (Montgomery - Ike).
- 90th: 1934 - In India, Mahatma Gandhi suspends his campaign of civil disobedience.
- 90th: 1934 - William Monroe Trotter, civil rights activist/journalist, dies on 62nd birthday in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 80th: 1944 - British General Bernard Montgomery speaks to generals about invasion plan.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Jackie Chan; martial art actor (Rumble in the Bronx).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Tony Dorsett; NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys, Heisman Trophy).
- 70th: 1954 - Federal Republic of Germany government refuses to recognize German Democratic Republic.
- 70th: 1954 - US President Dwight Eisenhower fears "domino-effect" in Indo-China.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Helen Wadsworth in South Wales; golfer (Curtis Cup 1990).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Joe Durant in Pensacola, Florida, USA; Nike golfer (1992 Boise Open-7th).
- 60th: 1964 - IBM introduces the IBM System/360 mainframe computer.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Mark Kibble; singer (Take 6).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Anita Maxwell; WNBA forward (Cleveland Rockers).
- 40th: 1984 - Detroit Tigers' pitcher Jack Morris pitches no-hitter against Chicago White Sox, 4-0.
- 40th: 1984 - Frank Church, American politician (Senator-Democrat-Ohio, 1957-81), dies at age 59.
- 40th: 1984 - Samuel G Engel, screenwriter/poet, dies of heart failure at age 79.
- 30th: 1994 - Rwandan armed forces kill ten Belgian peacekeeping officers leading to the withdrawal of United Nations troops from the country.
- 30th: 1994 - First night game at Cleveland's Jacobs Field, Cleveland Indians 6, Seattle Mariners 2.
- 30th: 1994 - Angelus Gottfried "Golo" Mann, German/US historian, dies at age 85 in Leverkusen, Germany (born 1909).
- 30th: 1994 - Evert Hartman, Dutch writer (War Without Friends), dies at age 56.
- 30th: 1994 - François de Grossouvre, President Mitterrand's advisor, dies of suicide at age 76.
- 30th: 1994 - Death of Lee Brilleaux at age 41; British rhythm and blues singer/guitarist (Stupidity).
- 30th: 1994 - New York Yankees beat Texas Rangers 18-6.
- 30th: 1994 - Vatican acknowledges Holocaust (Germans killing Jews) for first time.
- 30th: 1994 - Death of Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic football player and politician (born 1923).
- 30th: 1994 - Death of Frank Griffiths at age 77; media mogul (Vancouver radio station CKNW, Western Broadcasting), owner of the Vancouver Canucks hockey team.
- 30th: 1994 - Death of Ken Carson at age 79 of Lou Gehrig's disease; singer (The Sons of the Pioneers, Garry Moore TV Show).
- 25th: 1999 - Kosovo's main border crossings are closed by Serbian forces to prevent ethnic Albanians from leaving.
- 25th: 1999 - A bomb explodes at the Valley of the Fallen Church in Spain; GRAPO claims responsibility.
- 25th: 1999 - Birth of Conner Rayburn; actor (According to Jim).
- 15th: 2009 - Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in jail for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces.
- 15th: 2009 - Death of Samuel Beer at age 97; chairman of political science department at Harvard University, author of British Politics in the Collectivist Age, speech-writer for President Franklin Roosevelt.
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