What Happened In April 2007 In History

Historical Events for April, 2007

• 3rd » TGV world speed record Record of 2007 named Conventional-Train World Speed Record: a French TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line sets an official new world speed record.
• 4th » Fifteen British Royal Navy personnel 2007 Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel known as held in Iran are released by the Iranian President.
• 11th » 11 April 2007 Algiers bombings or 2007 Algiers bombings: Two bombings in the Algerian capital of Algiers kill 33 people and wound a further 222 others.
• 12th » A suicide bomber 2007 Iraqi Parliament bombing known as penetrates the Green Zone and detonates in a cafeteria within a parliament building, killing Iraqi MP Mohammed Awad and wounding more than twenty other people.
• 14th » Republic Protests called At least 200,000 demonstrators in Ankara, Turkey, protest against the possible candidacy of incumbent Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
• 16th » Virginia Tech massacre: Seung-Hui Cho guns down 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide.
• 18th » The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in a 5–4 decision.
• 18th » A 18 April 2007 Baghdad bombings called series of bombings, two of them being suicide bomber e.g suicides, occur in Baghdad, killing 198 and injuring 251.
• 27th » Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn or Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Union known as Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia.

Famous Birthdays on April in 2007

• 10th » Princess Ariane of the Netherlands
• 20th » Zarkandar, Irish race horse
• 21st » Princess Isabella of Denmark

Famous Deaths for April 2007

• 1st » Herb Carneal, American sportscaster (b. 1923)
• 2nd » Henry L. Giclas, American astronomer (b. 1910)
• 2nd » Paul Reed (actor) called Paul Reed, American actor and singer (b. 1909)
• 3rd » Marion Eames, Welsh author (b. 1921)
• 3rd » Terry Hall (ventriloquist) known as Terry Hall, English ventriloquist (b. 1927)
• 3rd » Eddie Robinson (American football coach) e.g Eddie Robinson, American football player and coach (b. 1919)
• 3rd » Nina Wang, Chinese wife of Teddy Wang (b. 1937)
• 4th » Bob Clark, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1941)
• 5th » Maria Gripe, Swedish author (b. 1923)
• 5th » Leela Majumdar, Indian author (b. 1908)
• 5th » Mark St. John, American guitarist (Kiss (band) named Kiss and White Tiger (band) or White Tiger) (b. 1956)
• 5th » Darryl Stingley, American football player (b. 1951)
• 5th » Poornachandra Tejaswi, Indian ornithologist, author, and photographer (b. 1938)
• 6th » Luigi Comencini, Italian director and producer (b. 1916)
• 7th » Johnny Hart, American illustrator (b. 1931)
• 7th » Barry Nelson, American actor (b. 1917)
• 8th » Sol LeWitt, American painter and sculptor (b. 1928)
• 9th » Egon Bondy, Czech philosopher and poet (b. 1930)
• 10th » Charles Philippe Leblond, French-Canadian biologist (b. 1910)
• 10th » Dakota Staton, American singer (b. 1930)
• 11th » Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor and director (b. 1925)
• 11th » Loïc Leferme, French diver (b. 1970)
• 11th » Janet McDonald, American author (b. 1954)
• 11th » Ronald Speirs, Scottish-American colonel (b. 1920)
• 11th » Kurt Vonnegut, American author (b. 1922)
• 12th » Kevin Crease, Australian journalist (b. 1936)
• 13th » Don Selwyn, New Zealand actor and director (b. 1935)
• 14th » June Callwood, Canadian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1924)
• 14th » Don Ho, American singer and ukulele player (b. 1930)
• 14th » René Rémond, French historian and economist (b. 1918)
• 15th » Brant Parker, American illustrator (b. 1920)
• 16th » People of the Virginia Tech massacre:
• 16th » Frank Bateson, New Zealand astronomer (b. 1909)
• 16th » Gaétan Duchesne, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1962)
• 16th » Maria Lenk, Brazilian swimmer (b. 1915)
• 16th » Chandrabose Suthaharan, Sri Lankan journalist
• 17th » Kitty Carlisle, American actress and singer (b. 1910)
• 17th » Gil Dobrică, Romanian singer (b. 1946)
• 18th » Iccho Itoh, Japanese politician (b. 1945)
• 19th » Jean-Pierre Cassel, French actor (b. 1932)
• 19th » Helen Walton, American businesswomen (b. 1919)
• 20th » Andrew Hill, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1931)
• 20th » Fred Fish, American computer programmer (b. 1952)
• 20th » Michael Fu Tieshan, Chinese bishop (b. 1931)
• 21st » Lobby Loyde, Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Purple Hearts (Australian band) or Purple Hearts, Wild Cherries, and Rose Tattoo) (b. 1941)
• 22nd » Juanita Millender-McDonald, American educator and politician (b. 1938)
• 23rd » Paul Erdman, Canadian-American economist and author (b. 1932)
• 23rd » David Halberstam, American journalist, historian, and author (b. 1934)
• 23rd » Peter Randall (GM) called Peter Randall, English sergeant (b. 1930)
• 23rd » Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (b. 1931)
• 24th » Roy Jenson, Canadian-American actor (b. 1927)
• 25th » Alan Ball, Jr., English footballer and manager (b. 1945)
• 25th » Arthur Milton, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1928)
• 25th » Bobby Pickett, American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
• 26th » Jack Valenti, American businessman, created the Motion Picture Association of America film rating system named MPAA film rating system (b. 1921)
• 27th » Al Hunter Ashton, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1957)
• 27th » Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (b. 1927)
• 28th » Dabbs Greer, American actor (b. 1917)
• 28th » René Mailhot, Canadian journalist (b. 1942)
• 28th » Tommy Newsom, American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1929)
• 28th » Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher (b. 1912)
• 28th » Bertha Wilson, Canadian jurist (b. 1923)
• 29th » Milt Bocek, American baseball player (b. 1912)
• 29th » Josh Hancock, American baseball player (b. 1978)
• 29th » Dick Motz, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player (b. 1940)
• 29th » Arve Opsahl, Norwegian actor and singer (b. 1921)
• 29th » Ivica Račan, Croatian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (b. 1944)
• 29th » Selvarajah Rajivarnam, Sri Lankan journalist (b. 1982)
• 29th » Zhang Taofang, Chinese sniper (b. 1931)
• 30th » Grégory Lemarchal, French singer (b. 1983)
• 30th » Kevin Mitchell (linebacker) or Kevin Mitchell, American football player (b. 1971)
• 30th » Tom Poston, American actor (b. 1921)
• 30th » Gordon Scott, American actor (b. 1927)
• 30th » Zola Taylor, American singer (The Platters) (b. 1938)

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