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What happened in history on this day: April 7?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On April 7 in ...
- 1997 - Apple Computer ships Mac OS 7.6.1.
- 1997 - NEC Electronics announces the 66 MHz 64-bit VR4102 processor for Windows CE devices. It features 4 kB instruction cache, 1 kB data cache, modem emulation, advanced power management, support for many peripherals. Price will be about US$25 in 10,000-unit quantities when shipping in volume in July.
- 2002 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs the Futurama TV show in the US. A portable computer appears, looking like an Apple Computer model.
- 2004 - Intel releases the ultra-low-voltage 1.1 GHz Pentium M processor. Power consumption is about 7 watts at just over 1 volt. Price is US$262, in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2004 - Intel releases the ultra-low-voltage 900 MHz Celeron M processor. Power consumption is about 7 watts at just over 1 volt. Price is US$161, in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2004 - Intel releases the low-voltage 1.3 GHz Pentium M processor. Power consumption is about 12 watts at 1.18 volt. Price is US$284, in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2004 - Intel releases the 1.4 GHz Celeron M processor. Power consumption is about 25 watts at 1.36 volt. Price is US$134, in 1000-unit quantities.
- 1939 - The Silly Symphony film The Ugly Duckling is released to theaters. This is a color remake of the 1931 film. This is the last Silly Symphony film.
- 1950 - The Pluto film Wonder Dog is released to theaters. Dinah and Butch also appear.
- 1954 - Disney releases the Chip 'n Dale film The Lone Chipmunks to theaters.
- 1968 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring The Mystery of Edward Sims, part two.
- 1970 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Short Subjects, Cartoons) for the film It's Tough To Be A Bird.
- 1981 - Grenada issues five postage stamps depicting various Disney characters and Easter baskets.
- 1983 - Walt Disney World welcomes its 150-millionth guest, Carrie Stahl.
- 1985 - The ABC TV network airs the 14th annual Walt Disney World's Happy Easter Parade.
- 1990 - The Cage nightclub opens in Pleasure Island at Walt Disney World. Former name was Videopolis East.
- 1993 - Disney releases the film Pinocchio on laserdisc (CAV Collector's Edition) in the US, for US$100.
- 1995 - The name of the Diamond Horseshoe Jamboree at Walt Disney World is changed back to Diamond Horseshoe Revue.
- 1995 - At the Cleveland Film Festival, the film Frank and Ollie, premieres. The film is a documentary of the lives and careers of Disney animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston.
- 1995 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Walt Disney Pictures animated feature film A Goofy Movie to theaters in the US.
- 1995 - Buena Vista Pictures generally releases the film Jefferson in Paris to theaters in the USA.
- 1995 - The last episode of Disney's syndicated TV show Judge for Yourself airs.
- 2002 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A character says "Michael Eisner's been dead for five years".
- 2003 - The National Association of Broadcasters holds a luncheon honoring the Disney franchise. Company chairman Michael Eisner announces Disney will begin testing a new video-on-demand service called Movie Beam later in the year. A television set-top box will download new film releases over regular television broadcast signal to a local storage device for later playback.
- 2003 - The Playhouse Disney - Live on Stage show debuts at Disney's California Adventure.
- 2006 - Expedition Everest opens in Disney's Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World. The 2.5-hectare attraction features a 1.6km train ride with a 24m drop.
- 1954 - McCulloch Motors begins selling supercharger kits for Corvettes.
- 1957 - A car race is held at Palm Springs [Production +2.7].
- Finishing 2nd overall is the Corvette driven by Jim Hall.
- Finishing 3rd overall is the Corvette driven by Bob Stonedale.
- 1963 - At the Marlboro Raceway in Maryland, an SCCA national championship race is held.
- Finishing 1st in A Production class and 1st overall is the 1963 Corvette Sting Ray Z06 driven by Dick Thompson.
- Finishing 1st in B Production class and 5th overall is the Corvette driven by Don Yenko.
- Grady Davis enters #16 Corvette Grand Sport #004, driven by Richard Thompson. This is the racing debut of the Grand Sports.
- 1939 - Italy invades and annexes Albania.
- 1939 - King Zog of Albania flees into exile.
- 1940 - (early) Night reconnaissance reports major naval activity in four north German ports and transport convoys headed toward Lübeck.
- 1940 - (evening) British Naval Attaché Henry Denham sends a telegram to the British Admiralty from Copenhagen, Denmark, reporting sightings of German warships with likely destinations on Norway.
- 1940 - British bombers attack a German flotilla including battle cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, as it heads north between Great Britain and Norway. All bombs miss the ships, and every plane is damaged.
- 1940 - (2015 hours) The British Home Fleet sails from north Scotland, to meet the approaching German fleet. Included are battleships Rodney and Valiant, and battlecruiser Repulse.
- 1940 - (2200 hours) The British 2nd Cruiser Squadron leaves Rosyth.
- 1941 - A column of German 12th Army crosses Vardar river in Greece.
- 1941 - The German 12th Army captures Skopje, Yugoslavia.
- 1941 - German submarine U-124 torpedoes and sinks Canadian merchant ship Portadoc west of Sierra Leone in the Central Atlantic Ocean.
- 1941 - (evening) 229 British aircraft attack the Germany port of Kiel, temporarily halting submarine production.
- 1945 - In Germany, American forces discover a mineshaft at Merkers loaded with gold and valuables from the Reichsbank. It is valued at US$241 million.
- 1945 - (about 1234 hours) About 150 American planes engage the Yamato and the rest of the fleet.
- 1945 - (about 1241 hours) The Yamato is hit by two bombs near the aft secondary gun turret.
- 1945 - (about 1245 hours) The Yamato is first struck by a torpedo, in the port bow.
- 1945 - (about 1245 hours) Japanese destroyer Hamakaze is sunk by torpedo and bomb hits.
- 1945 - (1246 hours) Japanese cruiser Yahagi is struck on the starboard stern by a torpedo, exploding in the engine room. Another torpedo hits, as does an aerial bomb.
- 1945 - (1300 hours) Japanese destroyer Suzutsuki is heavily damaged by aerial bombardment.
- 1945 - (1333 hours) About twenty torpedo planes attack Yamato port side, scoring three hits to the mid-port side, and jamming the secondary rudder to port.
- 1945 - (about 1333 hours) Cruiser Yahagi sinks.
- 1945 - (1402 hours) American planes score three bomb hits on Yamato.
- 1945 - (about 1405 hours) Yamato is struck by a torpedo on the starboard side.
- 1945 - (about 1410 hours) Yamato is struck by two torpedos on the port side.
- 1945 - (1417 hours) Yamato is struck by a tenth torpedo.
- 1945 - (1423 hours) Japanese battleship Yamato sinks. Only 269 of a crew of 3332 survive.
- 1993 - Australia issues four postage stamps depicting World War II ships.
- 1995 - Russia issues seven postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II.
- 2010 - Poland issues a postage stamp for Katyn Massacre Remembrance Day.
- 2009 - Atari releases The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA.
- 1507 - A provincial assembly of Värend rejects Svante Sture's demands that they join in the war against the Danes.
- 1633 - The French-Swedish treaty of 1631 is renewed.
- 2002 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs the Futurama TV show in the US. A sports team is called the "Swedish Meatballs".
- 1992 - In Winnipeg, Manitoba, the fourth 25c issue in the Canada 125 Coin Program is unveiled. The design was created by Muriel Hope.
- 2008 - In Santa Fe, New Mexico, the US Mint launches the 47th coin in the 50 State Quarters Program, the 2008 circulating New Mexico quarter dollar coin.
- 1928 - 44-year old New York Rangers' General Manager Lester Patrick replaces his injured goaltender in a Stanley Cup game, and beats Montréal Maroons 2-1.
- 1940 - 7th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret beats Lloyd Mangrum, shooting a 280.
- 1943 - NFL adopts free substitution rule.
- 1946 - 10th Golf Masters Championship: Herman Keiser wins, shooting a 282.
- 1951 - 15th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Hogan wins, shooting a 280.
- 1951 - American Bowling Congress begins first masters tournament.
- 1956 - 10th NBA Championship: Philadelphia Warriors beat Fort Wayne Pistons, 4 games to 1.
- 1957 - 21st Golf Masters Championship: Doug Ford wins, shooting a 283.
- 1958 - Los Angeles Dodgers erect 42-foot screen in left field at Los Angeles Coliseum to cut down on home runs, since it is only 250 feet down the line.
- 1962 - Umrigar slams 172 versus West Indies at Port-of-Spain in 248 minutes.
- 1963 - 27th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 286.
- 1963 - Public stock offering of 115,000 shares in Milwaukee Braves withdrawn after only 13,000 shares are sold to 1,600 new investors.
- 1965 - Bevan Congdon makes a stumping as 12th man New Zealand versus Pakistan.
- 1969 - Los Angeles Dodgers' Bill Singer is credited with first official save, against Cincinnati Reds.
- 1969 - Ted Williams begins managing Washington Senators, they lose to New York Yankees 8-4.
- 1970 - Milwaukee Brewers' (former Seattle Pilots) first game, lose to California Angels 12-0.
- 1971 - Dismissal of Curt Flood's suit against baseball is upheld by US Supreme Court.
- 1973 - Cleveland Indians sets day-game and opening-game attendance records of 74,420.
- 1973 - Doug Walters' best Test Cricket bowling, 5-66 versus West Indies Georgetown.
- 1977 - Toronto Blue Jays' first game, they beat Chicago Cubs 9-5.
- 1978 - US Court of Appeals upholds Commissioner Kuhn's voiding of attempted player sales by Oakland Athletics' owner Charlie Finley in June 1976.
- 1979 - Houston Astros' Ken Forsch pitches no-hitter against Atlanta Braves, 6-0.
- 1979 - New York Islanders' Mike Bossy scores four goals against Philadelphia Flyers.
- 1983 - WIBC Championship Tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada, attracts 75,480 women bowlers for 83-day event.
- 1984 - Detroit Tigers' pitcher Jack Morris pitches no-hitter against Chicago White Sox, 4-0.
- 1985 - 14th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Alice Miller.
- 1985 - New Jersey Generals' Hershel Walker runs for USFL record 233 yards.
- 1986 - Boston Red Sox outfielder Dwight Evans becomes the first player to hit the first pitch of the first game on Opening Day for a home run.
- 1987 - Atlanta Braves' pitcher Rick Mahler throws his third Opening Day shutout tying a National League record.
- 1988 - New Jersey Devils 3-2 over New York Islanders, first NHL playoff round tied 1-1.
- 1989 - New York Supreme Court takes America's Cup away from San Diego Yacht Club for using a catamaran against New Zealand; appeals court eventually overrules.
- 1990 - BPAA US Open won by Ron Palombi Junior.
- 1990 - New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 5-2, New York Rangers lead 2-0 in preliminary NHL playoff.
- 1991 - Third Seniors Golf Tradition: Jack Nicklaus.
- 1991 - Chris Johnson wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship.
- 1993 - Dante Bichette hits the first Colorado Rockies homerun (Shea Stadium, New York).
- 1994 - First night game at Cleveland's Jacobs Field, Cleveland Indians 6, Seattle Mariners 2.
- 1994 - New York Yankees beat Texas Rangers 18-6.
- 1995 - Baseball exhibition season begins late due to strike.
- 1996 - 8th Seniors Golf Tradition; Jack Nicklaus wins.
- 1996 - Jayasuriya hits fastest ODI fifty off 17 balls versus Pakistan, Singapore.
- 1996 - Kelly Robbins wins Sacramento 12 Bridges LPGA Golf Classic.
- 2003 - The Boston Red Sox exercise Pedro Martinez's option for the 2004 season, making Martinez the highest paid pitcher for a season in major league history, at US$17.5 million.
- 2003 - Syracuse wins the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship, defeating Kansas 81-78.
- 2008 - In San Antonio, Texas, the Kansas Jayhawks defeat the Memphis Tigers 75-68 in overtime to win their first NCAA basketball national championship in 20 years.
- 2022 - At Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Arizona Diamondbacks beats San Diego Padres by score 4-2.
- 2022 - At Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Houston Astros beats Los Angeles Angels by score 3-1. This begins the 60th season of the Astros.
- 2022 - At Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Cincinnati Reds beats Atlanta Braves by score 6-3.
- 2022 - At Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Mets beats Washington Nationals by score 5-1. The Mets begin their 60th season.
- 2022 - At Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Saint Louis Cardinals beats Pittsburgh Pirates by score 9-0.
- 2022 - At Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Kansas City Royals beats Cleveland Guardians by score 3-1.
- 2022 - At Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago Cubs beats Milwaukee Brewers by score 5-4.
- 2022 - At SAP Center in San Jose, California, USA, NHL regular season game: Calgary Flames beats San Jose Sharks by score 4-2.
- 2022 - At crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, USA, NHL regular season game: Edmonton Oilers beats Los Angeles Kings by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona, USA, NHL regular season game: Vancouver Canucks beats Arizona Coyotes by score 5-1.
- 2022 - At American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, USA, NHL regular season game: Toronto Maple Leafs beats Dallas Stars by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At United Center in Chicago, Illinois, USA, NHL regular season game: Seattle Kraken beats Chicago Blackhawks by score 2-0.
- 2022 - At PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, NHL regular season game: Carolina Hurricanes beats Buffalo Sabres by score 5-3.
- 2022 - At Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, USA, NHL regular season game: Montreal Canadiens beats New Jersey Devils by score 7-4.
- 2022 - At Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, NHL regular season game: Nashville Predators beats Ottawa Senators by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, USA, NHL regular season game: Philadelphia Flyers beats Columbus Blue Jackets by score 4-1.
- 2022 - At Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: New York Rangers beats Pittsburgh Penguins by score 3-0.
- 1959 - Radar first bounced off sun, from Stanford, California.
- 1983 - STS-6: Space Shuttle Challenger astronauts Story Musgrave and Donald H. Peterson perform the first space shuttle spacewalk (duration: 4 hours, 10 minutes).
- 1991 - Compton Gamma Ray Observatory orbits Earth.
- 2010 - Landslides and floods from the heaviest downpours in four decades in the Rio de Janiero area of Brazil leave at least 110 people dead.
- 1788 - First settlement in Ohio, at Marietta.
- 1798 - An Act of Congress makes Mississippi a territory, effective May 7.
- 1818 - US General Andrew Jackson conquers Saint Marks, Florida from Seminole Indians.
- 1862 - US Army General Ulysses Grant counterattacks and defeats Confederate Army at Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, CSA. By the end of the battle over 1700 men are dead from each army and 8000 from each side lay wounded. Confederate troops retreat to Corinth, Mississippi.
- 1863 - Battle of Charleston, South Carolina; failed Federal fleet attack on Fort Sumter.
- 1865 - Battle of Farmville, Virginia.
- 1866 - US Congress appropriates $250,000 for plates, engraving, printing, and paper for national currency.
- 1891 - Nebraska introduces 8-hour work day.
- 1902 - Texas Oil Company (Texaco) forms.
- 1923 - First brain tumor operation under local anesthetic performed (Beth Israel Hospital in New York City) by Dr K Winfield Ney.
- 1923 - Workers Party of America (New York City) becomes official communist party.
- 1926 - Forest fire burns 900 acres and kills two (San Luis Obispo, California, USA).
- 1927 - Telephone lines are used for the first time to transmit a television signal, from Washington DC to New York City. The audience to the demonstration sees an image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover.
- 1932 - Erv A Kelley, US policeman, shot to death by Pretty Boy Floyd.
- 1933 - Utah becomes 38th state to ratify 21st Amendment, ending prohibition.
- 1943 - British/US troops make contact at Wadi Akarit, South Tunisia.
- 1945 - First and last assault of German Rammkommando on US bombers.
- 1945 - US B-17s bombs range at Lüneburg.
- 1949 - Rogers and Hammerstein's play South Pacific opens at Majestic Theater in New York (for 1928 performances).
- 1951 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak.
- 1954 - US President Dwight Eisenhower fears "domino-effect" in Indo-China.
- 1957 - Last of New York's electric trolleys completes its final run.
- 1959 - Oklahoma ends alcohol prohibition, after 51 years.
- 1959 - Radar first bounced off sun, from Stanford, California.
- 1964 - IBM introduces the IBM System/360 mainframe computer.
- 1966 - US recovers lost hydroden bomb from Mediterranean floor.
- 1967 - Tom Donahue, San Francisco disc jockey, begins new radio format - Progressive (KMPX-FM).
- 1969 - US Supreme Court strikes down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material.
- 1970 - 42nd Academy Awards - Midnight Cowboy, John Wayne and Maggie Smith win.
- 1971 - US President Richard Nixon orders Lieutenant Calley (My Lai) free.
- 1971 - WCJB TV channel 20 in Gainesville Florida (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting three-judge US Circuit Court of Appeals.
- 1977 - Consumer Product Safety Commission bans the flame-retardant chemical "TRIS".
- 1978 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter decides to postpone production of the neutron bomb, a weapon which kills people with radiation but leaves buildings relatively intact.
- 1980 - The United States severs diplomatic relations with Iran and imposes economic sanctions.
- 1983 - STS-6: Space Shuttle Challenger astronauts Story Musgrave and Donald H. Peterson perform the first space shuttle spacewalk (duration: 4 hours, 10 minutes).
- 1987 - National Museum of Female Physicians opens in Washington, DC.
- 1988 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1990 - John Poindexter (US National Security Advisor) is found guilty of five charges for his part in the Iran Contra scandal; the convictions are later reversed on appeal.
- 1998 - Citicorp and Travelers Group announce plans to merge, creating the largest financial-services conglomerate in the world, Citigroup.
- 2000 - Pepco's Chalk Point Generating Station on the Patuxent River in southern Maryland, USA, spills about 420,000 litres of oil. Some 6 1/2 miles of oil containment booms are positioned in the river capturing an estimated 300,000 litres.
- 2001 - Timothy Thomas, a 19-year-old African-American, is shot by a police officer in Cincinnati, Ohio, sparking riots in downtown Cincinnati from April 10 to April 12.
- 2008 - Child Protective Services of Texas remove 401 children from a ranch in west Texas belonging to jailed polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, and dozens of women leave or are removed in an investigation of sexual and child abuse.
- 2008 - The 92nd annual Pullitzer Prize Awards are announced by Columbia University. Some award recipients:
- Breaking News: the Washington Post for its coverage of the Virginia Tech massacre;
- Public Service Journalism: the Washington Post for exposing the poor hospital treatment of US soldiers returning home after being wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan;
- Breaking News Photography: Reuters news agency for its picture of a Japanese videographer killed during last year's demonstrations in Burma;
- National reporting: the Washington Post;
- International Reporting: the Washington Post;
- Feature Writing: the Washington Post;
- Commentary: the Washington Post;
- Investigative Reporting: the New York Times;
- Explanatory Reporting: the New York Times.
- 2022 - Ketanji Brown is confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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