This Day In History
April 07
William Wordsworth is born U.S. Navy captures first British warship Lewis and Clark depart Fort Mandan Battle of Shiloh concludes John McGraw, second all-time winningest baseball manager, is born Winston Churchill urges talks with Russia Indian sitar legend Ravi Shankar is born Italy invades Albania Japanese battleship Yamato is sunk by Allied forces Auto pioneer Henry Ford dies Hammarskjold elected U.N. head Eisenhower gives famous "domino theory" speech JFK lobbies Congress to help save historic sites in Egypt Tito is made president for life John Wayne wins Best Actor Oscar North Vietnamese forces begin preparations for final offensive Twin ferry accidents on opposite ends of world Civil war erupts in Rwanda The Rwandan genocide Longtime “60 Minutes” journalist Mike Wallace dies
William Wordsworth is born U.S. Navy captures first British warship Lewis and Clark depart Fort Mandan Battle of Shiloh concludes John McGraw, second all-time winningest baseball manager, is born Winston Churchill urges talks with Russia Indian sitar legend Ravi Shankar is born Italy invades Albania Japanese battleship Yamato is sunk by Allied forces Auto pioneer Henry Ford dies Hammarskjold elected U.N. head Eisenhower gives famous "domino theory" speech JFK lobbies Congress to help save historic sites in Egypt Tito is made president for life John Wayne wins Best Actor Oscar North Vietnamese forces begin preparations for final offensive Twin ferry accidents on opposite ends of world Civil war erupts in Rwanda The Rwandan genocide Longtime “60 Minutes” journalist Mike Wallace dies
