Summary of the Day ✨ 7 April (07/04)
Ketanji Brown Jackson became the first black female Supreme Court justice as China ended its Wuhan lockdown and the Alpha variant became dominant in the US. Former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was arrested for corruption while the Navy’s acting secretary resigned over COVID-19 handling.
Historical Events 📜
- 2022: Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed for the Supreme Court of the United States, becoming the first black female justice.
- 2021: 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.
- 2020: COVID-19 pandemic: China ends its lockdown in Wuhan.
- 2020: 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.
- 2018: Former Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is arrested for corruption by determination of Judge Sérgio Moro, from the “Car-Wash Operation”. Lula stayed imprisoned for 580 days, before being released by the Brazilian Supreme Court.
- 2018: Syria launches the Douma chemical attack during the Eastern Ghouta offensive of the Syrian Civil War.
- 2017: A man deliberately drives a hijacked truck into a crowd of people in Stockholm, Sweden, killing five people and injuring fifteen others.
- 2017: U.S. President Donald Trump orders the 2017 Shayrat missile strike against Syria in retaliation for the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack.
- 2011: The Israel Defense Forces use their Iron Dome missile system to successfully intercept a BM-21 Grad launched from Gaza, marking the first short-range missile intercept ever.
- 2011: A gunman opens fire at an elementary school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing twelve children and injuring 22 others before committing suicide.
- 2009: Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces.
- 2009: Mass protests begin across Moldova under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are fraudulent.
- 2005: First release of Git distributed version control system.
- 2003: Iraq War: U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein’s Ba’athist regime falls two days later.
- 2003: Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide demands reparations of $21 billion from France for the Haitian independence debt.
Famous Births 👶
- 1997: Rafaela Gómez, Ecuadorian tennis player
- 1996: Emerson Hyndman, American international soccer player
- 1994: Johanna Allik, Estonian figure skater
- 1994: Aaron Gray, Australian rugby league player
- 1994: Josh Hader, American baseball player
- 1993: Ichinojō Takashi, Mongolian sumo wrestler
- 1992: Andreea Acatrinei, Romanian gymnast
- 1992: Guilherme Negueba, Brazilian footballer
- 1991: Luka Milivojević, Serbian footballer
- 1991: Anne-Marie, English singer-songwriter
- 1990: Nickel Ashmeade, Jamaican sprinter
- 1990: Anna Bogomazova, Russian-American kick-boxer, martial artist, and wrestler
- 1990: Sorana Cîrstea, Romanian tennis player
- 1990: Trent Cotchin, Australian footballer
- 1989: Franco Di Santo, Argentinian footballer
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2026: Mircea Lucescu, Romanian football player and manager (born 1945)
- 2025: William Finn, American composer and lyricist (born 1952)
- 2025: Greg Millen, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (born 1957)
- 2024: Jerry Grote, American baseball player (born 1942)
- 2024: Joe Kinnear, Irish football player and manager (born 1946)
- 2023: Ben Ferencz, American lawyer (born 1920)
- 2023: Philippe Bouvatier, French cyclist (born 1964)
- 2021: Tommy Raudonikis, Australian rugby league player and coach (born 1950)
- 2020: John Prine, American country folk singer-songwriter (born 1946)
- 2020: Herb Stempel, American television personality (born 1926)
- 2019: Seymour Cassel, American actor (born 1935)
- 2017: Nicolae Șerban Tanașoca, Romanian historian and philologist (born 1941)
- 2015: Tim Babcock, American soldier and politician, 16th Governor of Montana (born 1919)
- 2015: José Capellán, Dominican-American baseball player (born 1981)
- 2015: Stan Freberg, American puppeteer, voice actor, and singer (born 1926)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian feast days:
Aibert of Crespin - Christian feast days:
Blessed Alexander Rawlins - Christian feast days:
Blessed Edward Oldcorne and Blessed Ralph Ashley - Christian feast days:
Brynach - Christian feast days:
Hegesippus - Christian feast days:
Henry Walpole - Christian feast days:
Hermann Joseph - Christian feast days:
Jean-Baptiste de La Salle - Christian feast days:
Blessed Maria Assunta Pallotta - Christian feast days:
Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow (Eastern Orthodox Church, Episcopal Church (USA)) - Christian feast days:
April 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Flag Day (Slovenia)
- Women’s Day (Mozambique)
- World Health Day (International observance)