April 7th
1862
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates at the battle of Shiloh.
1891
P.T. Barnum an American showman remembered for hoaxes and for founding the circus that became the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus died at age 81.
1913
5,000 suffragists march to the Capitol in Washington, D.C. , seeking the vote for women.
1927
U.S. secretary of commerce Herbert Hoover’s Washington speech was seen and heard in New York in the first long-distance television transmission.
1947
Auto pioneer Henry Ford died at age 83.
1948
The World Health Organization, a UN agency, was founded.
1949
Rodgers’ and Hammerstein’s Pulitzer Prize winner, South Pacific opened on Broadway.
1957
New York City's last electric trolley completed its final run from Queens to Manhattan.
2003
Cécile de Brunhoff, creator of Babar the elephant, died.
Birthdays
92 R.G. Armstrong Actor
91 Bobby Doerr Baseball Hall of Famer
81 James Garner Actor
77 Cal Smith Country singer
76 Wayne Rogers Actor ("MASH")
74 Bobby Bare Country singer
70 Francis Ford Coppola Director
60 John Oates Rock singer (Hall and Oates)
58 John Dittrich Country musician (Restless Heart)
58 Janis Ian Singer
55 Jackie Chan Actor
55 Tony Dorsett Football Hall of Famer
45 Russell Crowe Actor
44 Bill Bellamy Actor
43
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34 Tiki Barber Football player, sportscaster
34 Heather Burns Actress
91 W. K. Kellogg 4/7/1860 - 10/6/1951 American industrialist and founder of the W.K. Kellogg Company
61 John McGraw 4/7/1873 - 2/25/1934 American baseball player and manager of the New York Giants (1902-1932)
44 Billie Holiday 4/7/1915 - 7/17/1959 American jazz singer from the 1930's to the 1950's