DAY IN HISTORY

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Today is the 98th day of 2020 and the 20th day of spring.

TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1712, slaves in New York City launched a revolt, killing nine white slaveholders.

In 1862, Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant defeated Confederate troops in the Battle of Shiloh.

In 1948, the World Health Organization was established by the United

Nations.

In 1994, civil war and ethnic genocide began in Rwanda, claiming an estimated 500,000 to 1 million lives over the next several months.

In 2003, U.S. troops took over Saddam Hussein’s presidential palace in Baghdad.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS:

William Wordsworth (1770-1850), poet; Will Keith Kellogg (18601951), Kellogg Company founder; Billie Holiday (1915-1959), singersongwriter; Ravi Shankar (1920-2012), musician; James Garner (1928-2014), actor; Francis Ford Coppola (1939- ), filmmaker; David Frost (1939-2013), journalist/tv personality; Stan Winston (1946-2008), special effects artist; Jackie Chan (1954- ), actor; James “Buster” Douglas (1960- ), boxer; Russell Crowe (1964- ), actor; Tiki and Ronde Barber (1975), football players.

TODAY’S FACT: Educator Booker T. Washington was the first Africanamerican to be depicted on a U.S. postage stamp, issued on this day in 1940.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1963, at age 23, golfer Jack Nicklaus won the first of his six Masters titles.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.” — William Wordsworth

TODAY’S NUMBER: 1,925 — performances of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “South Pacific” during its original Broadway run, which began on this day in 1949.

TODAY’S MOON: Full moon (April 7).