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100 years anniversary | ||||
07 Apr 1925 | Jan van Roessel, Dutch footballer (d. 2011) | |||
07 Apr 1925 | Chaturanan Mishra, Indian trade union leader and politician (d. 2011) | |||
75 years anniversary | ||||
07 Apr 1950 | Walter Huston: Dies at 66 | |||
07 Apr 1950 | Walter Huston, Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1883) | |||
07 Apr 1950 | Brian J. Doyle, American press secretary | |||
07 Apr 1950 | birth Steve Ellis, vocals, Love Affair, (1968 UK No.1 single 'Everlasting Love'). | |||
50 years anniversary | ||||
07 Apr 1975 | Beverly Peele: Super model (Elle) | |||
07 Apr 1975 | Ronde Barber: Cornerback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) | |||
07 Apr 1975 | Tiki Barber: Running back (New York Giants) | |||
07 Apr 1975 | John Cooper, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Skillet) | |||
07 Apr 1975 | Ronnie Belliard, American baseball player | |||
07 Apr 1975 | Tiki Barber, American football player and journalist | |||
07 Apr 1975 | Ronde Barber, American football player and sportscaster | |||
07 Apr 1975 | Karin Dreijer Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer (The Knife and Honey Is Cool) | |||
25 years anniversary | ||||
07 Apr 2000 | Broery, Indonesian singer (b. 1944) | |||
07 Apr 2000 | Heinz, bass player and singer with The Tornadoes died aged 57. The group had the Joe Meek produced 1962 UK & US No.1 single 'Telstar', making them the first UK group to score a US No.1 single. Heinz had the 1963 solo hit 'Just Like Eddie', a tribute to Eddie Cochran, (which featured future Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore). | |||
07 Apr 2000 |
2001 Mars Odyssey In 2000, NASA launched the 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft on a Delta 2 rocket. Stunning images were sent back by the rocket's TV cameras during its fiery ascent. Odyssey would travel 286 million miles before entering orbit around the red planet on 24 Oct 2001. Its primary mission was to look for water in the form of ice under the Martian surface and to create a thermal map of the planet. From an altitude of about 250 miles, the spacecraft was to search for traces of hydrogen, which could point out the existence of water. |
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20 years anniversary | ||||
07 Apr 2005 | Melih Kibar, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1951) | |||
07 Apr 2005 | Bob Kennedy, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1920) | |||
07 Apr 2005 | Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1922) | |||
07 Apr 2005 | Cliff Allison, English race car driver (b. 1932) | |||
10 years anniversary | ||||
07 Apr 2015 | Kardam, Prince of Turnovo (b. 1962) | |||
07 Apr 2015 | Richard Henyekane, South African footballer (b. 1983) | |||
07 Apr 2015 | Stan Freberg, American puppeteer, voice actor, and singer (b. 1926) | |||
07 Apr 2015 | Eugene Louis Faccuito, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1925) | |||
07 Apr 2015 | José Capellán, Dominican-American baseball player (b. 1981) | |||
07 Apr 2015 | Tim Babcock, American soldier and politician, 16th Governor of Montana (b. 1919) | |||
07 Apr 2015 | The original manuscript of Don McLean's American Pie sold for $1.2m (£806,000) at a New York auction. The 16-page draft had been expected to fetch as much as $1.5m (£1m) at the Christie's sale. McLean said writing the song was "a mystical trip into his past". |