A fire breaks out on the passenger ferry Scandinavian Star, killing 159 people. Date: April 7, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today)
Auburn Calloway attempts to destroy Federal Express Flight 705 in order to allow his family to benefit from his life insurance policy. Date: April 7, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅 On This Day (Today)
Rwandan genocide: Massacres of Tutsis begin in Kigali, Rwanda, and soldiers kill the civilian Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana. Date: April 7, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅 On This Day (Today)
First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops begin a massacre of civilians in Samashki, Chechnya. Date: April 7, 1995 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1995 📅 On This Day (Today)
Turkish Airlines Flight 5904 crashes near Ceyhan in southern Turkey, killing six people. Date: April 7, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)
NASA launches the 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter. Date: April 7, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)
Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide demands reparations of $21 billion from France for the Haitian independence debt. Date: April 7, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today)
Iraq War: U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's Ba'athist regime falls two days later. Date: April 7, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today)
First release of Git distributed version control system. Date: April 7, 2005 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 2005 📅 On This Day (Today)
Mass protests begin across Moldova under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are fraudulent. Date: April 7, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)