Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces. Date: April 7, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)
A gunman opens fire at an elementary school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing twelve children and injuring 22 others before committing suicide. Date: April 7, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 2011 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: April 7, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 2011 📅 On This Day (Today)
U.S. President Donald Trump orders the 2017 Shayrat missile strike against Syria in retaliation for the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack. Date: April 7, 2017 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 2017 📅 On This Day (Today)
A man deliberately drives a hijacked truck into a crowd of people in Stockholm, Sweden, killing five people and injuring fifteen others. Date: April 7, 2017 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 2017 📅 On This Day (Today)
Syria launches the Douma chemical attack during the Eastern Ghouta offensive of the Syrian Civil War. Date: April 7, 2018 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 2018 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: April 7, 2018 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this…
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. Date: April 7, 2020 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 2020 📅 On This Day (Today)
COVID-19 pandemic: China ends its lockdown in Wuhan. Date: April 7, 2020 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 2020 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: April 7, 2021 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 2021 📅 On This Day (Today)