Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp. Date: April 7, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today)
The National Football League makes helmets mandatory. Date: April 7, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today)
Ioannis Rallis becomes collaborationist Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis Occupation. Date: April 7, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Terebovlia, Germans order 1,100 Jews to undress and march through the city to the nearby village of Plebanivka, where they are shot and buried in ditches. Date: April 7, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On…
In the Fragheto massacre, soldiers belonging to the German 356th Infantry Division kill 30 Italian civilians and 15 partisans near Casteldelci in central-northern Italy. Date: April 7, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Yamato, one of the two largest ever constructed, is sunk by United States Navy aircraft during Operation Ten-Go. Date: April 7, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Soviet Union annexes East Prussia as the Kaliningrad Oblast of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. Date: April 7, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today)
The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations. Date: April 7, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today)
United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference. Date: April 7, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today)
Francoist Spain agrees to surrender its protectorate in Morocco. Date: April 7, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today)