Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh is arrested. Date: April 7, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)
During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first Space Shuttle spacewalk. Date: April 7, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)
Soviet Defense Minister Dmitry Yazov orders the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan. Date: April 7, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today)
Soviet submarine Komsomolets sinks in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway, killing 42 sailors. Date: April 7, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)
John Poindexter is convicted for his role in the Iran–Contra affair. In 1991 the convictions are reversed on appeal. Date: April 7, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)