April 7th

529
First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in jurisprudence) issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I.
Corpus Juris Civilis
30
Scholars' estimate for Jesus' crucifixion by Roman troops in Jerusalem.
First Jewish–Roman War
2009
Vermont became the fourth state to legalize gay marriage.
Marriage Equality Act (Vermont)
2003
U.S. troops in more than 100 U.S. armored vehicles rumbled through downtown Baghdad and seized one of Saddam Hussein's opulent palaces.
2001
An unarmed black man wanted on 14 misdemeanor warrants was fatally shot by a white police officer in Cincinnati, sparking three days of riots.
Cincinnati riots of 2001
1999
The World Trade Organisation rules in favor of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas.
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1990
Former national security adviser John M. Poindexter was convicted of five counts at his Iran-Contra trial. (A federal appeals court later reversed the convictions.).
Iran–Contra affair
1976
China's leadership deposed Deputy Prime Minister Deng Xiaoping.
Zhou Enlai
1969
The Supreme Court unanimously struck down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material.
Stanley v. Georgia
1954
US President Dwight D. Eisenhower in news conference is first to voice fear of a "domino-effect" of communism in Indo-China.
Domino theory
1953
The U.N. General Assembly elected Dag Hammarskjold of Sweden to be secretary-general.
Dag Hammarskjöld
1949
The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "South Pacific" opened on Broadway.
South Pacific (musical)
1948
The World Health Organization is established. The WHO is a United Nations agency concerned with fighting disease and epidemics worldwide, building up national health services, and improving health education in its 194 member states.
World Health Organization
1947
Auto pioneer Henry Ford died at age 83.
John Wilkinson (Franklin automobile)
1939
Italy invaded Albania.
Albanian Kingdom (1939–43)
1927
the image and voice of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover were transmitted live from Washington to New York in the first successful long-distance demonstration of television.
Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
1862
Union forces led by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates at the battle of Shiloh in Tennessee.
Ulysses S. Grant and the American Civil War
1827
The first friction match is sold. English chemist John Walker produced and sold the first operable matches. They were soon banned in France and Germany because burning fragments would sometimes fall to the floor and start fires.
John Walker (inventor)
1724
Johann Sebastian Bach's "St John Passion" premieres in Leipzig.
St John Passion
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