Daily Calendar for April 7th, 2021

The Old Farmer's Almanac daily calendar gives you quick reference for the significant events on any day throughout the year.

Every Year

• World Health Day

1770s

• Born 1770: William Wordsworth (poet)

1890s

• Born 1890: Marjory Stoneman Douglas (American conservationist)

• Died 1891: Phineas Taylor ("P. T.") Barnum (circus owner)

• Born 1893: Irene Castle (dancer)

• Born 1897: Walter Winchell (columnist & broadcaster)

1910s

• Born 1915: Billie Holiday (jazz singer)

• Born 1918: Robert Pershing "Bobby" Doerr (baseball player)

1920s

• Born 1928: James Garner (actor)

1930s

• Born 1939: Francis Ford Coppola (director)

1940s

• 1940: Booker T. Washington became the first African American to be pictured on a U.S. postage stamp

• 1948: The World Health Organization was established by the United Nations

• 1949: Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical South Pacific opened on Broadway, N.Y.C.

1950s

• Born 1954: Tony Dorsett (football player)

• Born 1954: Jackie Chan (actor & stuntman)

• 1959: First distinguishable radar echo bounced off the Sun

1960s

• 1963: Jack Nicklaus won Masters Golf Tournament

• Born 1964: Russell Crowe (actor)

1970s

• 1970: John Wayne won a Best Actor Oscar for his role in True Grit

• Born 1975: Tiki Barber (football player)

• 1977: The Toronto Blue Jays played their first American League baseball game

2000s

• 2009: A 4.9-magnitude aftershock registered in central Italy following the previous day's 6.3-magnitude earthquake

• 2009: After an undefeated season, UConn's women's basketball team won the NCAA championship

• Died 2009: Dave Arneson (co-creator of the fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons)

2010s

• Died 2010: George Nissen (inventor of the trampoline)

• Died 2012: Mike Wallace (broadcast journalist)