Today in History for 7th April 2024
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Today in History for 7th April 2024

Historical Events1943 - Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met for an Axis conference in Salzburg1953 - 1st west-to-east jet transatlantic nonstop flight1973 - Cleveland sets day-game and opening-game attendance records of 74‚4201980 - US President Jimmy Carter breaks relations with Iran during hostage crisis1981 - ";Street Songs"; 5th studio album by Rick James is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1981)2022 - MLB Cleveland Guardians lose in first game under their new name‚ 3-1 to the Royals in Kansas CityMore Historical Events Famous Birthdays1910 - Obdulio Morales‚ Cuban pianist‚ conductor‚ composer‚ ethnomusicologist‚ and Afro-Cuban bandleader‚ born in Havana‚ Cuba (d. 1981)1920 - Gino Marinuzzi‚ Jr.‚ Italian-American conductor‚ symphonic and film score composer (Le Carrosse dor)‚ and electronic music pioneer (Fonosynth)‚ born in New York City (d. 1996)1933 - Wayne Rogers‚ American actor (M*A*S*H‚ 1972-75 - ";Capt. ';Trapper'; John McIntyre";; House Calls)‚ born in Birmingham Alabama (d. 2015)1938 - Jerry Brown‚ American politician and Governor of California (Democrat: 1975-83‚ 2011-19)‚ born in San Francisco‚ California1973 - Carole Montillet‚ French skier1975 - John Cooper‚ American christian rock musician (Skillet)‚ born in Memphis‚ TennesseeMore Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths1668 - William Davenant‚ English poet (b. 1606)1947 - Henry Ford‚ American industrialist and auto maker (Ford Model T)‚ dies at 831983 - Gavin Gordon‚ television actor (Romance‚ Lone Cowboy)‚ dies at 822003 - Jutta Hipp‚ German-American jazz pianist and composer‚ dies at 782014 - Peaches Geldof‚ English columnist and daughter of Bob Geldof and Paula Yates‚ dies of a heroin overdose at 252021 - Tommy Raudonikis‚ Australian rugby league halfback (20 Tests; Rothmans Medal 1972; Wests‚ Newtown) and coach (Wests‚ NSW)‚ dies from cancer at 70More Famous Deaths