APRIL 7 | Birthdays and Events

Notable Birthdays for April 7

Francis Cabot Lowell (1775-1817) - Founder of the first raw cotton-to-cloth textile mill.

Walter Camp (1859-1925) - Considered the Father of Football and is the creator of the Line of Scrimmage and the system of Downs.

Will Keith Kellogg (1860-1951) - Founder of the Kellogg Company.

John Bernard Flannagan (1895-1942) - WWI veteran who became a prominent sculptor and is considered one of the first artists to use direct carving to create sculptures.

Billie Holiday (1915-1959) - Jazz and swing-singer remembered for her vocal talent in Lady Sings the Blues and God Bless the Child.

James Garner (1928-2014) - Actor whose credits include Cash McCall (1960),  Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) and Murphy's Romance (1985), to name a few.

Wayne Rogers (1933-2015) - Actor fondly remembered for his comedic role as Trapper in M.A.S.H.

Yvonne Fedderson (1935-Still Living) - Co-founder of the organization Childhelp USA.

Spencer Dryden (1938-2005) - Rock and roll HOF drummer who is remembered as the drummer for Jefferson Airplane.

Francis Ford Coppola (1939-Still Living) - Multi-award winning director, producer, and screenwriter for movie hits like The Godfather I, II and III (1972-90), American Graffiti (1973), The Outsiders (1983), and Megalopolis (2024).

Robert Metcalfe (1946-Still Living) - Engineer who was the co-inventor of Ethernet.

Stan Winston (1946-2008) - Special effects designer and makeup artist for film, including the Jurassic Park series, Edward Scissorhands, and Avatar.

John Oates (1948-Still Living) - The other half of the rock duo Hall and Oates.

Santa Barraza (1953-Still Living) - World renowned mixed media artist.

Memorable Events for April 7

1788 - Marietta becomes the first first settlement in Ohio.

1805 - The Lewis and Clark Expedition breaks camp among the Mandan tribe in North Dakota along the Missouri River.

1902 - The Texaco oil company forms.

1923 - Dr. Winfield Ney performs the first brain tumor operation under local anesthesia.

1927 - AT&T transmits the first long-distance public television broadcast.

1933 - National Beer Day (the Cullen-Harrison Act) takes effect, legalising the sale of low alcohol beer.

1940 - Booker T. Washington becomes the first Black American to be depicted on a postage stamp.

1943 - The NFL makes helmets mandatory and implements a 10-game schedule for all teams.

1951 - The American Bowling Congress hosts the first bowling masters tourney.

1959 - After 51 years, Oklahoma finally ends Prohibition.

1964 - IBM announces the System/360 Mainframe computer.

1966 - The U.S. recovers a lost hydrogen bomb from the Mediterranean Sea.

1969 - The Internet is born.

1971 - President Nixon announces his decision to quicken the pace of "Vietnamization."

1987 - The National Museum of Female Physicians opens in Washington, D.C.

2017 - Joan Baez, Journey, Pearl Jam, 2Pac Shakur, and Yes are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

2017 - Smurfs: The Lost Village movie is released.