It happened one 07 April

1795 : Adoption of the franc, the meter and the gram


On 7 April 1795, France adopted the decimal system in all measures: currency, length, weight ...

1906 : Eruption of Mount Vesuvius


On April 7, 1906, Mount Vesuvius erupted and released large amounts of lava. The hills around Naples were badly damaged.

1948 : WHO is founded


On April 7, 1948, the United Nations created the World Health Organization, responsible for coordinating the policies of international public health.

1978 : Jimmy Carter put the neutron bomb on hold


On April 7, 1978, U.S. President, Jimmy Carter, put the production of neutron bombs on hold. The neutron bomb is a nuclear fission-fusion weapon, which deploys a maximum of radiation energy and minimize the explosion. It's a bomb programmed to kill as many people as possible,with a minimum of damage on property.

2001 : Mars Odyssey launched


On April 7, 2001, the Mars Odyssey spacecraft was launched from the Cape Canaveral base in Florida to Mars in order to investigate the presence of water on Mars, and to study volcanic activity and detect current or past presence of life. Mars Odyssey reached Mars orbit on October 24, 2001.

2010 : 2010 Kyrgyz Revolution began


On April 7, 2010, in the capital Bishkek, thousands of demonstrators, protesting against rising of public services prices, faced the Kyrgyz security forces and took control of several administrative buildings including the presidential palace. President Kurmanbek Bakiyev resigned several days later and took refuge in Belarus.

2011 : New earthquake in Japan


On 7 April 2011, nearly a month after the 11 March earthquake, an earthquake of magnitude 7.4 struck northeastern Japan, damaging the outside power lines, used by the Onagawa nuclear plant. Leakage of water and some other damage were also observed at the Onagawa plant.

Latest news : 07 April

World Health Day
April 7 is World Health Day under the auspices of the World Health Organization (WHO). The theme for 2011 is the fight against antimicrobial resistance. A campaign was launched to preserve the gains achieved by medecine in the future. As a result of the spread of antimicrobial resistance, effectiveness of many drugs is threatened.

Quote of the day : 07 April

Jimmy Carter
I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming.

Birthdays : 07 April

Michel Adanson, French botanist (1727)
William Wordsworth, English poet (1770)
W.K. Kellogg, American industrialist in food manufacturing (1860)
Gabriela Mistral, Chilean writer, Nobel Prize in Literature (1889)
Robert Casadesus, French pianist (1899)
Billie Holiday, American singer (1915)
Henry Kuttner, American writer (1915)
Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer (1919)
Ravi Shankar, Indian sitar player (1920)
Sophie Desmarets, French actress (1922)
Alan J. Pakula, American director (1928)
James Garner, American actor (1928)
Bob Denard, French mercenary (1929)
Yves Rocher, French industrialist (1930)
Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (1934)
Freddie Hubbard, American jazz trumpeter (1938)
Francis Ford Coppola, American director (1939)
Daniel Toscan du Plantier, French producer (1941)
Gerhard Schröder, German politician (1944)
Joël Robuchon, French chef (1945)
Stan Winston, American visual effects supervisor (1946)
Colette Besson, French athlete (1946)
Jean-Louis Borloo, French politician (1951)
Jackie Chan, Hong Kong actor (1954)
Pascal Olmeta, French Footballer (1961)
Axel Bauer, French singer (1961)
Bernard Lama, French Footballer (1963)
Russell Crowe, New Zealand-Australian actor (1964)
Guillaume Depardieu, French actor (1971)
Carole Montillet, French alpine skier (1973)
Franck Ribéry, French Footballer (1983)
Antonio Piccolo, Italian footballer (1988)
Teddy Riner, French judoka (1989)

They left us one 07 April

Toussaint Louverture, Haitian revolutionary (1803)
Jacques Charles, French inventor (1823)
P. T. Barnum, American showman and entertainer (1891)
Alexander Bogdanov, Belarusian physicist (1928)
Joseph Lyons, Prime Minister of Australia (1939)
Alexandre Millerand, President of the French Republic (1943)
Henry Ford, American industrialist (1947)
Jim Clark, Scottish racing driver (1968)
Marcel Jouhandeau, French writer (1979)
Ronald Evans, American astronaut (1990)
Yves Mourousi, French journalist (1998)
John Agar, American actor (2002)
Dave Arneson, American game designer (Dungeons & Dragons) (2009)

Tip of the Day : 07 April

To iron a kilt


To iron a kilt, sew the pleats with a line of tacking to hold them.
Then iron the kilt upside down with a press cloth (wet and worn cloth that you put between the iron and the clothes you want to iron).
Once the kilt ironed, remove the tacking.

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