April 7 : World Health Day ; 100th anniversary of the birth of singer Billie Holiday
- 1767 – Troops of the Burmese Konbaung Dynasty sacked the Siamese city of Ayutthaya to end the Burmese–Siamese War , bringing the four-century-old Ayutthaya Kingdom to an end.
- 1805 – German composer Ludwig van Beethoven premiered his Third Symphony , at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.
- 1940 – Educator Booker T. Washington (pictured) became the first African American to be featured on a U.S. postage stamp.
- 1955 – Aware that he was slowing down both physically and mentally in his old age, Winston Churchill retired as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- 1995 – First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops began a massacre of at least 250 civilians in Samashki, Chechnya.
More anniversaries: April 6 – April 7 – April 8
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